Last night's Surprise Dinner was lamb cooked in a spice mix that included coriander, turmeric, cumin, paprika, and garlic; a HUGE batch of macaroni cheese, made from scratch with white cheddar and flavored with hints of nutmeg and cayenne pepper; and green beans.
Have I mentioned that I LOVE THIS MAN.
First, let's point out that the only reason he chose macaroni and cheese as the starch of the meal? Is because I have...ridiculous love of macaroni and cheese. It's one of those things I could eat every meal of every day for the rest of my life, and be completely happy. I'd also be yellow and sickly, but I WOULDN'T CARE.*
Second, and the emphasis on this is more easily understood know that you have been told about my love affair of mac'n'cheese, the lamb was my favorite part of the meal. It was flavorful, and it was so. tender. The only complaint we both had is that the chops were much too small--I ended up going at both our bones with hands and teeth, getting every last morsel. It was heavenly.
After I ate way too much of the macaroni and cheese and picked the bones as clean as I possibly could, I basically slipped into a food coma for the rest of the night. It was the best meal I've had in quite a while.
Pictures to come. :D
Today is a combined day off (WIN!), and we're being fairly lazy. About to go out to run minor errands, then back home for laundry and a raid. :)
*This is also true of mashed potatoes (which wages an eternal battle with macaroni and cheese as my Favorite Food Ever), bacon, rice, and basically any pasta you can name.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Lamb Surprise?
Yesterday was another So Tired The Blog Fell Out Of My Head day. Sorry!
Yesterday was also a "failure" when it came to Planning. I never got my act together to get to my Bucks early...today shall be different! Today shall be PRODUCTIVE!
Today will also involve a surprise dinner. All I'm allowed to know is that there's lamb, a starch, and certain spices (which I can't remember right now). That's it. Ryan's been having a field day planning this all out. I'm a little scared of what I'll find when I get home tonight...
Off I go!
Yesterday was also a "failure" when it came to Planning. I never got my act together to get to my Bucks early...today shall be different! Today shall be PRODUCTIVE!
Today will also involve a surprise dinner. All I'm allowed to know is that there's lamb, a starch, and certain spices (which I can't remember right now). That's it. Ryan's been having a field day planning this all out. I'm a little scared of what I'll find when I get home tonight...
Off I go!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
YOU LISTENIN' TO ME, BRAIN?!
My Plan For Today:
[o] take out recycling
[o] do laundry
[o] minor grocery shopping
[o] hit the bank
[o] refill vitamin box (since I haven't since Friday and therefore haven't taken any since Friday and HEY, maybe THAT'S why I'm feeling so lousy the past few days, GEE, YA THINK, BRAIN?)
[o] go to Starbucks and story plan for AT LEAST two hours, if not more, while Ryan's at work. Also an excuse to get tips and see mah buddies.
I did that thing today where I wake up with fifty million more things I "should" do and if I don't I'm a horrible person/girlfriend/daughter/woman/human being/etc. I hate it when I do that. I blame the hormones.
Yes, I went there.
Other things that happen today may involve cleaning, calling around to find a new lady-parts doctor, reorganizing, and such. Or not. AND THAT'S OKAY, BRAIN.
[o] take out recycling
[o] do laundry
[o] minor grocery shopping
[o] hit the bank
[o] refill vitamin box (since I haven't since Friday and therefore haven't taken any since Friday and HEY, maybe THAT'S why I'm feeling so lousy the past few days, GEE, YA THINK, BRAIN?)
[o] go to Starbucks and story plan for AT LEAST two hours, if not more, while Ryan's at work. Also an excuse to get tips and see mah buddies.
I did that thing today where I wake up with fifty million more things I "should" do and if I don't I'm a horrible person/girlfriend/daughter/woman/human being/etc. I hate it when I do that. I blame the hormones.
Yes, I went there.
Other things that happen today may involve cleaning, calling around to find a new lady-parts doctor, reorganizing, and such. Or not. AND THAT'S OKAY, BRAIN.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Tomorrow Is Another Day!
So...didn't get much story work done today. I didn't get to my store until a little after 1, and I had work at 1:45, and it took a few minutes to settle down, and Katie came and talked to me, etc etc.
I didn't get there until 1 because
I didn't get up until 11:30 because
I didn't get to bed until 3 because
Ryan, Sameh, BJ, Ali and I didn't start watching Lilo & Stitch until 1:30 because
we wanted to watch the premiere episode of The Next Iron Chef which was an hour and a half long and started at midnight, when BJ and Ali got home/arrived.
...yeah.
On the upshot, I finally got to see Lilo & Stitch. :D Such a cute movie! I really identified with Lilo, too...I was a very strange child, much like her. And yes, I almost cried a couple of times. Shut up. So would you.
