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| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
| head in the clouds |
i've been starting to think about all the things i want to grow in my garden this year. beans, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peppers, chard, herbs, spinach, zuchinni, cabbage, many types of lettuce and greens, carrots, beets... if i had planned better i would have planted the garlic before the freeze came. maybe just maybe i can get some in just as the ground thaws and have results. anyone have experience with this?
i like winter and the things you can do in it, but it hasn't been that great of a winter. too cold to enjoy the snow or too warm so that it melts or even rains. gets dark by the time i'm home from work and is just barely light when i leave in the mornings. my scant weekend time is usually eaten up by just trying to do regular chores so there has been very little time to do anything outdoors. my snowshoes are feeling very neglected again.
looking forward to some time in warm sunshine, letting my bunnies exercise on the grass, having recreational fires in our firebowl, walks in the park, riding my bike, and maybe picking up a few fun new things to do during the warm weather.
until then, i'm going to be swathed in wool, covered with a blanket or cuddling a warm fuzzy animal (or my hubby the heater) in an attempt to feel less chilled. finding plenty of things which need to be done indoors and finding new ways to procrastinate doing them.Labels: daily life, garden, musings, winter |
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| Saturday, November 21, 2009 |
| hunting and gathering |
it's that season again, when the menfolk head out into the woods in search of meat which will get us through the winter. i, for one, am hoping mine gets at least one to help with the food budget in these tight times. that leaves me what is commonly referred to as a "hunting widow". not that i mind that much. gives me some time to myself, me time.
this morning's me time is consisting of writing on my much-neglected blogs, figuring out that my hosting for some of the photos on said blog has been closed without notice and trying to ressurect them, making some excellent breakfast, drinking fair trade coffee with agave syrup and milk, washing some laundry, thinking about what i need at the store to complete the tortilla soup i plan to make, thinking about all the other things i also need to do today, and so on and so forth.
there is of course, the matter of the 6 heads of cabbage outside our house which i hope haven't spoiled that i should make into kraut before making said tortilla soup this evening. and there are all the leaves which have fallen all at once from the giant maple next to the livingroom window which should be bagged before it snows. oh and the garden which should be tilled under and the garlic planted for spring. and the mounds of crap in our house we have been meaning to weed through and simplify. and the checkbook to balance. and the floor to sweep and mop. and the list goes on.
for the moment, i will be peaceful and content in the consuming of my coffee and my experimental eggs (which have turned out delicious).
Experimental Eggs for one
Ingredients:
3 maple flavor breakfast sausage links chopped into 1/4" coins
1/2 very small yellow onion chopped
2 new potatoes (I used the tiny ones that came from our garden) chopped into 1/4" cubes
2 eggs
Tabasco sauce
salt
Directions:
Cook sausage, potatoes and onions in a skillet with a little bit of oil (of your choosing, I used Sunflower) over med/ low heat until potatoes are soft and sausage is done.
Scramble 2 eggs in a separate bowl and add some Tabasco. I think I added about 6-7 shakes.
Pour eggs over the cooked sausage potato mixture and cook like scrambled eggs. Turn over half way through to be sure neither side is really runny.
Sprinkle with a little salt and enjoy. Sweet Spicy Egg Scramble thing.Labels: daily life, food, musings, winter |
| posted by Jen @ 11:14 AM |
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| Monday, June 01, 2009 |
| I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike... |
For my birthday present to myself in 2007, I purchased a lovely yellow and white road bike which I had had my eye on for a couple of months at the shop. It was my pride and joy. I took to road riding like I never thought I would.
In May of 2008, I became a bicycle commuter, riding 9 miles each way to my job at the bike shop. From then until the snow fell (I skipped 6-8 weeks while finishing wedding planning), I navigated the streets on this noble steed (with a few Metro Transit rides thrown in for good measure on tired or rainy days when I wanted to rest my legs). (When the snow finally did fall, I switched to a more appropriate bicycle for the weather and continued to bike, with the exception of a few exceedingly icy days during which time I cheated).
