Archive for the 'life' Category

Where did it go?

The content for this site has been available in three separate locations. That meant each new post had to be cross posted twice. Making it time consuming and annoying at times. The reason for leaving the site spread out this way was because I hadn’t decided which way to consolidate all of this in one […]

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Hiatus

All:
Two events have occurred: I’ve taken a new job (minor), and my mother has become very, very ill (major). I won’t be around for a bit until the dust settles here. I’ll post when I can, but at the moment, I have to spend my time and thought elsewhere.
Brutus, I’ll be back when I can.
J.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Not For the Faint of Heart

Just in case you are a bit squeamish, I should let you know this is not about food. This post is one of those sideline interests of mine. It’s about the curing of hides. Not only is it about hides but it is about the Indian Technique for preserving hides. […]

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Girl Party?

Yeah, great (He says sarcastically) but that means I have to either stay away for 6 or so hours or be locked in the dungeon for the duration of giggly festivities.
So here I am in the dungeon awaiting rescue after the pink explosion is finally contained. We have 4 kids and since the […]

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

A Kithen Misadventure With a Happy Ending

Ok, so my sister sent me Williams-Sonoma frozen croissants for Christmas. They arrived a couple of weeks ago and have been languishing in the freezer, with the plan being to serve some of them as the bread entry with our makeshift Christmas dinner. Our friend Toni was coming for dinner, finding herself kidless and working […]

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is such a great holiday. It’s a little different for everyone. There are great traditions that families develop over time and pass down each year.
Some of these are for the kids, others are about faith. Some people focus on the needs of others in the community and others focus on the […]

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

The Clarion Call

Most of us don’t know the horrors of war. We do not see the chaos in our country that is so common in other nations around the world. This is thanks in large part to the sacrifice of our veterans over the many decades of our nations history.
The fact that these events are foreign to […]

Sunday, November 11th, 2007