by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 25, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
I mentioned in my last post that I was making two lemon pies this week. The one reserved for Thanksgiving day dinner is the Shaker Lemon Pie. I was disappointed in how mine ended up looking this year, though it still tasted terrific. While using a microplane to zest...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 23, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
We celebrate Thanksgiving with my in-laws and one set of very close friends. We’ve been doing this same general family grouping for the last ten to fifteen years, and there are some slight modification depending on whose parents are visiting. My mom used to come...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized, Writing
It’s November, and my third year of doing the “NaNoWriMo” thing. Last year, well I blogged about last year. here, here, here, and here. The odd thing I just noticed is my current wordcount shows up on last year’s posts. You’ll have to...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
In August, we stopped in Spokane overnight on our way back from Montana and stayed at our usual hotel, the Red Lion Parkside. We’ve stayed there every trip Eastward for years because they have a decent pool, and we know how to find it from I-90. Since we...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 10, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
Yesterday, the hubby and teen went off to geekgirlcon , leaving me at home with the younger child who wanted nothing to do with dinner planning. I was lazy enough that all I really wanted to do was stay home and finish the last couple of episodes of...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Oct 4, 2011 | Blogging, Parenting, Uncategorized
I’ve had one of those mornings. You know the kind I’m talking about. Everyone was crabby in the morning. We were all snapping at each other, and I found myself overly annoyed at my husband for putting my Farmer John’s cookbook on the bottom shelf of...
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