Mystery Food – Round 1

It’s a well known fact by now that I like my chocolate.  I would be the last to say that I eat all healthful foods all the time.  But for all my indulgences, the reality is that I actually do buy and eat quite a lot of healthy food.  I prefer to keep our kitchen stocked with skim milk, whole wheat bread, cheese, yogurt, fruits, leaner meats, veggies and healthy cereals.  When I buy snacks and treats, I usually try...

The Sweet Life

What is the lure of a beautiful cookbook?  What is it exactly that draws me in, lifts my hand to the cover, begs me to open it to see inside?  I have a confession…I am a closet cookbook addict.  Addict, you say?  How can you be addicted to cookbooks?  They’re so practical, so useful!  Yes.  Yes, they are.  Provided you actually use them.  But when you do like I do, stalk the pretty ones, drool...

In Real Life

The post that follows was inspired by a great idea from Mabel’s Labels.  Write a post on your blog in response to the following hypothetical situation: Electrical storms are going to wipe out the Internet (perhaps forever). You have one day left to write about your passions: what do you want to say to the blogosphere in 300 words or less?  ~~~ In Real Life We have just moved back to my hometown, and I am happy. ...

A Labour of Love

This is one of the most important, most difficult, most frustrating jobs I have ever held.  It asks for sacrifice, sleepless nights, bottomless pools of energy and unending patience.  It pushes me beyond what I think I can do, eats at me when I don’t measure up, and drives me crazier than I ever thought possible. This job is the ultimate commitment.  It is one of the hugest projects I ever dared to think I could take...