where are you?

ok, so it’s been a while.

and this isn’t even a post to really kick things off to get us back on track.

just a hello and to say we are still alive (although, i think our only readers are ones who see us at every family get together…).

i’m not sure what’s the cause for our lack of activity on here. maybe a combination of sorts. we’ve hit some penny pinching times, and while writing on here is free, the groceries are not. i’ve gotten into the routine of working a 5 day week, wil’s been making desserts and candies in school, and by the time we see each other in the evening, we plop on the couch with dinner on our laps, and jeopardy on the screen.

since our last post, we enjoyed a quick one night visit with our dear friend tom (introducing him to the portland food cart scene), wil drove halfway across the country in a day (just for kicks!! kidding…), we spent a quick weekend at the parents (helping them ‘clean’ their deep freezer of extra cuts of meats!!), and even had a lovely mothers day enjoying a ridiculously wonderful spring day of portland sunshine with family. and besides that, we continue to hole ourselves up for hours at a time watching entire seasons the sci-fi shows ‘firefly‘ and ‘dr. who‘ (yes we are nerds).

still been cooking of course…some meals more interesting than others. while buying a small bag of grocery store dog food *CRINGE* to hold the girls over till we could make the trek to petsmart, i saw four pounds of strawberries for only $4.40! i didn’t think twice about carrying that back up the hill to our apartment along with the dog food, and was so excited to get so much out of them…strawberry buttermilk cake, strawberry cobblers, creme fraiche strawberry muffins, as well as a handful every day at lunch and a bag to freeze for later baking.

wil has had his own developments, landing a job at zupan’s market (think fancy pants like whole foods) a few blocks from our place. he’ll be working in the deli and prepared foods section, and he is excited to be surrounded by great foods and ingredients…discount on high end groceries maybe? his start of training is to be determined, but we are both blessed and relieved.

keep us in line on continuing to post on here… be sure to throw out a comment if we are slacking. we like to know we are making our readers happy!