Month: October 2005
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Happy Autumn!
So here in Austin, we tend to have summer, then a little bit of fall and winter, then summer again. But it’s 57 degrees outside at 10:40 in the morning, so I’m officially calling it Autumn. I love, love, love the fall…I wish we had more of it here. I bought my first little pumpkin,…
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Pesto to the rescue
I’ve always loved tabbouleh, but I rarely make it because my favorite recipe, from the Lake Austin Spa Resort, calls for fresh mint, fresh parsley, fresh chives…and for someone without an herb garden handy, it means buying all those herbs for one dish. Enter Cooking Light. I found a tabbouleh recipe in a Cooking Light…
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We’re back!
Roux and I are at it again, blogging and surfing and emailing and lounging near the computer. Turns out we had a bad backup battery. Can you believe it? A tiny little battery was causing all those problems. Before we figured that out, though, the Apple service guy erased our hard drive. Yuck. So Justin…
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Life in the (gasp) real world
The past week has been a challenge for me. No computer. That sounds like a simple thing, a modern convenience, a luxury that many people don’t have or need. But for me? It’s like taping my mouth shut and putting all my friends in a sealed box. No fun! I’ve missed the emails from my…