This is a recipe I came up with recently for my wife: Graham cracker chicken. Ingredients (per chicken breast): 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast 3 squares of graham crackers 1 tsp. sugar ¼ tsp. salt Dash nutmeg 1 tbsp. yellow mustard 1 tsp. honey Dash lemon juice Drop of vanilla Optional: grated cheese (parmesan will… Continue reading Recipe: Graham cracker chicken
Category: Home
Bird
Ever had a bird get stuck in your chimney and get out via the fireplace? We did, tonight. (Although we have a wood stove and not a true fireplace.) How the bird got in the chimney, I don’t know; I imagine it must have fallen in, but I didn’t think birds were that clumsy. At… Continue reading Bird
May Day
It was a stunningly beautiful day here in Bend, this first day of May. The first part of the morning was spent taking pictures down from the walls, part of our gradual effort to get ready for the move coming up in June, and not long after we’d finished boxing up a bunch of paintings… Continue reading May Day
Beautiful Day
It was an utterly beautiful day today here in Central Oregon, right around 70 degrees and sunny all day. Raked some leaves, played with the kids outside, just gorgeous. And the best part is, I didn’t have to be stuck at work on the first nice day of the year 🙂
Fixing Faucets
I tackled the plumbing project today, after all. Yeech. It took awhile to loosen the bolts (and working in a cramped space under the bathroom sink didn’t help much), but when I finally got the faucet apart, I was able to determine pretty quickly that something in the central valve assembly was messed up. So,… Continue reading Fixing Faucets
Plumbing
So on the upstairs bathroom faucet today the cold water suddenly won’t shut completely off; I have no real idea why, other than the faucet valve isn’t closing all the way, or perhaps something’s jammed in there? At any rate, I turned off the cold water under the sink and have been pondering taking the… Continue reading Plumbing
Home Selling Tips: Preparation
Here are some tips and things to consider when you’re getting ready to sell your home. Pack up and/or throw out half of everything in the house. This does several things. First, you’ve made your house more presentable to a buyer; the less you have in the house, the more the buyer can picture his… Continue reading Home Selling Tips: Preparation
Homes
Since it’s all official, I guess I’d better blog it: We’re buying a new house! (Insert fanfare sound effects here.) Not just any old house, either, but one that we’re buying through the company I’m working for, Pennbrook Homes (so essentially I’m getting even more into bed with my employer, yeah yeah…). Pennbrook builds homes… Continue reading Homes
Trap
I snapped this picture today because I found it morbidly funny. (Click the image to view the full 768×1024 version.) The view is from the end of the deck, looking at the back door that leads to the garage, which right now is our main access to the trash can. I’m now wondering how many… Continue reading Trap
More Snow
Over the New Year holiday we ended up with even more snow—I measured 13 inches total today, and I’m sure when these photos were taken (on Thursday, the first) it was deeper than that (before it melted down). This is looking into my front yard from the driveway (it’s diagonal, though, so the house you… Continue reading More Snow