freezer food.

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been trying to practice the responsible, organized adult task of cooking a large batch of a meal on the weekend.  It results in easy, tasty, and most importantly, homemade lunches and dinners on the busier days of my week.

this is what kept me busy yesterday. [...]

personalized comfort food.

I had to run a couple errands after work yesterday, which didn’t afford me much in the way of cooking time in the evening.  Not to suggest that I need to eat by a certain hour [it's pretty typical for me to eat dinner around 8, so all those rules about not eating too late [...]

cinnamon bun exploring.

Talking about my mom yesterday got me thinking, and for some reason, a memory resurfaced from my middle school years.

I believe we were back to school shopping for sixth or seventh grade, taking a break from purchasing whatever was “in” back in the mid-nineties at the Limited Too. We needed some fuel; shopping is hard [...]

just do it.

There is something so wonderful about having a Monday off, more than any other day of the week. It feels like a special, stolen day, doesn’t it?

You know what else is wonderful? Sipping [er, throwing back?] the quantity of wine I consumed this weekend. I’m going [...]

a few truths from a half-bowl of oats.

Storytime…

A few weeks ago, a close friend stayed over for a night in my apartment.  Despite our consumption of wine and late arrival home the previous evening, we both found ourselves wide awake by 8 AM.  Being morning people can be both a blessing and a curse.

Sprawled on the couch in my newly spacious living [...]