It depends. Sometimes I'll buy them, sometimes I make my own. Since the weather is lousy and I don't have any at hand, I'll likely be doing them myself this round.

After several weeks of heavy rotation on all the usual meals, this week was pretty epic in the kitchen: individual quiches, cauliflower and potato curry, steaks with brussels sprouts and beech mushrooms, Goan pork vindaloo, vanilla bean scones bacon wrapped dates with goat cheese, and chocolate chip pancakes. Tomorrow…

I qualify, but the vaccines are so thin on the ground here that people in their 70s can’t get it. A friend who is an essential worker had their appointment cancelled. I’m just sitting tight until summer since I can work from home. My biggest concern right now is my kids have an underlying condition that will likely…

Glad Marble is feeling better!

I made a couple of loaves of zucchini bread. I have no idea what I did differently but it was ZOMG delicious 🤤 I gave the second loaf to some friends, and they had the same reaction, which was gratifying. I’m going to try it with a bit of pumpkin next time.

Aw! Marble's paws😻 Hope he's back to his usual self soon!

I'm so sorry for your loss. May his memory be a blessing.

Gorgeous! I have my grandmother's fairly traditional bundt pan for a ridiculously good lemon pound cake I like to make every once in a while, but that is next level. I may have to get a second bundt pan. Sorry grandma!

Beautiful picture. Don't worry too much about being coordinated. I usually watch HIIT on repeat in 2-3 minute increments so I can work out the moves and then stick with that video for a week or so once I have the motions down before moving on to the next one. I feel much more with it that way, and I tell myself I…

ETA Happy Birthday!

This happened in my house

What a sweet face!

What a good boy!

Gorgeous! Glad you're enjoying expat life!

Thank you for this. These are very good points. 

I’ve had on again off again issues with cysts since 16. After 40 it finally kind of stabilized and I currently have just one ovarian cyst that gets peeked at via ultrasound a couple times a year since it seems to just be sitting there, and hasn't really caused any problems. Fingers crossed that yours also presents no…

That is incredibly sweet. Thank you for this.

Thanks. I've been pretty careful in my friendships bc of the toxicity of my mom and her side of the family in general so this was a blow. I hope expat life continues to treat you right!

Thank you. I’m a cynical optimist - I hope for the best and prepare for the worst - but this really blindsided me.

Thank you. We’ve been best friends for over 15 years. She can have an empathy gap at times, and is pretty good about recognizing that when she’s called out on it. I honestly don’t know where I’m going to land, bc I flat out told her I was having a hard time with this anniversary, and she ghosted. It’s a little too…