I have thoroughly loved this bicycle, logging nearly 1000 miles on it. I accessorized it with a cycling computer, a rack, panniers, head and tail light, clipless pedals, fancy saddle, matching helmet and gloves. I was debating which color of handlebar tape I should put on next now that the stock embossed white tape had turned a dingy color of brownish grey. To my surprise, I found a crack in the frame on Bike to Work Day. It appears all the hard work of taking me to work through the not-so-well-kept streets of Minneapolis had taken it's toll on my trusty bike. My beloved bike frame was headed for warranty replacement land. The new frame arrived a week ago, lovingly packed in bubble wrap. Before it had even arrived, I'd had three offers from co-workers to assemble it for me (not that I don't know how, but I find I'm a little busy this time of year). The first to offer, Dave, previously my service manager and teacher of many mechanical things. He would be the one to bring life to my new bike. Today was the day. With the parts stripped from my old frame, Dave went to work, carefully piecing together a masterpiece. And when he was done, a quick spin inside the warehouse let me know, this bike would be loved as much, if not more than the last. It's sleek carbon frame, the new cables and housing, the way it didn't make any noise at all while coasting on the cement....beautiful. On the way home, I stopped to get the finishing touch - pink handlebar tape. In my mind, I had envisioned this bike streaking down the street with it's hot pink handlebar tape blazing. Turns out, hot pink is a hard color to come by. I had debated ordering some online, but was well aware that online photos are not always true to color and the tape I ordered could well have ended up being pastel pink or salmon. So I opted for the "hottest" pink stocked by the Erik's, Cinelli pepto pink (or is it bubble gum?). Either way, it looks pretty sweet. 
So, should I wake early tomorrow and the sun be shining, I may take this wonder on her maiden voyage through the streets of New Brighton and possibly Long Lake Park. And from there, the horizon shall likely be my ultimate destination.
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| posted by Jen @ 9:54 PM |
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| Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| Baby Fishies |
Those of you who have been to our house know that the living room is a veritable "sea world". Over the last couple of years, our saltwater fishy family has grown. Until recently, we had a mated pair of Fire Clownfish. The larger (female) of the two was a wild-caught beauty whom we nursed to health after she didn't do so well on her trip from her native waters to the local tropical fish store where Matt once worked. Her original mate was not so fortunate. We got her a new little guy and they had been living happily in their anemone for some time.
 A photo taken the day before her untimely demise.
A recent accident while doing some tank maintenance resulted in the death of the female. Feeling sad about losing her and about our little male being all alone, we decided to get a replacement, which soon became 3 replacements. Our little clownfish now has a brood of three tiny clowns who are already finding their favorite spot in the anemone even on their first day.
 Our new brood enjoying their anemone. They will all attain the dark red color as they mature.Labels: daily life, fishies |
| posted by Jen @ 10:19 AM |
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| Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| Breakfast complete with shiny sun |
This morning, I decided to have a real morning, instead of going back to bed when Matt left for work. I had already assembled his lunch (homemade bean soup : pseudo recipe below and homemade apple crisp) and made him a breakfast sandwich (fried up a slice of homemade Goetta sausage on toast, and filled up his thermos with some fair trade organic dark breakfast blend coffee). Time for my breakfast. A slice of the Goetta with a fried egg on some lightly toasted whole wheat with a cup of that same coffee accented with some maple syrup and a dash of whole milk. Yum. I pulled up the shades in our office to let the morning sun shine in and decided I should blog just a smidge. I will be posting some photos a little later today, but I still don't have photo software on our main computer and mine is up in the cold cold attic.
And now the recipes.
