28 June 2009
Om nom nom
Omigosh do I love fresh berries! In the past three days I've probably eaten about three pounds of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries straight out of hand. And now I'm making some strawberry sorbet. Yes, please!
26 June 2009
Summer is pretty well along its way here. It's hot, sticky, and all around gross. But! That means I also have plenty of things like fresh raspberries.
That also means I have time to do things like start a blog. Rachel and I have been writing in our imaginary blogs for a while now and there seemed to be no good reason why we shouldn't actually create a real-live one. I'm not exactly a talk-things-out-loud type of person and generally a good memory, so a blog isn't exactly necessary. But I think there are some neat things that bear sharing, so here goes nothing!
And since it's summer, my schedule is pretty much just whatever I want it to be. I spend my mornings reading for my comprehensive exams and my evenings crafting (sort of). Also, having read Marcus Aurelius, whose writings are basically in the form of a journal, I figure it's not the worst thing to record things, right? And no, I'm not exactly comparing myself to Marcus Aurelius. Anyway, here is, for example, how I spent today:
A bit of Aristotle in the morning (Politics, yay!) followed by some Sextus Empricus and studying French in the afternoon. Pas mal, pas mal.
For Easter, my parents gave me a little Smokey Joe barbecue pit but with the end of the semester and spending barely any time in Atlanta since April, I hadn't yet gotten to use it. Yesterday David left for the weekend and we made a quick dinner of chicken breasts and lemon green beans before he left. The dinner was pretty yum, but even after eight months I still haven't gotten the hang of the burner temp, so we ended up with some pretty scorched shallots. I had a chicken breast leftover and figured since the weather was beautiful and I'm basically on my own this weekend (David's in NYC, Sam is in O-town, Kate's in OH, etc. etc.), I might as well make myself a decent dinner. So, chicken with herbes de Provence, roasted peppers, a little salad, some wine, and a pint of raspberries for dessert = nom nom nom!!!
I've made some progress on quilting my stacked coins quilt. I'm just going for organic vertical lines and by calling it that, I'm really just pretending I have any idea what the heck I'm doing. So far I love it. TV and cutting pieces for another project and I'm a happy girl a happy girl.
The rest of the summer is very promising. I'm stoked about Rachel's wedding and being back in Kansas and St. Louis and spending time with David and Sam and moving to a new place and studying the history of philosophy and eating lots and lots of summer produce. Tomorrow: buying some tomato plants, a trip to the fabric store, and maybe making some strawberry sorbet. Huzzah!
That also means I have time to do things like start a blog. Rachel and I have been writing in our imaginary blogs for a while now and there seemed to be no good reason why we shouldn't actually create a real-live one. I'm not exactly a talk-things-out-loud type of person and generally a good memory, so a blog isn't exactly necessary. But I think there are some neat things that bear sharing, so here goes nothing!
And since it's summer, my schedule is pretty much just whatever I want it to be. I spend my mornings reading for my comprehensive exams and my evenings crafting (sort of). Also, having read Marcus Aurelius, whose writings are basically in the form of a journal, I figure it's not the worst thing to record things, right? And no, I'm not exactly comparing myself to Marcus Aurelius. Anyway, here is, for example, how I spent today:
A bit of Aristotle in the morning (Politics, yay!) followed by some Sextus Empricus and studying French in the afternoon. Pas mal, pas mal.
For Easter, my parents gave me a little Smokey Joe barbecue pit but with the end of the semester and spending barely any time in Atlanta since April, I hadn't yet gotten to use it. Yesterday David left for the weekend and we made a quick dinner of chicken breasts and lemon green beans before he left. The dinner was pretty yum, but even after eight months I still haven't gotten the hang of the burner temp, so we ended up with some pretty scorched shallots. I had a chicken breast leftover and figured since the weather was beautiful and I'm basically on my own this weekend (David's in NYC, Sam is in O-town, Kate's in OH, etc. etc.), I might as well make myself a decent dinner. So, chicken with herbes de Provence, roasted peppers, a little salad, some wine, and a pint of raspberries for dessert = nom nom nom!!!
I've made some progress on quilting my stacked coins quilt. I'm just going for organic vertical lines and by calling it that, I'm really just pretending I have any idea what the heck I'm doing. So far I love it. TV and cutting pieces for another project and I'm a happy girl a happy girl.
The rest of the summer is very promising. I'm stoked about Rachel's wedding and being back in Kansas and St. Louis and spending time with David and Sam and moving to a new place and studying the history of philosophy and eating lots and lots of summer produce. Tomorrow: buying some tomato plants, a trip to the fabric store, and maybe making some strawberry sorbet. Huzzah!
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