Friday Things
1. Joseph is on the cusp of crawling! He’s been rocking on his hands and knees for weeks, but a couple of days ago, he finally started moving his hands with his feet. It’s still awkward and clumsy and he goes nowhere fast, but oh my gosh, I can’t believe he’s almost mobile!
2. We have a sliding glass door that goes from our kitchen out to our deck. It also has a sliding screen door; we opened it up for the first time Sunday morning since the weather was cool and there was a nice breeze. It was open for less than 5 minutes when Duke ran full-speed RIGHT.INTO.IT. When he hit the door, it was like a slow-motion cartoon; we were stunned and all, “oh my gosh!” at first, and then we couldn’t stop laughing. Also, we no longer have a functional screen door.
3. Speaking of cool weather, yesterday totally felt like October, and I loved every minute of the cool, crisp air. Pass the hot chocolate, please.
4. This compromise wedding cake is awesome!
5. Have you watched Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – the short videos of Jerry Seinfeld hanging out with other comedians? Love it! I’m still stuck in the 90’s and am forever hoping that Friends and Seinfeld will start filming new episodes again.
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6. Bacon salted caramels? I’ll take them all, please!
7. Our league had our fantasy football draft on Wednesday night and… my team is less than stellar. I’m a little bummed, but also a little hopeful since I’ve had some fantastic drafts in past years and my teams have taken a nosedive. Fingers crossed!
8. A few weeks ago, I told you that we watched the first episode of season three of House of Cards and were totally underwhelmed. Well, last weekend we decided to give the second episode to try due to a lack of interest in our current DVR queue. The second episode was infinitely better than the first, and we’re now six or seven episodes in and loving it. I’m glad we gave it another chance.
9. Quick, informal survey! I’d love to know what types of things you’d most like to see on the site. What do you need the most help with in the kitchen? You can be as general or as specific as you’d like!
10. TGIF! Einstein enjoyed the cool weather this week, too!
Hi Michelle. I love your site. Your vanilla bean ice cream is a monthly staple at our house. Our youngest daughter just left this past weekend for her sophomore year in college. Now that it is just the husband and I, I would love some smaller recipes. Especially desserts. We don’t have much need for a whole cheesecake but would love to have maybe four single servings. It’s not always easy to divide a recipe and the baking time is always a guess. Maybe you could include tips for making a smaller batch and the correct baking times?
Hi Michelle! I love your site so much, love the discussion, and love the wonderful recipes. You introduced me both to the baked brownie and to the NYT chocolate chip cookie! So yeah, you keep me in the loop :)
The only thing that I wish could change on this site is the comments section. I am always looking to see what people say about the recipes, but I have to sift through hundreds of comments that say ‘This looks great!’ – that is to say, people who have never made the recipe. Could there somehow be a way of separating the made-it comments from the people who are simply drooling over the gorgeous photos?
Thank you so much again for sharing your recipes :)
I agree, that would be awesome! I also would like to put in a request, as quite a few already have, for more weeknight healthy dinner recipes. Whole natural foods preferred (the less artificial sauces, etc the better)! Thanks!! Love your site :)
I really love your site and I look forward to your posting everyday. I really missed it when baby came along . For feedback, I probably lean towards the sweet recipes/baking. However I have liked some of savoury recipe you have put up. I think seasonal recipes are/would be great. Also recipes that are incredibly loved by many / have a huge following. Also enjoy your feedback on things ie. Whole30 diet, orgainizing ideas, kitchen baking items etc. Great job and thanks for adding enjoyment to my day!!
I would love more make ahead/freezable recipes.
I too am stuck in the 90s, I constantly rewatch friends now that it’s on Netflix. :) I would love to see some weekly dinner rotations on your blog. I desperately need to get organized with new ideas for dinner, maybe more chicken breast/ground turkey recipes. As always, your blog is awesome. Keep up the great work!!!
haha! I can just picture Duke running face first into the screen door. Our cat did that once trying to go inside from outside and it was hilarious! I always wish I had a video camera when those things happen.
I’d love to see more weeknight dinner recipes. We try to make a meal every night of the week (and take leftovers for work) and my list is getting a bit low and in need of some new ideas.
the photo of Joseph looks like a selfie, the most young baby selfie ever hhhh, I love it
I love your site as it is! You give a great blend of sweet and savory to keep it refreshing. You are the only food blogger I follow regularly because of what your post. Your perspective on those things is what I enjoy the most. :-) There are other sites that I hit up now and again for other things, but yours has a constant feed to my phone.
So, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is hilarious. I laugh every single time I watch the episode with Ricky Gervais (http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/ricky-gervais-mad-man-in-a-death-machine) and the one with Super Dave (http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/bob-einstein-unusable-on-the-internet). Seriously hilarious!
Dogs and screen doors are a funny thing! When we bought our home 18 years ago, we had a male Golden Retreiver who blew right through the sliding screen door to the deck on the first day we moved in. Eighteen years later….we have yet to replace that screen door, as there will always be a dog in our home! :)
I love the Sunday dinners idea and my extended family has started getting back to it somewhat also. Years ago I had a recipe for a pound cake that baked up with a crunchy crust and everyone got to take some home. I can’t find the recipe. I do know it had lots of eggs and butter, but it fed the crowd with leftovers. Have you heard of this?
Also live the pics of Joseph!
Hi Michelle! I’d love to see easy, toddler (I have a 2 and 4 yo) friendly weeknight dinners. One dish/pot are the best – casseroles! Thanks for asking ?
I’m still not ready for summer to end!!!!! I love fall, but it’s still August!
I love your Duke and Einstein stories. My fiance and I have a kitten, and we die in laughter every night from the silly things that our cats do. We have an ottoman as a coffee table, and the kitten ran straight from the ottoman onto the couch, which would have worked except for the gap in between the two. He fell straight to the floor. Rolling and crying laughter ensued.
I also have a door story. I was out of town a couple of weeks ago, but I really wish that I had seen this. My finance tripped over one of the cats with something in his arms and fell head first into a door between our kitchen and living room. It almost broke the door in two. Needless to say, it’s not there anymore.