Homemade bean soup
I started with pork bone broth (used the bones we had frozen from the pig from our wedding reception). Just simmered those bones in some water forever it seems until they were soft and all the remaining meat and cartiledge fell right off. I used dry beans for soup for the first time. Combining Northern White Beans, Pinto Beans and small Red Beans in a pot, washing them, soaking them, rinsing them, partially cooking them and rinsing again before they were ready for the soup.
Cut up some leftover ham, an onion, celery, carrots, 2 cloves of garlic, and some cabbage and sauted it ever so slightly in butter with some sage. Put about 1/2 cup of dry barley into the broth and set it to simmer for about 15 min before adding in the beans and the other goodies. Let the whole thing sit on low and simmer and hour or two. We had some for dinner last night with some crackers and it was super filling. Has to be all those beans.
Apple Crisp
Peeled and sliced 4 huge Cortland apples from Victoria Valley Orchard (bought for us by Matt's Grandma from the cutest little local orchard you would never know was there). Put them in a 9x13 pan with about 1/4 cup sugar (I used raw sugar), a whole bunch of cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg, a dash of cloves, and a dash of ginger. Mixed up the apples to spread out the spices.
In another bowl, mixed up 3/4 cup whole wheat flour, 2 cups oats, and about a cup of milk. (I also added about 2 tbsp butter this time around, but last time I made it without cause I didn't have any and it was still delicious). Stir this mixture up well until it's kinda crumbly. Spread it evenly on top of the apples. Bake until the topping is crispy and the apples are soft and they appear to be syrupy.
I have been eating this warmed and topped with yogurt.
Goetta Sausage
Ok, so this might make some of you go ew, but this sausage is made from leftover meat and oatmeal. It's kinda sloppy, but delicious. We had quite a bit of pork still left frozen from our wedding reception and didn'tknow what to do with it, so when we found this German delight on the internet, we thought it was worth a try.
I ground 2 lbs of leftover roast pork with an onion. Then I mixed in 2 1/2 cups of oatmeal and 8 cups of water. I also added a pinch of cayenne pepper. You take this whole sloppy mix, bring it to a boil and then simmer for a couple hours, stirring occassionally. It does get stuck to the bottom of the pan pretty badly otherwise.
Once it starts to look like it's thickening up some, put it into greased loaf pans and put it into the fridge to cool and set up. It's supposed to thicken up so you can slice it and fry it in a pan, but ours had a little more fat than we planned on, so it was a bit gloppy. I thought maybe baking the loaf or adding more oatmeal per pound of meat next time might be a good idea. But we still have sliced it up a bit, then squished the slices in the cast iron skillet to fry it up for breakfast. Currently this is what Matt is having as a favorite breakfast. If you make this, try not to judge it before you taste it.Labels: daily life, food, wedding, winter |
| posted by Jen @ 8:45 AM |
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| Friday, November 07, 2008 |
| no longer a city girl |
| As much as I have loved the city and living so near to everything, the time came for us to move on and move out. We're in the 'burbs, but it doesn't remind me of what I remember the 'burbs to be. We're still rather close to things. Closer to work by a couple miles which makes biking there even easier. All our necessary things are within five miles, all reachable by human power. We have our own yard in which to play with the dog or plant a garden. We don't have to worry about being a little too loud at night if we get excited about something we see on tv or something we are discussing. It's a little sense of freedom, even if we still don't own anything. And I feel like from here it is just a hop, skip and jump into the "country" which is where we'd both ultimately like to end up. This urban hippie girl will someday just be a happy hippie. Labels: daily life, events, family |
| posted by Jen @ 10:13 PM |
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| Far overdue |
Yes, I am far overdue for a new post. With the nice weather, working full time in sales again, planning our wedding and just plain attempting to have a life, I have rather neglected my blog. So here is time for some updates.
