What do you get when you Google "happy people with food"?
Us of course!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Finally a workshop!
Apartments aren't the best places to be doing woodworking. This weekend was a little frustrating trying to construct a garment rack for the spare room. We've been keeping all of our tools in bins, so it takes forever unpack them and to get set up. So, after digging out all of the tools, using a mitre box in the bathroom and gluing wood on a tarp over the carpet, we decided to save the headache and splurge a bit. Behold, our new apartment workshop! This afternoon, we ventured out in the snow and picked up a little workbench kit from Home Depot and a sweeeet Craftsman tool cabinet from Sears. Voila - instant workshop. Just need to get some type of mat for the floor and we'll be all set. The only bummer is that 'vin is on the road this week in Cleveland and won't get to enjoy it until next weekend. I think the Melvin factory will be very productive this winter :)
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can stop the Drupal consultant!
3:00 AM: Wake up to snow3:15 AM: The best fiancee in the whole world makes me a sandwich and sends me on my way
4:00 AM: Snow turns into sleet and freezing rain on 93S heading to Logan airport
6:00 AM: Airplane de-icing turns into a 2 hour delay
8:45 AM: Arrive at Laguardia to 38 degrees and rain
9:30 AM: Arrive at client office in Manhattan after a five-block walk in the rain
5:15 PM: Back to Laguardia in more cold rain
9:30 PM: After more delays, finally arrive back in Boston to more freezing rain
10:30 PM: After avoiding 495 because of a huge accident, arrive safely in Haverhill
10:45 PM: Eat a warm meal prepared by the best fiancee in the whole world
12:00 AM: Wind down and hit the hay after my first successful consulting trip!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Licensed to Wed
Well, we stopped by the ol' Cherokee County Court House today to see if Iowa would let us get married this spring. Sure enough, they approved :)
Looks like we're aiming for May 22nd, which is also the birthday of a certain father of the groom. The Iowa party is going to be at a place called "The Grainery" on the following day including a hog roast and hopefully a big bonfire! Then we'll be taking a short break and reconvening the party in Cumberland Center, Maine on the 4th of July.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Old rhymes with mold
On our respective birthdays when we were growing up, my brother and I could choose what we wanted to eat for dinner and we got to kick the Cheerios to the curb and pick out one box of sugar cereal for breakfast on our special day. For me it was cheese fondue and Golden Grahams.
Well, yesterday was my birthday. As you can tell here, I am now old enough to have an adult beverage, though just how old isn't really important. Let's just say that I bring the average age of Melvin up a bit.
So to celebrate my birthday, I decided to do one of my favorite things - cook! I am a total sucker for a bowl of buttery noodles with cheese. So out came the pasta maker, and shortly thereafter we had some homemade noodles which we generously slathered with butter and Manchego cheese. On a side note, your standard clothes drying rack makes an excellent noodle drying rack.
Slightly more complicated was dessert. This is a concoction called Gooey Chocolate Stack from Nigella Lawson's Domestic Goddess cookbook. Basically it's three layers of cocoa meringue layered with chocolate creme patissiere. There really isn't a word to describe this.
So not related to the birthday at all is this alternative to your standard Thanksgiving Day pumpkin pie that I whipped up last week. Pumpkin whoopie pies with cream cheese filling. Recipe here. Mine aren't as pretty as Martha's, but dang were they good. Do you think I used enough cream cheese filling?
And just because he's so nice to look at, here's my sweetheart at the Sod House Museum in Gothenburg, Nebraska.
Well, yesterday was my birthday. As you can tell here, I am now old enough to have an adult beverage, though just how old isn't really important. Let's just say that I bring the average age of Melvin up a bit.
So to celebrate my birthday, I decided to do one of my favorite things - cook! I am a total sucker for a bowl of buttery noodles with cheese. So out came the pasta maker, and shortly thereafter we had some homemade noodles which we generously slathered with butter and Manchego cheese. On a side note, your standard clothes drying rack makes an excellent noodle drying rack.
Slightly more complicated was dessert. This is a concoction called Gooey Chocolate Stack from Nigella Lawson's Domestic Goddess cookbook. Basically it's three layers of cocoa meringue layered with chocolate creme patissiere. There really isn't a word to describe this.
So not related to the birthday at all is this alternative to your standard Thanksgiving Day pumpkin pie that I whipped up last week. Pumpkin whoopie pies with cream cheese filling. Recipe here. Mine aren't as pretty as Martha's, but dang were they good. Do you think I used enough cream cheese filling?
And just because he's so nice to look at, here's my sweetheart at the Sod House Museum in Gothenburg, Nebraska.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Long Live Melvin
The adventures have only just begun. Looks like you'll be hearing a lot more from Melvin for years to come!
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