I have tomorrow off, and Ryan works from 6 to 10:30 at night. The plan is to get up, do the laundry, do some minor grocery shopping with Ryan before he has to go to work, then spend the evening at my Starbucks, poking at my story. I get to be productive during the day, then busy myself while Ryan's at work. Win all around!
Wish me luck with progress tomorrow!
I didn't get there until 1 because
I didn't get up until 11:30 because
I didn't get to bed until 3 because
Ryan, Sameh, BJ, Ali and I didn't start watching Lilo & Stitch until 1:30 because
we wanted to watch the premiere episode of The Next Iron Chef which was an hour and a half long and started at midnight, when BJ and Ali got home/arrived.
...yeah.
On the upshot, I finally got to see Lilo & Stitch. :D Such a cute movie! I really identified with Lilo, too...I was a very strange child, much like her. And yes, I almost cried a couple of times. Shut up. So would you.
I have tomorrow off, and Ryan works from 6 to 10:30 at night. The plan is to get up, do the laundry, do some minor grocery shopping with Ryan before he has to go to work, then spend the evening at my Starbucks, poking at my story. I get to be productive during the day, then busy myself while Ryan's at work. Win all around!
Wish me luck with progress tomorrow!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
The Little Flag Says "Yay" On It.
So, I totally missed that Friday was the one-year birthday of this blog.
*waves tiny flag*
Today was a pretty good day. It wasn't an eventful day--I got up, I puttered, I went to work, I worked, now I'm home--but still, a good day. Worked with good people, got to have lunch with Ryan, finished reading a book, did some planning.
Tomorrow begins my Month of Planning. I'm going to attempt a daily routine of going to my Starbucks and working on my story idea for a good amount of time, before or after work. I know that if I don't have a good skeleton by November 1st, I'm going to waste precious time trying to get organized instead of fleshing it out and just writing. So, October is going to be devoted to character design, scene order, background, and so on.
Fortunately, it seems my schedule will make this pretty easy (*crosses fingers*). I'm pre-closing all next week, which means I can get there around 10 or 11 and have 3-4 hours to work on things before clocking in. I've been doing afternoons pretty steadily almost my entire span there, so I feel good about the reliability of this schedule.
November is going to be even more devoted than October. I'll be getting up early and staying up late, devoting every break and meal and available minute to pounding out the words. I am going to put in the best effort I possibly can. I don't even care if I make the goal or not--wait, no, that's a lie. Of course I care about making the goal. But almost more than that, I just want to prove that I can devote myself to writing, and not just dreaming about it.
I'm happy that tomorrow will be my first "real" effort toward NaNoWriMo. It's not the first of October; it's the fourth. And four is my lucky number.
*waves tiny flag*
Today was a pretty good day. It wasn't an eventful day--I got up, I puttered, I went to work, I worked, now I'm home--but still, a good day. Worked with good people, got to have lunch with Ryan, finished reading a book, did some planning.
Tomorrow begins my Month of Planning. I'm going to attempt a daily routine of going to my Starbucks and working on my story idea for a good amount of time, before or after work. I know that if I don't have a good skeleton by November 1st, I'm going to waste precious time trying to get organized instead of fleshing it out and just writing. So, October is going to be devoted to character design, scene order, background, and so on.
Fortunately, it seems my schedule will make this pretty easy (*crosses fingers*). I'm pre-closing all next week, which means I can get there around 10 or 11 and have 3-4 hours to work on things before clocking in. I've been doing afternoons pretty steadily almost my entire span there, so I feel good about the reliability of this schedule.
November is going to be even more devoted than October. I'll be getting up early and staying up late, devoting every break and meal and available minute to pounding out the words. I am going to put in the best effort I possibly can. I don't even care if I make the goal or not--wait, no, that's a lie. Of course I care about making the goal. But almost more than that, I just want to prove that I can devote myself to writing, and not just dreaming about it.
I'm happy that tomorrow will be my first "real" effort toward NaNoWriMo. It's not the first of October; it's the fourth. And four is my lucky number.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
There's Butt Wiggling, Finger Pointing...All That Good Stuff.
So far today, I've done two things:
I managed to use the new little SD card reader I bought, and now have music on my phone. That's right, I'm using my fancy little phone to the full extent it was made for. This is new and exciting ground for me. The best part isn't that I didn't have to save for a new music player, it's not that I didn't have to carry a different little thing around to enjoy music, and it's not even that I'm finally using all my fancy phone's functions. It's that I did this all by myself. I used semi-advanced technology without anyone's help. GO ME!
I set up my NaNoMail so I can know about new stuff going on with the site, the event, and my home region. I poked at the home page for the South Bend region last night, and even posted an introduction on our thread. I really want to try and get to as many meet-ups and write-ins as I can, to get some camaraderie, support, advice, good writing time, etc. Really excited about the possibilities!
