I am dressed and ready for action......crowbar, gloves and a mask.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Saturday
I had a Saturday project.....take the carpeting off my stairs and landing. I am having laminate installed soon, and since I have a lovely cat (aka landing peeing machine) I needed to see how bad it was and what wood needs to be replaced before I get the laminate installed.
I am dressed and ready for action......crowbar, gloves and a mask.
The carpet on the stairs........
The finished product.....
I am dressed and ready for action......crowbar, gloves and a mask.
Labels:
home improvement,
wedding
First Friday Book Club
I made Caribbean Chocolate Cake Ring with a chocolate glaze.
I also made some pumpkin cream cheese cup cakes.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Popover's
Happy Halloween!!
We started the day by carving pumpkins.
The kids always hate cleaning the guts out of the pumpkins
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Dinner with Rosie & Woody
I didn't get any photos of Rosie & Woody but I did get a photo of their new baby, Sydney.
She was so good with the kids, which make them think she was in a home with kids before she ended up at the Humane Society. She did not like the collar that Rosie tried to convince her to wear but Simon really did enjoy playing with her.
One last photo before Syndey decided the tulle was no more. Hmmm....might end up on my costume today! ;)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Pumpkin Festival
The kids and I went to the Pumpkin Festival at the botanical garden today. These are some of the carved pumpkins we saw while at the festival.
Hannah & I also met the garden mascot.
We took a hay ride and visited the maze.
Hannah found her pumpkin.
I had to carry Simon's....shocking, I know.
The kids & their pumpkins. Simon's is bigger than he can carry.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
More Baking....
A Visit with my Brother & Family
I was able to also visit my brother and his family while I was in the DC area. I always figure that if I get 6 hours closer by plane, what is a few hours by car?
My lovely niece got a new "cell phone" that she really enjoyed playing with while I was visiting.
She was very snuggly!

The lovely family, Mindy, Benjamin, Matthew & Emily.
My lovely niece got a new "cell phone" that she really enjoyed playing with while I was visiting.
The lovely family, Mindy, Benjamin, Matthew & Emily.
Welcome to Pennsylvania
I had to go to the DC area for work, so I was lucky enough to get to go out for the weekend before my meeting and see friends and family.
I visited Pennsylvania....
While there I visited my friend Melody, her hubby and her son, Colin.
Isn't he a cute boy????
Melody and I have known each other since 1991 when we met in Fargo, ND while working at the USDA. We still look 20-something, right???
I visited Pennsylvania....
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Cooking....
Last weekend I made pita bread for lunch. From start to finish it is a pretty quick bread to make, maybe under 3 hours with very little actual active working time. Here is the last step before baking.
The fun part about pita bread is that is puffs up some when you cook it to make the pocket inside. Here is one batch baking and puffing up. It was tasty and my kids even liked it.
I had gotten okra at the farmer's market. I thought I would try something new with okra other than battered and fried so I made curried okra.
The first step is sliced and then soaked in salt water overnight.

In order to get the okra soaked, it recommended iced water.
Afterward it is sauteed with onions and curry. I added lentils to the mixture to make a whole meal. It tasted great with the pita bread.
Another recipe I recently tried was caramel apple cookies. I substituted caramel's for the bits because I couldn't find them. The cookies were really good but if you use caramel pieces, cut them up in REALLY TINY pieces!
In order to get the okra soaked, it recommended iced water.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Stitch N Pitch
I met Heather for the Stitch N Pitch Diamondbacks game today. We saw Sue from Fiber Factory and she was showing us how to make the crocheted version of the Rasta Hat.
The Fiber Factory also had people demonstrating spinning and bobbin lace making (below).
We thought we needed a photo to show you all how long our hair is now. Both of us used to have very short hair. Hmm....maybe we get along so well since we are about 5 days apart in age. Weird, huh? You meet someone at Stitch N Bitch and just click! Luv ya Heather!
The view of the field from our nosebleed seats.
You can't really see Heather's hat but you can see me modeling the scarf that took me nearly 2 hours to knit the last row. However, it is ready to block and send to its new owner somewhere cold. The scarf is made with Silk Maiden yarn given to me for my 40th birthday last December by the Queen of Snarkville. She drove all the way from Santa Rosa, CA to Sacramento to have lunch with me to start my 40th birthday extravaganza. We had never met before...but that is the wonderful thing about blogland. You meet amazing people!
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