Today
I love you. I know that God is taking care of you and He knows what is best.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Perspective on Blogging
I am still at odds with blogging. Meaning I like to step away from it once in a while and see how it really does fit into life. Some of my favorite things about meeting a friend for coffee are the weather outside the coffee house, the warmth and smell of the coffee in my hands and the clarity that comes from sitting next to a person during a good conversation. This is none of those things. I stare at a keyboard and a blinking cursor trying to neatly package the day into a few terse lines and wonder if there will be any response. This can lead anyone to believe that what they have to say is directly related to the comment section. What if we always listened to the comment section of our lives? I don’t think I could get dressed in the morining if I felt I had to seek out everyone’s opinion. I think the ability to bridge the gap via the internet is clever but for me it is never a replacement. This is still kind of a diary. For when I get far enough away from this day or month or year that my memory becomes foggy I can scroll through these entries and see where I was and how I felt. I suspect it won’t be that useful to other people and I’m ok with that. I like to write. When ever I show someone what I’ve written I treat it like a child and almost shudder to hear the words “It’s good” It’s me. I am write here on the page.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (1)Hi Life
As I write this there’s a puppy sleeping on my toes. Riley likes toes apparently. When she wakes up I will try again to teach her the concept of it’s not super fun to pee where ever you want. This is a challenging lesson for anyone I imagine. Mike and I both receieved encouraging awesome news that requires all of our faith and trust to be surrendered to God and we are trying our best to do that. Our tree is up complete with a brand new star that touched the ceiling so we had to put the tree on an old computer box instead of our table. In case you wanted to know. The lady in petsmart looked at me funny when i asked her if they sold ear plugs. They’re missing out a big chunk of the market if you ask me by not carrying them. Ear plugs are the reason we’re getting any sleep as it is day 3 of operation bring home Riley and expect her to cry alllll night. And don’t judge but I think I’m buying a diaper champ for her puppy pads. We have bible study tonight at 7 so I should probably go make dinner. Just wanted to check in.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Thoughts on a new puppy
She is the cutest lil puppy ever. As I write this I can barely keep my eyes open. She doesn’t seem to want to be anywhere without us and that’s proving difficult to sleep. Like she’s napping right now but I was definetely up at 6 this morning feeding her. She did her business on the pee pad three times already so shes doing great in that area. It seems a lot like having a baby. She wants to eat pee play and sleep and I am responsible for making sure all of those things happen on schedule. We love Riley so much and I’m sure everything gets easier and luckily it is my day off and we bought some really good earplugs too 
Welcome to the family Riley!
The Joy The Art and The Rediscovery
Cooking is very personal. Nothing makes me smile bigger or cry easier. I am both apolegetic and unashamedly drawn to it. Frozen food is somewhat of a defeat for me. I remember a time when I was still in college and had three hours between classes for a semester. I would go the campus bookstore and sit there reading Julia Child’s memoir over many bowls of soup and crusty bread. It was the part of my day I looked most forward to. I would copy recipes by hand from cookbooks I could barely lift. I was engaged and soon to be married and had already begun dreaming about the meals I would make and the home I would create. It was a happy time in my life and it is the one memory I draw on frequently to acknowledge how much love is part of cooking. I was wondering what keeps me from cooking. I could lie and say time or energy but I would gladly sacrifice both of those to cook a great meal. I think cooking is such an emotional experience for me and I have ridden such an emotional roller coaster this year that I think at some point I wanted off. I can see the book super baby food neatly stacked on my bookcase as I sit here on the couch. I know I’ve written so much about it already but I feel like cooking was a casualty of my grief. I watched Julie and Julia today and even though it was not a tremendous movie, it reminded me that maybe it was time to hold a spatula again and pull the kitchenaid mixer off the shelf.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)My first foodie post!
This recipe was absolutely delicious and finally convinced me to post about dinner. I am a huge fan of Alton Brown’s recipes and this one didn’t disappoint. You can find it on the food network website under broiled sockeye salmon with citrus glaze. I had fresh salmon on hand and I don’t think it was sock-eye but the recipe was super easy and I followed one of the comments which suggested letting the salmon sit with the spices on top of it and scraping the glaze from the pan onto the salmon before broiling it in the oven. I would highly recommend this recipe as a quick delicious dinner. I’ll work on making a link to the recipe.
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