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ARCHIVES
JANUARY 2008
Wednesday
January 23
First
off ----> Head on over to Apartment Therapy and vote for a friend
of ours and their bad-ass nursery
makeover!!!! Truly impressive and I'm not easily impressed.
Also, found Yellena's
etsy shop today. If I still like her work in a month, I think
I'm going to buy a couple of prints for my room. And she has a blog,
which I need to remember to look at later.
That's all for now.
Monday
January 21
There's
much to catch up on:
1. First off, I have some recipes to share, as Adam and I have been
cooking our way into the new year. It started when Adam became obsessed
with making Osso
Buco. I'm convinced that we love the name as much as anything
else, that said, it turned out awesome and I think it will become
a semi regular -- will probably modify with a different cut of meat,
since Veal Shank is on the spendy side. We made Tyler Florence's
recipe.
Yesterday, for the Chargers game, we made Michael Chiarello's Shepherds
Pie with Scallion-Cheese Crust which was the perfect food for
a cold day of football. If we made this again, we would add some
peas and cut the cinnamon in half. The cinnamon note was a wee bit
tad stronger than we wanted. For dessert, Tyler Florence's Ultimate
Cheesecake minus the blueberry topping -- we served ours plain.
Also, we did 1 and a half of the crust to have a thicker crust.
It's a very light and creamy version, making me think of summer.
People, there's really nothing like homemade desserts. I'm hooked.
2. I tried to watch and love "Terminator:
The Sarah Connor Chronicles" -- though I admit I have never
seen Terminator. I like robots and I thought it would be the perfect
television drama to welcome into my life. The girl robot is perfectly
cast... in the end, it was the Sarah Connor girl that I couldn't
make good with, as she just seemed too pretty or something and she
always seemed to be the one delivering the cheesy lines. AH well.
[photo courtesy IMDB]
3. The
last 2 blinds that we need for the house have been ordered. Whew!
We've gotten all of ours from Blindsgalore.
Very happy with them!
Monday
January 07
If
you've never baked up a dutch baby, you should do it within the
week. You probably even have the ingredients on hand if you're half
the wife you should be. It's easy, fun, and delicious. I made a
chocolate chip one tonight after dinner. We are both still celebrating
not having the stomach flu anymore. It's great to be alive and well!
Check out this dutch
baby, by Kate F. That is impressive. Normally you make
it in a iron skillet... but I'm not sure if there's a reason for
that.
[recipe
from whole foods]
Saturday
January 05
I
grabbed a bunch of odd animal sketches off the interweb and I can
definitely see one of these on a shirt. I love the lower lip tusks.
Wish I could find the link to where I got them.
Tuesday
January 1 - **YAY HAPPY NEW YEAR**
Here's the peice my Aunt Nita made about 10 or 15 years ago. She's
in her late 70's now. There's old earrings, brooches, bracelets
and all kinds of shiny parts. It's about 24" tall.
This
picture was taken on Jamestown
Island during our trip to Virginia. I used to bike around the
5 mile loop in the early summer mornings after my freshman year
of college. It was one of the nicest routines I have ever had. I
can remember how much of a struggle it was to get up early enough
to beat the heat. When I left late, I paid for it with sweat and
came home extra exhausted. You can bet though, that I often packed
a snack and drinks to make it a little easier on myself.
I'm nearly certain we saw a bald eagle along the colonial parkway,
sitting in the water on top of a tree stump about 30 feet from the
shore. It seemed pretty unreal... but how many other giant birds
have a white head and a white tail?
Don't miss December!
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