Food. Family. Fun.
I love roasted vegetables. Love, love, love them. It’s not quite cool enough for that yet (although we did have a delightfully fall-like First Day of Fall). With temperatures in the 90s this week, I think I’d rather hold off…. Read moreThree Fall Dinners
Baguette has been singing the classics: For he’s a joggy good fellow, For he’s a joggy good fellow. For he’s a joggy good fellow Which nobody canst deny. Which nobody canst deny, Which nobody canst deny. For he’s a joggy… Read moreSinging
Watching Matthew McConnaughey in a Lincoln ad: Mr. Sandwich: Let’s see what Matthew McConnaughey is going to tell us about Lincolns today. Me: There is something really unnerving about his teeth. Watching Speechless: Me: I identify with Jimmy and Dylan…. Read moreThings I Said While Watching TV Tonight
I don’t follow Lenten traditions, but I do like pancakes. So I decided to get pancakes for lunch, and arbitrarily went to one of two places at a nearby intersection. I ordered my combo plate and answered “sourdough” when they… Read moreFat Tuesday
Friday Today was Baguette’s last day at the school she’s gone to for the past year and a half (almost). We fought hard to get her into that school, and in the end we succeeded. She spent last year in… Read moreEndings and Beginnings
New year, new front door accessory. Fingers crossed.
I wrote 14 posts this year. Sometimes I wonder if I’m still a blogger. What can I say? It’s been a hell of a year. A lot of this is known to people; we all heard about the election, and… Read moreSo Long, 2016
Baguette has never been that into trick-or-treating. From her perspective, Halloween is when you knock on your neighbor’s door, and they answer it–but then they don’t let you in. What’s the point of that? It’s always been a struggle. Not… Read moreHappy Halloween, 2016
I haven’t posted in a while. Or much this year at all. Turns out, life’s exhausting. Baguette finished TK in June, and we promptly left for a week’s vacation in Santa Barbara. Where I drank a lot of coffee, we… Read moreSummer Recap
Princess Anna has left the building. She’s got a sister to catch. Baguette has been watching Frozen again. She’s quoting a lot and singing more of the songs, she’s wearing costumes based on what is happening on screen, and she’s… Read moreRole-Playing