When the skies overhead look like kraken ooze and the wind howls like a banshee chasing a bobcat through the neighborhood, I like to gather the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team and DIY my own ghost story. I do it every year in October. This makes year number six? I’ve lost count. In any case,… Continue reading DIY Ghost Story: Boil and Bubble, Smells Like Trouble
Craft Alert: Sloppy Joe Halloween Costume
Lunch lady lore screams a tale of mystery meat, smothered in a red sauce and running wild between two slices of what’s-an-expiration-date-anyway bread. And that tale is captured in my “sloppy joe” costume, which Alex made for me to wear during “spirit week” at work this Halloween. All “joe mama” jokes aside, this mama will… Continue reading Craft Alert: Sloppy Joe Halloween Costume
Bring on the Halloween Treats!
The cauldron at the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Headquarters is running dangerously low on leaf-shaped candy—and whiskey. Typically, I fill the cauldron (little glass bowls) with a candy corn pumpkin mix that I kind of don’t really hate. It satisfies my need for sugar and quaint autumn décor. I don’t LOVE it. But I do… Continue reading Bring on the Halloween Treats!
This is THE Pumpkin Soup, This Time, I Swear
Ghosts of pumpkins past have dared to voice the horrors I’ve unleashed upon them. Every year, about this time, I try to make a pumpkin soup, and it sort of kind of turns out okay. Mediocre pumpkin soup is a crime I’ve committed over and over again. Chalk outlines of pumpkins line my front doorstep.… Continue reading This is THE Pumpkin Soup, This Time, I Swear
Bula! The Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team Visits Fiji
Mini Fiji, which consists of a hot tub near the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Headquarters—and a bunch of tropical flowers—is nice, but it naturally falls short of the actual Fiji Islands. For instance, it’s missing fruit bats and soooo many more coconuts and stingrays and such. So we time-traveled two days and five hours, to… Continue reading Bula! The Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team Visits Fiji
The Hipsterwich
Grab a friend with a goatee who sings of dolphins and bees. Then, serve this apple-cheddar bagel sandwich. Maybe. The verdict is still out in our house. Nate tasted it and called it “odd.” Alex named it the “hipsterwich” (brilliant, Alex!) and said he would definitely eat this in a coffeehouse. Then, he ate the… Continue reading The Hipsterwich
Floor Wine Review
A sturdy variety of twist-off cap wines has earned the name “floor wine” in the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks household. It’s not wine that will put you on the floor (though it could)—and it’s not wine we pour on the floor. It’s wine we store on the floor-level of the pantry. Here it is in… Continue reading Floor Wine Review
Keep Calm and Sip Some Sherry
A magnet for creepy cats of the bobcat variety, our neighborhood street is getting wilder and wilder. We’ve seen bears, coyote, and the occasional skydiver. (No one has landed in our yard yet, but chances are, someone will.) In any case, a bobcat, the newest level of neighborhood alarm was papped, the resulting photo placed… Continue reading Keep Calm and Sip Some Sherry
SFW (Safe for Work) Zucchini Cake Cookies
Move over, eggplant emojis. There’s a major rager of a zucchini in town. Nate brought it home from work because someone didn’t know what to do with their super large and uniquely shaped zucchini, so they gave it to Nate. Nate immediately reported it to a completely stunned Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team. Alex took… Continue reading SFW (Safe for Work) Zucchini Cake Cookies
How to Break Things Off with a Bad Egg
In a moment of eggsasperation, Nate pulled a wrinkly egg from the refrigerator and thrust it in my face. I was supposed to determine if the strange-looking specimen would present harm to the family. My first instinct was to run. “Why?” he asked. “Why is it so wrinkly, and what happened to the chicken? What… Continue reading How to Break Things Off with a Bad Egg
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