Saturday, November 3, 2012

Phill(y)ing the Phridge

Living in Philly for 5 years, there was no shortage of ph-substituting-for-f puns. Since leaving, it is definitely not one of the things that I've missed about Philly. What I have missed, is the food (and drinks) that became a very common part of our diet.

So we recently purchased a 2nd fridge for storing a few things long term that we didn't want in the primary space. My first order of business, Philling the Phridge with my Philly Phavorites (I promise to quit):


So in the freezer we have assorted raviolis, sauces, and ready-to-bake pastas from Superior Pasta from Philly's Italian Market. Most importantly we have several meals worth of the goat cheese ravioli and port wine marinara combo that had me returning to this store every 3 weeks when we lived about 1.5 miles away.

In the fridge we have Yuengling. Yuengling is brewed just outside of Philadelphia and is billed as America's Oldest Brewery. I still don't drink, but the popularity of this beer spreads wherever it is introduced, so j and I like to have it on hand  whenever we have guests. In Philly, you can just ask for a lager, and will be given Yuengling.

Finally, we have assorted flavors of Hanks Gourmet Beverages. These are pure cane sugar sodas made just outside of Philly and have delicious varieties including root beer, vanilla cream, orange cream, and black cherry. The latter 2 we would buy by the case. We don't drink a lot of sodas (and these are super-sweet), but when we do, we go all out.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

It just popped in there...

So I've been intending to restart blogging for a while now, you know since it has been over a year since my last post, but I've either been busy or uninspired. So it was put on the back burner for some sort of spark. It's not like anything has happened in the last year:
But still I just didn't feel the need/desire to blog.

And then it just popped in there.

I couldn't help it, it just popped up on my screen.

It was the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Watching the movie he was in day after day. His picture was always on the VHS box. So I knew I had to buy it. It came in earlier this week and I just got it up tonight (on the roof):

It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

I think it's hysterical and so does j. Already got some laughs from some neighbors that walked by. I might play with the display a bit in the future, but I'm happy with just Stay Puft for now...

Anyway, I figure that I should go ahead and post more pics of the family:

cmb jammin on Uncle g's drum set.

mab in one of many cute summer dresses

cmb and cousin at the zoo.

mab looking precious.

mab in the bouncy

cmb falling asleep playing Nana's iPad.


cmb and I walking in Cherokee Park.

Nom Nom Nom

My lovely ladies.

cmb going into the Science Museum.

j and mab on the couch, we should really get a new couch.

mab on the rocking chair.


cmb and mab together in the playroom.

I have a couple more blogs in mind, so I hope it will help me post some more and get back into the habit. Hope everyone is doing well.