As the temperature drops, there’s nothing like a warm bowl of chili and a grilled cheese sandwich on a cold winter night. It has been a few years since I made chili, so I hacked a recipe from Epicurious.
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Chili and grilled cheese sandwiches
December 2 nd
Small luxury
November 22 nd
We tackled another home-improvement project yesterday, and this one took nearly seven hours to complete. But it’s done and, for Ben especially, it was well worth it.
A little back story: For about a year, we’ve had to deal with the hassle of having two cars yet only one garage-door remote. When we bought our house, the seller had only one, which confounded us. We thought that buying a second compatible remote would be easy, but later found out that the garage-door opener itself was ancient and obsolete.
Being the gentleman that he is, Ben told me to keep our only remote in my car, so I rarely faced the inconvenience he felt on most days.
That all changed last night. My husband turned into DIY Guy and installed a new garage-door opener — with two remotes! I helped a bit here and there, but I was proud of Ben for the time and effort he dedicated to successfully install a complicated and risky device.
Give the man a high-five next time you see him — he deserves it.
It’s All in the Details
October 28 th
We’re just a month away from the first anniversary of our home purchase — and even less before our first wedding anniversary!
Throughout the past 11 months, we’ve spruced up the house with attic insulation, some window treatments, a sofa, TV, dining-room set, futon and bedroom furniture. Once the big stuff was out of the way, I started to focus on the details. Recently, Ben installed my favorite detail to date: the hanging pot rack.
What we thought would be a piece of cake to install turned into a nightmare. We had all necessary tools — even a stud finder, except that it led us astray, resulting in a half-dozen useless holes drilled into the kitchen ceiling. We then tried to locate the joists through the light fixture, an unsuccessful attempt that then led to a crooked fixture. It got so frustrating that Ben had to sleep on it.
The next day, however, he was unstoppable.