Today was the Halloween treat competition at work. Last night I made ghost meringues and candy corn inspired sugar cookies. While the sugar cookies didn’t turn out how I envisioned, the meringue was pretty successful and I’m proud of my first attempt at piping. I ended up not entering my cookies into the competition because…
Food
Updates from the past week
The first week of school was exhausting for me but I made it through! On Wednesday, the housemates and I ate dinner at Daikon, the bahn mi place near Gene's and Sidney's works. The restaurant has really expanded its menu since I last went, they now offer salmon, tofu, and chicken salad in addition to…
My day – 6/14/18
My morning started with eating breakfast outside and then pulling weeds while Pippin wandered the yard. I loved it. I say this all the time but being outside really improves a person’s mood. There’s still more work to do with the yard but just having plants around makes it instantly look nicer. I’ve started letting…
Pie & random happenings
Elisabeth treated the house to homemade strawberry rhubarb pie Monday night as my dad had sent her some freshly picked rhubarb this past weekend from a local rhubarb farm he had visited. She jumped at the chance to get rhubarb so the rest of the housemates let her lead the charge in using it. My…
Weekend happenings
This weekend has been non-stop for me! Saturday morning started with homemade scones, clotted cream, and homemade jam, cause, you know, it's what you gotta do. A fancy grocery store near my work carries clotted cream so I picked it up Friday afternoon as a surprise to Gene. He always likes the idea of having…
Jam & flowers
Yesterday I made homemade jam for the first time. One of my goals this year was to “can some food” and I’d like to think I successfully accomplished it. Making the jam wasn’t difficult at all and it was way faster than I thought it would be (20 minutes on the stove!). I had strawberry…
Weekendness
My three day weekend was awesome. It started with celebrating Sidney’s birthday on Friday with some stir fry and watching the new Jumanji movie at home. The mail also delivered two D&D enamel pins I had ordered with Elisabeth months ago and I am happy to say they look just as amazing as the mock-up…
