Gorgeous sunset today.
Wednesday, February 27
Mid-week update
!. I am off to Austin tomorrow! (It is in the mid70s there; mid 30s here.) Hallelujah!
@. A tech from DirecTV is coming to put in the multi-switch for the HD satellite tomorrow! Hooray!
#. Tonight is America's Next Top Model! Yippee!
@. A tech from DirecTV is coming to put in the multi-switch for the HD satellite tomorrow! Hooray!
#. Tonight is America's Next Top Model! Yippee!
Tuesday, February 26
Monday, February 25
Dinner update
You know that short list of favorite recipes that you have? You probably keep it in your head? You know the recipes by heart and don't have a to crack open a cookbook to make them?
Tonight I made one of those: faux beef stroganoff. It's my own vegetarian take on my mom's version of stroganoff that we had when I was a kid. I vegetarianized it a few years back (I went veg for several years). It's yummy, fast and filling, and makes great leftovers. One of the few leftovers I look forward to eating, in fact. Delish.
I was also going to make some cheesecake swirl brownies tonight, but I ran out of steam. Maybe tomorrow...
Tonight I made one of those: faux beef stroganoff. It's my own vegetarian take on my mom's version of stroganoff that we had when I was a kid. I vegetarianized it a few years back (I went veg for several years). It's yummy, fast and filling, and makes great leftovers. One of the few leftovers I look forward to eating, in fact. Delish.
I was also going to make some cheesecake swirl brownies tonight, but I ran out of steam. Maybe tomorrow...
Sunday, February 24
February 23: window
The pass-through from the kitchen to the bar/dining area at the restaurant we went to last night.
Decorating and dinner
I haven't been doing too much crafting lately. I am obsessed with design and interior decorating these days, in preparation for us hopefully buying an apartment within the next year. So maybe I'll try posting about cooking for a while instead of crafting, since I'm still cooking a lot.
Tonight I plan to make meatball subs and oven fries using recipes modified from Rachael Ray's. They are super yummy!
Tonight I plan to make meatball subs and oven fries using recipes modified from Rachael Ray's. They are super yummy!
Saturday, February 23
Addenda
1. We played Mega Millions two times this week but didn't win. :(
2. I signed Sean and me up for the Great Urban Race in June. Looks like fun!
2. I signed Sean and me up for the Great Urban Race in June. Looks like fun!
February 22: snowglow
I like the way the sky isn't quite dark yet, and the way the streetlights make the snow on the trees glow a little.
Week in review
So maybe a weekly review will force me to update my blog more often. We'll see.
Major happenings this week: snow (!6-8 inches yesterday!) and fun with HD. A few weeks ago we charged into the 21st century and got a new LCD flat panel TV. Then of course we decided to upgrade from regular DirecTV to HD. And while we're at it, let's also join the DVR nation. So we ordered a new HD receiver from DirecTV with DVR built in. It arrived last weekend. Our installation instructions were as follows: Unplug the cable from the regular satellite into the HD satellite. Sounds easy right? One problem: there's no place to plug the cable into the HD satellite. No splitter.
So off I go to Radio Shack to purchase one, plus an HDMI cable to connect the new receiver to the new TV. After convincing the Radio Shack employee to take a short break from his very intense and very personal cell phone call, I figure out which splitter to buy and go on my merry way. Sean climbs up on the roof and hooks all this up. It seems to be working. Yay!
But it's not working quite right. It keeps getting hung up searching for satellite signals. So we call up DirecTV and spend inordinate amounts of time chatting with them, only to discover that (shockingly) the splitter we got doesn't work for HD and we should use the one they installed when they put up the HD satellite. Fine, except that they DIDN'T install one when they put up the HD satellite. Fun. So now we need a service call, and in the meantime, we are back to regular satellite. Poo.
(There's more to this story, but it's not that interesting.)