We are getting married in 24 days. The planning is coming along quickly due to some procrastination on my part. The site is reserved, the rental tent/tables/chairs ordered, the food figured out mostly, my dress/shoes/veil purchased, Matt's boots bought, invites mailed with RSVPs flooding back in. Of course there are some things yet to be ironed out, but all in all, I think we're on track. I lined up the most crucial part of the food this morning, and now officially we are having one of these at our wedding:
 That's right, the deposit has been mailed. We're actually quite giddy about it. It's the one thing that we've really wanted to have from the very beginning of planning. There will be other food of course, this was just the hardest part to line up.
In non-wedding related news, my friends Chris and Kati welcomed their newest family member into the world just before the 4th of July. Her name is Ophelia and she's a beauty just like her big sister. Madame Ophelia is a big girl, weighing 10lbs 11oz at birth, born naturally, without any medication. Kati is my hero. I went down to visit just a day or two after they came home.
Way back when it was still cold, we started some seeds indoors for our potted garden. Well, they're outside now, the surviving plants having weathered a couple bad storms and some hail. Matt even bought us four huge heirloom tomato plants at a local organic gardening coop. Last week, we picked the first 5 beans from our garden. We ate them raw and shared them with our downstairs neighbors.
There are cucumbers, pea pods, more beans, lettuce, chard, herbs, and tomatos on their way. This is my first success with a potted garden and it makes me so happy. Some day we will have a place to live where we have a real garden plot to plant. We're also going to try our hand at hydroponics so we can grow our own veggies indoors all winter.
Well, I'm off, with more things to do before the day is out. Until later. - this girlLabels: baby girl, daily life, events, friends, summer |
| posted by Jen @ 11:47 AM |
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| Sunday, April 13, 2008 |
| Domestication |
For any of you who know me, I love to be domestic. Meaning, I love to cook, create, garden, clean and organize (though some may argue that my idea of organized is not really organized at all). I enjoy the process as well as the end result. Having something to show for all your hard work. Especially when it's a clean house (if it can stay that way I am doubly happy) or something delicious to eat.
Today was about cleaning and baking. Four loads of laundry (and more waiting for another day) and my second attempt at Baguette Normal (Parisian daily bread - or "the baguette"). The bread is a 4 hour or longer process which when done right, creates a crusty loaf with a delicate crumb the likes of which I have not tasted since my college choir tour in Europe (and even then the bread wasn't quite like this seeing how the Germans do it slightly different).
With my first attempt on Friday night being a success, I made a double batch - two baguettes and eight petits pains (one of which I devoured as soon as it was cool enough to cut).
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| posted by Jen @ 8:59 PM |
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| Friday, October 12, 2007 |
| Warning: prolonged cooking may elevate the temperature in your kitchen as well as your appetite |
I have spent the last 4 hours or so in the kitchen again. I did the same last night. Partially in an attempt to cook, freeze, can, prepare, etc four CSA boxes worth of veggies before they turn and partially out of the pure joy of having the house all to myself and the time these evenings (now that my job is more of a M-F daytime type) to participate in something I have long loved - culinary arts.
 Last night, I bottle my first brew of kombucha tea. I am impatient to let it do it's second fermentation, but I know in the long run it will be so so much tastier if I let it sit another week. I plan to get an additional jar this weekend so I can have two alternating batches brewing at all times. (oh and if anyone else wants a culture, mine seems to have the skill of making a new one each batch and I will soon have more than I know what to do with and will gladly give them away to loving homes.)
 I was going to buy fancy home brew bottles, but opted for a much more budget minded approach. Fuze drinks are on sale for $1 each at Lunds and I bought a dozen just for the bottles which are the perfect size and shape for my brew. Quite a savings since the home brew store sells a dozen of the 16oz grolsch bottles for $22! I probably won't feel as bad if one of us happens to break, recycle or loose one either. I would guess that each bottle of this brew cost about 25 cents (not factoring in the bottles which will be reused countless times). Now compare to about $3 a bottle at the co-op! Whoo, hoo!
