I has it.
Bread
My house smells sooooo good right now.
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22
Aug
2009
2009
Ok, I have no idea what to blog about today, so you get more rambling. Aren’t you excited?
Not a bad day today… went to breakfast with Brian’s parents, and had a good time. We came home, I played World of Warcraft for a bit (my new baby paladin is up to level 31!) until somebody sneaked up behind me and flipped my off switch. I mean seriously… happily playing one minute, the next minute I’m heading for the inn with my head down on my desk trying to keep my eyes open. WTF is up with that?
I logged out and let Will use the computer, and I made my way back to bed. I hate it when that total exhaustion sneaks up on you like that. I moved Shiva out of the way (Shiva is always in the way) so I could lay down, and then Brian started to tell me stuff about what he was doing in game. I tried sooo hard to pay attention, and then I was just out. Brian woke me up a bit later to tell me I’d been sleeping for an hour and a half, and I just completely ignored him. What’s funny is that my brain heard him say ten hours, but I was still thinking “So?”, and I went back to sleep. He finally woke me up after about 3 hours… 6pm and I had to get up and fix dinner.
I was still tired when I got up, and rather brain damaged as well. Dinner was a challenge. Breaded pork chops and smashed potatoes, it should have been easy. I couldn’t remember for the life of me how long to cook the pork chops. We had the potatoes done way before the chops, so they got a bit dried out. They were still yummy, though.
Here is a picture of Shiva being in the way.
Shiva, in the way as usual.
For some reason, he feels the need to lay on whatever article of clothing you put on the bed. This particular article is Brian’s jeans. Notice all the fur on the bed? I blame Alley Cat and Karma, since all that fur seems to be black. I really need to get in there with a lint brush and get it off, but I am lazy.
04
Aug
2008
2008
Yes, I’m still alive. Currently, sitting at the local coffee shop borrowing their wifi and having a latte. We have successfully made the transition to Grand Junction, and are staying with Brian’s grandparents. We’ve had a couple more snafus with the house, but things are still on track to close on the 12th. Here’s hoping!
Well, it’s hot here. HOT. It’s been over 100 nearly ever day that I’ve been here this week, and I am NOT used to those temperatures anymore. Bayfield is nice and cool by comparison. I am liking the access to shops and stuff, but the temperatures will definitely take some getting used to.
The cats are doing ok, except for Ozzy… poor guy is just freaked out by the whole thing. Karma and Shiva are staying at Brian’s parents’ house, and they’ve settled in quite nicely. Alley and Ozzy are at the kennel, and of course Alley Cat is a regular trooper. She doesn’t seem to mind at all. Poor Ozzy, on the other hand, was traumatized by the drive, and is just not happy about anything. I’ve been visiting them both every day, and we got him to come out of his box for a bit on Saturday morning, but he pretty much hides the whole time. I’ll be so glad to get them all back into our house.
The dogs are fine… they’re getting along with Buck (grandparents’ dog) and really enjoying the opportunity to run full speed across 10 acres of hayfield. We go out for a walk every morning, and they’re loving it. I’ll be glad to get them back into a fenced yard, though. No fence and a rural highway make for flat dogs, so I keep them inside unless we’re walking. I don’t want flat dogs.
Currently on the agenda for me is finding a part-time job and getting my business set up. Logo design is in process, and as soon as that is done I can order business cards and make flyers. I’m thinking I’m going to target small business IT services… driving to businesses is a lot cheaper than setting up a shop, and I’m all for lower overhead. I’m really not going to make a push for anything until we get into the house, though… mostly because I don’t want to have to leave the dogs at the grandparents’ house. They’re good boys, but it’s not fair to ask them to watch them all the time.
So… that’s what I’ve been up to. I’ll post on here as often as I can, but we have no internet where we’re staying. That means whenever I can get out and get wifi for my laptop, AND remember to post, I’ll keep everyone updated.
Finally, because I’ve been horribly lax, here is the Monday Happy List!
- A coffee shop with free wifi!
- Watching the dogs bound through the hayfield with big smiles.
- Seeing the preliminary sketches for my logo and LOVING them.
- New sunglasses
- New clothes that are affordable, cute, and DON’T make me look fat!
See you all later, I’ll try to update soon!
Category: life, other stuff, pets
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14
Jul
2008
2008
Yay! It’s Monday! That means it’s time for another Happy List. 
Here, in no particular order, are five things that make me happy.
- We close on our house on the 29th. Yay!
- Packing nearing completion.
