Sunday, January 10, 2010

Slow Cook Weekend

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I set out to do more when I moved and I feel this weekend was good for it, well today anyway. I busted out the slow cooker and the slow cooker recipe book I got about ten years ago from me mom and actually used it. The trouble was- well two things really. I could never use the cooker because well frankly I was lazy and it took the food too long to cook but mostly because I had a dog who liked to eat everything and I was always afraid she would jump onto the counter to eat the stew! I wish she would have- I miss her terribly in a neighborhood so full of dogs. I met a puppy from across the way today, a small black rot mix of 12 weeks old. The woman who owned him didn't speak English that well and I know my Spanish sucks so I guess I got off lucky otherwise I would have figured out where she got him and gotten myself one. He ran around our house for awhile and pee'd on the floor and both Alex and I thought, maybe we should puppy proof the house a little more first.

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Anyway, so now my chowder it's in it's finally stage- I give you corn crab chowder, damn this house smells good. I also did a bit of gardening this weekend, well I guess I call it that. I half assly pulled up the weeds in the front garden and laid down potting soil, wet it, and threw wild flower seeds on it. I hope something grows. Who knows. I got that specific mix because the package boasts it invites animals and hummingbirds, bring it!

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And alex helped me put these up tonight. To give our little home on the prairie some more pizazz we got gingerbread wood cut outs for the porch. Cute! Now I can follow up my monday off with a mint julip on the porch.

Hello.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Ready Set Go - 2010

It's been awhile since I posted on here as much has been going on. The holidays are over and as I sit on the couch in backyard with the warm sun on my back it feels good. I finally broke in Nolden having all my family up here at once. Now it feels more like a home than a house and my nausea is slowly subsiding.

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The house warming began with a Mexican feast we felt fitting since we now live in Highland Park which is, I'm guessing, about 90% Latino families. For Christmas my dads mother in San Diego gave me the china set she purchased in the 1950's when she got married so Monkey and I used this to feed to fam. You know the house wasn't as small as we thought, everybody fit!!! It was cold and raining outside so the patio was off limits but we threw some extra chairs in the front room and boom- party!

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Bodhi and Zoey were right at home going through all my pirate treasures and I taught them how to load and shoot flint lock pistols and though they were only props they didn't know it! Suckas! It was just so nice to look around at everyone here and a feeling of calm and happiness came over me as we played games in the front room- it kinda made up for all the bullshit and stress it took getting into this place.

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New Years was held at the Prine house- the place I still call home- and that was also nice. When everyone is here- San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, Davis, and we pile into Agnes I get a feeling of calm and togetherness..sure it could have been the liquor however I opt to believe it was family! We had karaoke lobster steak and nasty joke telling fire side in the backyard till 3:30am, yeah I'm proud! Good times! Yes it is true that as we are related to each other we sometimes cross the line however it's great to no 'that's not concerned off limits!'.

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When I think about 2010 I think about taking a vacation- my road trip partner pictured above. I didn't take a vacation in 2009 and sometimes that in itself I find amazing. The plan is to route an adventure up to South Dakota and stay in Deadwood for a few days, stopping by the brothels in Nevada, ghost towns, Corn Palace, and also hitting up Casa Bonita in Colorado - a monkey request- on the way back down. Maybe June or May?

Well I am now off to research what types of plants to get from Lowes so I can start working on the front lawn- currently it is my ashtray but I know we have to step it up! It's currently 63 degrees at 10am and a high of 80 is scheduled, ah California winters!

Welcome 2010 and thanks to family that helped me get here-- you know who you are!

cheers!