It is Oscar night and sadly I am way behind on my current movies. The only movies nominate for Best Picture that I have see is Toy Story 3 and Social Network (I just watched that one last night). I have had the Winter’s Bones DVD sitting on my TV to watch for about three…
Author: Jacky Hackett
Hot ‘N Spicy Night Out
Last weekend we finally got a chance to cash in my gift certificate to a local cooking school. We went to a demonstration class there a few years ago and have been wanting to get back for a hands-on class. The class we signed up for was called Hot ‘N Spicy. The menu looked great…
And They’re Off
Another month, another race completed. February’s race was the Frozen Buns 5K in Wheaton. Nothings was really going in my favor and it would have been a heck of a lot easier to just stay home, but of course I am glad I didn’t. The day started at about 4:30 am, I just couldn’t sleep….
I Can’t Tell a Lie
I love dessert but am not a huge fan of baking, too precise for me. Finding an easy recipe to bake up is always a pleasure. Today we all had off for President’s Day and needed some activities to fill the day besides TV. The kids and I made these cherry brownies, as it so…
Lunch Fail
This is what I get for working at home when there is no food in the house… Not too say I am not a fan of boxed mac & cheese, because I am. But I am not a fan of the shaped pasta, they don’t taste as good to me. Too doughy. And of course…
Swinging into Spring
We are “this” close to a green yard and the season of swingsets. OK, not quite but at least the temperatures have been warm enough to get the kids outside. My daughter has been so excited to swing on the swing set last night. Though our swingset has no functioning swings these days. We are…
Cupcakes for Dinner!
We celebrated valentines day on Sunday. I let the kids choose what they wanted for dinner to celebrate valentines day. They have cupcakes on the brain these days. Our sitter has been bringing them delicious cupcakes each Saturday. How awesome? Anyway, it is no surprise that they wanted cupcakes for their valentine dinner. The ten…
Valentines
My daughter decided she wanted to make all her valentines this year. She is over the store bought ones, dread this sounded like a major effort to me. I stumbled across some origami heart valentines that were right up her alley. She loves origami and can make some wicked complicated stuff. I am always baffled…
Mac & Cheese Hits the Streets
A a new truck has joined the Chicago food truck scene this past week, The Southern Mac & Cheese Truck. Their soul warming offerings hit the streets just in time to fight off the sub-zero temperatures in Chicago. There is no packaged food mix or cheese product to be found. Just the ooey gooey goodness…