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…
Chuck It
Halloween Food
Today’s barbeque lunch kept me awfully full for most of the afternoon. Apparently cleaning my plate and eating Ryan’s roll was more filling than I thought. By the time dinner rolled around, I still wasn’t as hungry as I usually am and decided to make a lighter meal that included grilled teriyaki pork chops, served…