Monthly Archives: July 2008

Jul

2008

Stop! Summatime.

By jesser | Published: 10:32 am

What's going on? • We have tied and will possibly break a 107 year old record here in Denver. 18 days of 90+ temperatures. 99 yesterday. At 7:30 when we were standing outside and the sun had already started dipping below the horizon, we were sweating bullets. I think it's scrambling my brain. • Little [...]

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Jul

2008

I Win … I Win!!!

By jesser | Published: 7:33 am

Lovely Marisa, who is getting married like 10 minutes from now (actually, I think it's like 3 days) was kind enough to give me a blogging award. Thanks! And best wishes for a fab wedding. I get to pass on the good cheer to other blogs I enjoy: Yvett, cuz she always makes me laugh, [...]

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Jul

2008

Jess's No-Guilt Vanilla “Shake”

By jesser | Published: 12:00 am

from: The Birthday Cake Book IngredientsFor the Cake 2-3 T soft unsalted butter and 2-3 T all-purpose flour for the pan 2 1/4 C sifted cake flour 1 T plus 1/8 t baking powder 1/2 t salt 16 T (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to the consistency of mayonnaise 1 1/2 C plus 1/2 C [...]

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Jul

2008

Aunt Fannie’s Squash Casserole

By jesser | Published: 12:00 am

Ingredients 3 lbs summer squash 1/2 cup onion, chopped 1/2 cup butter, melted 2 eggs, beaten 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 cup saltine crumbs 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper saltine crumbs Directions Wash squash, cut in half lengthwise, then in 1/4-inch slices. Combine with chopped onion and cook in water to barely cover until [...]

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Jul

2008

Links Galore

By jesser | Published: 1:27 pm

Anyhoo … Lisanne shamed me (though she had no such intention) into posting a new round of links. I have come across some really good ones that I should definitely share, so it was high time. But the linky posts, they consume LOADS of time to write and time is one thing I have had [...]

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Jul

2008

Protected: For Friends and Family Far Away

By jesser | Published: 10:59 pm

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Jul

2008

Beads for Baby

By jesser | Published: 10:37 pm

I saw this cool project somewhere in my travels (possibly before we even decided to have kids??) and knew I had to try it out someday. You take wooden beads (available at craft stores everywhere) and paint them as desired with acrylic paint. I decided to varnish them too, since I was worried they might [...]

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Jul

2008

Protected: Like ClockWork

By jesser | Published: 2:18 pm

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Jul

2008

Whizzzing by

By jesser | Published: 10:51 pm

Another weekend full to the brim with friends, family, fun and HEAT. Matt and Tabby spent Friday together, hanging out and running errands and we had dinner at my parents' house that evening. Saturday we got up early and went to the zoo before it got too hot. Tabby is fascinated by animals at the [...]

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Jul

2008

The Dog Days of Summer

By jesser | Published: 10:05 pm

It's been some kinda hot here lately. And then it keeps threatening rain which makes it humid. Though to my knowledge, it's mostly just closed pools and ruined perfectly clean cars. We Coloradans are kind of whiny about humidity. It gets even a weee bit steamy and we whine. We're just not used to it. [...]

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