I saw another person on the subway a week or so ago that I wish I could have taken a picture of. The day before Valentine's Day, I left work early to go home and wait for the UPS guy. Sitting across from me on the subway is a guy, maybe around 30, wearing a wedding band, holding a dozen roses wrapped in paper, and dabbing at a split bloody lip with a balled-up napkin. Would love to know the story behind that one.
He joins two other subway riders I was itching to photograph (both of which I saw ages ago). First, a very large woman wearing a tight, low-cut top, who had stored her cell phone between her boobs. And second, an old guy nodding off in his seat, wearing a ball cap that said "Honk if you think I'm sexy".
Major happenings this week: snow (!6-8 inches yesterday!) and fun with HD. A few weeks ago we charged into the 21st century and got a new LCD flat panel TV. Then of course we decided to upgrade from regular DirecTV to HD. And while we're at it, let's also join the DVR nation. So we ordered a new HD receiver from DirecTV with DVR built in. It arrived last weekend. Our installation instructions were as follows: Unplug the cable from the regular satellite into the HD satellite. Sounds easy right? One problem: there's no place to plug the cable into the HD satellite. No splitter.
So off I go to Radio Shack to purchase one, plus an HDMI cable to connect the new receiver to the new TV. After convincing the Radio Shack employee to take a short break from his very intense and very personal cell phone call, I figure out which splitter to buy and go on my merry way. Sean climbs up on the roof and hooks all this up. It seems to be working. Yay!
But it's not working quite right. It keeps getting hung up searching for satellite signals. So we call up DirecTV and spend inordinate amounts of time chatting with them, only to discover that (shockingly) the splitter we got doesn't work for HD and we should use the one they installed when they put up the HD satellite. Fine, except that they DIDN'T install one when they put up the HD satellite. Fun. So now we need a service call, and in the meantime, we are back to regular satellite. Poo.
(There's more to this story, but it's not that interesting.)
I saw another person on the subway a week or so ago that I wish I could have taken a picture of. The day before Valentine's Day, I left work early to go home and wait for the UPS guy. Sitting across from me on the subway is a guy, maybe around 30, wearing a wedding band, holding a dozen roses wrapped in paper, and dabbing at a split bloody lip with a balled-up napkin. Would love to know the story behind that one.
He joins two other subway riders I was itching to photograph (both of which I saw ages ago). First, a very large woman wearing a tight, low-cut top, who had stored her cell phone between her boobs. And second, an old guy nodding off in his seat, wearing a ball cap that said "Honk if you think I'm sexy".
Thursday, February 21
Wednesday, February 20
Tuesday, February 19
Monday, February 18
February 13: patriotism
I took pics of this flag last Saturday but deleted them before I downloaded them off my camera. (See here.) So I went back today to get some shots. Sad to say, these flags adorn my local post office. Shameful.
February 12: manly
This crew from the power company took a break from digging up the sidewalk in front of our house during this squall to talk about such manly subjects as manicures and Desperate Housewives. Funny.
Sunday, February 10
February 10: cross
Beautiful day, until a big front come through this afternoon, complete with strong winds and a snow squall while the sun was still shining.
I took a wider shot as well, still not sure which I like better:
February 9: oops
I accidentally deleted my photos from February 9 off my camera without downloading them to my computer. :( I took this pic on February 10 as a placeholder. I am not counting this as a skipped day, since I did take pics.
February 8: tin
The tin ceiling is original to our house, built in the late 1890s. This was totally an 1130pm desperation shot.
February 7: exit
I spend a lot of time waiting for trains. I took this because I liked the sticker someone put on the arrow on the exit sign. But I also like the different colors and how the sign is framed by the architecture down here.
Tuesday, February 5
February 5: renovating
The folks up the street are gut-renovating their house. Apparently this sink didn't make the cut.
February 4: surprise
Found this on my camera when I downloaded some pics. I must have pressed the button while putting the camera away last night. I think the image is really cool, so I kept it.
Saturday, February 2
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