happy stuff.

today, one of the many blogs i read pointed me to this video.  and its sequel here.  i’m not exactly sure why watching them moved me to happy tears (dang ‘ol music), but i thought i’d share them with you too.  i’m inspired to do something, but i’m not certain exactly what yet. as a [...]

i’ve been tidying up all evening–scary stuff in my refrigerator, the clutter on my kitchen island, and downloaded photos in picasa that i meant to blog about and haven’t yet.  so here are my favorites from the past week or so.   the photo above was from my most recent epic visit to macha teahouse where, [...]

way back in march, i took a trip to michigan city with friends.  most of them were interested in march madness.  i was lured by the promise of interesting shopping.  we had considered the possibility of taking a day trip to chicago for some “interesting shopping” one of those days, but with weather and schedules…. [...]

ever since we started having milk delivered to our home every two weeks, we sometimes find ourselves with a little more milk than we necessarily need.  what to do?  make pudding!  in this case, i decided to make tapioca.  and not just any tapioca, but fluffy tapioca pudding.  this recipe is a family favorite.  i [...]

i promised to show you the results of our door county crafting when it arrived, so here are some photos: first, the fused glass pendants.  i’m pretty happy with the way they turned out.  i like some better than others.  like that sort of beer bottle shaped one in the bottom corner.  and the orange [...]

today i ran my first 10k race.  i’ve run a few 5k’s and even one 6k, but i’ve never (even in training) run as far as i did today.  the weather was lovely–a little warm if anything, but the skies were clear and the air was crisp and the route was (mostly) flat.  it was [...]

this past weekend, mr. h-s and i took a few days off and drove a few hours north to door county.  this was our second trip to the county and we had a better idea of what to expect.  life up there moves a little more slowly.  lodging is a little more rustic.  food is [...]

so, last week was apple pie for my man.  this week was peach custard pie for me, me, me!  (okay, i’ll share a little bit with mr. h-s.)  since i didn’t have any more frozen crusts and since i was out of crisco (a key ingredient in my dad’s favorite pie crust recipe), i decided [...]

i love surprise gifts.  (who doesn’t?)  so imagine my delight when i received a small, heavy box in the mail last week that contained this beautiful, robin’s egg blue glassybaby from a dear friend accompanied by a very thoughtful note.  it’s a vase!  it’s a candleholder!  it’s a drinking glass! i’m leaning towards the last [...]