by Kelli Donley | Mar 26, 2008 | Africa, Good to Great, Journal, Travel
So, let’s just get this out in the open: yesterday my summer Africa trip was canceled and for pretty silly reasons. I had a good cry over the thought of the friends I won’t be seeing, but today I am feeling better. The truth is, I could let this job stress...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 25, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver
One of my childhood girlfriends celebrated her wedding this weekend. She and her husband eloped in Hawaii and then had a reception here. They’ll have another reception in a couple months in Chicago, where they now live. They asked if I’d help bake for the...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 24, 2008 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk
I made a couple more loaves of no-knead bread this weekend to take to Easter dinners. There is something about the smell of bread baking (especially these loaves; I added rosemary and parmesan cheese) that makes me ravenous. I wanted to pull them out of the oven, pour...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 23, 2008 | Faith, Journal
Happy Easter friends! ~K
by Kelli Donley | Mar 22, 2008 | Correspondence, Domestic Art, Journal, Sew Along
Dear Fin, Oy vey, oy vey, oy! What a ridiculous week of disasters it has been. First off, remember that nudu hat? The gray one that the minister in Chicago ordered and I finished lickity split? Well, I didn’t sent it with delivery confirmation because I’ve...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 21, 2008 | Community, Journal, June Cleaver
Potato bar, anyone? Community dinner last night wasn’t so much community as it was two people. I blame it on my friends not speaking French — RSVP. However my patience for this lack of bilingualism is running thin. Ahem. I don’t expect participation,...