I baked the porcini lasagne from Sunday last night and it was good, but not the best lasagne ever. I think porcini are better saved for risotto. It also needed more pesto. But it was good, if not great, and I saved a meal's worth for zoccolaro . I hope he shows up for dance practice tonight so I can give it to him.
Grandmother is still in the hospital, and ( Read more... )

My grandmother (Martha) fell and broke her hip. Surgery might be tomorrow, might be the day after. Mom (who called in the final quarter of tonight's NBA finals game!!!!) isn’t sure. Two days after the hip surgery, the doctors are going in again to implant a pacemaker as her heart is a bit wonky. Neither surgery is particularly dangerous, but as one ( Read more... )

I haven't posted all month, mostly because work has been insane. Really. I think one of my technical editors actually had kittens ( Read more... )

GM and I did end up going to South Dakota last weekend. The visit to my brother's family went smoothly, and we all went to the WalMart portrait studio to get a picture taken. Mission Accomplished. We also went to see my eldest nephew in a community theatre production of Fiddler on Roof.

This weekend, GM's in Wisconsin at the Ring of Steel reunion ( Read more... )