Brrrrrrrrr

Ok, I admit it...I complained BIG TIME last week with the 90 degree temps and no A/C. Well...flip it all over a week later and its now 51 degrees. Mid June. Cold! Rainy, dreary cold. Makes me feel like early autumn and dragging out my Halloween decs. sigh. I have plants that need to get into the ground, a blueberry bush that is begging to be planted, weeding. Who wants to do it when all that sounds good is a warm blanket? I am sure next week will be warmer and I will be bitching again about the heat:) (this pix is of Norah during our heat wave...she was MISERABLE)

Hmmm...last night I listened to my iPod while driving and was loving "I'll keep your memory vague" by Finger Eleven and played it over and over while singing along. Came home and helped Craig in the basement as we have to get that room built so we can shift the kids around and Norah can have her very own room. I have dreams of pink and green and flowers and a picket fence and her cute little bed....and...ta da.....maybe Norah sleeping in her own bed:)

Made chicken quesadillas for dinner. Trying to use up all the stuff in my cupboards. Wegmans has a very very good salsa "Roasted Tomato" and i plucked some cilantro out of the garden and put it in the quesadillas. Made peanut butter brownies, too. Tonight I teach so probably will make something easy. Should do another batch of dough from the Artisan Bread book.

Well, I am going back under my blanket:) Brrrrrrr.

OMG... I suck at this:)

Well, yea..it's been awhile. I mean to write/journal but the days all melt together and before long its damn summer! So here I am.

We married 4/27/08. After being together for 5 very quick years. We just never thought much of it and time and money didn't really permit it. So now we have and it was a very lovely ceremony....at Highland Park, on the deck at Lamberton Conservatory. It was warm and sunny and dreamy. Lots of close friends came and immediate family. We went back to our house for an elaborate dessert reception. We had petit fours and carrot cake, fruit, cupcakes, chocolate and lots of wine. The following day we flew to Florida and went on a four day cruise to Nassau, Bahamas. The vacation was purely perfect and we muchly needed it:)

(Norah is in my lap right now, nursing and watching her newest obsession: Toy Story 2....so I am typing one handed and its taking me forever. I wonder if she knows she cant breastfeed forever??????)

Anyways, I have been making lovely warm toasty loaves of bread from Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. (artisanbreadinfive.com) Great book...easy recipes and fab bread in no time. It does take a lot of space in my fridge for the dough bucket, but I can make such great breads and pizzas and rolls...its crazy. We all love it.

Last night I made a roasted tomato sauce...in the oven, poured it over Gemelli and it was to die for. The tomatoes are so freakin sweet after a warm bath in the oven with some olive oil, spices, and a handful of bread crumbs. I roasted it for an hour at 400 degrees (convection) and it was divine. Will make it again. Now I always make homemade sauce..but on the stove and with onions...so this was different but utterly terrific.