 My next dilemma has been what to do with 4 large heads of beautiful purple cabbage (or red as it is technically named). One can only eat so much steamed cabbage and borscht isn't really something I want to spend time over a hot stove making. Matt's idea was to turn it into sauerkraut. I'd never thought about purple kraut, but I didn't see why not. He loves the stuff, and in cold storage, it practically lasts forever (there is a partial jar made this summer still in our fridge that is better than ever). Two heads (minus the 1/4 he steamed and ate) have been krauted and are awaiting their turn for cold storage.
 In our most recent CSA boxes, we received green top radishes. With so much food in our fridge, they lost their crisp edge before Matt got to eating them. Not wanting to waste them, I researched pickled radish (at his suggestion). I ended up with a very simple recipe i think might end up a little like something from a Kim chi spread at the Korean restaurant. They turned a little pink because of leaving the skin on and some of them being red. Actually, they are quite pretty. Hope they taste as good as they look.
My second loaf ever of honey oat bread is in the bread machine and should be done before midnight. I decided to use my bread machine to get a more consistent result with my bread. The kitchen heats up rapidly when the oven or stove are in use (both of which were and raised the temp to 86 degrees) so I had the window open and I just am not sure what the effects on yeast are with that kind of thing (seeing how it's a little wintry out). Not only that, the machine allows me to put in my ingredients and be free to do other things which the machine pays attention for 4 hours to bake my bread.
 Last, but certainly not least the stew: root vegetables with beef. Very simple and not really a recipe I could write down in proportions. What's it got in it? Well, let me just make a list. Parsnips, potatoes, onion, turnips (complete with greens), chiogga beets (the pretty striped ones), sweet potatoes, beef stock, a 2 pound beef round roast cut and browned in extra virgin olive oil, and some cornmeal to help thicken it up (a trick I learned a while back when I used some cornbread topped zucchini in a stew). It's going to be good eats for quite a while. I used my huge stockpot, the one that's probably 18 inches tall, and the thing is over half full!Labels: daily life, food |
| posted by Jen @ 10:34 PM |
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| Tuesday, September 25, 2007 |
| For sale: 1992 Honda Civic |
It's come to this, I need to find a new loving home for my Honda Civic. It's got some quirks and is by no means perfect, but it's a great car and would be perfect for a college student or someone looking to replace an SUV or truck and save a bundle on gas. Contact me off this blog for more details. I might be willing to work out a "someone I know" discount.
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| posted by Jen @ 10:58 PM |
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| Tuesday, August 14, 2007 |
| marvelous day for a monday |
Went to work yesterday like it was any ordinary day. The air was muggy, the sun trying to shine through, a bunch of people with bicycles broken or acting up over the weekend for me to contend with. Mondays never fail to be busier than one expects. The season is winding down for us, people receiving notice of their impending layoffs (not I, having three seasons seniority), others going off to school. Myself wondering just how much work and how many hours one can expect in such a shop over the winter months and daydreaming about some form of perfect job where I might get to enjoy my weekends out doing things or simply at home relaxing.
Daydream interrupted by the Regional Manager wishing to speak in private (which means one of a few things, many of them have the possibility of being negative). Fearing a bit for the worse (a layoff even after my years of servitude), I went forward to this pow-wow.
To my great shock, delight, surprise, speechlessness, and internal conflictedness, I was offered a new opportunity. A new job had been created at our Burnsville store with myself in mind for primary candidate to fill it. A job which works normal people hours during the week with weekends off. Spends most of my time behind the scenes and little of it face to face with customers. The catch, I had to decide quickly. I'd be starting immediately. The downside, I would have to continue to drive to work, my bicycle commuting plans put on hold (and at the time, I though my plans for purchasing my new bicycle I've been saving for in order to fix said troublesome automobile).
Standing in the parking lot, looking at my sad little Honda and thinking about my great co-workers and my current job of fixing things from 10am-9pm many days and how much my hands hurt from a summer's worth of wrenching and my weekends which could be freed for thing neglected (such as biking and camping), I just took the job. Reached out and grabbed it with both hands. It was mine and all the great benefits that go with it.
