Instant Pot Test Kitchen
I took major advantage of the book sale during Amazon’s Prime Day. I picked up a few fiction titles I had on my list, but more importantly, I snagged a copy of The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook by Coco Morante.…
Category Hobbies
An Hour a Day
In the past month, I’ve started knitting an hour a day on Kevin’s fisherman sweater. It sounds like I’m committing myself to a lot these days, but I'm learning that's how you get things done.
Global Running Day
It’s 1.5 miles if you hook a left out of my driveway, take a left at the next street you come to, turn around at the cul de sac and come back down my road. There are exactly three hills…
Running Frantic
My friend and years-long running partner, Leigh, and I coined a phrase one cold Saturday morning as we ran intervals along the American Tobacco Trail here in North Carolina. We called it “frantic running.” A safe word of sorts, it…
Queued Up For Success
I am my own worst enemy when it comes to projects. Not one for baby steps, my excitement for new projects usually results in the extreme. Take knitting for instance – I decided last November I wanted to knit Kevin…
Sunday Night Knit Night | no. 6
I’m typing this after 5 p.m. and the sun isn’t disappearing yet. Longer days are almost here. This week brought with it lots of knitting time, but I’m still spreading myself a little too thin when it comes to the…
Knit Night #5 | Feb. 25
I missed last week’s knit night. After spending the day Saturday in Virginia with my family then spending most of the day Sunday with my in-laws, I was full on introverting by Sunday afternoon. I’m very excited to be back,…
Spinach Tomato Tortellini Soup
I am not a food photographer, nor while I ever be. I prefer preparing and eating food which is why most of my food photos look like an afterthought. They usually are. We received the Damn Delicious cookbook as a…
Sunday Night Knit Night | no. 4
Oh hey there. I’m so happy to sit down and knit tonight! After a week full of skiing and twelve hours of traveling yesterday, things are finally starting to quiet down over here. What I’m Knitting I haven’t started anything…
Sunday Night Knit Night | no. 3
Welcome to the Super Bowl Sunday Night Knit Night (say that five times fast!) I hope you’re enjoying some extra special food tonight for this momentous occasion in the United States. I’m impartial towards the game as I was hoping…