As per requests we’ve added a recipes page which links to my profile with Culinary Culture. So I’ll be trying to add a new recipe a week of something we’ve tried out and were amazed by. This week’s addition is for the turkey and bean chimichangas that Chase was bragging about in yesterday’s post. I think I might have to grab the other half out of the freezer for him next week because he keeps talking about them.
If you want to see a specific recipe uploaded just let me know!
The title basically describes our lives right now. My job has been hectic with new upgrades and everything else and Katie’s new job has been keeping her occupied. When we finally have some free time, we have been out with friends or working on some sort of project around the house. Like I said, we are busy. It would be nice to have some time to relax and not worry about anything for a while.
Katie finally forced me to get a reusable bag to take my lunch to work in (she got one too). I would normally take plastic bags that came from grocery shopping, but since Katie has become “environmentally conscious” and is using the reusable bags from Kroger my supply has stopped. I think it’s all a rouse to get me pulled into her “save the environment” game.* The lunch bag is awesome though, perfect for the geek in me. If you don’t understand the phrase, go browse some LOLCats.
In other fun news, we are now adding our own touches to the house. We have installed under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen so Katie can see better when she is cooking and we replaced the faucet on the kitchen sick to match the other fixtures. I am looking into home automation using a Z-Wave system. It looks to be a fun project. There are also plans to do some landscaping this year as well as wire the entire house for Ethernet (this may be cancelled if Wireless N routers keep dropping in price).
There is one more project that Katie and I are working on that can’t be revealed at this time. It is super secret.
Katie has been cooking some amazing meals recently and I do believe I should poke her to share some of our favorites on the site. Especially the baked chimichanga’s. I think I have fallen in love with those. Speaking of food, I think it’s time to go eat dinner. . .a new recipe from Katie this evening.
*Katie really isn’t an environmental freak. In fact, she is the complete opposite.
Well, a bunny rabbit of course! Then again, so is the snow outside. Yes, it’s snowing again! We here in Richmond are a little shocked. See, since Chase and I moved here May 2006 we’ve had a few sporadic dustings a couple of ice storms but no snow accumulation. That is until March 2008, then we got about 6-8″, and then once again this past December (8-10″). But here we are, a mere 6 weeks since our last major snow storm and it’s been snowing pretty heavily throughout the day; we have roughly 10-12″ and it’s supposed to continue a bit more into the night.
Teddy in the Snow
One issue I have noticed with some people here is that most of them don’t know about driving in the snow. I lost count of the number of people we saw out today attempting to drive but instead causing unsafe conditions for both themselves and other drivers. One car was fishtailing so badly we were afraid to pass it while it was in the far right lane — we were in the far left lane with an empty lane between us and them. It was a good thing Chase knows how to drive in the snow… they lost control, started to spin, and we stopped about 2-3 feet from their car. Then, of course you have the people who don’t clean the snow off of their cars, the people who go too fast, the people who go too slow, and the people in 4-wheel drive vehicles thinking that they are also 4-wheel stop. And to top the list, the inexperienced drivers who just don’t know what they’re doing regardless of weather.
But enough about idiot drivers and the weather. I started a new job about two weeks after Christmas, so I no longer work for one of the local universities. I now work for a local biotech company that does contract research. I’ve had a bit of a learning curve since I’ve barely been exposed to the techniques that the primary focus of my new job requires. However, I am having fun and learning a lot in the process. I suppose overall it just feels a bit odd working for a larger company (still relatively small in the grand scheme of things), although the group I’m part of is rather small (just me and my boss). As a lot of my friends and family know, I collect giant microbes. Unfortunately, since my research now focuses on whichever contract I’m working on I won’t be getting a new work-related microbe. Although I have recently acquired HIV, swine flu, T4 bacteriophage, and the plague (giant, fluffy microbes that is).
So once again, we have invited all of our family and friends to our blog and get caught up on what has transpired over the past year. This past year has been full of first’s for Katie and Chase. First and foremost, we wish you a wonderful holiday season.
As I mentioned last year, we spent last Christmas in Breckenridge, CO with Katie’s side of the family. It was a wonderful trip and we enjoyed a very white Christmas. Katie didn’t break any bones this time around. But we did have fun skiing, tubing, snowboarding, making snow angels, and just enjoying the company. You can see the pictures by clicking the image below.
Colorado - December 2008
Well we moved into our house July 14. We’re getting there unpacking. A few boxes of magazines that need to be put away (the bookcase will be here from Ikea via Mom O tomorrow). Some winter clothes to be packed into a storage bucket and out of their cardboard box. Then we’ll be finished unpacking. We decided to refinish the old furniture for the spare bedroom so we’ve sanded it all down, followed by primer. Some of the pieces have their final coats of paint done, the rest are in their first coats of primer. Hopefully, I’ll get the second coat primer and the first coat of paint on today. Then we still need to finish setting up the office. Nothing has been hung on the walls yet in our office. So we still need to hang shelves for my microbes, bulletin boards, diplomas, etc. In the meantime I finished fixing our curtains so they fit our windows better. Why waste the time trying to find fabric, cutting them straight, then sewing them if I can buy cheap ones for $15 and just slightly alter them?
Mom and Dad O are coming down tomorrow to help with the landscaping. I am so clueless about what to put where and what needs how much sun. All I know is those stupid bushes that are in front of the house are tiny now but will grow huge and they put them way too close to the house. Therefore, they will be moving to a side or the back. Flowers will replace them in the front. And eventually we’ll put a tree in the corner of the lot up closer to the stop sign. The wooded edge in the back will be cleaned up and given a nice line and left wooded. I’d rather not have to go through the work of cleaning it out. And sometime in the next month we’re planning on getting sod and an irrigation system put in.
On a side note, I had to renew my license this year so I waited until after the move to fill our the renewal application. The new ones are so much different than the old ones. The dates and signature are raised on both sides. There’s a picture on the front and then a picture in a clear window. Luckily since I just got my picture taken last year when I changed names they used that picture!
Wednesday, Mar 10
Partly Cloudy
Currently: 63˚F
Feels Like: 63˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 50˚
Tonight: 50˚
Sunset: 6:13 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Thursday, Mar 11
Hi: 66˚, Lo: 55˚
weather feed courtesy of weather.com - thanks!
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