I haven’t posted anything personal on here in forever but I still remember posting on LJ in 2006 when we welcomed puppy Sam into our family, so for anyone still around, I wanted to share that yesterday we lost Sam at 13 1/2. She lived an extraordinary life full of adventure and we had 13 1/2 years with her but it still wasn’t enough time. It was ( Read more... )

Sam's Fifth Birthday was two weeks ago! This year she got some toys and a whole sweet pototo for dinner(she LOVES sweet potatoes, and really, all root vegetables)!

( A history of Sam and her birthday hat in pictures!! )

We went to the dog park FOUR times! We took six walks! We mulched and weeded our yard! We read outside! Watched a little TV! Grilled! I made mini cookies! It was just really really great and relaxing ( Read more... )

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smittywing and wojelah were here for the weekend and they let me cook for them! wojelah brought the woj pups, and Sam had a good weekend with her friends!

I got to cook a LOT this weekend.

On Friday night we had:

(1) Lemon Orzo (from Giada's kitchen)
(2) Dijon Pork Palliard
(3) Roasted Ricotta Roma Tomatoes
(4) Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes (I used the shortcake ( Read more... )

It's been a week since I posted! So odd! But I come bearing pictures of Sam and food ( Read more... )

I have a ton of pictures of various things I want to post, but I figure I should start with this weekend and work my way backwards ( Read more... )

I didn't have a lot of time to cook over the weekend because of work, but I did make the Barefoot Contessa's Roasted Leek and Potato Soup and it is VERY good. We're going to freeze the rest of it for later ( Read more... )

Things I cooked this weekend (and a few from the week)
(1) Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
(2) Chicken and Roasted Garlic Pizza with Whole Wheat Crust
(3) Potato Skins
(4) Crispy Panko Chicken
(5) Spaghetti and Meatballs(6) there would have been other cupcakes here, but they were dry and I didn't feel like doing another batch ( Read more... )

Weekend Cooking - Halloween Cookies, Apple and Sausage Stuffing, Pumpkin Puree, and the starting of Stuffed Mushrooms ( Read more... )