Archive for August, 2008
My sister-in-law Jen always puts tons of pics of her kids on her blog and it makes me miss them soooo much! It also makes me sad because they are growing up so fast and I don’t even know the next time we will see them since we aren’t heading to Vancouver for Christmas this year (We only go every other Christmas and its a NYC holiday for us this time).
Whenever I get all sad about it I look through the thousands of pics that I have on my computer or scroll through old posts on Jen’s blog in the middle of the night.
Here are some faves from our summer trip out west this year.
Xavier
Klausine
Lunden
Georgia
Calleigh
*Update on my dad: He is still in the hospital but improving slightly each day. He still does not feel very well so continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers please!
Tags: family, nuggets
August 31st, 2008
Making the Republicans look pretty on teevee is the reason Matthew had to leave for a month
Matthew and Immie.
I won’t tell anyone if you “accidentally” bump into a light or something.
Hope you run into NPH!
Tags: husbandry
August 30th, 2008
My dad is in the hospital. He had a test yesterday and there seem to be complications so they admitted him. Not entirely sure what is going on but I’m feeling a bit concerned, probably because I’m so far away. Feel better soon Daddy!
*please notice my mom making her photo face behind her huge sunglasses. This is proof that she has been bringing that to cherished family memories for over 30 years.
PS- Mom! your hair looks so pretty in that color!
Tags: family
August 28th, 2008
I’ve been home alone for 2 weeks today and I have to say, I’ve come to really enjoy spending time with myself. I’m a lot of fun! I like to do ALL the things I like to do, its so awesome. Its like I can read my mind. I always like what I make for dinner, I only want to watch trashy tv and I also hate sports. I can hardly believe how lucky I am to have found me! Its been really fun hanging out with myself!
All joking aside, that’s not to say I don’t miss Matthew, because of course I do but besides that I don’t really mind having him away as much as I thought I would. It would be nice for him to come home on the weekends, I think thats a fair compromise.
My single life is still a bit on the boring side because I’ve been working so much. Saturday I spent the entire day with my friend Adam after driving his wife and baby to the airport. It was the first time in as long as I can remember that we spent time together alone. We’ve been friends since high school and went to college together so we have spent ALOT of quality time in each other’s presence, usually with our spouses, but it was really great to have an old school type of day and just chill without the annoyance of loved ones who don’t get every single reference of our 15+ year friendship.
After dropping off Christine and Maddie we went to Williamsburg to hit up EGG, a great brunch place that I have been wanting to try.
They give you these for free
But I had to pay for this one
He “forgot” cash. Then we went to see Tropic Thunder and loved every second of it. Adam laughed his ass off which made me laugh my ass off. I swear, we both lost 10 lbs of ass laughing at that movie. He laughed so hard I thought he was going to puke, cause he did that once.
Sunday I went to Ramona’s house for a brunch. It was fantastic but I forgot to take photos because I burned my finger really badly trying to make this amazing savory tart. Ramona didn’t have any ice so I spent the entire day having my finger packed in either a bag of peas or a bag of corn. The tart turned out tasty but ugly (I burned the sides and had to cut them off with one hand) so sorry, no pics. You’ll have to trust Martha that it is indeed fabulous.
She also made a veggie frittata, bagel platter and muesli and yogurt. Very impressive spread.
I did get a shot of the plum cake she made for dessert - inspired by a recent trip to Germany and so so so good. Not super sweet but the perfect amount for a brunch dessert, or breakfast if you are feelin it.
Tags: fun
August 27th, 2008
This is my nephew Xavier:
He enjoys faux-rock climbing
pickles straight from the jar
trucks made out of legos
hitching a ride
and always dresses up for dinner
He’s super awesome and today is his 7th birthday. Happy Birthday buddy, save your Auntie Bari some cake!
Tags: nuggets
August 24th, 2008
This is frightening
Come home soon! Don’t shoot anybody!
Tags: husbandry
August 20th, 2008
Another one of my mom’s requests last week (I know!) was to go visit Maddie, the adorable bundle o’ joy of good friends Adam and Christine. This is the first time in her 7 weeks that I saw her while she was awake-ish. I was pretty excited when we got there and I realized I’d be able to take a photo of her cute self.
This Maddie day 3:
And this is her now, slightly annoyed at me and lookin’ like her papa! (who often looks slightly annoyed at me anyway)
She has very delicious cheeks. NOM!
Tags: nuggets
August 18th, 2008
Dudes, It has been so boring around here lately. I think the combination of Matthew being away and my intense workload has made it difficult for me to focus on doing anything fun. Yesterday I went to Stanton Social and then a movie with Ramona, then had dinner with my Aunt who is visiting from out of town, which was all awesome. Today I watched some Olympics and went for a big walk around the neighborhood but mostly, I just worry about work :(. All. The. Time.
I’m trying to arrange some me time for this week, because I feel like my life has become one humongous spreadsheet and its no good. I will be away almost the entire month of September for work and currently have every weekend planned until the 2nd weekend in November, and know how crazy that sounds. With all the work stress and having to deal with everything at home by myself (my kitty is high maintenance, people) I just cannot wait for September to be over and its barely mid-August. It just makes me sad.
In any case, bla bla pity party bla bla bla get some real problems, I decided to make one of my comfort food meals for dinner tonight.
The original recipe is called Beef Bulgogi and it’s from the Everyday Food Cookbook (mah personal food bible) and is meant to be a STEAK stir fry wrapped in LETTUCE, 2 ingredients I don’t even use in the recipe.
My version:
2 chicken cutlets
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon hot chili sesame oil
1 tablespoons dark brown sugar
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon finely ground fresh ginger
1-2 medium red onions, sliced thin
1-2 green pepper, sliced thin
oil as needed
In a small bowl combine soy sauce, sesame oil, brown sugar, garlic and ginger then toss chicken with half the marinade.
Place onions and peppers in a bowl and the rest of the marinade, let stand 15 mins
Cook onions and peppers over oil in skillet until softened
transfer to a plate, wipe the skillet out, re-oil and toss in the chicken until browned (2mins)
Add onion mixture, cook for another minute
I usually use my non-stick wok and hardly need any oil at all, I also swapped the beef out for chicken because I prefer it and cut back on the brown sugar from the original recipe. And ditched the lettuce, no thanks. Other than that my directions are the same. I like to cut my veggies a bit thinner so the cook more, and usually serve with brown rice.
Its really good, and super easy. I think I feel better already!
Tags: recipe
August 17th, 2008
I went to see American Teen with Ramona. A documentary about high school. It was perfect.
Tags: fun
August 17th, 2008
I tagged all the items I want in the new Ikea catalog. One opened 5 minutes from my house so its likely that I will pick some of it up this week. Hopefully Matthew recognizes the place when he gets home.
Tags: shopping
August 17th, 2008
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