I’m now a chicken momma!

I’ll keep this brief, but just wanted to announce to the world that I brought four sweet little chicks home yesterday! First up is Hedy, a Black Australorp. As soon as I picked her up at the feed store, she curled up in my scarf and tried to take a nap. I instantly fell in…

Chickens, mayhaps?

I eat eggs essentially daily. For years, I have wanted chickens. Everyone around here has chickens. The farm supply store has baby chicks for sale. I can’t stop thinking about chickens! I spent a good chunk of today reading about chickens and trying to design the best/cheapest chicken coop possible (I have a lot of…

And on the 4th day, she made focaccia…

Day 4 of being snowed in. Desperately trying to keep up morale. I was hoping I could make it to work today. I knew it was unlikely, but I decided to take Lenny for a little hike out of the subdivision to check out the roads. I found ice, ice, and more ice. Lenny had a…

Snowpacalypse Day 3… help!

My goal is to try to post something on here every day, but I’ve been snowed in alone for three days now and feel like I’m losing my mind. I can’t come up with anything worth sharing, except this 3 second video… When the roads are finally clear enough for me to be anywhere besides my house, I imagine…

Snow Day!

I woke up to 6 inches of snow (and much more in some areas because of the wind). By lunch time there was over 9 inches, and it’s still coming down. As long as I don’t lose power (knock on wood), I suppose today isn’t really unlike any other Friday for me. My work week…

How I Became Gluten-Free

As I mentioned in the gluten-free pasta post, I gave up gluten over 6 1/2 years ago. This was right before “gluten-free” became a buzzword, or a trendy diet craze. A few years earlier I met a friend with Celiac disease, and I remember saying something along the lines of “I would rather die than live without bread and pasta.” Ohhhh sweet silly young Janine. You were so wrong.

Meet the babies!

I am the happy mother of four very sweet four-legged animals. They’re all adorable, sweet as can be, and named after mathematicians (surprise, surprise). First up is my the love of my life, Lenny, my rescue mutt (Boston Terrier mix). He has been with me nearly four years, and it was love at first sight for us…