So the big news - I am moving to Sacramento, possibly as soon as this weekend. The girls I am living with T and B are great. T is putting new carpeting in my room (brown) and painting the walls a color of my selection (green) before I move in. The house is really close to campus and so clean! C and I went to check out my new ward yesterday. My old roommate JA is currently in the ward. I should clarify it is actually a branch, but one that has more people than my current ward does.
It will be wonderful to be so close to campus and since my classes all get out after 8pm I am sure I will think it is even more wonderful when the semester starts. I will still be driving to Davis for work, but since I would be driving out to Sac almost every night for class it works out well.
So here's to a week of packing!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Summer Weekend
It finally feels like summer! Loved waking up to this every morning....
Braving the cold and the bugs we spent two lovely nights sleeping outside on the deck. I explained to my grandmother that it was not freezing cold so it would be fine - she then turned to C and asked if she thought it was "freaking" cold?
We had a great time on the boat and the weather was beautiful. Tho the "crew" did have to wipe down the boat before the skipper would take us out. Dad lost his hat to the wind and we had a lovely time recovering it from the lake. Amazingly enough we did not breakdown on the lake.
Gorgeous weather!
While we were sitting in the swing on the deck G said "I solemnly swear to catch a fish before I leave", in about an hour there was a catfish on her line. It must have been there for quite a while as it had pulled her line out REALLY far.
If my dad is looking pretty pleased with himself in this photo it is because he almost scared me straight off the dock chasing me with the catfish. He had already gotten G to run up the ramp. Mom was yelling at me not to back up any farther or I would fall in. Everyone watching from the deck got a priceless moment.
Braving the cold and the bugs we spent two lovely nights sleeping outside on the deck. I explained to my grandmother that it was not freezing cold so it would be fine - she then turned to C and asked if she thought it was "freaking" cold?
We had a great time on the boat and the weather was beautiful. Tho the "crew" did have to wipe down the boat before the skipper would take us out. Dad lost his hat to the wind and we had a lovely time recovering it from the lake. Amazingly enough we did not breakdown on the lake.
Gorgeous weather!
While we were sitting in the swing on the deck G said "I solemnly swear to catch a fish before I leave", in about an hour there was a catfish on her line. It must have been there for quite a while as it had pulled her line out REALLY far.
If my dad is looking pretty pleased with himself in this photo it is because he almost scared me straight off the dock chasing me with the catfish. He had already gotten G to run up the ramp. Mom was yelling at me not to back up any farther or I would fall in. Everyone watching from the deck got a priceless moment.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Sidewalk Art
Maybe I stare at my feet to often as I walk - no doubt a result of so much tripping over my own feet - but I was totally caught off guard by lovely uses of pavement this week.
Some obviously lovely children covered about 40 feet of sidewalk in front of their house with chalk - the 15 foot hopscotch was incredibly tempting!
Some obviously lovely children covered about 40 feet of sidewalk in front of their house with chalk - the 15 foot hopscotch was incredibly tempting!
Golf
In anticipation of some lovely time at the lake this weekend I am reminiscing about last weekend's BEAUTIFUL weather - California really is wonderful! Even of it was raining a little as I left the office today. Here is what last weekend looked like from my seat.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Hair
I don't know how many post's I have titled "hair" but I feel like it is a lot. This picture really doesn't show you the lovely color my hair is right now - I went with streaks of blue instead of dying my entire head this time - it looks pretty great! But you can tell how short it is (again).
LOVE IT
I wish it was not pink - seriously what would I do with bright pink???? It wouldn't match ANYTHING!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
New Favorite Food
I think I have found my new favorite thing to eat. it is pretty much fantastic. I have no idea where I cut the recipe from, but I am soooo glad I did. Delish!!!
