Spring has sprung!

Spring has officially sprung in our neighborhood.

The vines on the trellis are flowering.

From Spring 2009

I purchased ferns to put in the pots next to the door. Its amazing what having a living plant really does for the area.

From Spring 2009

When we bought the house, the previous owner left us this pot on the front porch. I thought the plant might be dead, but turns out its not. Still not sure what kind of plant it is, but a little mystery makes it a little exciting.

From Spring 2009

We even have flowers blooming in the backyard. Maybe more pictures to come... maybe.

Domesticity

Sometimes I feel so domestic I want to shout it from the moutaintops. And since this is my blog and I can do whatever I want, consider this my mountaintop.

This morning, I got up early, started a load of laundry - which I sorted according to type of clothing (running/t-shirts and actual clothes), started on a tomato sauce for dinner tonight, cooked a breakfast of scrambled cheesy eggs, grits (never mind that they were left over), and toast. The husband made the coffee. And then we loaded the dishwasher together. I love it when I feel super productive.

Tonight we make another addition to the family. Yes, we are crazy. And no, mom, we do love each other enough.

Cooking update: Eggplant is delicious... or at least I think so. I broiled them for about 10 minutes. So tender and delicious I can only compare it to the wonderfulness of filet mignon. Maybe that is stretching it a bit, but the test and texture just felt that luxurious. The Baddass wasn't as impressed. Typical.

Yesterday a second house on our block went up for sale. Even though I haven't had the chance to get these neighbors, its depressing. Our friends need to buy them so we can hang out all the time and have block parties. Won't that be fun? Sigh...

The Baddass is very particular about his shoe laces... he's currently ranting about it. Its sorta cute.

11 months

Today marks 11 months of being married. It has gone by so fast, and yet it also hasn't.  At what point are not a newlywed anymore?

In other news, I'm cooking with eggplant tonight. Don't tell the Baddass, I'm not sure how he feels about the vegetable. For that matter, I'm not sure how I feel about it either. Other than the fact that my grandmother makes the best fried eggplant ever which I haven't had since I was in 7th grade. Sigh.

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Creamed Corn

I tried my first recipe from How to Cook Everything last night. Creamed corn with cheese. Bryan said it was the best corn he's ever had in his whole life. And I'm not exaggerating. 

I think I may have found a new best friend.

Cooking

I got this this weekend!Woot!

I've started flipping through it page by page, but am only halfway through. The recipes are simple and yet offer many different ways to spice it up and customize it to your preferences. I cannot wait to get started!

Sweet

The Baddass bought me flowers for the third time yesterday. Because he knows that I like to have fresh flowers when we have guests over... I don't know what is sweeter. The fact that the bought me flowers, or that he bought flowers because he knows that I like to have them to impress people with? Hmm...

Either way, its sweet.