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Crisp

by | Feb 17, 2009 | Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk

My new cooking obsession is making root vegetable fries and having them come out crispy. I’ve yet to master this. However, the practice has been fun. In this batch, I took four large sweet potatoes and two turnips. I coated them with a bit of olive oil, cumin,...

Bits

by | Feb 16, 2009 | Domestic Art, Journal

Picked up my sewing machine Friday afternoon and it works better now than when I bought it 12 years ago. Seriously. I am embarrassed I complained about having to take it in! And while the clerk was finding it in the back, I took a quick stroll through the aisles of...

I Love JC

by | Feb 14, 2009 | Journal, Media

If you can’t tell by the fabulous photo*, that’s me and Jimmy Carter. President Carter was in town for a book signing last night and I managed to drag along some friends to pick up my copy. He looked right at Rebecca and said hello to her pregnant belly!...

Show Some Love

by | Feb 13, 2009 | Journal

Link love for the day: 1. Matt and Stephanie got word this week, after waiting FOREVER on a list, that they’ll be adopting twin Ethiopian boys! They are 2.5 months old and on their way to their new mommy and daddy. I couldn’t be more thrilled for this...

Kitchen Love

by | Feb 13, 2009 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk

Some peanut butter cookie love for Rex. He’s my sweet Valentine this year. Thankfully his wife doesn’t mind. He always brings me something sweet for the holiday — each of which is even more wonderful since he beat cancer. This year? A giraffe Beanie...

Que Milagro!

by | Feb 12, 2009 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, handmade, June Cleaver

Remember when Finny and I took our trip to Santa Fe and fell head over feet for the artist galleries? One of my favorite was filled with Mexican curios — including several walls of milagros. How I wish I’d pulled out my credit card and purchased a handful...

Talk is Cheap

by | Feb 11, 2009 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal

I haven’t watched much TV this week, but the little I’ve caught has been littered with horrific commercials trying to convince the men of America that all women want is a tacky diamond heart necklace. If there is one thing I can stand by this...

Film Rouge

by | Feb 10, 2009 | Celebrate!, Journal, Media

Movie night is something special at my house because I don’t venture into the rental world very often. Dim the lights, make a big batch of healthy kettle corn (popcorn*+ Splenda + cinnamon + dash of cayenne), grab some sodas and a pack of Red Vines to use as...

Baked Love

by | Feb 9, 2009 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk

Take one red velvet cake (For Arizona folk, mixes are on sale for $.88 at Fry’s this week.) Add a recycled-tin foil heart stencil Dust generously with powdered sugar And voila! Valentine’s cake that says I love you in a fabulously frugal way. This is the...