I know I made many of you eat that tomato tart I was obsessed with a few years ago, this is WAY better and easier to make. I am already planning multiple variations. We are having a little party at work on Friday to celebrate my graduation and I am thinking about bringing one - but it might be a little uncouth for me to bring food. For those of you not intimidated by rolling out a crust here is the recipe:
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus 4 tablespoons, plus more for tart pan.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp coarse salt
1 1/2 lbs onions, finely chopped
1 lrg egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 tsp ground pepper
Pinch of grated nutmeg
1/4 cup grate Parmesan of Swiss cheese (I actually used Asiago)
1. Butter a 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour and 1/2 tsp salt. Add 1/2 cup chilled butter, and combine with fingers or a pastry blender until it is the texture of coarse meal. Add 1/2 cup cold water, and stir just until a dough forms. Form into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 15 min.
3. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out dough into a 1/8-inch-thick round. Fit dough into prepared tart pan. Line with a parchment-paper round, and fill with pie weights. Chill for 15 min. Transfer to oven, and bake for 15 min. Remove pie weights and parchment paper. Bake for 5 min more. Remove from oven.
4. In a large skillet, heat the remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Add onions, and cook, stirring frequently, until slightly browned and softened, about 15 min. Remove from heat.
5. In a small bowl, combine egg, cream, remaining teaspoon salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir in onions.
6. Sprinkle baked tart shell with cheese. Spread onion mixture evenly over cheese. Bake until set, 35 to 40 min.
I know I made many of you eat that tomato tart I was obsessed with a few years ago, this is WAY better and easier to make. I am already planning multiple variations. We are having a little party at work on Friday to celebrate my graduation and I am thinking about bringing one - but it might be a little uncouth for me to bring food. For those of you not intimidated by rolling out a crust here is the recipe:
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus 4 tablespoons, plus more for tart pan.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp coarse salt
1 1/2 lbs onions, finely chopped
1 lrg egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 tsp ground pepper
Pinch of grated nutmeg
1/4 cup grate Parmesan of Swiss cheese (I actually used Asiago)
1. Butter a 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour and 1/2 tsp salt. Add 1/2 cup chilled butter, and combine with fingers or a pastry blender until it is the texture of coarse meal. Add 1/2 cup cold water, and stir just until a dough forms. Form into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 15 min.
3. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out dough into a 1/8-inch-thick round. Fit dough into prepared tart pan. Line with a parchment-paper round, and fill with pie weights. Chill for 15 min. Transfer to oven, and bake for 15 min. Remove pie weights and parchment paper. Bake for 5 min more. Remove from oven.
4. In a large skillet, heat the remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Add onions, and cook, stirring frequently, until slightly browned and softened, about 15 min. Remove from heat.
5. In a small bowl, combine egg, cream, remaining teaspoon salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir in onions.
6. Sprinkle baked tart shell with cheese. Spread onion mixture evenly over cheese. Bake until set, 35 to 40 min.
Hike
Saturday we had a ward hike in the morning. It was a four hour hike, beautiful but a little exhausting considering I went to a dance down by Stanford afterward. We hiked through just about every terrain possible, meadow, stream, snow, rocky outcrops, up and down slopes, over fallen trees, there were even places someone had poured sand on the trail. There was quite a lot of snow melt so there were a few places where I could not really be sure if we were just walking through a stream or if the trail was really underneath. Very cool!
The big even was of course me slipping while fording the stream and falling in. Luckily not everyone saw and my sweater which was in my bag only got mildly wet. it was so cold! There was un-melted snow on either side of the stream to give you an idea of the temperature.
Some of these photos were taken with my phone and some with the camera's of others.
The big even was of course me slipping while fording the stream and falling in. Luckily not everyone saw and my sweater which was in my bag only got mildly wet. it was so cold! There was un-melted snow on either side of the stream to give you an idea of the temperature.
Some of these photos were taken with my phone and some with the camera's of others.
Lunch at Work
Every May (I know it is June now but I just got the photos) we have several employee appreciation lunches. I thought you might like to see some nice photos of the nice people I work with.
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