Friday, September 3, 2010
a few years ago, christina crocheted me an afghan that looks almost exactly like the pattern of jericho’s skin. super neat.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
i really love when the cats climb into boxes. theodore does it the most, and it is SO CUTE.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
(netflix should do a deal with bravo and show top chef streaming. that would make me so happy.)
the guacamole and salsa mom and i had for supper last night was even better tonight. i just mixed the guac with the salsa and ate it all. nom nom nom.
also, yesterday i had my first pumpkin spice latte of the season. it was delicious.
these are, like, a half-inch too long, but if i go a half-size smaller, they won’t be wide enough (and they are double-wide!) — all of these years of wearing only flip-flops and birkenstocks are catching up with me.
these are nice, though, right?
problems: i have only been wearing them for fifteen minutes, but omg whyyyyyyyyy are my toes all covered up and in socks? life is so hard sometimes. the arches are too low, and the shoes are tight over my instep. but. i am going to keep them anyway, i think, because i need a pair of shoes that look like this, and ultimately they are actually pretty decently comfortable. i mean. for shoes. and socks.
and the cats are all on my nerves.
i’m going to have to practice cooking things in the cast iron pan, though — it gets too hot, and then turning down the flame makes it too cold, plus it’s very uneven. i’m used to the teflon pans and compensate automatically; i figure that with a few weeks of practice, i’ll get better at cooking in the cast iron, too, but for now it’s annoying me that i’m not already perfect at it.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
- the cheese straws
- the batter for the blueberry corn muffins
- the finished blueberry corn muffins
- my new cast iron skillet, about which i feel extremely possessive
- the omelet i cooked this morning in the cast iron skillet, with the fried tomatoes and bits of onion and pieces of chives from uncle jeff’s garden
oh well.
okay, now back to thinking about knishes.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
i walked around two miles today, and it was nice — but it is so hot (or, if you like, humid) outside that my clothing is drenched in sweat, and my hair is so wet from sweat it is still, fifteen minutes after i got home, dripping. gross.