My dog ate my eggplant

I know some of you come looking for reflections on theology and culture.  Some of you come for house progress or pictures. But this is all I have for you tonight. Seriously though, this was traumatic.  I mean, have you ever cooked eggplant?  It needs some prep before you cook it so that it doesn’t [...]

Puppy-proofing the recycling bin

After moving to Nashville, I got less overwhelmed about a lot of things and decided I had the energy to be more eco-friendly. So we started recycling, beginning with a large trash can dedicated for the purpose, and hidden, remarkably enough in the minuscule enclosure in the apt kitchen that thinks it’s a pantry. (right, [...]

What God has done…

I heard something a couple of days ago that sort of put me over the edge.  See, it was the same thing I’d been hearing from different random people for over a month, and quite frankly, I’m tired of it. I hadn’t planned to post on the topic which I’m about to post on because [...]

Meet Lacey

So apparently no one is out there looking for the sweet puppy who found me earlier this month, so where keeping her! She’s sweet and fun, a great buddy… we’ve named her Lacey, also known as gator-dog or the demon chew puppy. She loves puppy toys and eating Jody’s dress socks, as well as going [...]

Framed!

Bicentennial mall

I took my parents, who are in town from Cali, to the bicentennial mall by our state capitol today. I took some pics I thought I’d share since it was such a pretty day. It’s not my intent to make this a photo blog, but with the sinus infection and all, I’ve been sort of [...]

Who knew driveways could be so fun?

We’ve got gravel all the way to the top! yay! And I cooked a lovely dinner last night, to be enjoyed while we perused paint samples that were stuck to the wall and all over half our table! Seriously though, you should try this dinner. I recommend chopping the shallots and leek the night before, [...]

The Driveway!

 Today the beginnings of a driveway have begun to appear on our property making way for all the trucks to trek their way up and build us our house on a hill! Here’s the gravel pile over the culvert (and the houses across the street, which we won’t be able to see from our hill-top [...]

The house on a hill!

Jody and I closed on what we can now call “our”! land: 2.67 acres outside Hendersonville, TN. It’s a magnificent wooded lot, that slopes up toward the back, and we’re building a house on the very top. It’s going to be cool! Jody’s posted the house plan and a pic of the house we’re building [...]

I’m sick…

…and feeling like a great lump of something unpleasant is sitting behind my eyes and that something stuck a needle in me and sucked out all my energy. Now, I know that’s just what you wanted to read coming on the heels of the cookie nirvana post, but hey, I hate to break it to [...]