Ice Ice Baby

I would have to say that my second meal on this journey was a success. Didn't ruin anything and it tasted pretty good. Only one man down in the whole process.... my hand. In true Webb girl style my mother's side of the family seems to burn themselves at every steaming hot opportunity. This time i decided that my left arm is stronger than I truly believe. I was playing musical chairs with the oven racks with my right hand and tried to pull the skillet out with my left (and of course I used a small silicone hand mitt, not a full sized one). Clearly I didn't think through the process before starting. Skillet meet palm of hand. Ouch. The show must go on though. Maybe with a little complaining...

Back to the topic at hand. Din-din was oven-fried chicken, coleslaw, and rolls. I had never done fried chicken before so I thought this would be a good start. I'm always a sucker for recipe pictures and get a tinge of depression when it doesn't look like the yummy example. Oh well, so is life.

Oh and on a side note, #1 hubby's birthday is tomorrow and I still don't have a gift. Eeeeekkk!!

xoxo

Total Disaster

So day numero uno of organized cooking didn't go like planned. Couldn't get the sausage to crumble in the pan, burnt the bacon because I was fighting the sausage, the recipe called for wayyyyy to little half and half for the amount of pasta. So pretty much fiasco. Picture lots of pasta with pea soup without the soup and spicy italian sausage. Clearly not my finest hour. I hope this isn't a glimpse of days to come....

Stay tuned. xoxo

Much Needed Structure

So tomorrow marks the first day of the new cooking experiment. Ever since #1 husband and I moved in together there has been a constant fight about "what's for dinner?" I hate that question. It makes me crazy. My mind immediately goes to "umm hello. I'm sorry I totally forgot that I worked all day and the last thing on my mind was what was in the fridge to make you. Let me get right on that." I know very harsh. Moving on...

Being as anal-retentive as I am, I am shocked that I have not come up with this before now. Probably goes back to that laziness thing that I am trying to get over this year... hmmm... but I digress. I have planned out our dinners from tomorrow until the beginning of March. I made sure to leave some wiggle room for the last minute plans or late nights at the office that come up. I'll keep an update on how it works out. Hopefully it will at least reduce bickering after a long day. Fingers crossed.

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Sterling Cooper anyone?

I think I want to start this post by saying that I am a generally happy, normal person. That being said.... I have a thing with personal space, my bubble, per se. If I don't know you or don't like you... you need to back away from the bubble. You need to especially not touch me. It seems to be amazing to me when people are oblivious to how close they are to someone and if it bothers them.

There is a new person at work that doesn't seem to get it. It just irks me. Getting up out of their chair to come over to you when you are speaking. Leaning over you when you are working. I mean they are definitely coming from the Don Draper school of business etiquette (by the way I am obsessed with this show) but let's get serious here, Yuck! Not really sure what to do to solve this predicament and also keep the workplace environment kosher. Hopefully there will be an update soon...

Whoops!

So I just realized that I never uploaded the picture yesterday of my catch-all. So here it is. Love it!

On a very somber note, please pray for the people in Haiti. Early estimates of 50,000 to 100,000 dead. Pure devastation.

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Just My Luck

So I have been a little MIA....

This weekend was really nice, #1 husband had to work (stupid job) on Saturday. I made a little gourmet breakfast and painted the last dining room wall. Well, that wall is definitely a different color than the rest of the room. So I am going to have to repaint the whole room with a new can of paint. So annoying.

I have to share with you a website I found that I am absolutely in love with. dabneyleeathome.com Anyone that knows me, knows that I love a good monogram, and she definitely delivers. As you can see, I have the the catch all in damask moderne, with a madison avenue monogram in robin's egg. I am in love. My next purchase will be the large lucite tray. Perfect for summer out by the pool.

More later, off to shower.

xoxo

The Little House that could

Clutter clutter everywhere. My house continues to look like a tornado touched down. Mattress in the dining room, stacks of magazines, mail, and anything else in every room. Oh and I cannot forget that the Christmas tree is still up (yes I know it is January 9th) and all of the Christmas decorations have yet to grow legs and get into the attic. Slowly forgetting its all there... not good!

After a week I got the final coat of paint on the laundry room, so I can finally do all the laundry that was about avalanche out of the baskets.

Speaking of, the dryer is singing... time to fold : )

xoxo