family Cut Our boy has never had a haircut. Neither has Mackenzie! I've trimmed his bangs and tried to clean it up once or twice, but that's it. This weekend I noticed
family Yum! Allie had a fantastic idea tonight. There was talk about going to the park, but it was getting a bit late. What will easily overshadow a walk to the park?
Knocked out I've started and stopped a half dozen ideas tonight. There's a lot to talk about, but stringing together a narrative is proving difficult. I have some fragments of ideas for
Etsy A small win Another throttle wasn't the only order on Saturday. We received an order for a jewelry tree as well. The first of these I made just over a year ago, I
Done. I did it. After months of designing, machining, tapping, threading, soldering, troubleshooting, reworking, fretting, printing, fixing printers, testing, and fretting (yeah, it's in there twice). I've finally boxed up the
family 10 I'd been chatting with her for about a week. For some reason, my email managed to catch her attention. We exchanged a few messages, and then I invited her to
Twinkle, Twinkle. Nana got Mackenzie a cute, programable stuffed dog last summer when she was visiting for Mackenzie's birthday and surgery. Scout hasn't been horribly interesting to Kenzie up to this point,
Limes Limes. I like limes. Fresh lime juice in a cocktail. A wedge of lime amongst the garnish for a plate of Pad Thai or bowl of Pho. Little sections to
Future reader Mackenzie has been more and more into her books of late. She's always enjoyed them, and enjoyed the nightly ritual of Mom or Dad reading one to her. She loves
? Heading back to the car in a parking garage this evening, I spot something strange in the stairwell. Someone has taken this photo, and stabbed it onto the bolt of
daily Smile Our girl really does have an amazing smile. I snapped a bunch of pictures of her in the kitchen tonight with my phone. Unfortunately they're all blurry messes, but it
Pew pew I've always enjoyed video games. Starting back when I was a kid, my first computer was a Commodore 64. We had a number of games for that thing. I have
daily A nice day It was a good day here. A great, relaxing Sunday. After Allie returned from the gym we had a tasty lunch of chilaquiles with the red chili sauce I made
Chilis We talked about making nachos for lunch today, and when Allie was digging through our "pantry" to see if we had beans, she pulled out some dried chilis
Pot pie The month of clearing out the fridge continued this evening as we took some of the remaining turkey from Thanksgiving from the freezer and made a giant batch of turkey
Oops I can't say I really did anything very creative Thursday. It was a busy day. Getting caught up on some work, then picking up Mackenzie a little bit early so
Ginger beer I started another batch of fresh ginger beer this evening. I've been enjoying making it again lately, it's been a tasty beverage to have around over the holidays. I first
Desk Spent a little time this evening getting my old desktop up and running again. It's been sitting half open next to my chair for months now. I had little hope
Cuddlebug Our little one wasn't feeling so great today. With a runny nose and a bit of a fever that really took off in the evening. She's a trooper, but when she gets like this she also really likes to cuddle. She spent most of
Food for thought It's been a good week here. Despite some illness and the bitter cold weather. After indulging quite a bit last month we're reigning things in for January. We're cooking more,
Nourishment Allie had a pretty bad stomach bug today, removing any desire for food. I could have gone out and gotten some crackers or something, but instead decided to make a
Potstickers We had a bunch of delicious pork left over from our lettuce wraps earlier in the week and were discussing what to do with it. Allie had the brilliant idea
reflection Reflection on last year It's been cold here in Minnesota this week. Really cold. Today it also snowed quite a bit, so we have that going for us! I do still like winter, but
Tom Kha ... Gai? Not so sure about the Gai part. Maybe Tom Kha "Tom"? Because this soup was made from Thanksgiving! We had some stock and turkey left in the freezer
Thai inspired cocktail As Allie notes in her post for today, we made lettuce wraps tonight! When it came time to sit down and enjoy them, I decided to use some of the
