Taking life one cup at a time…
The third wine sent to me from Wine Chateau for sampling was The Great American Wine Company 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon by Rosenblum Cellars. For this wine, I created a menu consisting of soup, salad, main course, cheese course, and dessert. It was a lot of fun to consider what menu items I would pair with …
Doctors Without Borders is one of the older health agencies working to assist individuals around the world. This organization was founded in 1971, and according to their website, all members: Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective …
A few weeks ago, I was sitting around, thinking about how best to lose the pregnancy weight, and the pre-pregnancy weight that was hanging out after my bout with tendonitis. I cannot remember what it was that made me say, “Hey, this would be cool; I’m going to do a triathlon this year.” It was …
Last night, I was checking out some of my favorite blog RSS feeds, and I came across a post over at A Beautiful Mess taking up the 100 Happy Days challenge. The idea is that for 100 days, you take a picture of something that made you happy, post it on social media, and tag it with the …
Who doesn’t love Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride? The movie is one of my absolute favorites, and his character is great. “Hello, My Name is Inigo Montoya, prepare to die.” Great quote – as is “Ever hear of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.” And yes, part of the reason I love that second quote so …
I bought a cute outfit for Baby Girl, and I wanted a headband that would match. I figured I would go ahead and make her a headband myself, using felt and a ready-made stretch headband. I had Wining Husband take me to Michaels so that I could pick up my supplies. I used the following …
When I received the 2005 Fratelli Recchia Ca’Bertoldi Amarone, I received two other wines from Wine Chateau. I decided that I would put together a wine pairing with each of these the same way I had for the Amarone. I paired the 2010 Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva, the next wine we tried, with a three-course meal: …
While wandering around the Internet, I find lots of great things to pin to my Pinterest boards. While I make a lot of the recipes I come across, I don’t often make any of the crafts I pin. I decided to change that. Baby Girl has a LOT of headbands, clips, and bows for someone …
Peter Singer is no stranger to making controversial arguments. In Howard Husock’s Forbes article, “Peter Singer’s Seductive — And Dangerous — Anti-Charity Reasoning,” yet another controversial Peter Singer work is discussed. This time, rather than arguing that animals have greater moral status than infants, Singer tackles the question “Which charities ought we to help?” Singer believes that …
I’m going to start off by saying I’m not particularly devout. I’m a Methodist, and, well to be honest, the whole organized religion thing has always been a struggle for me – I didn’t start going to church until 2011. In fact, the first time I went to my church, it as also the first …