I've also set myself the first goal (well, the second, if count "Get An Idea Worth Running With" as the first one): Have some Novel Info ready to put on my page by the end of next week. A nice, tidy, entertaining, curiosity-invoking synopsis by Wednesday, Friday at the latest.
Three things down, and it's not even noon. I have to leave for work in an hour, and I'm there until 9:30, and then it's home for some BRAINSTORMIN' TAHM!
*does the I Did Stuff Dance, goes on her merry way*
I managed to use the new little SD card reader I bought, and now have music on my phone. That's right, I'm using my fancy little phone to the full extent it was made for. This is new and exciting ground for me. The best part isn't that I didn't have to save for a new music player, it's not that I didn't have to carry a different little thing around to enjoy music, and it's not even that I'm finally using all my fancy phone's functions. It's that I did this all by myself. I used semi-advanced technology without anyone's help. GO ME!
I set up my NaNoMail so I can know about new stuff going on with the site, the event, and my home region. I poked at the home page for the South Bend region last night, and even posted an introduction on our thread. I really want to try and get to as many meet-ups and write-ins as I can, to get some camaraderie, support, advice, good writing time, etc. Really excited about the possibilities!
I've also set myself the first goal (well, the second, if count "Get An Idea Worth Running With" as the first one): Have some Novel Info ready to put on my page by the end of next week. A nice, tidy, entertaining, curiosity-invoking synopsis by Wednesday, Friday at the latest.
Three things down, and it's not even noon. I have to leave for work in an hour, and I'm there until 9:30, and then it's home for some BRAINSTORMIN' TAHM!
*does the I Did Stuff Dance, goes on her merry way*
Friday, October 1, 2010
Win All Over.
Today was a good day.
[o] Day off. Win.
[o] Ryan's day off. Double win!
[o] Paycheck from Target. Money win!
[o] Did some grocery shopping and came up under budget. Double money win!
[o] Gorgeous day out. Weather win.
[o] Pilgrimage to Goshen for our first Dunkin Donuts visit since we left Connecticut. Sweet tooth win.
[o] Spent Best Buy gift card BJ gave us*: Extra micro-SD card and a SD card reader for my computer, so I can now have one card each for music and pictures, and actually use my phone's music-playing capabilities instead of saving up to buy a separate mp3 player. Efficiency win.
[o] Got pretty coat at Target, since it's getting cooler out now, it's a gorgeous coat, and it was at a fantastic price (combined with Ryan's employee discount). Clothing win.
[o] Watched Iron Man 2 on Blu-Ray with Sameh. Action movie/pretty actors win.
[o] Got important (read: work clothes) laundry done. Productivity win.
[o] NaNoWriMo site 2010 relaunch, plus discovering that the Municipal Liaison for the South Bend region had already kick-started the region message board with some welcome threads, which included the mention of weekend NaNoWriMo write-ins and meet-ups. Possible social win.
[o] No work until 1, so I can sleep in a bit. SLEEP WIN.
[o] Had a whole day that was leisurely yet productive, laid back yet efficient, filled with one-on-one time with my love. Day win. :)
*For those who missed how awesome our roommate is: he and Sameh got a gift card from Best Buy when they bought Halo: Reach. He gave it to us because he knows that we're low on cash, and he wanted us to have some frivolous money. Biggest. Sweetheart. Ever.
[o] Day off. Win.
[o] Ryan's day off. Double win!
[o] Paycheck from Target. Money win!
[o] Did some grocery shopping and came up under budget. Double money win!
[o] Gorgeous day out. Weather win.
[o] Pilgrimage to Goshen for our first Dunkin Donuts visit since we left Connecticut. Sweet tooth win.
[o] Spent Best Buy gift card BJ gave us*: Extra micro-SD card and a SD card reader for my computer, so I can now have one card each for music and pictures, and actually use my phone's music-playing capabilities instead of saving up to buy a separate mp3 player. Efficiency win.
[o] Got pretty coat at Target, since it's getting cooler out now, it's a gorgeous coat, and it was at a fantastic price (combined with Ryan's employee discount). Clothing win.
[o] Watched Iron Man 2 on Blu-Ray with Sameh. Action movie/pretty actors win.
[o] Got important (read: work clothes) laundry done. Productivity win.
[o] NaNoWriMo site 2010 relaunch, plus discovering that the Municipal Liaison for the South Bend region had already kick-started the region message board with some welcome threads, which included the mention of weekend NaNoWriMo write-ins and meet-ups. Possible social win.
[o] No work until 1, so I can sleep in a bit. SLEEP WIN.
[o] Had a whole day that was leisurely yet productive, laid back yet efficient, filled with one-on-one time with my love. Day win. :)
*For those who missed how awesome our roommate is: he and Sameh got a gift card from Best Buy when they bought Halo: Reach. He gave it to us because he knows that we're low on cash, and he wanted us to have some frivolous money. Biggest. Sweetheart. Ever.
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