The Accidental Boilermaker

Haven't posted in a while and don't have much to say. Nate was sick and he was kind enough to share his cold with me. But I think we took good care of each other. We went through a lot of kleenex. Tonight we had leftover meatloaf for dinner. Nate reheated his first and used the last of the ketchup. I gave him a hard time about it and he first said he thought he was leaving me some (there really was none left). He later admitted he used all of it and honestly thought I would use bbq sauce. Which I did consider for a brief moment, but decided it was too weird. He redeemed himself after dishes when I accused him of not listening to me and he was able to repeat, verbatim, everything I said.

Our new quilt Amanda gave us for Christmas looks amazing on our bed. I think Penny has finally adjusted, but she was a little suspicious at first.

I was super bored last night. I tried to amuse myself by watching episodes of The Closer and by bothering Nate who was trying to read a book (neither of these things really worked). So I decided today I would avoid boredom by making dinner - spaghetti frittata with a wilted spinach salad. Talk about yum. 6 eggs in this frittata (yikes!) And a whole bunch of bacon. So it wasn't the healthiest dinner, but Nate really liked it. The finished product. I think I liked the spinach better than the pasta. And the aftermath (I tend to be a very messy cook), but Nate helped me do dishes.

Nate and I had a very relaxing New Years Eve. We cleaned, watched a movie ( The Visitor - we both recommend it, but beware, it's not a happy movie), and watched the ball drop in NYC before heading to bed. Today I made scones from this cute mix my mom and sister packaged up as Christmas presents. Add some extra wet ingredients, mix it all together, bake... and you get these yummy, crumbly scones : ) I also used my new dehydrator yesterday to make some apple and banana chips and mango leathers. The picture isn't the greatest, but they taste really good. I'm making apple rings today.

This morning, instead of having to work (yay!) I got to do some face painting at a breakfast with Santa at the Subaru plant in Lafayette. I came to dread a child asking for Rudolph, but got pretty good at snowmen and Santa. The last kid I had - a 10 or so year old boy - had a special request... Kid: Do I have to chose from the Christmas ones or can you do something else. Me (becoming a little nervous): Well...it depends. I have to be able to draw it (because I'm so good at Rudolph and poinsettias, right). Kid: I want a big star over my eye, like KISS. Me (slightly startled, mostly by the fact that this kid even knows who KISS is): Um...sure. (Are you sure you don't want a nice Christmas tree?) Now, what exactly does it look like (I know who KISS is, but when he said star over my eye, all I could picture was Lady Gaga). Kid: You know, just a big white star and then outline it in black (Which I guess isn't technically right, it's an all black star, but close en...

Yesterday and today, I tried my hand at two different recipes calling for molasses. A molasses swirl bread for toast and sandwiches Molasses spice cookies to help Nate get over his cold

I'm thankful for the weekend I got to spend with my family in Decatur. We ate a ton of really good food and mostly just relaxed and enjoyed each other's company. It was a very nice Thanksgiving. Turkey with all the fixings Kate and Meredith being silly Me and Kate being silly We all went for a run to burn off those extra calories