Monday - BBQ Brisket Salad {fill stockings, clean house a bit, make cookie doughs, pick up my new license plates, maybe shop for books} Tue...

My den is a large and mostly un-used room that has fairly decent light near the windows, with lots of empty space.  What better place to set...

 I made a Tilapia riff on Chicken Piccata a couple weeks ago*.  I lightly coated the tilapia in flour, sauteed that in butter, then added le...

  I couldn't decide where to hang the mirrored ball, so I just ordered a clear plexiglass stand for it and plopped it onto the mantel di...

I started a tradition with The Girl of giving her a Christmas ornament every year.  Sometimes I make them, sometimes I buy them, usually fro...

My goal going forward is to give each of my peeps at least one handmade or homemade thing each year for Christmas. Last year it was fudge.  ...

  I hadn't been in a church in a long time, so the candlelight concert at an Episcopal church gave me the opportunity to walk around the...