Rainy Morning
Rainy Morning

Quiz time


Need a break? Take the Arrested Development Quiz. I'm ASHAMED I didn't get 100% so I'm not posting my score. Seriously. Ashamed. I better start over again with episode one. After I finish Twin Peaks (Don't tell me who killed Laura! I'm trying very hard to avoid spoilers).

Sun and Snow

We had crazy Colorado weather last weekend. Saturday was 70 degrees and I think everyone in the metro area was out enjoying the warmth. We fought through the mountain bikers to hike up Green mountain. I took this picture of Ben and Jem in the same spot as the right hand picture, nearly one year ago.


Then Sunday we awoke to blustering winds and snow.


Sometimes you may hear me complain about Jem moping around the house. This is her waiting for Ben to come home. She stared at the door like this for 45 minutes.


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Progress undone

I'm knitting a sweater vest. This is the biggest project I've done with yarn, more complicated than scarves and hats. Following the pattern will actually matter. I'm very excited about it. I used birthday money to buy the yarn and I want it to be put to good use, something I'll actually wear. Miranda helped me pick out this lovely charcoal combination from the Recycled Lamb shop. I bought 6 extra large skeins.

This is the back piece of the vest, just before I realized I made a major mistake in counting inches. So I ripped it back to the light grey ribbing and started over again :-) I'm not too downtrodden, because I really really want to get this right. I'm more confident in understanding the pattern now and I think I have my gauge adjusted appropriately.

My sewing machine is fixed so when I finish this vest I can pick up my half-done sewing project. Apparently it just needed a thorough tune-up and a little tightening. It sounds beautiful now, no more clunking!

Tonight we indulged in a craving brought on by the snowy evening by going out to Woody's in Golden with friends. I love their pizza buffet and giant sodas, especially on a wintery night. Now we have friends to play games and let the dogs play. I hope this gets Jem very tired so she just wants to sleep all day tomorrow.

XOPC

Ben's birthday present finally arrived! The XOPC is shockingly small. Ben is very excited to create programs for it. He plays with it almost as much as his xbox ;-)

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What's for dinner?


Black bean burgers with potato salad. Jamaican Me Crazy chili. Yummy, with lots of leftovers.


My attempt to recreate my dinner in SF. Creamy tomato sauce with peas and sausage. It was tasty, but not as divine as I remembered. Ben said I must have forgot to put the crack in it. (which I would non-jokingly translate as veal stock and butter)


Moroccan squash and chickpea soup from Mark Bittman's international cookbook. I also made crackers (in his big yellow book) and sun-dried tomato cream cheese dip.

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BLUE AND PINK DEVILLED EGGS

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BLUE AND PINK DEVILLED EGGS, originally uploaded by the_moog.

Here’s another old recipe. This totally cracks me up! Does anyone want to hold a mid-century cooking party with me?

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