Today, we spent about 8 gaskillion calories on starting a garden. Cary had already planted some vegetables in temporary pots — squash, tomatoes and sweet bell peppers — so they had a head start.
As it turns out, a couple of the squash plants were already sprouting squash in the temporary planter, so Cary [...]

Cary baked a cake for my birthday, and this time she tried something different:

It’s a chocolate layer cake with peanut butter mousse and chocolate ganache. It was delicious.

Cary thought the mousse layer may be too thick, but I’m not sure that’s even possible.

What could this be?

The box was too big to fit in the car, so we had to break it down into its smaller components.
Next, I had to make room for a workspace in the garage:

Now, to spread out the components.

I think that’s everything.
Here’s a very important piece; where the rubber meets the road, so to [...]

It’s nice to know that aside from just making the deck prettier, our hard work is actually helping to protect the wood as well.

Last night, Cary and I spent about 2 1/2 hours staining our deck. We did the entire thing by hand with brushes, starting with the rails and vertical surfaces and ending with the floorboards. The last few floorboards and the steps were stained practically in the dark, so I’m thinking the stairs may [...]