Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Stormy Weather!

 Our Coffee Cupping Station!
 This is the road outside our house, carpeted in leaves. HAIL CITY, WHOA!
 Daniel watching the storm (my nice shiny bike is watching it, too! Daniel gave her some much-needed TLC recently! )
I need a haircut so badly! when i'm tired at work, the fact that i have a blanket of bangs to hide behind doesn't help me stay awake. plus, it's getting hot and humid out there! the phrase "shave it all off!!" keeps running through my mind...'ikes.

Command of the day: Get yourself a chocolate-covered banana! the one i ate on monday was dark-chocolate-covered, and a tasty treat it was! my first, ever! i thought about arrested development the entire time...

Daniel and i are working on a Dirt 'n' Worms cocktail. by working on, i mean that daniel asked one of his friends who went to bartending school for ideas, and she suggested a mudslide with a gummy worm garnish. YUM! (alas, i've never had an actual mudslide. i remember being too-young at Friday's at least once and jealously watching other people order/consume them, though. this must change!)

Future career plan: Running a bat sanctuary! we were watching bats flit around at dusk a few days ago. there's just something about them that makes me yearn-y. for what? i don't know. but i remember loving the idea of bats growing up, and even now...oh, if they would just flit right on over and let me snuggle them for a bit!

Recipe-Win: lemon scones turned into the base for strawberry shortcake! yum yum yum :)

Reflections of a Rock

All my words were whispered long ago
When no one heard them. Tragic, don't you know?
But even so, my credit's coming through,
For silence turned a virtue, and a proof
Of wisdom. Watch, therefore, a lowly stone
To sage and source and certainty transform.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Cheater-Gourmet

Daniel discovered something AMAZING the other day. Mac 'n' Cheese. With LOTS of garlic powder!! yum yum yum. this may be my new favorite food.

that, or the marinated portabello[w] caps i'm broiling tonight! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/portobello-mushroom-burgers/ (well, i haven't tasted or even finished marinating them yet, so i may have to, literally, eat my words later. hopefully not!)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Current Loves:

<3 My niece, Ilana Jane! who i need to see more often! and her family, too!

<3 Carrot Cake Ice Cream by Blue Bunny (why oh why cannot i resist cake-flavored ice creams?!?)

<3 The new Sherlock Holmes series on Masterpiece Mystery (and not forgetting the adorable M.M. credits!)

 <3 Christianity Today and Books and Culture magazines

<3 Watching Daniel become a Mad Scientist Master Roaster!

<3 Knowing that the best macchiatos in town are to be found right next door! (wish we could claim them, but our neighbor has us beat. thankfully, he shares :)

<3 Living in Wichita, aka looking forward to swimming in Grandma and Grandpa's pool all summer long!!!

<3 The name Cecily June :)

Current Sorrows:

:( Our mourning dove abandoned her nest

:( Missing friends' weddings and babies

:( My name is still legally Tara Bowen because i haven't had time to go change it!! :(

Hm...that's 8:3. Love wins!