Starting Thursday, I am in charge of store operations at our Burnsville location. My bike is ordered with an interest free loan courtesy of my company, my car will most likely be posted for sale soon with plans to purchase a different one with a few less issues, and my weekends are now open for whatever I wish :)Labels: daily life, events |
| posted by Jen @ 8:42 AM |
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| Sunday, July 15, 2007 |
| To sorta quote Nietsche "Blog is Dead" |
 My blog isn't "all dead", it's only "mostly dead". (see the Princess Bride if you didn't get the reference). I have been neglecting it in favor of spending my free time (when not working) creating life with someone I love. I find I'm much rather be in the presence of another human than creating things electronically.
Seems many of my friends have also let their blogs go. Every so often, I look to see what people are up to if I haven't had the chance to see them lately (which is happening more and more as my work schedule gets longer). Or maybe everyone's out camping. :)
I haven't taken all that many photos lately (something I mean to remedy), but I did just finish a wedding album which was shot over Memorial Day weekend in Pennsylvania (that's them on the right). It's gotta get mailed out Monday morning. I have another waiting on deck from 4th of July weekend.Labels: daily life, musings, photography |
| posted by Jen @ 10:12 AM |
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| Saturday, April 28, 2007 |
| I know, I know, I promised.... |
 I promised the blogging would return. Life sometimes has a habit of getting in the way of recording life. I've spent the last few weeks tying up loose ends on a new place to live with the landlord being hard to get a hold of, packing my belongings, taking carloads to the thrift store, picking out paint colors, and putting new hues on nearly every wall. The painting isn't quite done, but the part that's left can be done once the move is over. That's our house to the right. No we didn't win the lottery, we will live in a one bedroom unit of this converted 1908 mansion. It's cute, has "character", and lots of windows. It's not perfect, but I'm excited to live there.
 The big move is tomorrow, at least the big part of it. My current roommates and I have our house for the next month to get our odds and ends moved and get it returned to it's original state. The blogging will return, hopefully soon, but as of yet, Matt and I have not figured out what our mode of internet connectedness will be at our new home. For the short-term, I can use the connection here (that is until it's disconnected). Boy do I wish Mpls would get their game together on that city-wide wireless thing.
Here's signing off until life settles down a bit and gets rearranged by us a bit. But never fear, I will return :)Labels: adventure, daily life, events |
| posted by Jen @ 9:50 AM |
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| Monday, February 26, 2007 |
| Winter : finally! |
 The little Minnesotan girl still living inside the grown-up looking me has been wishing for some real winter snow for years. I have missed the drifts and banks and piles and blankets where I once dug tunnels and made forts and painted with food coloring and made snow angels + snowmen and rolled around and lost an occasional mitten or boot.
It's that storybook snow, legendary of Minnesota, the kind that stalls out the world for a few days. Anyone new to the area would think all my childhood stories of big snow were nothing more than the elaborate imagination and perspective of someone 4 feet or shorter. Even with adult responsibilities of getting work on time on the morning of such a first snow, and the shovelling around our house which is required to be done by us adults, I was giddy to hear we would get at least a foot of snow this last weekend (I am extra giddy at the prospect of an even larger storm in the next few days).
 I woke a couple hours early on Sunday morning to ensure I could eat some breakfast and have time to dig out my car, also allowing for extra drive time. I peeked out the bathroom window to see an amazing wonderland of white and a smile came over me. For a moment, I contemplated calling in to work and telling them my car was stuck and playing the whole day away in the lovely piles of sticky snow. Of course, I didn't. Instead, Alyssa and I spent a good hour shovelling before our neighbor finished it for us with his snow blower. I showered and went to work. But not before climbing on the big pile we had made. I will yet spend a whole day playing in the yard before this snow is melted, I promise.
