Sneakers & Salem 0131080626.jpg Here, they're waiting for their morning treat from me… they go from office to office mooching snacks, cuddles, and warm laps all day long… such a life! (we got them as kittens when we moved in here almost 5 years ago – they're sister and brother and had been abandoned near our…
Job Site Photos 080104 035 Here are jobsite photos of the Rotunda stairs we built for the new New York Mets stadium. The design, formwork, and production of these precast concrete stairs took about 9 months, but the end result is breathtaking I think. They were shipped from our Saxonburg plant and installed in…
Geese1 The geese in the back yard are trying to stay warm by being near the ice-cold water… that tells you something about the air temperature! Floating on an ice floe… Geese2 Read and post comments | Send to a friend
I was so excited last night because we were planning to meet our friends Derek & Lorena for dinner at one of our favorite spots for good beer (and food), North Country Brewing in Slippery Rock. Unfortunately, I found out too late that they don't take reservations, and I didn't realize they didn't realize it…
A weight has been lifted from me today… SharePoint is working again, after being down for nearly 5 weeks. While I’m ecstatic that my entire IT strategy for the past 6 months isn’t down the tubes after all, I’m very frustrated that Microsoft was unable to deal with this issue within the first few days…
… I'd go back and throttle myself. We randomly decided to watch a video tonight from a 1993 trip to Canada, and I was almost in tears by the end. How could I have known 15 years ago that in future years I wouldn't care about the scenery, the endless videos of loons, while my…
Our local paper published an article yesterday about our trip… it was a slow news day, haha. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
As long as I'm clipping from my favorite cooking blog… I've never met a lasagne I didn't like, but this one is so fresh and light – not adjectives normally used for lasagna. It includes fresh pasta, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil… and lemon juice, which is not an ingredient I'd ever put into an Italian tomato…
Minty Chocolate Christmas Cookies Recipe – 101 Cookbooks http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/… This first cookie combines thin chocolate wafers with a thick, creamy peppermint filling. I tried this recipe for a Christmas party a couple weeks ago – oh, so yummy! I cut mine out in little circles with an herb jar lid. I would caution, though, that…
I finally caught up on writing all about our trip to Mississippi last week, where we went to help with the ongoing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. If you'd like to read the whole thing, you can start with my Heading Out post, and keep clicking Next. If you'd like to help, you can donate your…
Where have the days gone? 