Posted by: brookeyool on: November 1, 2011
Happy Post-Halloween! Unfortunately, we live on a long dead-end (bwa-ha-ha… appropriate) and get no trick-or-treaters. I went to a few events, both yesterday evening and Saturday night, though, and rocked my punny costume: I bought a bag of Smarties and taped some to my pants, making me… wait for it… Smartie Pants! Ha ha!!! (Best [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: October 4, 2011
OK, peeps, it’s October. That means I can officially share some fun Halloween things and not feel like the retail industry… you know, where they start Easter right after they pack away the Happy New Year goodies? I figure if it’s the same month as the holiday, it’s fair game. And Halloween’s a fun one, [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: September 30, 2011
Hey, it’s the end of the week! And seeing that October is fast on its way, I’ve been making a few soups (even though–Seattle, weird weather, here. Why were we sunny and 70 for a bit again yesterday? Not that I’m sending it back…). Conveniently, The Daring Cooks’ challenge for September involved making broth or [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: September 24, 2011
Good morning! (Well… it is here…) In fact, it’s Saturday when I’m posting my Recipe Friday, again. However, first of all, spent more time at medical facilities yesterday, and secondly, after last night’s dinner I made for friends, I changed my mind on the recipe for this week! I guess the biggest excitement is that [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: September 16, 2011
Wow, it’s almost the end of Friday, and I’m finally posting this! Between scoring a last-minute sale on a collectible item and having to drive to deliver it, then having a dental emergency this afternoon, the day is gone! (At least we scored on the old archery set… yay!) It’s nights like tonight that I [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: August 23, 2011
Hi! It RAINED here yesterday. What, do I live in Seattle? (ahem. OK, so I do.) Lots of rain. But you know what? It had actually been sunny for a few weeks. (Alert the media! The Great Wet Northwest was sunny! Wait, it had been alerted. It was in the news.) And to me, the [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: August 13, 2011
So it’s not Friday…. but I’m sugar-hungover from the not-surprise birthday party my friends had for me last night (long story… one of the group accidentally got phone numbers mixed up on the group text invite. All in good fun, though!) Since I knew all about it ahead of time, it meant I could try [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: July 29, 2011
It’s Friiiiiiday!!! Finally, time for a recipe. How many weeks has it been? This one is a quick and easy one… and it’s good. Good to take for a picnic or hike, too. Or… if you’re lazy at home and don’t have too many things in the pantry. (who…. me?) I’ve seen versions of this [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: July 26, 2011
Happy Tuesday! Hope all is in tip-top shape. I got trounced playing Settlers of Catan last night. I’ll blame it on having to take over someone else’s hand, so that I had to keep track of two players. Yeah. That’s it. Anyway, here are a few nifty things I’ve seen floating around the web space [...]
Posted by: brookeyool on: June 17, 2011
Summer is almost officially here! (Well….. sort of. Do you live in the Northwest, like me? It’s still cloudy. “Warm”, to us, is high 50′s. I am one of a handful of people seriously plotting an escape. Of course, now that I’ve said that, The Universe has started to conspire against me with several job [...]
