m. made me english muffins for my birthday breakfast.... they were yummy!
I took this picture of Hailey on Saturday at my birthday party and all I could think was she looked like Nixon!
this may well be one of the last pictures taken of me at 34 - I look great!
I have made this before so the recipe wasn't new to me. What also wasn't new to me was how long it took the roux to thicken up! I left out the onions in this one so I was wondering if maybe there wasn't enough starch to start with because they onions were missing. So I added in more flour, which them means you run the risk of it being to flour-y and I could have used more cheese.
Also, I bought one corn muffin from the store and sprinkled that on one side and then made organic corn bread and sprinkled that on the other side. The store bought corn muffin was definitely sweeter and cut into the flavor of the cheese a bit so the next time I make this I will definitely use an organic mix( I should be anyway)
this was left for me on my desk on Thursday... now my skin is softer and I smell like peony's... a gift from m.
originally I was posting all the wonderful treats that m. had been bringing me on my work blog... but I think I need to move them over here - keep the worlds separate. Since I think we will be dating for a while I don't want to fill up the business blog with all my giddy craziness over him:)
Thursday night m. came over and I cooked - something I love to do for people. We had Martha Stewart's Mac and Cheese and it filled two purposes. One, I was able to cook a delicious meal for him and two I was able to cook out of the cookbook that Alison gave me for Christmas. When she gave it to me I committed to cooking everything out of the cookbook by the end of 2008 - one down, 284 to go!
Back to m. - he brought me the a gorgeous bouquet of white tulips - they look perfect in my kitchen and I love them!
Tomorrow (the 20th) is my birthday and on Friday my great friends Sam and Sarah sent me gorgeous flowers to work. Sarah has an amazing since of style and a committmenet ot excellence so she did not just call 1-800 flowers and let them work it out - oh no! She called Sawyer and Company here in Maine and chatted with them about what she wanted to send and they did a perfect job!! They were a wonderful surprise in the middle of the day and once again Sarah was a genius!
I got alot of talk about the picture I posted of my work friend.. mainly because she is also my friend outside of work and she felt the title inappropriate! I think this is because we had been friends long before I can to work for the same company she does... so I am reposting a new pictures!
Sometimes people are brought into your lives at just the right time. I am a bit of a mess at work lately and somehow Erin always knows the right thing to say. The other day after an email to her where I admitted to being a mess she replied "You're perfect. Feelings are complex" and I can't tell you how much better I felt. I don't think 5 words have ever had such an impact on me in terms of just making me feel better - so here is to my FRIEND!
It snowed again last night and I am not sure where we are going to go with all of it. I hear there is a warm up coming for the weekend, keep your fingers crossed :) My shovel has become the flag I fly in my yard, signaling where to find me in a storm or just serving as my mascot.
