The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
I’m baaaaaack. Last week was the usual craziness-before-a-holiday that we can expect, and then I got sick with a fever and headcold on T-giving Day (what we all wish for, right?). So, blogging took a back burner. However, I was feeling a bit better by this past Saturday, though I must have still been a […]
First recipe from the new home! :) I make this cake quite often, even when pumpkins aren’t in season, as I love the taste and the moisture the pumpkin lends to the texture of this cake. Mmmm mmm. ;) Like most of my recipes, this cake is quick and easy to make, and oh my, […]
…Mmmm comfort food. If there’s a silver lining to the cold of winter hiding just around the corner, it’s that I get the appetite for hot dishes with lots of fixings. We’re talking mashed potatoes, steamy soup, mac & cheese, pies, meatballs, lasagna, chicken pot pie….you get the picture. ;) It should then go without […]
My hubby was raised in Pennsylvania Dutch Lancaster county and comes from family that split from the Amish community generations ago. Thus it comes as no surprise that this recipe for Rivel Soup is a major comfort food for Karl. Personally coming from a background of both my parents being full-fledged Irish, this recipe had […]
We’ve been sitting on this news for a few days, making confirmations and then letting family know before officially announcing it on the interwebs, so here goes! No, we’re not having a kiddo. No, we didn’t win the lottery. WE’RE MOVING!!!!! Woooooo! Box waiting to be filled with junk ftw! Awesome-er still, it’s not another […]
