I don’t ring in the new year with resolutions. Why save them up for one day a year? Instead, I’m constantly re-inventing myself, trying to figure out who I am and what I need to do to be happy. Sometimes, that means going to the gym four times a week, working out my frustration on … [Read more…]
Last month, when Big Y was offering their Buy 1 Get 2 Free sale on apple cider, I stocked up and decided to reduce some of that deliciousness into a concentrate for future use. I had no particular plans for it at the time–just felt that it was something I had to do, even though … [Read more…]
I’ve been making Christmas cookies for at least twenty years now. Ouch. Should I have admitted that? There are a few that are annual traditions, like the molasses cut-outs, butterballs, and peanut blossoms we prepared on Monday. In more recent years, I’ve started changing it up a bit, adding in a new recipe or two … [Read more…]
I’m finally settling in to my winter break, now that grades were posted yesterday. While I already had all my English grades over the weekend, my Math for Business and Economics professor waited until the very last second–I know because I refreshed that page probably twenty times yesterday!–to post. B+. Not bad for an English … [Read more…]
With Christmas only 5 days away, it was time to don the aprons and take part in the annual family tradition of baking with my mom and sister. Given the small kitchen at my house and the oven that burns everything at my sister’s house, we converged on our mom, laden with bags of supplies, … [Read more…]