- A clean kitchen
- Doggies who are good boys and listen to me when I tell them to stop barking at every damn thing that walks past.
- Fajitas for dinner. Yum.
There you have it… five things that are currently making me quite happy. More updates to come, and possibly… knitting! We shall see. I have buried myself in housework and reading and have been ignoring my computer AND my knitting for the past few weeks. Maybe I’ll get a chance to get some knitting done this week, since I’ll be spending some time at my LYS.
I’ll try to update tomorrow afternoon. Really.
Category: life, other stuff, pets
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08
May
2008
2008
How many people do you know that have a hard drive for a coaster? Yes, you may say it. I am very strange.
I suppose I should explain. When Brian’s computer died, this little bugger was the culprit. One half of a 500GB RAID. 250GB of evil. Don’t do a striped array, folks. Not unless you have a good backup. I decided to punish the hard drive by making it live out the rest of its life in servitude. Bad hard drive. Hold my coffee.
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01
May
2008
2008
Yum!
I have been experimenting with my new mixer, and it dawned on me that I could make homemade pizza crusts. Sure, I could have made them before I got the mixer, but I’ve been looking at what kinds of things I cam make to justify the cost of the darn thing. Pizza sounded like just the thing. I pulled a pizza dough recipe out of a cookbook, threw in the ingredients, made the dough, and baked the pizza, and …. bleh. The dough was not cooked all the way through, and wasn’t even browned at all. It tasted pretty good, just not what I wanted.
Try number two. I prebake the crust before I put the toppings on it. This one came out pretty darn good. I had to take a picture of the one I made for Brian with his favorite toppings (olive oil, garlic, mozzarella and tomatoes). It looked delicious. Still not quite as browned as I would like, but nearly there.
Try number three – pre-baked the crust for 10 minutes instead of seven, and it came out perfect. Nice, browned, chewy crust, bubbly cheese… delicious.
Now I’m hungry.
Category: food
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30
Apr
2008
2008
I’ve been asked to post my recipe for potato soup, so here goes.
- 6 medium/large red potatoes, diced
- 1/2 lb bacon (diced) or breakfast sausage
- 4 tbls flour
- butter
- milk
- salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste.
Cook diced potatoes in water until tender, drain.
Meanwhile, cook bacon or sausage in a large saucepan until done. Remove meat from pan. Reserve fat. Add 4 tbls fat back into the pan, adding butter to make up the difference if there is not enough. Over med-low heat, add 4 tbls flour to make a roux. Stir until bubbly. Remove from heat. GRADUALLY add 2 cups of milk, stirring constantly, until smooth. Bring to a simmer and stir until thickened. Add meat and cooked potatoes into pan. Add milk to cover potatoes. Heat on very low heat until just at a simmer. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Serves 4-6.
Season to taste.. I use about a tablespoon garlic powder, tsp salt and tsp pepper – adjust that to taste. Serve with warm bread.
I used sausage in this one. If you use bacon, make sure to dice it fairly small and cook it until crisp. It’ll soften in the soup and you don’t want it undercooked.
Category: food
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29
Apr
2008
2008
I decided to put my mixer to use today, and have managed to produce two slightly misshapen loaves of sourdough bread.
This is really good bread… I decided to buy some sourdough starter online after I kept screwing mine up, and located a great place to buy San Francisco Sourdough starter. I need to get some of the other goodies that they have on that website, but what I have now works fine. The Mixer has made a huge difference in the quality and quantity of bread I turn out… it’s a lot easier to make the dough, so I do it a lot more often. If you’re into bread baking, I highly recommend giving sourdough a try.
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14
Apr
2008
2008
I ordered my Kitchenaid stand mixer a little while back, and have been waiting patiently for it to arrive. Well, of course it shows up when we had to go out of town. Thankfully, my neighbor Gabriela was kind enough to put it inside the house so it didn’t have to wait on the porch until I got home. Thanks, Gabriela!
I managed to locate the ONE place in my kitchen it would fit… my cabinets all hang about 1/2 inch too low to fit it underneath. Grrr. However, there is a space between my microwave and the sink that has no cabinets overhead, and it is the perfect size to fit the mixer. Good thing it’s there, or I would have had to use it on the kitchen table.
My husband insisted that I bake something immediately, so I decided cookies were the best option. Easy, quick, and tasty. The sourdough bread came the next day.
So here, for your viewing pleasure, are my lovely peanut butter cookies. Very tasty.
Category: food, life
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