http://www.piecesofe.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:53:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday David and I decided we better hurry and get in the Spring garden before it gets too warm, so we prepared the two beds and got the one on the left ready to go. We bought some broccoli plants to try, although I only wanted 2-3 and they came ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/03/08/planted-the-spring-garden/ Today we bought three hanging baskets and brackets and planted strawberries! I have no idea if they will do well like this, but I figured it was worth a try and I didn't want to use the Topsy Turvey thing. My only concern is that these will dry out easily ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/03/07/imag0113-jpg/ I know you're up past $20 or $30 by now. Would you die if I told you this cost me under $7.00?! We have some friends who just bought a house and we wanted to do something nice for when they move in. I figured that cleaning supplies are pretty high ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/02/19/how-much-do-you-think-this-cost/ I have decided to learn the tricks of the coupon trade... which is going very slowly. This started because I have a few friends who buy over $100 in groceries and pay less than $10... I'm totally serious (they showed me the receipts). We've been getting the Sunday paper for ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/02/10/new-passion-coupon-clipping/ so far I have been doing pretty good with trying new recipes out of the cookbooks I own, and it's been rather fun! I finally feel like my cookbooks are finally getting use! The first recipe is probably my favorite. I have always wanted a good recipe to make collard ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/01/22/some-recipes-from-last-week/ As we enter into 2010 with the idea of getting married, my research online has commenced. I started right away and immediately got the date and location booked (more info to come soon), so now I am concentrating on the finer details. I have always wanted simplicity, but still elegant, ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/01/19/planning-for-the-wedding-has-begun/ Ever since I finished reading Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, I knew that I wanted one of my New Year's resolutions to be that I cook more from the cookbooks that I own. I love cookbooks, and have quite the collection but I never seem to pull ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/01/11/cooking-for-the-new-year/ I never came and wrote out my complete resolutions, so to make sure I follow them this year I thought I would post: Get married (probably the most important). Back to better health and nutrition (green smoothies/juices, more of a vegetarian/pescatarian diet). Back to the gym... exercise at least 3 times a week ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2010/01/08/resolutions-for-2010/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Since the new year is... well, tomorrow... I went ahead and got a few new books to add to the reading list for 2010. New Year's always brings about resolutions, ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2009/12/31/new-books-for-the-new-year/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } We've decided to try again and on Christmas Eve David proposed to me for the second time. This time he gave me a diamond wedding band to prove that he ... http://www.piecesofe.com/2009/12/30/engaged-again/