Archive for May, 2007
The Little Things Give You Away
Well… I’m fickle, that’s my only explanation for another re-design. Anyway, I recently bought a blender and since I adore smoothies, I want you to share your favorite smoothie recipe! I am fond of strawberry and peach combinations but I am willing to try anything! It’s been so warm lately that I felt now was a good time to buy it, plus it was on sale. Speaking of warm weather, I finally broke down, located my box (well it’s round) fan, took it apart, washed it… for the most part… and right now Daniel just plugged it in and a big pile of dust puffed out. Fantastic. He is thrilled that we have the fan going though, “AHHHH fresh air circling ALL the time!”.
Well time to go to bed and hope that this piece of dust that lodged into my eye works it’s way out! Fun!
I reprocessed a photo from the botanic gardens, just cropped it more basically.
Oh before I completely forget, I was talking with my friend Crystal (who hasn’t blogged in a very long time… for shame!), about podcasting and she brought up how I used to do podcasts ohh… a year or two ago. Does anyone even remember that phase? Anyway, I thought the following conversation was freaking hilarious so I’m posting it now… because in 10 years I will read it and crack up all over again.
Me: Well more so fancy equipment where it SOUNDS more… REAL instead of a cheap $10 comp mic from the grocery store.
Crystal: Ahhh, of course. Well, the quality is limited but it’s not really a sticking point, I think. Even scratchy-sounding hosts can attract an audience if they’re charismatic. And you are.
Me: ahahah thank you! My never ending chipperness!
Crystal: Absolutely… you’re a chipper, frisky, freaking cute MAGNET. Hahah.
Me: AHHAA there ya go! I knew all the times I was told “you sound FUN” on the phone by random customers, telemarketers, and wrong numbers would bring me a future!
Crystal: LMAO I can just imagine it… “You sound FUN *eyebrow waggle*”
Me: HAHA exactly!! I can’t help my LUSH voice!
Me: No ego none at all!
Crystal: No, no, I remember when we talked on the phone ages ago… You talk FAST, lady. They think you have oral dexterity. *smirks*
Oh yeah, she’s naughty. Ok, bed time for real!
archived under: Thoughts
Soothing Tones
Why yes, redid the design. I will be slowly fixing all the pages to go to XHTML strict Go figure, I already was XHTML strict all I had to do was change the doctype.
I am hoping if not this weekend, that next weekend I can make a trip to the Chicago Botanic Gardens, especially in the evening… 5-7pm for that soft pinkish warm afternoon light. I haven’t really done any photo outings lately. Not sure why. Speaking of photo goodness, check out OneLotus!
Well this is a short entry for now, I will try and blog more later on tonight!
archived under: Thoughts
Recipe: Orange Beef with Noodles
Crossposted at: Talking Snack.
This was not too orange flavored thankfully and just over all very tasty!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked somen noodles
- 1 1/2 pounds cooked sliced steak or beef roast
- 1 1/2 bell peppers, sliced
- 2 small onions, sliced
- 1 cup snow peas
- 1 cup sliced scallions (green onion)
Sauce
- 2/3 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon arrowroot or cornstarch
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 3 tablespoons fresh grated ginger
Toss all of the sauce ingredients into a bowl until well blended. In a skillet cook the bell peppers, onions, and snow peas until slightly tender, add the beef and sauce mixture. Cook until sauce is thickened, toss in the noodles until well coated, serve with another sprinkle of scallions. Makes six 1 cup servings or 3 large servings. For those on weight watchers, each 1 cup serving is 7 points (probably due to the amount of meat but I needed to use it all up).
archived under: Recipes
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