Last night, I was checking out some of my favorite blog RSS feeds, and I came across a post over at A Beautiful Mess taking up the 100 Happy Days challenge. The idea is that for 100 days, you take a picture of something that made you happy, post it on social media, and tag it with the …
Game Review – The Princess Bride: Prepare to Die
Who doesn’t love Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride? The movie is one of my absolute favorites, and his character is great. “Hello, My Name is Inigo Montoya, prepare to die.” Great quote – as is “Ever hear of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.” And yes, part of the reason I love that second quote so …
CRAFT: St. Patrick’s Day Baby Headband
I bought a cute outfit for Baby Girl, and I wanted a headband that would match. I figured I would go ahead and make her a headband myself, using felt and a ready-made stretch headband. I had Wining Husband take me to Michaels so that I could pick up my supplies. I used the following …
Pairing a Dinner to the Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva 2010
When I received the 2005 Fratelli Recchia Ca’Bertoldi Amarone, I received two other wines from Wine Chateau. I decided that I would put together a wine pairing with each of these the same way I had for the Amarone. I paired the 2010 Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva, the next wine we tried, with a three-course meal: …
Pinterest Project: Making a Bow and Hairclip Holder
While wandering around the Internet, I find lots of great things to pin to my Pinterest boards. While I make a lot of the recipes I come across, I don’t often make any of the crafts I pin. I decided to change that. Baby Girl has a LOT of headbands, clips, and bows for someone …
Arts and Culture Charities Are “Bad Charities?”
Peter Singer is no stranger to making controversial arguments. In Howard Husock’s Forbes article, “Peter Singer’s Seductive — And Dangerous — Anti-Charity Reasoning,” yet another controversial Peter Singer work is discussed. This time, rather than arguing that animals have greater moral status than infants, Singer tackles the question “Which charities ought we to help?” Singer believes that …
No More Pajamas and Lent
I’m going to start off by saying I’m not particularly devout. I’m a Methodist, and, well to be honest, the whole organized religion thing has always been a struggle for me – I didn’t start going to church until 2011. In fact, the first time I went to my church, it as also the first …
Game Review: Chrononauts
We love board games around here, and we’re always looking for new games to play together as a family. When I saw this review of Chrononauts, I thought: this is the perfect gift for my history buff guys. Both Wining Husband and Tiger Boy love history. Me? I try to prop my eyes open …
Quady Winery’s Elysium Dessert Wine
I love tiramisu. So I thought, given the Italian theme behind our Valentine’s Day dinner, it would be an excellent dessert choice. Because I would be cooking everything else from scratch, I cheated and got a pre-made tiramisu cake. Amarone is not a wine that should be paired with dessert. Because of this, I thought …
Tasting the 2005 Fratelli Recchia Ca’Bertoldi Amarone with Food Pairings
We paired the 2005 Fratelli Recchia Ca’Bertoldi Amarone* with Pasta e Fagioli, Steak Gorgonzola, Rosemary Potatoes, Mushrooms in Red Wine Sauce, and Parmesan Cheese with Honey and Balsamic Vinegar drizzle. We decanted the wine and left it to breathe for an hour before dinner so that it could open up, as was suggested in my researching …
