I know I'm not alone here... but what a crazy month this has been so far! My poor, neglected blog... first I was gone for almost two weeks, then I was without my vehicle last week, and therefore unable to shop much... for three weeks, I've either been away, extremely busy, or extremely lazy! Needless to say, there hasn't been a lot of cooking going on in that time. I do, however, have a couple of projects up my sleeve for the week: first, my mother has resurrected her potato soup recipe from my childhood. I've eaten it several times at her house this month, and I bought provisions today to make my own. It's painfully simple, but soooooo good and comforting. Second, my cousin Emily is home for a couple weeks, in between various and assorted Worldly Adventures. She's leaving soon to go to grad school in South Africa(!), so her mother (my aunt Anne I refer to occasionally) is having Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner this Saturday, since Em will miss the real things. Emily has declared that it's just a dinner party, but I'm still thinking of it as Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday -- I'll use any excuse to have two in one year! =) I'm usually the designated bread baker for such family events, so I need to start thinking about what I should make this week!
And speaking of sleeves, here's a funny thing I noticed this morning:
Completely pointless, I know, but I thought it was cute that the Pixie I chose has my coat! And yes, you can be assured that the crazy veg-head's coat is trimmed with fake fur!
Oh! I almost forgot! It's that time again -- my Annual Reading of the Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House" Series has begun! If you read this blog regularly, you know how into Laura's books I am, and that I also have "The Little House Cookbook." Hmmm... could there be some cooking happening along with the reading...?
On that note, thanks for your patience with my neglected blog. I will get back into the cooking groove this week, and back into the posting groove! Now I must start poring over my bread books... =)
