Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
Word on the street is that the cupcake trend is over. Never. Cupcakes are like the little black dress, they will always be in style. My cupcake obsession has actually reached new heights. For starters, the kids sitter now brings us cupcakes all the time when she is over. She makes great flavors like s’mores,…
My husband and I used to watch endless hours of Food Network TV back in the day when the majority of shows were actually cooking shows. Hard to believe that was fifteen years ago. Our favorite shows were Cooking Live with Sara Moulton, Door-knock Dinners, Corner Table With Bill Boggs, Hot Off the Grill with…
As a parent you hope to pass along your wisdom to your children. You strive to instill good habits in them. Making their bed, doing homework on time, being polite. You turn failures into “teachable moments” and emphasis making smart decisions. Then there is a moment when you realize that despite your best effort some…
St. Patrick’s Day comes early and often to our town. It generally kicks off the the first weekend in March with a parade. The best parade of the year by far. Most years we would have everyone back to our house after the parade, but last year I was in Minnesota so there ended the…
I’m here! A few housekeeping items to still take care of but for the most part the new site is just done. Yippee! To celebrate I am giving away a $45 CSN Stores gift card. Leave a comment and I will pick a winner next week The winner is Jody! The odds are in your…
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First a dog, now a move. Change is good right? It’s only a virtual move so there won’t be any back breaking work, but it still a huge effort. I’ve been slowly working on this for awhile and the time has come to dedicated the time it takes to make it a reality. Assuming all…
The weather here is improving, and when the temps are warmer I tend to get off the train at a different stop and taking the longer walk home. This route takes me past the animal shelter that is around the corner from our house and they just so happened to have three cute puppies playing…
Two great books completed this month… The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot The book is the women who’s cells became the first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, that are still alive today. The author does an excellent job of conveying this story without overwhelming the reader with all the scientific detail….
I should feel refreshed after our low key weekend, but sadly that is not the case. The weekend kicked off with a happy hour to bid farewell to another friend at work, but I was home and in bed early. Saturday was an early morning. I did my first distribution shift at the food pantry…