Teaser photo Hi again everyone. Here's another update for you all. At some point during the month of August, Seattle decided that we would have a summer. It's been really nice and the weathe...
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I thought that I would update everyone on our Charlie Brown tree we tried to save last year. It is still alive and seemingly doing well! It has a bushy look to it, but it's full of leaves. T...
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I'm sure I've mentioned once or twice that Helo has his own concept of gardening & landscaping . Typically it involves digging a large hole, at the bottom of which is some thick root that he th...
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Summer has finally arrived in Seattle. Traditionally, it begins the day after July 4 and this year decided to be traditional. Chrissie and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather whi...
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This summer, Chrissie and I decided to add more patio to our yard. We have a small concrete landing already, but that isn't a lot of room to do stuff, particularly grilling. It has enough room to...
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Normally I'm pretty appalled by the egregious use of corn in the USA. Thanks to corn syrup and other bi-products, it's in everything. I mean, a nicely grilled ear of corn on the cob is one thin...
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Here's a quick hit on a tasty soup. It's out of Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Leeks and potatoes are a couple of things we do pretty well up here in cloudy western Was...
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Chrissie and I finally took the plunge and attended a canning class. We had been skirting around the edges of canning for the past year or so. For one reason or another, we just never got aro...
Look at that! Our little baby blog is one year old already! It's great fun to look back at the year and see all of the fun things we've attempted. And the ones that we've accomplished, too...
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Okay, so I'm not known for how pretty I make my cupcakes. But this was super tasty. So remember that coconut cake I made for my dad recently? I couldn't get the flavor and texture of the ba...
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One thing I get complimented a lot on is my preparation of vegetables. Vegetables are good and I like them a lot. Veggies are good and Chrissie didn't used to like them much at all, until she had...
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It was my dad's birthday recently, so I asked him what he'd like us to make. Admittedly, I expected one of our numerous savory concoctions would be the first thing to come to mind, so I was ...
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Last week, we made gumbo and I would like to share it with you. Gumbo's one of those great dishes were everyone seems to have their own recipe. I got mine from James Beard's "American Cookery" an...
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This is where we *hope* the grass will grow Last weekend was finally nice enough to get out in the yard again. We decided to jump on the opportunity to attempt to help our poor little space ...
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My Grandpa retired this month. He was a chicken farmer. He came to the US in the 70's after a long and I'm told, successful stint of chicken farming in Taiwan. My Grandpa is in his early 80's and...
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Just stoppin' in real quick to say Happy Easter, everyone! Gotta get back to cooking our Easter-brunch-for-dinner!
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Aaron's birthday was a couple weeks ago, so I've been pretty busy making sure he was appropriately celebrated. Game days, baking, and shopping kept me on my toes and away from the blogospher...
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Hello again. Big day for us today. First off, it's St. Patrick's Day. Second, it's the first home match for our MLS club, Sounders FC. Chrissie and I are season ticket holders and enthusiastic So...
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I've loved willow trees since I was young. The giant weeping willows in the park were just so grandiose. They're the kind of presence that makes even a little kid sit up and recognize that ma...
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I made some chili this week for the first time. It was an amalgamation of recipes and stuff I had picked up. Not much else to say except that it was pretty tasty, and now, I share it with you. ...
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I tried to stay away from Pinterest . Really, I did. I knew it would just be another site that would encourage me to spend countless hours staring at a screen. But it's just so darn full of inter...
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I made my beef stew again this weekend. It's definitely one of my staple dishes and has a lot of the things that I like about food: slow cooked, one-pot-meal, homey. I'd like to share it with you...
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Our backyard has been in pretty sad shape since we moved in. The soil is primarily clay and when we do manage to dig through sections, we discover all kinds of fun left to us from the previous ow...
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Beef. It's what's for dinner. Well, the day finally arrived - thanks to Erin from Simply Frugal Mom , we got our delivery of 1/8th of a cow. We've been really looking forward to this and are...
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