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Check the Pockets

09.06.2010 · Posted in life as newlyweds

Who does the laundry in your household? I do it in ours, and I don’t mind. I wash and fold the clothes, and Nick scrubs and sanitizes the toilets. I load the dishwasher, and Nick takes out the trash. It works for us. Friday is typically laundry day. I round up the clothes that inevitably [...]

Day in the Life

08.09.2010 · Posted in life as newlyweds

Ever wonder how we spend a typical Tuesday? Well, wonder no longer. Check out my post for a Day in the Life series over at EAD Living. And while you’re there, find out how other bloggers spend their days — from DC to Texas to Nicaragua.

Vegetarian Dinner: Orzo with Roasted Eggplant and Cinnamon-Cumin Dressing

07.30.2010 · Posted in Kitchen Chronicles, life as newlyweds, Recipes

Since seeing Food, Inc. and reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, we’ve become more conscious of the food we eat — especially the meat we eat. We do not support factory farms that follow inhumane practices, which unfortunately are the source of most supermarket meats. And so we buy our meat — often [...]

Scenes from a Saturday

07.25.2010 · Posted in life as newlyweds

What did we do with our only free Saturday in July? We went to the gym and ran errands and spent the remainder of the day in the kitchen. We turned chickpeas, roasted red peppers, and sun-dried tomatoes into hummus and slathered it onto warm whole wheat pita bread. We broke in our new Cuisinart [...]

Tuesday Night Delights

07.20.2010 · Posted in life as newlyweds

Nick is in Pittsburgh today and tomorrow for work obligations, and so I have the house to myself tonight. I considered going for a run along my favorite trail, but instead I bought some goodies from the farmers market and came home to cook. Eating instead of exercising — you see where my priorities lie [...]

Burgers, Brews, and Baked Goods

06.22.2010 · Posted in Home Sweet Home, life as newlyweds

Quiet weekends at home are few and far between these days. But when we do stumble upon one, we make the most of it. Here are a few highlights from our first and only free weekend in June: Friday Night: Alfresco dining on buffalo burgers from Gearhart’s Meats, strawberries from Baronner’s Farm Market, and kolsch [...]

Pints for Pets and Our First Cookout

05.26.2010 · Posted in life as newlyweds

daisies

Who waits until the night before a cookout to assemble a grill? We do. Who finally decides to fill empty frames with photos just ten hours before house guests arrive? We do. Who has to make a run to the grocery store after midnight for an extra tub of whipped topping? We do — well, [...]

Blue Skies and Rain Clouds

05.18.2010 · Posted in Family First, life as newlyweds

waffles

Did you enjoy the weekend sunshine as much as we did? It was all blue skies and bright sun and green grass in central Pennsylvania from Saturday morning waffles through Sunday night taco salad. We totally took advantage of the spring temperatures and added more green to our front porch garden. We planted peppers and [...]

Productivity

05.10.2010 · Posted in Home Sweet Home, life as newlyweds

new home

We spent (almost) the entire weekend unplugged, save for visits to eBay to bid on an antique orange vase to display on our bookshelf and Etsy to search for an “All You Need is Love” print. So what did we do with all of our technology-free time? We organized our office space with help from [...]

Progress Report

04.16.2010 · Posted in life as newlyweds

shrimp primavera

My mom informed me last night that she hears from my brother who lives overseas more often than she hears from me. (Sorry, Mom! I’ll make it up to you during your visit this weekend.) So what has been keeping me busy? Running: Or, more truthfully, walking and stretching and strengthening. Last night I ran [...]