17.1.11

Oh, Monday...

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So I thought that this Monday would be spared from the normal blah of Monday-ness, being as it is a holiday and all. We had a lovely day planned... up early, eat breakfast, do the books, run to the grocery store, and hopefully have a picnic lunch packed up by 10, so that we could head down to Red Rock Canyon with some friends for a picnic! .... well, that was the plan....

Instead, my dear hubby decided to come down with, not one, but BOTH types of the flue. He says he does not believe in mediocrity. While I, too, normally abhor mediocrity, I informed him that in this case, just a little bit of non-extreme would be just fine. Like, just one flue. That would be fine.

Anyways, so we spent the night not sleeping, and the morning in the doctor's office and came home with a much lighter wallet and a bag full of pills. But they seem so far to be working, as he is finally sleeping now, not being absolutely miserable.

I did make a good discovery this morning as a result of our expedition to find a doctor... there is a Crest nearby! Normally our little latino grocery store does us just fine, but every once in a while there are some things that they just don't carry, and Crest is a lovely alternative, so I was glad to find it.

Well, since I have nothing of extreme excitement to write about today, I may as well attempt a bribe.... Instead of a superbly exciting blog post, would you instead accept a recipe? What's that? You'd love to? Oh, I'm so glad! =D

These sourdough biscuits come from a recipe book in my Mother-In-Laws kitchen, and are wonderful! Easy to make, very simple, light, and fluffy, and very good with lots of butter and some homemade blackberry jam.





Oh look! I'll even give it to you in a pretty page you could print out! Aren't I nice. You should be able to right-click on it and save it or print it. Hooray!

Hope you all have a delightful day.... I have homework to do.... woohoo.

15.1.11

Things I like

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Welcome to the new year....
I do realize that I have been somewhat less than faithful in blogging this past year.... but here is a new year, and new years are times when you get to try again, true? Of course true. So here's to the new year, new starts, and a new try at this whole blogging thing. Maybe now that I'm not trying to juggle a biochem major, planning a wedding, and fixing a house up, I shall have a tad more time. Let's hope so.

I believe I shall begin this new year by talking about the things I like... I enjoy doing that every once in a while, just to remind myself that I like things. =D

I like sun. Most people know this about me. I love sunshine. I love windows that let in sun. I love laying on my back in the grass in the sun. I don't like dark rooms, cloudy days, or anything blocking the sun. Perhaps I am part cat. I do like having my head scratched.....

I like chocolate. Dark chocolate. Do not dilute my chocolate with milk and sweetness. That is mudblood chocolate, half-breed chocolate. I like real, honest-to-goodness, full-blooded, chocolate. Yes, I am occasionally caught eating cocoa powder. It makes you sneeze, don't try it.


I like cooking. Unfortunately, I like the good old-fashioned cooking that uses up a bucket of butter on a pie crust... and makes a pie every other day. This would not be such a problem, except that I also like to eat said cooking. Like to very much, actually. Don't particularly like to stop eating it. And while I do like salad, I certainly don't eat it in the correct proportion to the other things I eat. Like, I may eat two pieces of pie to every leaf of lettuce. Or I would if I had my way. But there is this little voice in my head... I think my mother planted it there (thanks a lot, mom)... it haunts my bites of pie with visions of skinniness... unattainable skinniness... and adds guilt to my pie-eating. So, I eat a celery stick. With lots of ranch dressing.

I like crunchy leaves. During fall, when the sidewalks leading to my house are covered knee-deep in crunchy leafness, I am in heaven. During fall, I generally find leaves in most of my belongings... evidently you don't splash through leaf-piles without acquiring some leaves along the way.

I like pine-scented candles. I am angry at Yankee Candles for making Balsam Fir and Sparkling Pine (my two favorite candles) Christmas-only candles. How dare they??? Why would they limit my candle happiness to one time of year? There is only one solution to this. Stock up. The After-Christmas sale ends Monday. Guess what I'm doing Monday?

Ok, I think that is probably a long enough blog post for today. Thanks for listening.
Take some time today to think about the things you like... and I don't mean trips to Hawaii and that sort of stuff. I mean, the things that you have today that you like. The stuff that makes every day delightful.
It's fun. I promise.