No posts and now two posts in one day. Woo! Today is hopefully the last day of the roof construction. I misspoke in my previous post. We are actually on week 3, not week 2. My temper and nerves are frayed to the maximum capacity, so hopefully this will be coherent. Business Stuff Magic Clams
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Cooking: Tips and Tricks
Do you have any cooking tips or tricks? I just have the usual home cook stuff. Let’s see. Um. Giving cooking advice is always slightly controversial. For example, I do not cook our pan-seared steaks in a bath of butter. One, we don’t need the extra calories and saturated fats and especially lactose; two, steak is
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Gloomy Friday
It is gloomy here in Texas. It doesn’t quite rise to the levels of blustery, but it is definitely grey, overcast, and slightly chilly. Mod R is out today for a medical procedure, so you have to put up with me prattling on about random business and life nonsense. First, I have some great news.
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Tea and Hammering
::taking a figurative hammer and hitting the holiday project:: Get! Into! Shape! I should do that to myself. I haven’t worked out in 2 weeks. I haven’t walked either. It is super crappy. It’s like Portland, Oregon weather over here, grey and dull and depressing. We mostly have two seasons: awful heat and gloom. We
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Catching Up
Popeyes turkey, a quick recipe, and a funny story.
Tuesday Before Thanksgiving
It is Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and I’m feeling a bit under the weather. Outside is rainy and cold. We have a fire going. It’s Sookie. The old dog loves the fire, so she will go and lay in front of the fire place and whine sadly at us when the fire doesn’t magically happen. It’s
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Food, Family, and Other Things
Where have you been? Taking a breath. We are doing all the things we have been putting off. The house is getting cleaner with every day. We order out less and cook more. We have even gotten out of the house. Did you know you can go to this place called a restaurant, where you
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Food, Glorious Food
Hi all, Mod R again. Don’t worry, House Andrews are fine, just deep in the writing cave for Sweep of the Heart, so I get to entertain and make a post about my favourite topic: food! Since the 2020s are determined to go down in history as The Roaring Whatthefucks, to borrow a Bug-ism, and
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Muffins, Trucks, and Deleted Scenes
I meant to post this earlier, but I’m sleep deprived and behind my schedule. Last night Gordon had trouble falling asleep. Normally when that happens, he turns on TV, usually something like Ancient Aliens. We listen to the magic aliens who used a vimana to fly to Antarctica and build secret pyramids, and it puts
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Pastilla
We are still working on the edits. I am a ball of hate at the moment. Mod R: They want to know about pastilla. Me: The what? Mod R: Pastilla. Opinions, memories, recipes, do you eat it as a dessert or with tea as a snack, what is this magic etc? Do you make it?
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Surprise Bread
Two posts in one day. This one is time sensitive, since I am going to try again today when my groceries arrive. A few days ago, Gordon turned to me and said, “I bought a bread machine.” This is strange for many reasons, primarily because I’m the only one who makes bread and I didn’t
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Russian Tea
So many of you are curious about Russian tea habits. Here are some Russian tea traditions. Please keep in mind that Russia is a large country with many regional customs, so some traditions and methods will differ. As always, none of the links are affiliate links. We do not earn money if you buy a
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