Twitter & FB

so, i'm sort of using twitter for the polaroid stuff. follow here

so, i also have a facebook fan page for ehl creations. be a fan here

visit ehl creations, too.

so, that's why i've abandoned the blog. maybe i'll pick it up again this summer. we'll see.

horrible habits

so, i have this terrible habit of putting things in the freezer i know i won't eat. here is an example.


what the hell is that?

here it is, about 30 minutes later. any ideas? those ice crystals are pretty cool, huh?


here it is this morning. i know, i could have tossed it last night, but i really wanted to know...


sadness! it's my favorite post-huge meal meal. everything dumped into a baking dish and mushed. this one looks like turkey, some veggies, zucchini pie, some stuffing...this was from last thanksgiving. it was sitting in my freezer for almost 9 months.

see, i wanted the pyrex back a few months ago but thought, "gee, maybe i'll eat that." no.

this morning, as i gazed upon the unfrozen mush in the sink i thought, "gee, maybe i'll eat that." no.

whoa! she's alive!

yes yes, bla bla bla

what have i been up to? in a nutshell...

* school! yah, i'm officially in grad school now and took my third class during the first summer session. that ended, thankfully, 7/21.
* work! i got a great new job at my current association that gives me more responsibility, travel and moolah!
* travel! a week in sexy kansas city, mo. not so awesome.
* vacation! i'm taking this week and next week off in between my old and new jobs. i'm not really planning on going anywhere, and i'm really bored already.
* computer! bought a new macbook. sweet.
* photos! i had a show of my Polaroid prints at the awesome Java Shack near me. My prints were only supposed to be up for the month of May, but I finally took them down in July!
* food! i'm trying to move towards a more bean-focused diet to replace the meat protein i'm not getting. i like beans, anyway. i think they're super tasty. save your jokes.

last week i tried this recipe, originally from about.com here

• 2 cups mashed garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1/2 onion, minced
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 cup flour
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil for frying

Preparation:

Mash together all ingredients, except oil, thoroughly. Form into patties and lightly fry on each side in oil until golden brown. You can also barbecue these veggie burgers on a hot grill.

all i did was add some cumin, and you know how much i hate cumin. they are really good. i got four patties out of this mix.


then i cooked them up. i need to work on my fry practice.


i put my burger on a bun, which is kind of silly, but a later version had muenster cheese and dijon mustard. i'm salivating just typing this.


also went on another photo day trip to pearmund cellers. here i am in no condition to drive home yet. (i spent another two hours there after this pic was taken, so relax.) i took two awesome rolls, then lost one! argh. i was so upset. you can imagine how relieved i was when i found the lost roll....in the bottom of the washing machine. >sigh<

so, what have YOU been up to?

my rabbit the great sphynx

here is my beautifulness...right before she had a manicure.
we are currently not on snuggling terms.


i just watched hours 5 and 6 of "roots." i've been watching it on TVONE since monday. i will add it on the right to movies when it's all finished. in case you're wondering, kizzy just decided not to get married, and george is setting out on the cock fighting circuit.

here is the front of luke's sweater. i should have this piece finished by this coming weekend. hopefully, he will fill the pockets with little boy things, like rocks, sticks and frogs. not cell phones and ben & jerry's coupons.


i tried to buy soup for the homeless guy without teeth again. we saw him on our way to lunch, and as usual, he wasn't there when we came back. i kept the soup for later and nuked it before we went home. passed his usual hang out, no dice. i decided i would give the warm soup to someone else i passed, but for some reason, there was no one there! no homeless people in the two blocks from my office to union station. how was that possible? i took the soup home and it's in my fridge now; i think i'll have it for lunch tomorrow.

i'm starting to feel guilty about my attempts to buy soup for this one particular man. partly because i keep missing him...i need to get him when he's around. i don't know what kind of appointments he has in the middle of the day, but it's always at the end of my lunch time, which i vary from day to day. i'm going to keep trying, though. maybe i'll get him oatmeal one morning. i always see him in the morning. i'm not going to give him money. i can't do that...it seems wrong to me when i can give some warm food, especially because it's still chilly out.

thoughts?

School shuns tech, teaches fountain pen

School shuns tech, teaches fountain pen
In this age of cell phones, text messages and computer keyboards, one school has returned to basics. It's teaching youngsters the neglected art of writing with a fountain pen.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16151317/from/ET/




So? What do you think? Leave a comment. This goes back to the whole handwriting issue I tried to discuss several weeks ago.

Seriously, people, your teeth are white enough! - More Health News - MSNBC.com

Seriously, people, your teeth are white enough! - More Health News - MSNBC.com

i thought about that "friends" episode where ross bleaches his teeth before a date and they glow in the dark.

ok so i once tried those strips...i got through about a day and a half before i had to stop. i have really sensitive teeth. duh. keep away from coffee and smoke and such, but my weakness for tea is great.

my teeth are white enough. i pick food out of my teeth often, and, uh, sometimes brush a few times a month. what else do you need? why am i blogging a second news article instead of knitting? because i'm at work and if i type instead of plug in my camera, it looks like i'm doing something.

katie and i went apple picking this past weekend. i got an 11 lb. pumpkin. i'm going to cut it up, roast the seeds, give her the flesh. i'll put up pics of that when i start it this coming weekend. also, ran into shed today at mayor williams's press conference (that was cool...my first dc gov't press conference.) though he did not come out and ask for a sweater update, i know i have to put up the latest pic. i swear i'm going to finish it.

WP article about handwriting

yes! handwriting is a craft!
remember that i have a pen pal 3800 miles away!
remember that we send each other letters because handwriting is an art and that the connection that comes with a letter can never be duplicated in an e-mail! sure, my handwriting isn't the greatest, and now i write in emily-script. but if i really wanted to, i could write in proper cursive.
here is the article.
please leave a comment let me know what you think.