I worked late on Wednesday to help one of my managers with a parent meeting at a school. Because of that I got to leave early from work today. I wanted to have lunch with Gene but I got out a bit before lunchtime so I swung over to the Botanic Gardens first. It was… Continue reading Botanic garden and pizza with Gene
It’s May 1st – happy May Day everyone! How crazy is it that April has already come and gone and I don’t have much to show for it (I did finish reading two books at least – woot!). Now is the time for me to seize the days and truly live each day as the… Continue reading Happy May
Last night we made homemade pizzas. Thank you Kaitlin and Kevin for giving us the idea! Elisabeth and I made our favorite ranch and sriracha pizza – it turned out pretty well although we could have put more pineapple and chicken on. Gene made his own personal pan pizza (with one entire pizza crust) and… Continue reading Pizza and biscuits
It’s time to get back on the blog train. Highlights of my week The homies and I ate dinner on our deck on Tuesday. There is something so calming and relaxing about eating outside. We had hamburgers and fruit salad – quintessential outdoor food. We made BBQ chicken nachos for dinner another night. Got the recipe from a… Continue reading Time to blog
Today was a food filled day. One teammate brought in homemade carrot cake as a morning snack – two layers of carrot cake with raisins, pecans, and cream cheese-mascarpone icing. It was good but rich and I ate my piece slowly, which is probably the best way to eat dessert anyway (if only I would… Continue reading Food on top of food
This weekend Gene and I did some work in the backyard. We made progress with the strip of rocks along the back fence, it’s coming along nicely, it’s almost done. It makes the backyard look noticeably better, a little less dirt. We cleaned off the patio table and brought our bench from the porch to… Continue reading Backyard and catio
This morning I made muffins again – this time I made raspberry lemon and lemon poppy seed muffins – two flavors! The raspberry lemon turned out quite wonderful and is something I will definitely make again. The poppy seed one wasn’t bad but you couldn’t really taste the lemon. If I make that one again… Continue reading Lovely day outside
