I'm reading, or should I say wading through, Tolstoy's War and Peace. J suggested it because I keep blowing through every other book we buy and he wanted something that would take me longer than a day. This one's certainly taking longer than that-and isn't it one of those books that everyone's supposed to read?

Today was the first day back at work ( Read more... )

We (James, myself, James Sr, and Kaylee) are all going to German Fest in Muenster today. I plan on eating much odd German food, including copious amounts of sauerkraut and imbibing many beverages. Taking the camera, so there should be a few terribly shot photographs for documentation.

UPDATE (pics-just a couple of my favorites-the rest are on ( Read more... )

This year's menu consisted of:

-Seared Turkey Breast with Roasted Root Vegetables and Chardonnay Gravy

-Cornbread Stuffing

-Green Bean Casserole*

-Sweet Potato Casserole

-My Mom's Fruit Salad

-Fearing's Sweet Corn and Queso Mashed Potatoes (recipe by Dean Fearing of...Fearing's)*

-Cranberry Sauce

-premade Sara Lee rolls

-Candy Bar Pie*

-Marbled Pumpkin ( Read more... )