Picture Post

I have nothing going on lately.. so I'll share a handful of pictures that will make my uneventful life more interesting for you.

Birthday Flowers

I woke up super early for my birthday to babysit Jace, who was asleep for the first hour and half that I was there. It was a long a morning, and Ed came by after work with roses, a coffee and a pomegranate. It was fantastic.

Birthday Pedicure

We spent Saturday evening with Dan & Connie watching the Ducks play, having dinner, celebrating each touchdown with Duck Farts mini-shots. Made watching football more interesting for sure. (I learned a lot too!) Dan had to leave town to go back to Cali for work early Sunday morning, but in the afternoon I went over to visit with Connie more and she treated me to a pedicure for my birthday. 

Bo Pup. (Black Lab/Chow Chow mix)

Came home from dinner Saturday night to find an odd amount of dogs barking outside at 10:00 pm, but Tucker wasn't outside taking part. However there was a specific yipping that was new. We stopped at the front door and looked at each other wondering if this new yip was coming from inside the house as it sounded. Inside we found this little 6 week puppy hanging out in a kennel in the kitchen. Kirk & KD had been looking around for a puppy for a while and they clearly found one while we were out that afternoon!

The current state of my 3rd attempt at Ed's scarf

I had nearly finished Ed's scarf... but it was too wide, and not long enough. And I was going to have to buy another thing of yarn if it was going to be able to actually wrap around his neck. So I pulled the whole out and started over. (And to be honest, that is the length of it after I'd pulled out another 3rd of it.) I should get on it though, because I've bought the black to the trim around it. But this whole 70 degree weather in November stuff doesn't inspire.

I haven't done much on the food front lately. Tonight we're making broccoli beef for dinner in order to use up some broccoli, and beef. I gave up on my yogurt. I think I killed my culture so it never formed. But while tossing it out it DID smell like yogurt, and the very bottom of the jars looked like I was on the right track. Thinking of trying it again with raw milk and starting earlier in the day so it's not 1 am and I'm in a hurry to finish it up so I can go to bed. Made Shallot and Maple Spaghetti Squash. The shallots in my recipe were a little strong. It was good and everyone enjoyed it, but it mostly tasted like shallots to me, so I'm still not sure what I think about spaghetti squash. I don't think I've satisfied my spaghetti squash curiosity yet. Did find a place to order cultures for cheese.. so I may experiment with making cream cheese in the next few weeks.

Told ya I don't I have anything interesting going on. Off to puppy sit. :)