week of 1/20/2013 in review

- foods made. MON. double mushroom pizza. TUES. slow-cooker vegetable chili. WEDS. mapo tofu w/ bokchoy. THURS. baked potato, broccoli, salad. SUN. arugula pesto chicken & romanesco. started the base broth for this niu rou main.

- hung out.  stayed out on the town friday night! osha thai, candybar, and the judge john hodgman show @ SF Sketchfest.  pete & jane came over and made us lasagna (how awesome :)! the next night.

- home. sewed 4 more table runners. drafted some wedding ceremony text. applied critter ridder to the garden. the raccoon dug up half of the grasses! jerk face!

week of 1/14/2013 in review

a good week.

- used the slowcooker!  foods.  MON. curried vegetable & chickpea soup.  TUES. cancun burritos. WED. lemon garlic chicken w/ noodles.  FRI. drinks & dinner @ beretta.  SUN. butternut squash mac & cheese & collards.

- fun. we camped on angel island. our spot had views of the bay bridge, golden gate bridge, and city.

a note

my new job -- it is both endlessly fascinating and wholly terrifying.

i have a lot to learn and much room to grow.  

week of 1/7/2013 in review

i went to work. george, matt's coworker who works remotely, stayed with us.

- eats. WED. dumplings. THURS. ate out @ nihon whiskey bar. FRI. black bean tacos. SAT. romanesco soup & arugula salad. SUN. salmon, broccoli, quinoa.

- wedding. finished sewing 60 cloth napkins. we calculated that i'm "paying" myself 75 cents an hour ($ savings / hours of sewing). 

invitations and website are mostly ready. sf rec&park is the primary bottleneck to confirming a date. 

we looked at rentals together and said things like, "does it make us $4.20 happier to rent heavy forks?" yes. "does it make us $42 happier to rent crystal champagne flutes instead of standard stemware?" undecided. 

- house. sprinkled half a jar of red pepper flakes in the garden to discourage the critter-who-is-tearing-up-the-yard from digging up our grasses.

- watched moonrise kingdom.

happy new year!

it's been busy. i took three unpaid weeks off:

- visited mom & dad in tejas.  mom & i worked on the dress; i shopped, visited with friends, and threw away a lot of old junk.

- visited the ahrens family in connecticut. lots of eating and games and hanging around.

- visited death valley np for a three-day, 30 mile backpacking trip. it was our first time to put on tire chains to traverse the snowy pass, backpack with almost no water sources, and follow a cross-country route. we did great! we also visited a couple of hot springs, ate too much fried chicken, and picked up an enormous rock, which is still sitting in the car :)

- errands. trying to finalize the catering and park permit, invitations, and website. getting close. 

happy new year!