had a little help from my 13 year old baking buddy:
xoxoxoxoxo, tracy
:::two new furry friends:::
today at work I went to my coworker’s house to take pictures for her Real Estate brochure. The best part (besides getting away from work) was meeting her “kids.” The dog is Siena Cha-Cha and the cat is Madison. It’s the first Scottish Fold cat I’ve met. Their ears are silly.
i also fell in love with this flowery plant. It’s a Jewels of Opar plant. Perhaps one day I’ll have one in my backyard….
pet peave #678
When someone asks you to help them with something and their explanation of the action takes longer to explain than the action itself. This is not the best time management. They clearly could have finished the task already. This is especially annoying when the task is making a phone call.
example:
“Call this person, tell them this and this and this….ask them this and that and that…and if they ask this…say that….etc!!!” I sit there thinking “Do you want me to dial, and you can just say that to them?!!!???”
this weekend:
weekend included:
- a trip to SF to assistant photographing a wedding
- dinner with the neighbors (twice)
- playing with my new camera
- having coffee with a new, delightful friend!
- eating Indian food, Gyros, Falafel, Chinese food all from our favorite places in the Bay Area
- organizing & straightening of the garage/laundry room
- shopping for fabric for the couch & chairs
- making chocolate/almond biscotti
- enjoying the last few days of summer..but daydreaming about layering clothes
- compiling all of my clothes to donate to goodwill
- thinking about all of the soups that i’m going to make soon
- playing “name that tune” with the neighbors on our back porch
- packing (mentally) for our upcoming trip
- Oh! and last thursday we saw Patton Oswalt & Brian Posehn at Cobb’s on Thursday (so funny my throat hurt from laughing!)
hello, beautiful
People on the internet:
Say hello to my new camera. She doesn’t have a proper name yet. Once she does, you will be properly introduced. She needs a complicated/devilish name because it wasn’t easy getting her.
I ordered her (or should i say one of her relatives) through Amazon thinking she would come in a few days. I received an email from them saying it was due to ship in October. Blasted! This would not arrive in time for her to make her maiden voyage on our trip to Spain at the end of September. Can you imagine the stress this caused?? My wonderful husband tracked her down at a camera shop in San Francisco.
When I called Amazon to cancel the extended warranty, I made the mistake of telling them I was going to purchase it in person. I bought the camera at a local shop and returned home to cancel the camera order through Amazon. To my surprise, it shipped!!!! What is with that? Did they expedite my order because I threatened to buy it somewhere else? Now, I will have to deal with the returning process. Either way, I’m glad I have her. Stress no more! She will make her maiden voyage soon.
labor day weekend
casey installed our new front porch light:
coffee was the fuel for the weekend:
went out to breakfast:
we had our monogrammed aisle-runner framed from our wedding. It now lives in our dining room:
a paint swatch was contemplated:
caught up on my tv shows with yummy yogurt with almonds, raisins & honey:
we finished painting the deck. here it is in progress:
thought about the wonderful treats of Taste Catering at my parents house for the University of Tennesse Party on Thursday:
-we also ate burritos & saw Jay Mohr perform at Cobb’s Comedy Club in SF
-we bought a mirror that didn’t work out
-we spent time with friends & went to Malibu GP to race cars, play miniature golf and O.D. on skee-ball. Dinner at Safeway’s new Citrine restaurant.
-snuggled with kitties
-red sox rookie pitcher threw a no-hitter
-watched Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
-prepared lunches for the work week
**not in that particular order**
Baked Zucchini with Goat Cheese
Baked Zucchini:
-Sautee one chopped yellow onion in olive oil with garlic. Add about 5-6 sliced zucchinis to the mix and cook til they are semi-transparent. Transfer that to a casserole dish (like the one you see above) mix in a LARGE handful of crumbled goat cheese & stir thoroughly. Top with breadcrumbs, fresh ground pepper & Parmesan cheese. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
***I’ve tried using a mixture of zucchini & yellow squash once and it was fab!***
