Kara & Michael’s Blog

I just read an article here about how if we each want to improve our carbon footprint, we’ll eat vegetarian. Now, with any article where people decry eating meat, the first hundred comments are people screaming “how dare you assert moral superiority over me” - even if the author never mentioned morals (or even [...]

For what it’s worth, these are my recipes for caramel corn and chocolate-almond biscotti. These aren’t original by any means, but they’re my tweaks to recipes that I found (probably online) a while back.
Caramel Corn
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter — margarine can be used but is less delicious
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 [...]

Folks, it’s nearly December which means I’ve been looking over my wish-list of Xmas baking and getting realistic about the time, skills and supplies I have. Not to mention the dieting WoDM and I are undergoing, which means limits must be imposed on the sweets I let into the household - they might not [...]

No matter what WoDM says about our kitty, he obviously adores her. We engaged in the most honorable form of torture by dressing her up in a dollar-tree brand pet santa outfit.

No pictures of us three turned out unblurry or made me look skinny enough to send on Holiday cards, so I’m re-evaluating what [...]

WoDM likes to point out that Tchaikovsky liked the Nutcracker least out of all the ballets he composed. I don’t like xmas music, mostly, but nothing brings to the forefront my most cherished holiday memories more than The Nutcracker.
I don’t know what pulls me so strongly to the Nutcracker, but I have a few [...]

I hope everyone had a decent Thanksgiving.  For a holiday I actively dislike, this one wasn’t too bad.  It is a bit painful to be back at work for an entire week, but I suppose I’ll find something compelling to do.  Hopefully.  So far today, that’s entailed wrapping up some finance-y things and drinking lots [...]

I just got this email to my work account from someone I have never, ever in my life spoken to. Thought I’d share it, and then my bitterness and anger.
Jesus Test - I Scored 100
HE is the only one that can save this country from the people that want him removed from the government. [...]

Well, after hardening very nicely (enough that I could cut it, in fact), my first batch of soap has gone incredibly wrong this morning. It’s done something that looks a bit like the “dreaded orange spots” that are sometimes discussed by cold process soapmakers, but this looks even nastier. I’ll post a picture when I [...]

Saturday, I enlisted WoDM’s in making dough ornaments. He scented the dough with some sort of xmas-y scent and cinnamon and kneaded it for a while. I rolled it out and cut the ornaments into various shapes. Anyway, the baking of the first batch went horribly, so the rest have been air [...]

WoDM signed us up for a free two-week trial of gamefly.  The first game we received was Trauma Center 2 for the wii, I haven’t played this game yet.  Yesterday, we got My Word Coach.
We sat down to play, because it beats watching tv.  I have a lot of issues with this game.

They over-explain everything.  [...]