Cooking Show, Episode #2

Welcome back. Today’s recipe is as easy as it is tasty:
GARLIC CHEDDAR BISCUITS  
 
 INGREDIENTS: 
1 1/2 c. Heart Smart Bisquick mix (I’m not so sure what’s so heart smart about it, other than it has less fat than the original kind… I guess that just makes it a little smartER, not perfectly “smart” … but I digress.) 
1 c. [...]

But… but… how…?

Never again will I experience the blissful experience of a 75-cent baby cone of brownie batter frozen yogurt from East Coast Custard on the corner opposite our quadrant of the square. Why? Hell if I know. 
After a delicious dinner out, CJ and I walked over to our beloved ice cream shop for a treat. As [...]

“Put DOWN the paintbrush and keep your hands where I can see them…”

I’m pretty sure I heard CJ say that sometime in the past week. I got this crazy itch to paint, and I had to get it done… I’ve had paint samples hanging on a few of our walls for over a month, trying to decide what would look good. It was time. 
There are several funny [...]

The Good Stuff

Perhaps I have been a bit curmudgeonly the last week or so. I could present a dozen or so lousy excuses, but instead of dwelling on it I would rather point out some lovely things from the past 24 hours of my life:
1.) Yesterday at work, a few teachers and I threw a surprise party for one [...]

A room of one’s own

Sountrack to this post:   “I Want Everything” by Cracker (remember them from the ’90s?)            ***          Part of me wants to rent forever, being able to pick up and leave for the rest of the world whenever I want. The rest of me wants to settle down [...]

Sorry ladies, he’s spoken for

I know I frequently contend that I have, sharing my life with me in happy domestic partnership, the World’s Greatest Boyfriend. And I DO firmly believe that. He is an amazing human being to begin with; I’ve been fascinated with him ever since I met him at a party thrown by a mutual friend about [...]

oh happy day

FINALLY, we had a snow day today. Yesterday we were one of two schools in a 20 mile radius that was open, and everyone was so damn crabby. Combine that with the fact that, while I would consider myself generally happy lately, I ended up bawling my eyes out three times in the last week [...]

Reasons I (heart) Cleveland

Cleveland gets a bad reputation as being depressing, impoverished, and dangerous. But ya know what? I’m in love with it. Here are a few reasons:
1.) We ARE NOT on the Forbes List of Most Miserable Cities! Take that, nay-sayers! There are officially at least ten places in the US that make you want to jump [...]

Quotes, Sherman Alexie, miscommunication and other things making me happy today

I just read an entire novel in two sittings. I started it last night and fell asleep 30 pages into it (it was either the long week or the strong drink that made me fall asleep — NOT the book); then when I got up in the morning I decided to read some more… and [...]

Good Day.

I feel so ON today. I’m on top of teachingstuff/comitteestuff/researchstuff, I recently did a major overhaul of my closet organization, I started going to yoga 2 or 3 times per week again and hitting the gym on the other days; family relations are doing well despite all the normal junk; I’ve been making time for [...]