I’m bustling about doing laundry, tracking down my suitcase, and collecting the gifts I clean forgot to wrap. My brother Ryan arrived safe and sound last night from Amsterdam – YAY! In just a few hours I’ll meet up with him, Mums and Pa and we’ll drive four hours to my baby brother Dana’s house...
Yearly Archives: 2009
With lavish Christmas feasting ahead of us, the members of CEC decided that we would simplify things this week by sticking to a menu of enticing appies. Deb, Toby and I busied ourselves prepping our various dishes while Darren assembled a bevy of tasty bits for us to snack on: wonderfully greasy Italian sausage… …mild...
The sun was setting over the Adriatic as our merry band of travelers left Bosnia behind and drove up into the hills and along the coast to Croatia. The drive was spectacular, wending along rocky, flowered hillsides that plunged down to the sea. The shimmering water and pearled sky were a welcome respite after our...
It’s been one of those seasons when everything seems to hit at once: medical situation, car needing to be fixed, unexpected bills, you name it, it’s happened!As a result, this week I was left to plan meals with only what I had on hand. I confess I got a little panicky, wondering how on earth...
When my three brothers and I were little, we thought our Mum was the only one who knew how to make the best honey-baked chicken in the whole wide world. We begged her to make it, craving the salty sweet contrast of honey and mustard with the lingering flavor of curry powder. We’d scrape every...
Australia 
