"A Day in the Life" or "Fire Drill!"

Robert was going away again, so I decided that we would have some fun without him. (Well, you know, not "without" him, per se, but "in his absence.")
We made sugar cookies. Enoch only destroyed one.

Mommy did a little bit of a better job.

Yes, the smoke alarm went on, and we left the building like a good little family should. The baby even woke up for it--we couldn't just leave her inside of a potentially burning building--even on such a cold night.

You can bet we watched the rest of the cookies more closely.

Of course. . . maybe the cookies weren't what needed watching. . . .

I am SooooooOooo Hungry

We used to have a rule that we wouldn't eat past 7:30--it was good for us. I would feel sick all night long when I broke it--kind of like when I drink soda. That rule is one of the first to go when I have a baby in my belly.

I've been busy tonight, and since Robert was gone, and Eenie had leftovers (Nana wasn't feeling up to eating anything more than bread and juice tonight), I forgot to make myself dinner. I need to start getting ready for bed, but all I can think about are the immitation oreo cookies way up high above the kitchen pantry cupboard. . .

Lemon Meringue Pie

So, lately most of my "always wanted to do" things involve food. I really wanted to make lemon meringue pie. (The meringue part is what I was most curious about.) It was so good, I can't even tell you. My specialty has always been pumpkin pie--straight from the pumpkin. Now I think I'll have to make this my specialty. Just writing this blog is making me hungry for some.

Good Food, Good Friends

We had a special cast-off party for Michelle. (We even busted out the schlur--sparkling cider to those of you less savvy [meaning any of you that are not Gardners]). I always wanted to make manicotti. . . and I still do. I accidentally made some beefy stuffed shells, instead of manicotti. Oh well. Now I don't have to wonder about what it's like to make beefy stuffed shells. They were good, way too salty with too much nutmeg, but otherwise the were superb.

Peanut Pork BBQ with Raisins

Robert wanted BBQ for Sunday Dinner. We didn't have any BBQ sauce. . . so I did the best I could. Usually you use brown sugar, ketchup and mustard for BBQ. I had maple syrup, ketchup and honey mustard. It ended up smelling oriental so I added peanuts and raisins. It was pretty good. Next time I won't put ketchup in it, though.