hello.. is anybody home?

We are, in fact, still alive. I just haven't been posting too much since everything is a bit chaotic, and time for creative inspiration is lacking. We were very busy this summer breaking ground on the new house. We have been very busy this fall with the building of the new house. We hope to be very, VERY busy in the next few weeks finishing up the new house, and MOVING IN! Finally.

While we are very thankful for our rental house (we have been able to avoid a lease and pay month-to-month), it certainly isn't home. Now that the weather has turned and forces us indoors most of the time, we are realizing how close our quarters are, and that we left all our "winter" clothes in storage.. in the back of the unit.. under everything else.

Recipes will be posted again as I have time to come up with new creations. I hope to get a little more inventive once we are in a functioning kitchen. Don't get me wrong.. the oven works here, and the refrigerator stays cold, but there's a lot of juggling going on. One example: make sure you have turned the dining room light off before using the microwave. You want another one? If someone is ironing clothes in the bedroom downstairs, don't attempt to use the hairdryer upstairs. Why those circuits are connected is beyond me.

I'm starting to feel a little more ambitious, as my hopes are high for being more organized again once we are in the new house. Hopefully this will lead to posting more on here, getting the Watkins stuff up and running, and a few other ideas..