Life of a Single Married Lady

My officemates have helped me realize that I'm not regressing to bachelorette life--I'm actually aging!  I've gotten more creative and adventurous with my cooking (read: I'm actually cooking things that aren't ground meat), and I cross-stitch when I need a break.  My birth certificate may say 23 years old, but my habits say otherwise! Anyway, I thought I'd do a food post today concerning the soup I made last week.  It's beef barley soup, and the recipe came from  SkinnyTaste.com , a website full of delicious, healthy recipes.  Hooray!  I'll outline them for you here. This is the picture from skinnytaste.com...my pictures were much less impressive. Ingredients 1 tsp oil 1.5 lbs lean beef round stew meat (I made tiny meatballs out of ground 92% beef) 1 c chopped carrots 1 c chopped onions 1/2 c chopped celery 2 cloves garlic, chopped (I used minced) 6 c water (may substitute beef broth for any or all of the water) 1-2 tsp koshe...

Good morning! I thought I'd give you all a Thanksgiving summary and a few stories about the U-M bus drivers today.  Things are pretty normal here, just missing the hubbie and doing lots of work.  This week is interesting because everything , and I mean everything, is due this week, including (but not limited to) creating a poster for AGU, writing a letter of recommendation for a friend, two stats homeworks, a term project, and an article review.  Thankfully it's progressing better than I anticipated! So! Thanksgiving.  It was a blast! Johnny and Keri both came home from school, and our relatives in Minnesota flew in for the holiday as well.  I think one of the most exciting things to happen was the Family Mustache Extravaganza.  John Jr. and John IV both grew spectacular mustaches, and proceeded to wax and curl the ends to look like old-timey gentlemen (or train robbers).  Then our friend Katie wore a delightfully soft sweater she got from Scotland (...