I'm showing my mother my cool new blog!
posted by hbt at 6:52 PM
Some of my friends call Valentine's Day "single awareness day". Now that I'm an old married lady, I think Valentine's day may be more for youngin's not yet settled down with someone. But just to prove me wrong, my honey took me out! :) Trying not to get carried away with buying things, we kept it simple and went on a picnic. Naturally his plans were weather permitting and I don't know if it's called a picnic when you eat in the car... But we had sandwiches, salt n vinegar chips, carrots, crackers with yummy cheese - it was all good. Then we saw "Jungle Book II" which is a great movie for a 5 year old. The little boy next to me was totally enthralled. But overall, still cute. It made me want to buy the sound track to the original, which I remember being a lot of fun ("Bear Necessities", "I want to be like You"). The night ended perfectly with chocolate covered strawberries from Shari's Berries. Mmmm strawberries... I told him I wouldn't mind if he got me strawberries every year for Valentine's day...
posted by hbt at 2:03 PM
You know, I'm at a keyboard all day. I thought journaling through a blog would be easier. Turns out I'm almost as neglectful here as with my traditional diary... If I can make entries closer than a month apart, it's progress.
Last Saturday night was SUSHI NIGHT! A big experiment beyond just California roll and other cooked alternatives. We did the real deal, ordering fish (salmon, yellow tail, tuna and mackerel) from a sushi place. We had a huge list of possible ingredients, and one of the best features of the night was everyone having the opportunity to invent and name their own rolls. J.T. and Dan had dueling sushi making stations facing each other and it was sushi ongoing for nearly 6 hours. And Dan was right - his wife Corinna is a sushi fiend! Even the non-sushi eaters didn't starve with home made veggie tempura, pot stickers, teriyaki chicken (though not exactly the teriyaki chicken Misty intended) and Chinese take-out (hey, it's Asian!)
I look forward to doing it again in the spring with our own menu and avocados that are in season! See my Cooking Stuff for our list of rolls. And the Bad Cat made away with the $$$...
The only disappointment was my cousin and her hubby couldn't join us - because they had their baby!!! I'm a proud new cousin! Doesn't sound as cool as being a "new aunt" or something, but cousin can be quite the important role. :) Taryn, born January 29 at 4:30am. I haven't seen her yet (I was sick!) but I have pictures and she is amazingly beautiful. Gorgeous. I didn't think babies were supposed to look so good newborn! Can't wait to visit!!!
posted by hbt at 1:31 AM
