So it's New Year's Eve and I'm exhausted. But I wanted to finish out the year's journal so here I am. I apologize if it comes off a little like the ramblings of a lunatic. Kidding. I'll try to be coherent. I still have one other blog post I seriously want to post this year. … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 91 (12/23-12/29)
This year, the hubby and I decided to go to Arkansas after Thanksgiving to celebrate with my family. With my dad gone this year, we all just need more time together. We won't be going home for Christmas as none of our schedules would work out for that, so we wanted to make Thanksgiving the … Continue reading Arkansas Phipps Family Thanksgiving 2021
NINETY WEEKS! Can you believe all this "covid life" started 90 weeks ago? That is just insane. I remember when the lockdowns started. I remember thinking this was going to be more than the two weeks officials were talking about. But there is no way I could ever have predicted our lives would still be … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 90
How do you get over loss? When it's the loss of someone special in your life, I don't know that you do. This holiday season has been an emotional challenge for me. I lost my dad this year and food had kind of become our big thing. We'd talk about recipes or new spice blends … Continue reading Cooking for Grief
I'm thinking of retitling this food journal yet again in the new year. I don't know. I'll probably sit down and do my review of 2021 and that will inform my decision. I just feel like sometimes we need a fresh start. And I'd really like 2022 not to be a year in a life … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 89
As I move into the last month of the year, I think I want to play with the format of this journal string. It feels like it's gotten a little repetitive and I'm just not as excited to write it. So have some patience with me as I experiment with the style. The week of … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 88
Let's be fair. I am a month behind and writing several weeks' posts at once. So yes, the cranky from week 85 continues to carry through. And I'm combining a couple of weeks because I got carried away writing it and because I'm so damned behind again and I have several non-diary blog post ideas … Continue reading Covid Life Weeks 86 & 87
Well, I'm only about a week behind on these posts. Oh well, I've accepted that this is the way it is. I've had a long day and I'm grumpy and tomorrow will be even longer, so excuse me if I sound a bit sassy tonight. Let's talk food. Thursday (11/11) - My husband had bought … Continue reading Covid Life Week 85
Well, we are into November. 2021 is almost over. I'm going to tell you up front that November was not my best cooking month. I love cooking. I also love my work. I'm still learning to balance the two now that the work is more abundant. I also do a lot of traveling around these … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 84
Yep, still catching up. Stay with me, I promise it is like a car crash. You just can't look away. I'm kidding. Those that follow me know that I have great cooking weeks and I have incredibly dull cooking weeks. I wish I could say I rocked it every week, but only people on TV … Continue reading Covid Life Food Diary Week 83
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