What a full day! Yesterday was jam-packed with family fun from the moment we arrived in St. Pete. With my aunt and uncle visiting from Washington, we made sure to make the most of their time with us and spent the afternoon on the boat! My dad and his sister! Can you see the resemblance?…
Butternut Squash Wheatberry Mock Risotto
Tonight I had a mini victory in the kitchen. I made a completely vegetarian dinner and Ryan didn’t even bat an eye at the lack of meat in the dish. Ryan is actually pretty great about eating vegetarian dishes, but he’ll sometimes say something like, “I bet this would be amazing with chicken in it.”…
Shrimp and Vegetable Soup
No Mood to Cook
My freelance projects took more time to complete than I initially anticipated this afternoon. I wanted to power through and get them done rather than have them lingering in my mind all night so I worked into the evening, through my normal dinner time. Eventually I was over snacking through dinner and figured I should…
Easy Pasta with Mussels
En route to my friend Carrie’s baby shower on Saturday, the “maintenance required” light lit up on my car’s dashboard. In an effort to avoid any serious car trouble in the future, early this morning I called a local garage to see if they could squeeze me in for an appointment today. Fortunately they were…
Triplets
As Ryan, my father-in-law and I headed to our separate closets to find something to wear for dinner last night, we laughed pretty hard when we all emerged in white shirts and jeans. Triplets! Our matchy-matchy trio headed out to dinner at La Cuisine, a local French restaurant. Ryan’s dad selected the restaurant, saying he…