I'm sharing my Christmas recipes that were a hit, starting with this amazingly rich and tasty make-ahead mashed potato casserole.This seemed downright RUNNY when it was first mashed up. But with a day to sit in the fridge, it firms up, and when heated, becomes INCREDIBLY flavorful and moist. Everyone at Christmas was RAVING about it, and the leftovers I just had at lunch today were equally amazing...
INGREDIENTS1 cup water12 cashews (or almonds)4 pitted Medjool dates1 can (15oz) coconut milk2 Tbsp chia seeds1.5 cups oats (Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats was my first experiment)1 can (15oz) coconut milk1 tsp cinnamon1/2 tsp vanilla extract INSTRUCTIONSPut water, nuts, and dates in a blender and blend until milky and broken down significantly.In large jar, pour in water/cashew/date mixture, and ad...
We're in the thick of it now. It's officially Thanksgiving week, which means my counters and fridge are overflowing with ingredients, ready to tackle the mountain of dishes I plan to cook up this week, including all the necessary ingredients to make and freeze some leftover turkey pot pies.Despite *Science telling us otherwise, our favorite has continued to be the Alton Brown wet brine. We have ma...
Musings on last night: Elsa and I discussing how we must be family, seeing as Chris and I were Ice King and Queen. Dual ninjas showing off their light up swords with "ninja poses" they had practiced at home for weeks. The neighbor who said while riding home with his stoic friend, who doesn't normally react to much of anything, literally screeched his car to a halt and threw it into reverse the fir...
Some of you know the saga of the bar, but for those who don't:Temple Billiards This is a vintage soda fountain, that was later used in a speakeasy in Portland in the teens/20's. It was then bought by a man named Alex, who owned Temple Billiards in Pioneer Square. He used it as the bar at Temple, which was the local watering hole for early Seattle startups in the area. It is where Chris and I met f...
My third pumpkin carve of the season!I got to meet our biggest Cemetery fan, Trace, today. His grandma brings him to walk by here any day she comes to visit, and he looooves the skeleton. He's gonna be Genji from Overwatch for Halloween (he has never played it, but his friend has it). They live just around the block and were headed home to add more Halloween decorations to their house.More and mor...
I have been posting a lot of photos over on Facebook of our fun, new Halloween decorations this year. It's been a blast to finally feel like we're getting to celebrate in the style we dreamed of! And while I have tried to do it at reasonable costs (and not always succeeding *side eye at 12' Skeleton*), the other challenge is where to store it all in the off season. We have no shed or garage this y...
Yesterday was utter chaos. I woke up, did a few house things (including assembling my new organizational boxes *Kon Mari closet intensifies*), then had to take the dogs to their FIRST PRO GROOMING IN TWO YEARS!! KERMIT FLAIL!! *ahem* I was a little excited.On the way home, saw a little reddish brown chihuahua-lookin’ pup sniffing the flowers outside a residential complex. It had no collar, no lea...
I am slowly, but surely, falling in love with our house. It’s been such a long (at times completely demoralizing) process. The road ahead still feels so very long. But all I know is I look around at things beginning to take shape, and I feel myself sinking into a happy place I haven’t been able to find for a very long time. For instance, today I walked past my dining table. And my first thought w...
A tale of adapting a game for its audience.My little sister is in town and we got to spend a couple hours together with her two young boys at our new house we’re moving into. Right now most of the games are in boxes, and there are mounds of them in the living room. The boys—who are 4 and 6–saw the pile of games and were astounded. I offered to open some boxes and see if I could find a box with gam...
OCULUS/VR TalkTonight I dropped in on an AltSpace over 40 group meetup. There were shenanigans with some younguns at the beginning but they were shoo’d out. Then I ended up chatting most of the rest of the night with a history and sociology high school teacher from Ohio. She was the only teacher in her school who was allowed to teach virtually this year and it was hard won, at that. Most all other...
The author of the comics The Oatmeal revealed that his dog Rambo died yesterday. This is the dog which inspired one of his most beloved characters. It was sudden—one day fine, the next internal bleeding from an undiagnosed tumor and gone.We lost Loki under similar circumstances. He was fine one day, and the next, super lethargic. It was the night before our huge summer party, and we were rushing a...
Today is a day I think of Chris’ awesome Mom, Pat. I loved her, and am often struck by a deep sadness at how little time I got to get to know her before she passed. Pat loved all things from her Irish heritage. She gifted me a coin for in my shoe—in a little pouch embroidered with a shamrock—for my wedding day. She gifted us an Irish poem in a jade green colored frame, for our one year anniversary...
On a board gaming group, someone asked how they got into boardgames and why would they play them more than video games. My reply:I grew up on board games. Yes Candyland and Hi Ho Cherry-o when we were little; then chess, checkers, Sorry, Monopoly ( a favorite of my father’s, who would pull it out when mom was out and he was the lone parent with 2-4 kids), and Uno (which was a fave of my grandparen...
INGREDIENTS1 lb sweet or hot Italian sausage (removed from casing if in casing) 1 large shallot minced 4 cloves garlic 6 oz blue cheese 2 cups cream 1 cup walnuts 1 lb pasta of choice (I wanted penne, but only had spaghetti, and it worked great) Optional: fresh sage, sliced thinly.DIRECTIONSHeat oven to 350. Put walnuts on a baking sheet and cook for 10 minutes. Remove to cutting board and chop. N...
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