One of the rules in this house is that, on your birthday, you can have whatever you want to eat, and all the rules get ignored.

As you can see, that rule has already applied once today in regards to the birthday cake.

It's even more out of mind for dinner.

( I'm your chef, not your doctor... )

When I was in my late 20's/early 30's, I was a substitute teacher in the middle schools of Anne Arundel County, MD. It was a lot of fun, really, because I love kids that age and most of the students I had were a rollicking band of scruffy ne'er do wells who were most amusing ( Read more... )

All day today, the sky was gray and threatening, and a steady, raw wind blew that seemed to go right through you. It got worse as the day progressed...and by the time I got home, and it was beginning to drizzle, all I could think about was what I could make for dinner that I could wrap myself around and get cozy ( Read more... )