by jessica kirby

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120 minute full body fettuccine

On Monday I made homemade pasta. On Tuesday I did nothing. By Wednesday my entire body was in shambles. Let me start by saying that I have not put on gym clothes and worked out since October. And no, it isn’t because I’m THAT lazy (which I only recently learned.) So to say that I am out ...

a sourdough journey – the first try

I caved. Actually I didn’t cave, I nearly jumped out of my skin at the thought of learning to make sourdough bread during #Quarantine2020. I mean, what better time? It all started on a Thursday afternoon (April 2) when I decided this was going to be my new project. You guys know that I am ...

march 2020 things

Well, what a shit show? I think we can all agree on that. March got off to an okay start. We celebrated a bunch of birthdays with lots of cake and beer. We got to see all of our friends and family for Ryan’s birthday. We had a few days of normal! And then the whole world flipped upside down ...

a life update

Anyone else starting to feel like they’re going to come out of this thing a poor, fat alcoholic that doesn’t remember how to socialize with other people? It can’t be just me. Nearly three weeks into quarantine/ social distancing and things are starting to get a bit old… Everyday is ...

february 2020 things

Part of me honestly can’t believe that it’s February already, but the other part of me has been living for those “its January 6838573rd” memes. I can’t decide if January flew by or lasted forever. But regardless, Happy February! A new month of winter, and feeling like ...

january 2020 things

Happy 2020!! New month, new year, new decade. One during which I would just LOVE to get this thing off the ground. I thought about these monthly “things” posts and kind of wanted to give up on them–– feeling like no one really would care what recipes I’d tried, or products ...

Thoughts On Romance

A few weeks ago I found myself sitting in a local pizzeria at 2am. Now this is not the first time this has happened. Truth be told, I’ve probably been in my fair share of pizzerias during the hours after midnight. We have four years of college to thank for that. But this night was different. ...

october 2018 things.

recipes made: this cranberry almond biscotti– the recipe called for pistachios but I used almonds instead and it was absolutely delicious. I really don’t think a full batch of cookies has ever disappeared so quickly in our house! A huge hit, and I will definitely be making these for ...

september 2018 things.

Life is moving fast, like, really fast. I just can’t see how it could possibly be October already, but it is! Lately I’ve been realizing how important the little things in life are. When I look back on the months of this past year, I’m able to pinpoint a bunch of big events or ...

slowing things down.

In my mind, it’s fall. This past weekend was the last ~scheduled event~ we had for the summer, which evidently was my brother’s college graduation party. That means today was spent on the couch, hungover and not moving for the 9 hours I was awake. It was the first football Sunday of the ...