Category Archives: At Home

pasta

Pasta!

Gian and I made homemade pasta with a fresh tomato basil sauce last night. It tasted great but also looked beautiful.

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New socks!

I went to exchange a shirt at Express and they had socks on sale – plus I had a 1/2 off coupon, so I bought a few fun colors!

Cantaloupe on window sill

I just thought this was a fun picture. We bought a cantaloupe tonight. It’s not quite ripe, so we put it on the window sill in front of our pretty stained glass window.

Lettuce

We planted these as little starters and they’ve already grown up so much. I’m excited for tasty summer salads!

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macchiato!

Gian made this for me this morning! It turned out so beautifully, I had to take a picture.

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Beautiful Day in Seattle

Here’s a quick picture of the colorful planters in our backyard. It is so gorgeous today. Sadly, though, it’s supposed to start raining again tomorrow and say rainy for a week. boo…

paella ingredients

Recovery Dinner – paella

Now that I can eat again, Gian decided to take advantage of a sunny day and make us paella! It was fantastic. We bought a paella dish from The Spanish Table a month ago and it came with what seemed like an easy to follow … Read More

bruise from my IV

Kidney Stones… again!

So, I ended up in the hospital last night with kidney stones again. This is probably the eight or ninth time this has happened and it is no fun. The pain is horrible! Luckily, I passed the stone (yes, peeing it out – OUCH!) I’m … Read More

one of my favorite wines

Spring ahead

Today is daylight savings time and with the days getting longer (and hopefully warmer!) it signals a shift in the wines we stock up on. I strongly prefer red wines to whites but find myself purchasing whites far more during the late spring and summer … Read More

Happy Birthday Gian!

Happy Birthday Gian! This is a milestone birthday for him and I’m excited that not only are we going to get to celebrate tonight but next week, Gian and I are going to Hawaii for a week.