And also equate giving treats with love.

our doodles get a HUGE amount of exercise (they go with a dog hiker/walker 4 days a week—3-4 hours of serious running/playing/swimming) and on two, long (4-5 mile walks) the other days, if not the dog park, and my golden doodle still has a tendency to put on weight (the other doodle, who is more poodle-y, not so…

I’m gray, but I posted a picture of a lovely cake. I can’t see it but hopefully Cheers or someone else can pull me into discussion. 

Aspirin especially. 

But for God’s sake, DO NOT GRILL INDOORS on a charcoal or gas grill or use it for heating. Every time the power goes off in the winter here, we have families asphyxiated doing this!

With the recent fires, we’ve had to consider this more seriously than in previous summers. We’ve had a go bag packed with clothes and toiletries, a box for stuff like photos, important docs, and tech where we kept stuff so it’s easy to grab, and the pet stuff kept together so it can be packed in the car easily. We…

We have an earthquake bag because we live in San Francisco, but we’re really behind on our potable water supply. I suppose if we needed to go into quarantine for a virus or something, we’d be ok as long as there’s still running water. We really need to get some gallons of water though. 

Congratulations! Be kind to yourself <3 the boys send their love and amputee octopuses.

I’ve had times like that, where I ended up realizing a I made a typo, hitting back the correct number of times, but it goes back way too far.

Yep! I live on a fault line so I have an earthquake emergency kit. Mostly just non-perishable food & water, plus some solar or hand crank powered devices/chargers. My biggest concerns are being without power & water for days, and not being able to leave my apartment due to unstable roads (assuming it’s still…

I live in the city, so I consider the depanneur up the street my survival kit :p my dog and I would make excellent post apocalyptic looters.

Aw, thank you! It was nice to “take a break” and make something that only required cardstock, label paper, and ribbon — instead of superbond adhesives / spray paint / sizing / PITA metal leaf / assorted other smelly, sticky, messy, hard-to-work-with things.

Your mom is smart. Anyone will tell you that Fairfield is a high value target! :)

Yes! I didn’t used to, but I started working in Emergency Management a few years ago and after working on multiple disasters and seeing what people go through, I finally got around to building my own. Honestly, anything can happen and at work I’ve seen all kinds of reasons for evacuations and serious emergencies…

I’m struggling with Kinja uploads, too. 

This happened. My first time making caramel and reverse cream/custard frosting. Recipe from SmittenKitchen. She’s a gorgeous genius. 

From a recipe I picked up on a semi-recent trip, I made this... I don’t remember what the name of it is, but it’s essentially a Hungarian kimchi with cloves of caramelized garlic taking over from most of the cabbage. I know it looks like a greasy mess, which it is. But once you’ve finished eating all of the garlic and…

Here’s a tip for cooking pasta (which good to keep on hand, because it’s filling and dried); rather than keep it on the boil to cook, as soon as the water boils, turn the heat off wait a minute or two so it’s not at a full boil and cover the pot with a lid. It will cook in the hot water in 10 minutes, and you won’t be…

I don’t, but my mom did. She started it after the Ice Storm of 1998, where we lost power for a couple of weeks (we lived in central Maine). Then it became the Y2K disaster kit. Then it became the post-9/11 terrorism preparedness kit (because we all know that after NYC and DC, Al Qaeda is coming for Fairfield, Maine…

Stay strong, small soldier!