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| posted by Jen @ 10:07 PM |
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| Monday, January 01, 2007 |
| Hopes and Dreams for 2007 |
Taking a page from Michelle's blog, I have decided to write down my so called New Year's Resolutions, but instead to call them my Hopes and Dreams for the New Year because I do not prefer the whole convention of making resolutions. It seems far too often we make them without intent to follow through or without real belief that these things can or will be completed. My list of Hopes and Dreams are things I have asprirations to pursue in the coming year.
1. take up belly dancing (and other various forms of Mideast dancing)
2. pare down my belongings to a set of things which are both useful and lovely
3. become a Minnesota "compacter"
4. take at least one road trip, preferably spontaneous with little direction and to locations yet unvisited by me
5. open a savings account and make regular deposits to it
6. dirty my mountain bike on the River Bottoms trails with Matt
7. try winter camping at least once and regular backpacking at least once more
8. learn to snowboard
9. ride my bike to work [weather-permitting]
10. create a list of long-term goals and dreams for myself (ie. 5-years, 10-years)
11. enter at least one art contest/show with new work
And that's what I've got for now. No doubt I'll find a way to add to this list before the year is well under way.Labels: daily life, holidays, musings |
| posted by Jen @ 12:00 PM |
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| Thursday, December 28, 2006 |
| New 'do |
 My self-portrait hardly does justice to the lovely job my new hairstylist did on my hair today, but it's a little bit Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing (according to the stylist) and I love it.
Just wish I could replicate it at home (I'm not that great with a curling iron). She's not very expensive, so maybe I'll have her do my hair next time I have a big event.
I kept most of the length, but got a much better cut to make it more lively and less flat. Today's cut was free cause she's trying to get new clients in the area. She's won me over.Labels: daily life |
| posted by Jen @ 4:50 PM |
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| Thursday, December 07, 2006 |
| Taking a breather |
Spent the last 5 hours editing photos from November wedding number one. 305 photos going to the printer tomorrow (unless i get up the energy to finish another one tonight, but that's highly unlikely as it would take me into the wee hours). Here's one of my absolute favorite shots.
Decided to read blogs and realized very few people are blogging regularily anymore. I know I have been among the slackers, but I'm back (not that anyone except Christy has really noticed in the last 2-3 days and not like that stupid Kinja thing - which is supposed to source all the new posts - has picked up anything I posted to let Porchers who rely on it know I blogged, and I probably lost a few loyal readers during my recent down time.)Labels: daily life, photography |
| posted by Jen @ 7:31 PM |
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| Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| A day frittered away |
| Not sure what my title actually means, but it sounded good in my head. Didn't have any pressing plans for the day, so I slept in, ate some lunch, dropped by the co-op, finished shopping for gifts for the sponsored family at church which I had committed to getting, tried ear candling, made some dinner and relaxed some more. All of that sounds rather normal to most people except the ear candling thing. I hadn't ever experienced it before, though had helped Eric once and heard a lot about it (mixed reviews on whether or not it works, or what it's really supposed to do). Knew that it might be a remedy for the stuffy, squishy ear thing I've had going on since getting sick a couple months ago. Now that everything is draining and getting better, my ears have seemed to be full of soggy cotton balls. And I found out ear candling is awesome! (whether or not it does one of the many things it is said to do that cannot really be proven). My ears feel so much clearer and the soggy feel is totally gone. And that really was the result I was hoping for anyways. :) Time to get moving on a few more Christmas projects and the 3 weddings of photos I have to finish in the next week. Labels: daily life |
| posted by Jen @ 8:21 PM |
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 Found this photo among many I have taken and neglected in the last month or so. My two boys, how sweet.Labels: daily life, friends |
| posted by Jen @ 1:42 AM |
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| Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| Swamped |
I'm drowning in a sea of photos to edit, crochet projects to finish, Christmas presents to make, chores to do, and other work. So here's what you get from my 2 minutes of play time on the computer today.
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