For now, I'll leave you with a photo of Martijn and I in Fabulous Las Vegas! Look at those blue skies!
Friday, January 30, 2009
We are indeed, still alive!
It was never my intention to leave my blog sad and neglected for an entire month! I realize, however, that about one month per year is not enough time to see everyone you want to see AND blog at the same time. I would have a few minutes here and there but think to myself "There's no way I can catch up on everything I need to post about in these short minutes." So, I put off posting until I could sit down and have awhile to write. That kinda backfired because now I have even MORE to write about and even LESS time to write about it! Last night we went to visit my crazy very energetic cousins and my aunt said something to the effect of "I'm so far behind on my blogging that I think I just need to start from today and not try to catch up on anything!" That actually seems like a pretty sound idea. I still plan on posting pictures from our trip, but I'm not going to stress out about getting every little detail down because that's just not possible.
For now, I'll leave you with a photo of Martijn and I in Fabulous Las Vegas! Look at those blue skies!
For now, I'll leave you with a photo of Martijn and I in Fabulous Las Vegas! Look at those blue skies!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Second Wedding Anniversary!
Two years ago today, Martijn and I got married!
We've had some dramatic moments with me moving to a new country and figuring out everything involved in that, but most of our times are good times! He makes me laugh when I'm in a bad mood and is always there for a hug when I need one. I look forward to the coming years and the new adventures we'll have together.
We've had some dramatic moments with me moving to a new country and figuring out everything involved in that, but most of our times are good times! He makes me laugh when I'm in a bad mood and is always there for a hug when I need one. I look forward to the coming years and the new adventures we'll have together.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Menu Plan Monday- December 29, 2008
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I didn't do a menu plan last week and just stuck to fairly easy stuff since I wasn't feeling well. Martijn was dismayed that he couldn't look at my blog for our menu, so even though I still don't feel good I'm doing the menu plan this week just for him! I'm also going to do the weekend and next Monday since we're leaving for the US in 8 days!
Monday: Gourmet
Tuesday: Gourmet again, we have oodles of stuff for it in the freezer
Wednesday: Slavinken & veggies
Thursday: Going for Chinese at the in-laws!
Friday: Stew
Saturday: Some version of a hobo dinner in the turbo
Sunday: Chicken a la Mayo & veggies
Monday: Something easy like frozen pizza probably!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Mr Jummy is trying to replace me!
Since I got Mr. Jummy a few weeks ago we have been having some fun adventures.
He's come geocaching with us.
And he sneaks in and and steals my place in bed on a pretty regular basis.
But last night was the last straw!
He stole my place in bed, AND my Gameboy! The worst part was, I am pretty sure Martijn was in cahoots with him. I think he's looking for a new MarioKart partner.
He's come geocaching with us.
And he sneaks in and and steals my place in bed on a pretty regular basis.
But last night was the last straw!
He stole my place in bed, AND my Gameboy! The worst part was, I am pretty sure Martijn was in cahoots with him. I think he's looking for a new MarioKart partner.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Brain Fog
This is what it looks like outside today.
Compare that to what I usually see when I look out the window (well, minus the snow cause that doesn't actually happen that often).
I even chose a mildly stormy comparison photo! The plus side is that it's actually been a little bit warmer than usual the past few days.
Other than that, I really haven't much to say. I've been so so sick the past couple of weeks and it's really been making it difficult to want to do much of anything. Coincidentally, the inside of my head feels a lot like that fog photo I posted. Maybe I actually had the camera pointed inside my ear! I'm really praying that I get better by the time we leave for the US in January. I did dig out my jewelry making supplies and have been playing around with that again so in the next couple of days I'll show off my "mad skillz."
Compare that to what I usually see when I look out the window (well, minus the snow cause that doesn't actually happen that often).
I even chose a mildly stormy comparison photo! The plus side is that it's actually been a little bit warmer than usual the past few days.
Other than that, I really haven't much to say. I've been so so sick the past couple of weeks and it's really been making it difficult to want to do much of anything. Coincidentally, the inside of my head feels a lot like that fog photo I posted. Maybe I actually had the camera pointed inside my ear! I'm really praying that I get better by the time we leave for the US in January. I did dig out my jewelry making supplies and have been playing around with that again so in the next couple of days I'll show off my "mad skillz."
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Crystallized Ginger and Candied Citrus Peels
A few months ago I got the wild idea that I should make my own crystallized (candied) ginger. Then I promptly forgot about it.
Yesterday morning I was perusing the internet and came across a recipe for candied citrus peels. When I saw that I remembered that I wanted to make crystallized ginger and decided that if I didn't do it right then I would forget again.
I jumped on my bike and headed to the market to buy ginger, lemons, and oranges.
When I got home, I used my super high tech spoon method to peel about a pound of ginger. The instructions said to use a sharp knife to cut it into thin slices but I decided to use the cheese slicer that we don't like to use on the cheese because it makes the slices too thick. It worked like a charm!
Since the kitchen was already sticky, I figured I may as well do my citrus peels at the same time and only clean up once! Once again I found the cheese slicer handy to remove the excess pith from the lemon peels. The orange peels were a little less firm so it didn't work quite as well and I used a paring knife instead.
The best part of the whole project? CHEAP! The cost breakdown is this:
Little less than a pound of ginger- €1
2 big navel oranges- €0.60 (if I'd bought more they would've been cheaper but I'd be the only one eating them and a dozen was too many at once)
2 lemons- €0.40
1.5 kg bag of sugar- €1
I didn't use -quite- as much sugar as the recipes called for since I used slightly less of the ginger and citrus peels so the 1.5 kg bag of sugar was -just- enough.
P.S. If you are in my family, maybe you could um, forget that you read this? Cause uh, Christmas is coming up and these are most excellent stocking stuffers.
Yesterday morning I was perusing the internet and came across a recipe for candied citrus peels. When I saw that I remembered that I wanted to make crystallized ginger and decided that if I didn't do it right then I would forget again.
I jumped on my bike and headed to the market to buy ginger, lemons, and oranges.
When I got home, I used my super high tech spoon method to peel about a pound of ginger. The instructions said to use a sharp knife to cut it into thin slices but I decided to use the cheese slicer that we don't like to use on the cheese because it makes the slices too thick. It worked like a charm!
Since the kitchen was already sticky, I figured I may as well do my citrus peels at the same time and only clean up once! Once again I found the cheese slicer handy to remove the excess pith from the lemon peels. The orange peels were a little less firm so it didn't work quite as well and I used a paring knife instead.
The best part of the whole project? CHEAP! The cost breakdown is this:
Little less than a pound of ginger- €1
2 big navel oranges- €0.60 (if I'd bought more they would've been cheaper but I'd be the only one eating them and a dozen was too many at once)
2 lemons- €0.40
1.5 kg bag of sugar- €1
I didn't use -quite- as much sugar as the recipes called for since I used slightly less of the ginger and citrus peels so the 1.5 kg bag of sugar was -just- enough.
P.S. If you are in my family, maybe you could um, forget that you read this? Cause uh, Christmas is coming up and these are most excellent stocking stuffers.
