Semiserious Chefs

I can’t say that I watch a ridiculous amount of TV, but of the TV that I watch for my sole enjoyment, a ridiculous amount of it is food related. Add to that near daily walks past a beautifully wooded block on our street I certainly cannot help but notice all the wonderful eatables we […]

It may (or may not) surprise you that we are really rather recluse people. Other than the 14 doorbell rings daily for the drop-off and pick-up of our 7 daycare friends, we really don’t have anyone over, and don’t go to anyone else’s place very often at all. Of course, ^THAT^ may be why. Major […]

There is nothing greater than stepping into that perfectly clean room, throwing your bags on the floor and plopping into the couch. You’ve had a long flight only to be followed by a busy shuffling of other modes of transportation. You’re ready for a glass of wine and soft bed where you can finally finish […]

Christmas in our home is usually a very pleasant event. Each of our families are kind, loving, and gracious, and although we lead a pretty simple life, (the three of us as a family,) there will always be a few fun spoils under our tree. We have more than enough and are never truly in […]

Andrew Thanksgiving, that means three things around this house. First, it’s a day for us to reflect and be thankful for everything we’ve been given, and not take anything for granted no matter how menial it may seem. Second, and this is very important, it means a long weekend for us. Hurrah! But also, it […]

*These are all Nathan’s words. He speaks, I type. I did not really like waiting very long on the plane. Because it was a really long trip. But I had fun drawing with all the papers I had. Our hotel room, I did not know about it when we first got there. I didn’t like […]

Thursday 5 o’clock came pretty early for a family that isn’t exactly used to waking up early. But at least we weren’t doing an overnight flight right? We rustled Nathan a couple times to wake him up, and once he remembered that we were leaving for Seattle, he sprang out of bed and was ready […]

Welcome everyone to my third installment of “I Can’t Even!” The highly unanticipated blog series where I have no clue what I’m going to be talking about, and it’s quite likely that I won’t have a clue what I’m talking about either. If you’re here today scratching your head wondering how you stumbled upon this […]

Nathan took a silly video while were doing CPT camping in Seward. This is from August 2016, when we came down to volunteer for the Lost Lake Run.

With my first attempt at making sourdough bread producing less than stellar results, I’m fairly confident this time around I will achieve better results. As one commenter stated, I need to let the dough rise for much longer than I previously had. And just looking at the starter today, I could see bubbles forming on […]