Life of a Single Married Lady

Apparently I've had 80 pageviews over the past few days! I'm not sure where all those pageviews are coming from, but thanks for reading :) Yesterday I actually experimented with food for the first time.  I usually experiment by trying new recipes, but this time I switched it up a bit.  Therefore I present to you... FRUIT PANCAKES! Now, you might be thinking to yourself, "Why is Sam so excited about fruit pancakes? Everyone puts fruit in their pancakes, you just fold in some berries and it's go time!"  However, I've always found it weird to bite into a pancake, expecting soft fluffy deliciousness, and instead encounter a berry that bursts and squirts juice all over my clothes.  (Yes, that happens.  Probably just to me, but whatever.)  For a while I've been toying with the idea of replacing liquid in pancake recipes with pureed berries, and yesterday I gave it a try! They. Were. Delicious. I have a Bisquick mix that I got for Christmas (Fu...

I knew it's January 25, but I have all these pictures on my camera so here's my Christmas post! Wil had some flight issues and ended up surprising me in Detroit on Christmas Eve!  Then, on the way home, similar flight issues occurred and he got to stay with me in Ann Arbor for a week.  It was pretty much the best possible outcome this Christmas--someone upstairs was watching out for us :) Wil and I spent most of the Christmas season with his parents in Missouri.  Wil collected wrappings to become Ram-bow, and I got some pretty awesome house shoes from Lynn.  We even caught a cat in the cat-trap!  Wil's family goes all out with Christmas sugar cookies--I was amazed at the variety of cookie cutter shapes available and the creativity involved in creating frosting colors!  Wil and Theo created some very interesting cookies, but I haven't included those pictures here...     ...