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Wed, Feb. 15th, 2006 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterHuh, people apparently do read the book posts. This is nice to know -- sometimes I feel like I am just churning them out mindlessly or something.
Anti-Valentine's party was a success! Alas, my invitation mojo is totally shot, so only one person went, but there was 20 clove garlic chicken (actually more like 40 clove), carrot salad and chocolate hazelnut mousse cake. Notes to self: celery and onion are ok with the chicken, but stick to root vegetables from now on.
And I get free sushi for lunch today!
In other notes, there is nothing quite like a fat, lazy rat lying in your lap while you scritch him between the shoulder blades. Fitz-rat is still wheezing, but he's got two antibiotics in his system now, so I'm hoping that will help. Thankfully, he likes the second one so at least I don't have to force feed that one to him.
Also, because people seem to be feeling down and/or sick:
Happy list #6324!
(aka, things that made me happy this week)
1. The successful creation of a chocolate hazelnut mousse cake, complete with handmade crust and ganache topping. However, this doesn't top...
2. Eating said chocolate hazelnut mousse cake with a cup of coffee on the side.
3. The sun sets now just as I make my drive home from work, but it's not yet at the point where I get blinding light in my eyes. Instead, anytime there are clouds in the sky, I'm treated to a spectacular show of pinks and oranges in an overarching blue sky, skeletal tree branches silhouetted against it. I think they look like coral, delicate and filagreed, with marvelous complexity.
4. Similarly, the winter rains mean that the California mountains are covered with newly sprung greenery so that the drive to work features a backdrop of bright green mountains and perfect blue sky. The landscape is beautiful, but what I love most is knowing that things are still growing even in February.
5. The trees here have already decided that it's spring. Pink blossoms against dark branches, color where you least expect it, all these make me happy.
6. Frog socks! Frog socks make everything better!
Anti-Valentine's party was a success! Alas, my invitation mojo is totally shot, so only one person went, but there was 20 clove garlic chicken (actually more like 40 clove), carrot salad and chocolate hazelnut mousse cake. Notes to self: celery and onion are ok with the chicken, but stick to root vegetables from now on.
And I get free sushi for lunch today!
In other notes, there is nothing quite like a fat, lazy rat lying in your lap while you scritch him between the shoulder blades. Fitz-rat is still wheezing, but he's got two antibiotics in his system now, so I'm hoping that will help. Thankfully, he likes the second one so at least I don't have to force feed that one to him.
Also, because people seem to be feeling down and/or sick:
Happy list #6324!
(aka, things that made me happy this week)
1. The successful creation of a chocolate hazelnut mousse cake, complete with handmade crust and ganache topping. However, this doesn't top...
2. Eating said chocolate hazelnut mousse cake with a cup of coffee on the side.
3. The sun sets now just as I make my drive home from work, but it's not yet at the point where I get blinding light in my eyes. Instead, anytime there are clouds in the sky, I'm treated to a spectacular show of pinks and oranges in an overarching blue sky, skeletal tree branches silhouetted against it. I think they look like coral, delicate and filagreed, with marvelous complexity.
4. Similarly, the winter rains mean that the California mountains are covered with newly sprung greenery so that the drive to work features a backdrop of bright green mountains and perfect blue sky. The landscape is beautiful, but what I love most is knowing that things are still growing even in February.
5. The trees here have already decided that it's spring. Pink blossoms against dark branches, color where you least expect it, all these make me happy.
6. Frog socks! Frog socks make everything better!
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Thu, Feb. 16th, 2006 12:33 am (UTC)I highly recommend the parsnips and leeks, by the way. But you have to wash the leeks really, really well, or they'll be gritty.
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Thu, Feb. 16th, 2006 07:31 pm (UTC)Oooo, I may try the parsnips but save the leeks for something else... I think I like the sort of meaty vegetables better when softened by chicken fat. Yum.
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Thu, Feb. 16th, 2006 03:43 am (UTC)Really.
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Fri, Feb. 17th, 2006 06:33 pm (UTC)