Author: cryskie
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Note to self
Today’s oatmeal was the best ever. Dried cranberries, coconut cashews, a spoonful of turbinado sugar, a touch of butter, and the tiniest splash of vanilla half-and-half.
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Christmastime
We decided to do some decorating this year! Twinkle lights and poinsettia and paper snowflakes and cranberry-popcorn garlands. It’s so nice to feel Christmasy this year – some years it just doesn’t happen. It helped that this weekend has been so cold, and that our lovely friends Nat & Grant dropped off a poinsettia this…
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And your little dog, too!
This is Sadie, Loli, and Ellie. All are incredibly cute, and belong to my parents and my sister. All weekend in west Texas I had to constantly yell, “PUPPIES!!” because they’re so dang adorable.
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Randoms
Oh, I forgot I have a blog. Oops. So when it’s chilly inside, I snuggle up with a good book and the kitties swarm around me for warmth. It’s quite lovely. Roux turned 12 this weekend. Can you believe it?! Old man. And in his old age, at the dawn of his 13th year, he…
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Oh, Nigel Slater.
A can of sardines, drained of their oil and dusted lightly in flour. Fried in a little fresh oil (the other stuff is way too fishy) for two minutes, then slapped between two pieces of bread spread with mayonnaise, with thickly sliced cucumber. (aka lunch tomorrow)