We are having new siding being put up on our house. One more day and it should be finished. Yesterday morning I was home to listen to it. Mike left the house early to help my dad put the boat in the water and go fishing. I had a mental to-do list going. I sat down to write a letter and tried to keep my patience through all of the banging outside of the house. I couldn’t take it much…
Giving Back to the Community
May 5, 2011
I made my appointment at the beginning of the week. 2:15, Thursday, May 5th at Columbus Bank. There was no turning back now. I had given blood before about six years ago while I was in college. The student center held a drive. I am not normally nervous or squeamish about needles, but I remember that day. I remember sitting through the health questions, my heart starting to race. It was time to sit back in the big blue chair,…
Frank Sinatra Inspired Fresh Tomato Sauce
April 16, 2011
This Frank Sinatra inspired fresh tomato sauce is made with whole peeled tomatoes, Italian herbs and seasonings, onion, and garlic infused olive oil! This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. It all started with a conversation about mobsters with a friend, which somehow turned into inspiration for a Frank Sinatra inspired tomato sauce. I did some research on this famous Hoboken, New Jersey native and I found out that…
The Engagement Chicken Story
April 12, 2011Last week one of my friends at work came in to talk to me and told me she had been listening to the radio that morning and thought about me. One of the radio women was talking about an engagement chicken. My friend told me the woman on the radio did something with an engagement chicken and a couple months later she got engaged. Neither of us was sure exactly what an engagement chicken was. Here I was picturing a chicken being…
Letting Go
February 18, 2011Sometimes in life you have to learn how to let go. Sometimes we live our lives trapped inside a façade that keeps us—our true selves—hidden away because we cannot let go of certain things; certain relationships, certain secrets, certain worries. These things eat away inside of us and we swallow them down so we can go off and pretend that everything is fine. It’s not a healthy way to live. How many times can you compare the past to the…
Pureed Lentil Soup with Escarole
January 12, 2011
Warm up with a thick and comforting bowl of Pureed Lentil Soup with Escarole made with Italian style ingredients like onion, garlic, fresh escarole, and shaved Parmesan. This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Another round of snow floated down from the sky last night, coating everything in its path in a fresh new coat of sparkly, winter white. I tossed and turned like a child wondering whether a…