Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
This about sums things up these days… Luckily this weekend I had time to pick up some of the broken pieces and make some progress on the to do list. Lots of time for some fun and relaxing too. I got a lot done in the kitchen to help prep for our busy week ahead….
1) Oberon season! 2) Cashed out 3) Mexican night 4) Not playing along 5) Celebration 6) Dead head with bed head 7) Costco
Got my race on today in the Race That’s Good For Life 5K. It has actually been a couple of years since I have done a 5K, but since my race calendar has been so light lately I did not want to pass this one up since it takes place in my town. I haven’t…
1) New route 2) Watch dog 3) Practice 4) Lake front 5) Night view 6) RIP 7) BLT + smoked pork + fried egg
It has been a rainy couple of weeks in Chicago, in fact the kids got a rain day today. With the rain all night, our yard just could not keep up… …the dog refuses to use the yard. Our basement got a few inches, but we have nothing compared to others, our neighbors included. Thankfully…
Senseless tragedy today, I can’t stand to even tune into the news coverage at this point. What I have seen glimpses of, overwhelming heartbreak. I needed this reminder that all hope is not lost in the crazy messed up world… My thoughts are with everyone affected by this horrific tragedy in Boston.
1) Passports 2) Election day 3) Every. Damn. Day. 4) Date night 5) Rerouted 6) Cobb Salad 7) Pea soup
The theme of this year seems to be non-stop. Which sometimes is a good thing and sometimes it makes me want to stay under the covers all day, especially with five straight days of rain. I am constantly playing catch up. Though, now most of the big items on the to-do list are done, but…
1) Taste test, Ireland won 2) New to me 3) That Guinness Cake 4) Spring 5) LOVE 6) Woods walk 7) T-Ball
We did not have a very traditional Easter this year. It was all about house chores and catching up on sleep. We did get eggs colored at the 11th hour on Saturday. Sticking with the non-traditional I didn’t just make the hard boiled eggs into egg salad like I traditionally would. Instead I tried something…