May 22nd, 2010
Lovely Saturday
A big bowl of bing cherries AND the Pacific Rim Women’s gymnastics championship? Now that’s what I call a super saturday afternoon!
Just vacuumed my car and got groceries, getting ready to make some guacamole. Getting together with the BSU girls tonight, I can’t wait! We always have such a great time. Also, going to make a Guinness cake today or tomorrow, and tomorrow will be trying out a new recipe for homemade mac n’ cheese with gouda, fontina and asiago cheeses and garlic toasted breadcrumbs. Mmmmm….delishiousness.
May 19th, 2010
Stuff stuff and more stuff
Let’s see….can I actually collect my thoughts enough to write full paragraphs tonight? Nope!
- Oh bullets, how I have missed you.
- Last night I did a screening of Shrek the Final Chapter. I wasn’t impressed. Some funny stuff, but really not that great. I haven’t seen any of the others. And by the way, having no dinner+ dealing with 380 girl scouts in shrek ears+having laffy taffy and an undercooked ballpark pretzel with cheese+ fart scented popcorn for dinner+ watching shrek in IMAX 3D while trying to simultaneously take notes = ONE BIG FAT GIGANTIC HEADACHE
- Sara- the tangy and crispy rhubarb pork ramen was DELICIOUS
- This morning it was sunny and gorgeous on my way to work. I love that!
- I thought I was having car troubles again this week and I am happy to learn (after reading my car manual) that possibly all that happened was that my gas tank wasn’t tightened properly. DUH! How stupid would I have felt if I took my car in to get fixed and all it needed was a tightening of the gas cap. I WISH I knew something about cars.
- My dear friend Jill picked me up for the screening last night since at that time I wasn’t sure what was going on with the car. Thanks Jill! Nice to know people have your back.
- 5 days of school left……We are all READY for the break
- Another friend this week gave me 12 jars of homemade jarred salsa, pickled beets, pickled cabbage, pickled banana peppers, and a few kinds of jam. Wow! Thanks Kim! I will have lots of yummy stuff to eat for a few weeks! Sara, you wanna come over for rhubarb & pickled beets? Or will you be at Garrett’s prom?
- I’m just now sitting down to watch the Survivor finale. Too bad I already know who won. Oh well, I sort of feel obligated since it’s one of 2 shows I actually “follow”. The other is Breaking Bad, which I will be watching immediately after Survivor.
May 15th, 2010
Who knew rhubarb was so delicious?
Well, lots of people knew, I am told. Except for me. Last weekend I had dinner at R Bistro - a restaurant downtown that changes their menu weekly to include the most delicious seasonal local foods. Well, apparently rhubarb must be in season, as I had a duck breast with some sort of rhubarb compote. For dessert I had a tapioca rhubarb float. (A layer of tapioca floating atop a delicious rhubarb mixture - one of the most unique and delicious deserts I have ever had. The texture and the creaminess of the tapioca mixed with the tart rhubarb mixture was perfectly paired. Prior to this experience, I think my ideas about rhubarb were similar to a 5 year old - “rhubarb is some weird vegetable that only old people eat”. I have absolutely no idea why I thought this and in fact I don’t think rhubarb is even a vegetable??? How had I gone so long without any run-ins with rhubarb? And it’s not like I am a picky eater and I love trying new foods and I love cooking. Alas, the mystery of rhubarb is over. Tonight we dove into a Jamie Oliver cookbook to check out his recipes with rhubarb (we knew he had an entire chapter devoted entirely to rhubarb). We stumbled upon a few recipes that will be tried in the near future, and then saw a recipe for a rhubarb bellini. Basically a mimosa made with rhubarb puree instead of orange juice. One quick trip to Marsh and 20 minutes after cooking down some rhubarb & sugar, alas, a rhubarb mimosa!
May 12th, 2010
Some random thoughts
I am very sleepy today. Not sure why. Got 8 1/2 hours of sleep last night and woke up feeling EXHAUSTED.
I’m in our school’s spring production tomorrow. I’m in both plays, very small parts in both. I’m excited. I feel much more prepared than I did last year. I’m also learning that I love being a part of the whole process. It’s really exciting to go through all of the work and see the end result. And you develop a special bond with the people who are involved.
This morning at work, I was opening a jar of natural peanut butter so I could have my usual apple n’ peanut butter for breakfast. You know how the natural kind has like an inch of oil at the top? Well, opened it quickly so I could rush off to dress rehearsal and ended up wearing all of that peanut oil. I reeked of peanut butter all day.
I just read some really inspirational words from an old friend on facebook about trying not to think too much (or at all for that matter) about others’ approval of you. I found it very insightful.
I have recently become addicted to solitaire on my phone for some reason. I also play euchre on my phone every morning during the 12 minutes it takes to dry my hair, and I currently have 2 scrabble games going on my phone. Have I mentioned how much I love my phone lately?
I’m going out to dinner with my girlfriends tonight. I’m very excited! I feel like I haven’t seen them much lately and I am so looking forward to it.
May 3rd, 2010
Mexican night!
The mexican grocery store across the street has the best avacados!
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Tamale ingredients
Making the masa dough for tamales!
Soaking the corn husks in hot water so they are nice and pliable to fill with deliciousness.
Master chef filling the tamales. We used a filling of slow roasted beef, pork shoulder, chicken, roasted poblanos, jalapenos and serranos. Oh yeah, and cheese.
Cutting the corn husk to make "string" to tie the end of the tamale.
Final product!
No Mexican night is complete without a margarita! Oh, and a giant tub of lard.
April 29th, 2010
Thought for today
If I had a dollar for everything I’ve spilled or knocked over today, I’d have $8.
April 26th, 2010
I finally got called out
Two people have called me out this week for having a lame blog lately. It’s pretty much been a couple of photos of what I’ve had for dinner lately. I seem to have been so busy lately that I just haven’t felt much like writing lately. Oh and I just got sidetracked for an hour and now I REALLY don’t feel like writing. Will try again tomorrow…
April 13th, 2010
Loving the Monon Trail
I’ve been SO loving walking outside lately. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL, and not too hot, to walk on the Monon Trail at my gym instead of around the track IN the gym. The scenery is beautiful, the trees and flowers are blooming, it’s quiet, and hasn’t been too busy lately. I love it! I hope this weather will stay just as it is, when it gets much hotter I really prefer to be back inside for my gym time.
Well I tried to upload more pretty flower pics but they won’t upload. I’ll try again later. Bummer.