Okay, that’s a totally dumb title, but I couldn’t think of a better one. Really, more than anything, I’ve been low on blogging material the past few days, so as I was making risotto tonight, the light bulb went on. Aha!  Risotto is one of my favorite things to make. I’ve been trying to master […]

I don’t know if it was the time change that did it to me, but I was wiped out this morning. I’ve been a crankypants all day long. Part of it may have something to do with the fact that Jude obviously did not pay attention to the memo about time change. This is unfortunate […]

Well, the last trick-or-treaters have come and gone (um, hopefully), and I would say that all-in-all, Halloween was very much a success here in our new neighborhood. As previously noted, I just love the strange tradition that is Halloween: of dressing up and going door-to-door with your little candy bag, packs of kids roaming the […]

Um, would someboody PLEASE indulge me and make this too-fun rat-infested cheesecake? Clearly I was meant to be the mother of a boy, because I find sheer delight in fun stuff like this. Today, I was doing a drive-by on a garage sale, and I passed a house that (i kid you not) had probably […]