Whoa ... I can't believe how much time has flown! I must say there is MUCH to catch up on and at the same time NOTHING to catch up on! Life is completely wonderful and at the same time so routine right now that there just isn't much to report... not to mention that long work hours make blogging a distant and unlikely task! However, tonight I have a moment to stop and mention several somethings I am enjoying on this almost Summer 2011 Friday night!
1) A thoroughly fresh and lusciously green compliment to all things salad and vegetables ... Flat Leaf Italian Parsley. Ok I know, as my blog title says I am Always SLOW TO CATCH ON but I am enjoying cooking with this lovely green so much (don't be confused, most nights these days Tim and I are way too tired to do any sort of "gourmet" cooking ... if something involves more than 3 ingredients it is probably not being prepared at the Bratton's until the weekend). Tonight we used it on our roasted veggies and potatoes and it was yummy! Thank you Barefoot Contessa for your simple yet tasty directives!
2) I am loving my Barefoot Contessa cookbooks. I decided I am going to make at least one fun and refreshingly new recipe by her once a week. Luckily she makes the "Joy of Cooking" a lot mroe simple than some other fabulously inspirational cookbook authors! :) My next goal is to make her snap pea and black sesame seed salad! I will let you know how it goes (next August ... haha just kidding).
3) I now have a mini-mini-garden where I am growing Basil, Thyme, Cilantro, and Rosemary. I will say we had a 90 degree day that I think killed our Rosemary (which is very sad because I love Rosemary on our salmon) and our cilantro had a brush with death but for the most part the others seem to be doing well. I think the woman who lives in the unit on the back of our cottage property has been watering our Basil though which from time to time is turning the leaves yellow. Tim and I discussed it and I think we might have to take drastic measures and leave a note asking for her to not water it ... since she primarily only speaks Spanish do you think we should write it both in Spanish and English?!?! Haha
4) there are surely other fun things to report but I am tired and gonna go veg on the couch for the first time in days ... again don't be confused and think we have a thriving Los Angeles social life... my sister graduated from college last weekend so this week has been a lot of catch up from being out of town. Might I say, Fort Worth, Texas just gets more and more fabulous every time I go there! When I am there it is like being home after a long trip and I just find myself breathing!! Sunny, warm (HOT), cozy, and fabulously busy with a million things to do! Renouned art museums, restuarants, LIVE music all over, and a rich Texas history. Not to mention a million memories and my passionate love for TCU makes it just like a weekend in Heaven (haha that might be a slight dramatization)! Did I mention sweet college girlfriends and a cost of living that is incomparable!?? One of my besties is living in a 1 BD 1 BA duplex that bigger and more recently updated than mine and Tim's and she is paying less than half what we are paying in LA!!?!?!?! I mean so AWESOME! For now I will have to just do the "if only's" until we get to find affordable housing someplace where we can also find work!
5) And for my final notes, I just need to brag on my sweet, smart, hard working and precious sister who was just selected for an elite, competitive, and full-ride scholarship for her graduate program the next two years. A Masters in Special Education ... a set of skills that would never play to my strengths that makes me admire her in a way that I cannot explain! I just love her so so much! And am SO PROUD!
Ok signing off!! Missing my ladies more than you know!
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