The fall weather has officially started to make itself known. I regret to admit that the tops of trees are just beginning to turn and mornings are starting to get chilly. As much as I love fall I always still lament the end of summer. The carefree days of hiking and boating are some of my favorite.
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Today marks one year since Chuck and I got married (pictures here).
Honestly, I’m just excited to have an anniversary. Chuck was very against dating anniversaries all those years, but now he has to be ok with it because that’s what happens when you get married right? You celebrate it every chance you get.
How did we celebrate it you ask? By camping of course. What else did you expect? That’s how we do things around here, we camp at every available opportunity because it’s like a mini-vacation and there is usually no cell service, it’s uber romantic. At least it is to us.
I feel like this post should be more sappy, romantic, and reflective, but to be honest, that’s just not in the cards. This first year of marriage wasn’t any of those things. I mean yeah we had some big stuff going on. Things like settling into a new house, the passing of family members and the arrival of new ones, a roommate (for a while), a trip to Italy, a new job, house projects, and a whole bunch more that I’m not going to list right now.
The reality is that I am just really happy right now and I think Chuck is too.
We’ve got it good.
What more is there to say?
Here is a bunch of fun stuff that I found recently around the net. If you want to see more stuff like this all the time (aaand I mean all the time, because I have an addiction) why don’t you follow me on twitter?
Have a good weekend!!
Why it doesn’t pay to be a people pleaser.
This might be the most epic list of football food I’ve ever seen.
For those not ready to let summer go, here are 8 Delicious Popsicle Recipes.
The best places to enjoy fall. I can vouge for Stowe, and Salem, but how could they put NYC over Upstate, NY?? Haven’t they seen the Adirondacks???
Now let save this beauty by not using plastic. How to store leftovers without plastic.
Loved this post from Tenth Acre Farm, on how to start a garden on a budget.
You may think the world is falling apart. Steven Pinker is here to tell you it isn’t.
However, even the Pope thinks there needs to be more climate change action.
As for things that I’ve been pinning lately… btw have you joined my group pinterest board??
A good bloggy friend Chrystina came to visit me recently and one of the things she asked is where the good Chai place was. It was not a question that I was used to, since around these parts we don’t have a large number of café’s or tea houses within walking distance. I pretty much make everything from scratch. I probably should have explained that better while she was here, but instead, I’ll do a post about it. Side note I did wait until after labor day to post this recipe because August is not the ideal hot chai latte weather. I think that’s a long enough wait yes?
My chai latte recipe is one I perfected way back in college because it was a necessity. You need that creamy, caffeinated goodness to get through late night study sessions you see.
Side note: not every chai latte has caffeine in it. Many swanky cafés use a from concentrate chai mix that is mostly sugar and spices with no actual tea (caffeine) in it. Some tea houses have actual chai tea, where all the spices are mixed up in a bag and steeped. This is not a recipe like either of those.
Personally these days I’m more of a fan of the chai tea, the steep-able version. I like the stronger flavor and have been trying to avoid added milks and sugars. I think my taste buds have changed quite a bit because I generally prefer no sugar at all. The things we do for health man.
This recipe is not about health. This recipe is about flavor, comfort, and caffeine, because what else are we really looking for from our chai latte?
I’ve posted a number of tomato sauce recipes here on the blog before (See here, here, and here), however, I think this recipe is one of the basic recipes that every new cook should learn to make and perfect. Keep in mind that there is not really any right or wrong way to make tomato sauce. Every family has their own “traditional” recipe with its own unique flavors but the recipe in this post is meant to be a base outline of a from-scratch tomato sauce….
