upcoming project...

After a couple years of searching on and off, I found this little guy on Craigslist:


I asked a few friends for inspiration on what to do with my record cabinet, and got some great suggestions...and discovered Knack Studios through my friend Cassie. Unfortunately for my productivity, I'm now obsessed with Barb from Knack, and how she re-purposes sad looking furniture to be completely amazing. I don't want to steal any of her pics of things I'm thinking about doing to the little cabinet, so I suppose you'll have to wait and be surprised.

Also, this week, we made a quick trip to Chicago, and got to visit CB2 and IKEA. Mecca. I snatched a go-cart desk so that we can move the desktop comp around a bit easier and watch TV in bed like a hotel. Unfortunately, the loft was not included with the purchase of the desk, and the chartreuse file cabinet and chair are not currently available.

cooking achievments

Tomato-Mushroom-Mozzarella Strudel
It's not pretty, but it tasted good. I blended about 1.5 cups of mushrooms with a tomato, then layered it in with walnuts and mozzarella in between cooking-sprayed layers of phyllo, then baked it on 300 til golden. I would have added some oregano and a pinch of salt to the tomato-mushroom blend upon second cooking...



These lovelies are Cowboy Cookies, which I ate growing up, and recently found a Bakerella version. I bake them according to her recipe except I'm a purist, and don't use M&Ms. Just chocolate chips all the way!