couscous

couscous

paella

quinoa

gnocchi

risotto

polenta

christmas on the tred avon

The Lord's mercies are new every morning.

there's about twenty solid christmas songs.

unless it's a particularly bad arrangement, usually these are all stellar christmas songs:

little drummer boy

o come emmanuel

love came down at christmas

noel

judy garland's merry little christmas

o holy night

taylor swift's santa baby

all i want for christmas is you

mary did you know

do you hear what I hear

all of andrew peterson's Behold The Lamb of God album

1 Samuel 7:12

'Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer*, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”'

*Ebenezer means stone of help.

the road back to tempe

, a photo by Mythopoetic on Flickr.

AZ trip

, a photo by Mythopoetic on Flickr.

the grand canyon! right before we hiked it.

AZ trip

a photo by Mythopoetic on Flickr.

Saguaro cactus in Arizona

the heater and the cold.

When my little heater is chugging out hot air for me, for some reason the mental image I get of the little thing doing its work is an oil pipeline, chugging oil out of the earth. I don't know why.

some of my favorite things to do

currently:

creating a perimeter of soap and dousing it with left-over boiled water to sanitize the sink.

binding packets at work.

replacing the staples in a stapler.




previously:

mopping the floors at departure

going running after work at wycliffe

buffing stainless steel

a little self-congratulations

I've cooked for the past three nights. That's a feat.

sunday: meatball curry. finally.

monday: chicken curry. i was on a theme.

tuesday: baguette french toast. and blueberry syrup. which I had made.

advice for living in dc

Found this on the world wide web the other day.

Pretty awesome: DC: A Guide for Twentysomethings Who Want to Live on the Hill

the salad that made the other salads cry

Arugula/mixed greens
Black beans
Goat cheese
Cherry tomatoes
Yellow peppers
Avocado
Crushed tortilla chips
Wedge of lime, squeezed
Dressing: light olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic clove, dijon mustard, salt/pepper

I knew I was a city person.

I just need to move a little bit further in... all the way to the Hill.

The neighbor committee-people of Capitol Hill have these annual (presumably) dinner parties where a book is the centerpiece for the menu and atmosphere. This is a party-theme after my own heart.

A Literary Feast, it's called.

fahrenheit and celsius, for my own reference

Quick reference for myself, when I'm talking to British people

3 degrees Celsius, 37 degrees Fahrenheit

5 degrees Celsius, 41 degrees Fahrenheit

10 degrees Celsius, 50 degrees Fahrenheit

16 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit

20 degrees Celsius, 68 degrees Fahrenheit

25 degrees Celsius, 77 degrees Fahrenheit

32 degrees Celsius, 90 degrees Fahrenheit

35 degrees Celsius, 95 degrees Fahrenheit

38 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Fahrenheit



So I guess double and then add 30 roughly works?

we love summer