It snowed on Saturday, and I’ve two small boys that need to move, so at 8 a.m. we bundled up, grabbed our sleds and headed for the terribly named Suicide Hill (a very small hill in our neighborhood park). We Continue reading →
There’s nothing quite like a good sugar cookie. Oma’s sugar cookies, a recipe I stumbled upon while reading the novel Bread Alone, are delicious and intriguing. After all, they contain a secret ingredient… cream of tartar. Cream of tartar Continue reading →
Salt butter cookies are buttery, half cookie balls sandwiched together with a chocolate, or in this case, Nutella filling. They are the kind of cookie you’ll find yourself eating in your mom’s laundry room after stumbling upon a hidden batch Continue reading →
We put up our Christmas tree. It’s a fake tree, and not terribly tall, but wonderful all the same. It’s also blocking our backdoor, which is a fire hazard. What I love most about our tree are the ornaments. Continue reading →