A Celebration of Mundanity

I am not ashamed to admit that I visit the Cute Overload website frequently.

I made a terrific dish of stuffed pork chops with an apple and blue cheese stuffing, two flavors that go great together. I had researched a variety of recipes and met them on some middle ground for…

Strange how the last three movies I watched all had Jena Malone in them. I had never heard of her, but then she pops up as coincidence in the last three movies I've seen. Saved!: gets a "meh" it was…

I will just say how glad I am that we hosted a Super bowl party and that we didn't have to drive anywhere. It was a fabulous game with great company. We had our usual fair of lots of fresh veggies…

Pork butt that is. I've entered a new frontier in cooking. I have this fascination with the crock pot. That I can place a pile of ingredients into the slow cooking device on low heat, and voila!…

I decided to get my hair cut today. I told the stylist what I was looking for and while she was combing my hair out, she remarked that since I was getting a good chunk of it cut off, an inch or so…

The book club that was started up several months ago is going well. We have lively discussions over the group read and lots of laughter over our reviews of exchange books. We battle our demons and…

Or rather, "Seriously, why aren't we 300 lbs apiece?" I am genuinely amazed at the quantity of food Mark and I consume at times. There are days when we remark to each other, how much more food would…

I have been sitting on this for a while. But, it's official. I'm a graduate student! I'm easing into it, I'm starting out part time. Mostly to see if this is what I really want to do and if I can…

My brother is 35 today. Man, we're getting old.