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a bread with my favorite condiment

cheesy mustard bread

Have I ever told you about my favorite condiment? If I could only choose one condiment to use for the rest of my life, this one be the one. I love it in all varieties. I might not even mind eating it plain. It enhances the taste of sandwiches, dressings, pretzels. My favorite condiment is…

yarn craft roundup

Yarn pot

Happy Friday! I haven’t cooked anything interested in a while, so I don’t have a new recipe to share (I’ll fix this soon! I plan to spend some time baking this weekend…) My recent obsession with watching Downton Abbey has given me plenty of time to make progress on my Afghan crochet blanket, but I haven’t taken…

january wrap up

January

When I’m working from home, I often lose track of time. When I look up I’m surprised to find myself sitting in the dark, squinting into the light of my computer screen. Thats how I feel about January. I lost track of time somewhere in between the frustrations, disappointments and busyness of the month. All…

everyday chocolate cake

Chocolate Cake

Cake isn’t really my thing. I’ve always been more of a birthday pie or birthday cheesecake girl. Since don’t enjoy eating cake, I rarely bake cake or cupcakes. Every now and then I break my rule. This week was one of those weeks. I had a big time chocolate craving and needed to make a…

commuter gloves

fingerless gloves

Somehow, I always think I need a new pair of fingerless gloves. I had some yarn that seemed perfect and I didn’t feel like creating my own pattern, so I found a nice pattern from knitty.com. I like the way they turned out, but for some reason I’m not sure I’ll actually use them. Maybe it’s…