By the time we slogged through all of last week (snow storm, canceled meetings, sick AGAIN, stuck at home- oh, and not a lot of calls about getting me a job), I as feeling kinda down. I am must too restless to feel like 5 days at home seeing no one but Matt and Shaoshu is a life well lived (they are lovely boys, but don't I have more to offer?). Fortunately, some other friends who were also camping out at home called us over on Friday for a dinner of Raclette. If you haven't had it, meet a french person and beg them to show you how it is done- basically, you grill up some Raclette cheese, melt it over potatoes and eat with gently sauteed veggies, potatoes and fancy meats. And since we were fortunate to be hosted by an actual French person, all of the above were succulent and delish- despite the fact that they hadn't left their home in almost a week. They also let us thaw out in their hot tub over looking Lake Washington, and you must know sitting in a hot tub while it is snowing is one of life's great pleasures.
Matt has been helping me identify entry level jobs that I could pick up to keep me from feeling so isolated until a professional opportunity opens up. This kinda feels like admitting defeat, and is double heart breaking when I can't get calls back for these positions either. Ugh. However, I told some friends I was apply for entry level jobs (Cat Foster Care Coordinator!), and they've sent along info for slightly better jobs where they might be able to put in a good word. And the job boards are finally starting to open up with more biology jobs. Cross your fingers for me.
This week should be better, in particular because all my meetings from last week were rescheduled for this week, and I had stuff scheduled for this week, too. Should have plenty of excuses to leave the house, and that does a lot for my mindset. On that note, if anyone has and WA related errand they need run, just let me know! I'd be glad to nip out and check the local price of apples or put some cotlets in the mail for you! Any excuse to leave the house.
The worst of the snow is gone now, although we still have some giant icy piles in our front yard. I did use the time to put button holes in my shower curtain and get it hung, as well as start making some bags for my own use. That means I got my sewing machine up and going! And the cat has discovered his innate fondness for chasing bobbins! I need to find a better way to store things like threads and other tempting rolly-polly items, but I am pleased to say I've got a start.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sorry, my gender roles are all backwards
I had another pretty busy weekend, lots accomplished, it was just all *girl* stuff.
Jess and I went on a hike on Saturday. There’s a national wildlife reserve up a bit north of us, and we got our camel backs put together (thanks, Sandlin!) and decided to check it out. It was all quite pretty, and we ended up wandering around a bit off the beaten path to check out some really neat vistas. They don’t call this area ‘hill county’ for nothing. I’ll try to put up some pictures later, but I’m pretty tired from everything else.
After we got back from the hike, I tried out an Alton Brown cooking experiment. I’d seen an episode on making pocket pies and had showed it to jessie, who agreed that it looked like the greatest thing since sliced bread So I cooked up a double-batch of pie crust and made a whole big bunch of pocket pies. Most of them were apple pies. It was my first time making apple pie filling, too. Turned out pretty good. I also made some Pizza pocket pies and a couple with chocolate inside. Then I baked some and pan-fried some more. They all turned out delicious, because it’s hard to go wrong with that much shortening and flower, but the baked ones were a lot more uniform. It also took a really long time, though I was cooking a double batch. I ended up with nearly 30 pies. We’ve still got a lot of them, they keep really well.
Then today, Jess and I switch genders. She went off and played some sports then came back to watch the big hockey game. I did some sewing.
Big thank you to Nana for teaching me how to use a sewing machine, I got a lot of use out of it today. We bought some curtains that we liked but that were the wrong size or configuration for our bedroom or bathroom. We were just going to get them altered, but the cost for the alterations was almost as much as it would have cost for us to just buy a new sewing machine. So we did. (Sew we did. Ha!)
Jess set it up and read through the manual, and then I did again today to learn a few extra skills, like threading bobbins and the like, and learning about all the completely bonkers stitches our machine can do. Then I did some measuring and put together some pretty nice stitches, if I do say so myself.
So yeah, pies and curtains for me, hockey and hiking for Jessie. I need to go, I dunno, build a deck, or something.
Micro news: The birds have returned to our backyard, with the inclusion of our new, covered bird feeder. We’re going through a lot of birdseed. I blame the squirrels, but they’re cute too. I’m going to try and work on the yard next weekend, I think it’s finally warm enough to start planting, and maybe even turning on the sprinklers. Exciting news at work, there is a new project starting up that I get to be a big part of. Not the technical lead guy, but one of the primary workers. I’ve worked my way through the first of my old music textbooks. I want to try a simple composition, either in SATB or piano style, and then go onto book 2.
-N
Jess and I went on a hike on Saturday. There’s a national wildlife reserve up a bit north of us, and we got our camel backs put together (thanks, Sandlin!) and decided to check it out. It was all quite pretty, and we ended up wandering around a bit off the beaten path to check out some really neat vistas. They don’t call this area ‘hill county’ for nothing. I’ll try to put up some pictures later, but I’m pretty tired from everything else.
After we got back from the hike, I tried out an Alton Brown cooking experiment. I’d seen an episode on making pocket pies and had showed it to jessie, who agreed that it looked like the greatest thing since sliced bread So I cooked up a double-batch of pie crust and made a whole big bunch of pocket pies. Most of them were apple pies. It was my first time making apple pie filling, too. Turned out pretty good. I also made some Pizza pocket pies and a couple with chocolate inside. Then I baked some and pan-fried some more. They all turned out delicious, because it’s hard to go wrong with that much shortening and flower, but the baked ones were a lot more uniform. It also took a really long time, though I was cooking a double batch. I ended up with nearly 30 pies. We’ve still got a lot of them, they keep really well.
Then today, Jess and I switch genders. She went off and played some sports then came back to watch the big hockey game. I did some sewing.
Big thank you to Nana for teaching me how to use a sewing machine, I got a lot of use out of it today. We bought some curtains that we liked but that were the wrong size or configuration for our bedroom or bathroom. We were just going to get them altered, but the cost for the alterations was almost as much as it would have cost for us to just buy a new sewing machine. So we did. (Sew we did. Ha!)
Jess set it up and read through the manual, and then I did again today to learn a few extra skills, like threading bobbins and the like, and learning about all the completely bonkers stitches our machine can do. Then I did some measuring and put together some pretty nice stitches, if I do say so myself.
So yeah, pies and curtains for me, hockey and hiking for Jessie. I need to go, I dunno, build a deck, or something.
Micro news: The birds have returned to our backyard, with the inclusion of our new, covered bird feeder. We’re going through a lot of birdseed. I blame the squirrels, but they’re cute too. I’m going to try and work on the yard next weekend, I think it’s finally warm enough to start planting, and maybe even turning on the sprinklers. Exciting news at work, there is a new project starting up that I get to be a big part of. Not the technical lead guy, but one of the primary workers. I’ve worked my way through the first of my old music textbooks. I want to try a simple composition, either in SATB or piano style, and then go onto book 2.
-N
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