A cooking kind of mood settled on me this afternoon and I checked out the kitchen for inspiration. My eyes fell upon a bag of serrano peppers grown by a coworker and gifted to me. A quick check of allrecipes.com (one of the best recipe sites Evah, I am convinced!) yielded a delight that has flat out made my evening.

( What's Cookin'? )

Tonight I invested a very modest amount in this. I am going to be a'compostin'! A coworker and I have been batting around different ideas for composting lately and he is in the process of constructing his very own barrel composting contraption. Not being so handy as he is, I decided to jump-start my composting efforts with this store-bought ( Read more... )

I usually power wash the house myself....well, if usually means once in the last eight years. And if "house" means the one side that had the most visible stuff that needs to be power washed on it. And if "powerwash" means... well, no I actually did power wash. Anyway, I decided to investigate a little this year. Or, well, I decided to ask the wife ( Read more... )

I was supposed to go to NY today however due to some miscommunication and my needing to cover supervisory call until midafternoon, that didn't happen.  The woman was not especially pleased (can't blame her) but she was kind enough to reschedule me for next month.

All of this left me with an unexpected free day at home - and what a beautiful day it ( Read more... )

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...with some small amount of help. And actually, we were never really without hot water. I had been noticing for some time that there was a little moisture around the bottom of our old hot water heater. Yesterday that turned in to a puddle, and today it turned in to a larger puddle which seemed to carry with it a message of urgency.

A coworker ( Read more... )

1. Take a nap
2. Eat dinner
3. Feed fish
4. Do email that has been waiting more than a week
5. Wake up cat and play with her
6. Fill fridge soda holder with sodas
7. Make massage oil
8. Massage wife
9. Work on laundry
10. Try on new t-shirt

After all of the above have been completely and thoroughly accomplished, then one may at last bring oneself ( Read more... )

Stopped by the house for a quick bite today, and in my haste I knocked the milk jug out of the fridge and onto the floor. Of course, I had to photo-document the ensuing clean up : ) It was a good reminder to slow down, if even for a few minutes, and enjoy just having a bit of fun.

( The story in pictures... )

At the turn of the new year, the wife and I both spoke of wanting to become more organized around the house. Both of us are incredibly organized at work, but our level of order in the house - while present - is not up to what either of us would ideally like it to be. So today we attacked the office. It seems to be where clutter accumulates most ( Read more... )

My nematodes arrived today, and they should by now be all squirming their happy way into the soil of my well-watered rose garden, to begin their winter's work.  If this is successful, I will have beautiful roses blooms all summer long, not just in the spring and fall.  Throughout the summer months for the past two years, the japanese beetles have ( Read more... )