spinach manicotti warms my soul

TGIF!  Nate has the day off today; he's been working 65+ hour weeks, so he certainly deserves a "rest," if that's what you call spending the day with the munchkins. In honor of our jump-start on the weekend, I made my spinach manicotti last night. It's splendid dish for winter, hearty and savory and cheesy. I've been making it my own way for years, ever since the hubster and I began our courtship.

Ah, the days of yore. Circa 2003.

do wacka do

"At my age, you think you've seen it all. Then boom! Somethin' else happens." 

-Burt, Raising Hope

Remember how we got rid of cable last week? Yeah, well apparently that doesn't mean we stop watching TV. That 9-10pm hour draws me to the couch like an undertow, and most nights I'm too brain-dead to read my shiny stack of library books. Instead, we've discovered a new show to stream on Netflix, marathon-style: Raising Hope! It took us so long to get on board, despite the literally dozens of friends who told us we should. In case you're also one of those people who can only add so many TV shows to the repertoire at once, let me just say that this one should move up a few notches on your stand-by list.