Getting it to the computer used to involved several steps, like hooking up the phone to my computer, getting the pictures off, saving them to my computer and then uploading them to photobucket so that I could post them on here. But now... I go to my photobucket app, tell it to upload pictures, and they are all there for me wherever I go!
This post is dedicated to the pictures I uploaded and the stories or parts of stories with it.
We have had a few windy days lately, and on one of my runs I saw this in my path! Crazy!
Over Christmas break, we decided to change our dining room from tan to red! It will become our Africa room, as we hope to acquire more African artwork, some while we are there, some here, but keep that culture in the house.
These were our three top picks.
Here is our work in progress. Guess I haven't taken an after picture yet lol! Soon.
One of the things I asked for Christmas was a ravioli press, and my sweet mother in law got me one! We have made ravioli twice now- one with a spinach ricotta filling, and one with a butternut squash one. They were both so good! However, they are a lot of work, and Blake has decreed that I can only have us have ravioli once a month. (which is extra fair, since he does the majority...basically all... of the work to make them). Here are the steps of our spinach ravioli, our first attempt at ravioli ever!
We started with kneading it by hand after it was mixed, and Blake quickly realized how tiring that is, so switched to using our mixer for it.
We (and by we I mean Blake) rolled it very thin, into two different sections
Then we put our spinach ricotta filling on it.
Topped it with the second sheet and cut it out with my new ravioli press.
Let them harden for about 10 minutes and then cooked them in boiling water (we did 5, but decided it needed 7 next time).
Topped it with a butter sage sauce.
Also on my phone... my perfect egg cooker! If you ever make hard boiled eggs, this is the best invention ever! Put it in with the eggs, heat the water to boiling, and then watch this turn from red to a dark purple. When it is purple, the eggs are done, and ready to be in an ice bath. They have been great every time.
I decided during Christmas break that I really wanted a picture frame filled with family and friends so it could hang somewhere in the house. I love the one that I found! It has a couple of panes of glass in it, so it provides depth. Only problem is, after I composed the lovely frame filled with pictures of people I care about... we haven't found the right place to hang it yet. So right now it is sitting in a chair downstairs, waiting for a spot.
A couple of weeks ago, we went hiking at a nearby park where my 10k will be just to get the lay of the land. Blake was thrilled to get his picture taken, as you can see.
That is a fairly accurate update as far as we go for now. Otherwise, our status is unchanged.
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