I love quiet, unplanned weekends every now and then. I did a little writing, a lot of running, had lunch with the fam on Saturday, did some cleaning and cooking. And slept. I'm not very good at sleeping these days, so I tried to make it a priority ( Read more... )

The light rail was an adventure on Friday. I was sitting next to a little girl, who kept elbowing me inadvertently as she ate her KFC. (Mind you, you're not even supposed to have food on the train, but that's another matter.) My ribs are sore as hell right now from coughing, so the elbowing was quite painful and I was on the verge of saying ( Read more... )

I had a craving for shrimp cocktail tonight. I had shrimp in the freezer, but no cocktail sauce. I didn't want to go to the store, so I figured I'd make my own, since I had everything I needed-except the ketchup. So I did some research and figured out how to make homemade ketchup. Actually not that difficult, although also not quite the same (or as ( Read more... )