Thank you all for the amazing comments and suggestions you left on my post about my investigative project with the weird kWh figures I was getting from my utility company. I’ve been so obsessed with the project I haven’t had time to write individual responses, but I did read every one of them and, in many cases, add it to a task list to check and / or immediately go out and spend some cash on a device that could help narrow down the problem.
I Think Someone Is Stealing My Electricity … or the Power Company Is Making Up Numbers Okay, it’s not that I think someone is stealing my electricity per se, it is that I have eliminated nearly all other possibilities and have narrowed the situation down to a handful of unlikely scenarios that are the only…
After my mom, dad, and youngest sister stopped by this afternoon for banana birthday cake, my brother and, later, my sister-in-law, came over for dinner. We ended up opting for Swedish meatballs with lingonberry sauce and chunky red potatoes, while Tara, Aaron, and I caught up on last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, which none…
With me turning 31 this week (thank you all for the birthday wishes on this morning’s post!), Aaron offered to make any birthday cake I wanted. Now that we’ve tried most flavors following the past few years of non-stop cooking and baking, I decided to go with something slight off the beaten path: A banana birthday cake, finished with a cream cheese icing and chopped pecans.
Last night, I had this intense craving for a dish we made back in January, a caramelized carrot soup with peanut butter and cinnamon garnish. I swung a deal where, I would get it prepared for me today if I agreed to prepare several loaves of whole wheat artisan breads that could be used over the next week for sandwiches and panini. It seemed like a fair trade, so later tonight, I’ll be busting out the pans. It was fun, because while the soup was being made and filling the house with this really unique, and hunger-inducing fragrance, I tried out the newly remastered Ducktales Game on PlayStation.
I made a note to myself at Club 33 in Disneyland to learn to make a good pineapple upside down cake after tasting how delicious theirs was. I wanted to find a version with the amaretto liquor flavor that they had, but haven’t had any luck, so instead, I decided to try a very highly…
A year ago, I posted a picture of my younger brother secretly flying to Colorado to propose to his girlfriend. Now, after 24+ hours in which we had a rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, photo shoot, ceremony, and reception, I am beyond thrilled to say that he and Tara are married! Both Aaron and I adore her;…
It is now Tuesday. We flew home yesterday and let me say the John Wayne Airport in Orange County is beautiful and well-run. The plane flew out over the Pacific Ocean and then banked back, parallel to the coast line, so we got the most amazing view. And I’m not sure what happened while we…
After breakfast at Steakhouse 55, we jumped on the monorail and went to the Magic Kingdom to enjoy our last day in the park. We flew out here on Friday and it’s now Sunday, so we will have to go back tomorrow. While Aaron was still getting the…
We all met for breakfast at Steakhouse 55 in the Disneyland Hotel this morning. We were both starving because we hadn’t eaten in 24 hours – there was so much food at Club 33, neither of us were in the mood for anything else and couldn’t bring myself to even have a snack by midnight. This…
