Oh my goodness.  I just made this soup tonight for the first time and it is delicious. I got The Pioneer Woman cookbook as a gift last month and have been having a great time making some of her recipes. Honestly, you could just go to her site and find this recipe, but since your […]

Exterior of the Russian Courthouse Dear Friends and Family, Thanks so much for the emails. It is comforting to stay connected like this when on the other side of the world. Sleep Is Quite Difficult Last night we were all tired early.  No one took a nap.  Matt went to sleep about 7:30pm and Emma […]

The view out the window of Ilya’s (Luke’s) room August 27, 2007 The PreTrial All is going well.  Yesterday Matt napped while Emma and I had lunch in the snack bar in the hotel.  $20 for a small bowl of soup, 2 pieces of bread (they charge for each piece,) a side of mashed potatoes, a small juice […]

This is going to be a very quick post about what I just did.  I’ve been wanting to make homemade vanilla for at least a year or more and just haven’t gotten around to it. I’ve had one vanilla bean sitting in my cabinet waiting to become something new.  A few months ago, I finally […]