Author: strejde
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An oldie but goodie
I hate it when I completely forget about a recipe that we love. I used to make this pasta almost once a week, because it was so easy, inexpensive, and delicious. It’s one of Justin’s favorites, and I think that has to do with the lemon juice and the feta. I think this recipe was…
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Summer weekend
What a great weekend! Friday night we rented Memoirs of a Geisha, which Justin hadn’t seen yet. I think he really enjoyed the cinematography, but didn’t quite understand a girl’s desire to be with a very old man who was already married. 🙂 I was captivated once again by the world of the geishas. Saturday…
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He
I waited for that phone call every day…I’d pick up the phone, and he’d ask, “Do you need anything from town?” I had already asked my mom this question, because I knew he’d call, and I wanted to be prepared. “Ice,” I’d say, or “a couple of tomatoes.” That phone call meant he was only…
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Hot kitchen
Summer is always challenging for me because any amount of cooking heats up my kitchen (and the whole dang apartment) so much. Once I start cooking dinner, I turn on the A/C full blast and pour myself a nice tall glass of iced water in preparation for the heat wave. Last night I didn’t want…
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More stitching
I finished a couple more things this week… This little blouse for Lindsay…I think it’s too cute! I used a pattern from one of my Japanese craft books, and made it teeny tiny for Linds. It actually wasn’t that hard to do…the hardest part was sizing it down. I also (finally) finished this scarf that…