Countdown - 6 weeks!!!

We're Moving!
From here...To here...Peter has accepted a job with the Department of Energy in Washington DC, so we're packing up & going! We'll sure miss the dear friends we have made here, but are excited for this new adventure!

If you have 8 1/2 minutes free, check this out...

This is AMAZING
Elephant Painting

Red Suede Shoes!!

I do believe my quest to find the "perfect" pair of red shoes has ended... Feast your eyes on these lovely things!

Dinner!

Tonight, I decided to be adventurous! We had Cauliflower Lasagna... Remember cauliflower pizza? This is the same concept, except I used the cauliflower pizza crust for noodles.First layer of meat & "noodles"

Mmm, cheese.
The fixins
More Protein...
One more layer of "noodles"
Top those off with a little more Ricotta & Olives -
Last layer of meat
The cook & her creation
30 mins to wait... (and lots of cleaning up to do!)
Finished product!
Lasagna & Watermelon - Yum!
Yep, it was good! (and there's lots left over!)
I'd definitely recommend this dish! Happy tax day y'all!

Sunday Donuts

Bignets... pronounced "Bin-yays." And they're oh-so-yum.
These came hand delivered from Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans, but they're available at World Marketplace/Cost Plus. (not available online though)

After meeting today we went for a bike ride with Trevor and Michelle, later we had dinner at Spooky's & then we headed home to make Bignets. They're so easy to make - just add water, flatten the dough, cut into strips & deep fry in oil. Michelle has made them before so she was the expert, and I watched and learned as these will definitely be made again in this household! Since I was obviously concerned about our donuts being healthy, we deep fried them in Olive Oil instead of Canola. This definitely made them much better for us... in fact, probably even healthy, right?! :-)

Bignets with powdered sugar.
Bignets with homemade maple frosting. WOW. These were absolutely amazing!
This is how I felt after eating 3 donuts...
We've been enjoying GORGEOUS weather... but unfortunately they're forecasting rain tomorrow. Oh well - I suppose it'll freshen the air up!
Have a wonderful week!

Update on our little one.

According to the title of this blog, it's supposed to be 1/2 about Peter & I and 1/2 about Dozer. Anyhow, I haven't posted about him in a long time and I know you're all just dieing to see him! Here's the mischievous not-so-little-anymore rascal. He misses you Dad... :-)Doz playing fetch...

Flowering Tea... etc.

I realize this post is LONG overdue, and I'm sorry about that! We haven't had much excitement in our lives to be posting about... :-)

Locally, our weather has turned beautiful. If anyone has been thinking about coming to visit it's the perfect time for that! (hint hint) Spring is definitely here! Our lawn is just gorgeous. It has come back even fuller than last year when we put it in, however the boxwoods are struggling... :-( I think the heavy snow this winter didn't do much for them, but hopefully our spring sun will help them cheer up!

Yesterday Peter and I went down to our local motorcycle shop & bought new helmets. Now normally this wouldn't be of interest to any of you except that now we have two extra helmets in case anyone wants to ride with us! ;-)

In other news, I bought a new teapot! I've been looking for one of these for awhile, ever since I saw one at my sister Sherrie's house. It's called flowering tea, and so fun to watch bloom!

The tea starts out as a little pod. It's dry and packed tightly in a ball. Now, add some boiling H2O, and let it steep.
Beginning to flower... Flowering some more...
Fully bloomed! So pretty, and quite tasty too! They have all kinds of flavors - you can look them up on Numi's website. That link also has a neat video of the tea blooming. I didn't even think to video it. Duh. I bought my teapot and teas at Fred Meyers.
And... for good measure, here's one of us goofing off tonight. :-) Man, I am WHITE!
Hope this finds everyone doing well. I will try to be more diligent at updating!