87 degrees this weekend!
It was so hot in our bedroom on Saturday morning, that we took off our thick/winter duvet cover and bought this new one. We must prepare for the warmer days ahead!
I really love it.
Our neighbors dropped off some beautiful lilacs from their garden....
I fed my green grape addiction...
I did a MASSIVE amount of gardening around the house. I'm pretty sure I will be sore tomorrow....
I put some hot links on the grill and we had ourselves a mini BBQ dinner as the sun was going down....
(*It was to honor the Red Sox game*-Casey says)
Casey helped me chop the onions...
Did I ever tell you how much I LOOOOOVE mustard??
There was nothing left in the end...
I also made chocolate chocolate chip cookies...but had a disaster! I'll share the recipe when I MAKE IT WORK.
It was a nice mellow weekend. I hope you enjoyed yours too!
Off to watch more of Carnivale!
prettie/vegan weekend!
I spent this past weekend with my prettie/vegan best friend, Erin. Every year we try to see each other at *least* twice. She came down to visit this past weekend and we had loads of fun trying some vegan treats in the Bay Area! Of course we're both really into food- so we did some damage at a few places.....
I started off by making Penne with Pesto, Asparagus & Roasted Pine-nuts (all vegan) for dinner on Thursday:
betterish
on the road to getting better.... each day the % of wellness increases! hooray!
p.s.- i think i just died and went to heaven looking at the martha stewart living prop room! guhh!!!
sick
why is it so easy to take good health for granted? I've been sick for over a week now. STOP! STOP IT!! You DAMN ILLNESS!!! Get me better! I have important company this week!
interested in my super fast & easy chicken soup recipe? lemme know!
Tuesdays work better for me
I've come to the conclusion that I am totally useless on Mondays. I had every intention to post something yesterday but the lack of energy prevented me from doing so. Why is it that I can't sleep on Sunday nights? Is it the anticipation of a new week? Is it because I over-do it with coffee on Sunday mornings? I lay in bed imagining the list of things I have to do in my head.
So here's the past few days....
I made a batch of whole-wheat blueberry scones (thanks to a flickr friend)
I had an affair with my french press maker- the husband was in on it too
I got to see some baby bunnies
and a few little chicks....
I walked around Half Moon Bay with my sister-in-law & her friend
I read a little bit of the book Eat, Pray Love (need to finish it!!)
I got to see a teeny flower weather the cold yet sunny Sunday afternoon
I ate a grilled eggplant sandwich that would have been wonderful if it wasn't for MAYO
I went through 30+ magazines over the weekend and condensed all the good stuff into a binder...
And now it's Tuesday and I've spent the past two hours researching juicers.
note to self:
next year for the holidays, make it easy and plan a vacation soon after.
Someone remind me that next December- OK?
I had a case of the sniffles & a mild sore throat during Christmas time. I did a REALLY good job of ignoring it. I wouldn't allow myself to be sick because I had so much to do. So it wasn't until the hangover of New Year's day that my cold took the better of me.
I worked from home on Friday, which was wonderful because I could watch the storm outside and snuggle in my jammies while I crunched numbers. I also blasted the soundtrack to Juno which made it a better day. That night, we drove into the city and spent the evening with my parents eating at Jardiniere in SF. The meal was fantastic. So many wonderful flavors...great cheese and wine. Happy Birthday Mom!
So I woke up Saturday hungover...and sicker. I should have known better. You should never drink when you aren't feeling well to begin with.
Someone else please remind of that too. Thanks.
So Saturday I slept...watched tv...stayed home most of the day. But then I was starting to feel like a shut-in---So I invited my neighbor over for a quickie/impromptu late afternoon lunch:
silence is golden
whew! the holiday season has passed. It feels good to not have all of these social events looming
in the past few days we:
-had Casey's family over for another Patriots victory
- finally got to see juno (LOVED it!!)
-spent a rainy morning with my hubby at breakfast:
took one of my last self portraits of 2007 in the rain:
enjoyed the quiet in the house with the kitty fats:
took a long shower to decompress:
Celebrated the New Year with the family & Lobsters:
we all wore these awesome glasses:
mom makes a really good linguine with clams:
had too much wine...and took some blurry photos.....
and now I'm off to crunch numbers....and contemplate all my resolutions/goals for the New Year. Headache is still present...and now I have the sniffles. Oh! and I had a whole bottle of water spill in my bag this morning. Isn't that the biggest suck?
Happy New Year!
Let's hope the hangover is over when I wake up tomorrow morning. Let's make 2008 kick ass!
