Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!!

The title is pretty self-explanatory.

Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! This was our tree a couple of years ago.

RANDOM PICTURE

I love the view from under a tree. It's so colorful and foresty. :)

Out of Date Candy-Making

We made these November 1st but I never put them on, so here's Candy-Making '09:




And also: to all of Phoebe's colleagues, if you have a Google account, please consider following my blog!!

Chicken Parm

This was one yummers meal!!!

Christmas Tree Decorating 09

Happy holidays everyone!! Here are some pics of our tree:

First REAL Snow

It snowed back in October, but this was our first REAL snow up in Mass. Finally, my camera's fixed!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hi everybody! Sadly, my camera isn't working so no Thanksgiving pictures. Anyway, I just wanted to thank my lovely neighbor Phoebe for sharing this blog with her co-workers. You rock, Phoebe!! This picture I took in bell'Italia, country of, well, hmmmm... chianti!

Kenya and Cairo

These are my neighbor (and follower)'s two cats. The bigger, gray one is Kenya and the smaller is Cairo. Notice their names are both places in Africa!!

Bright Pink

This is an EXTREMELY bright tree I thought was beautiful. It had spiderwebs on it from Haloween, though.

These are two completely random pictures I uploaded to the computer. But the problem is, I have like 17,000 others, so I'm losing track of which ones I've posted.

Wellesley College

I took a LOT of pics at Wellesley College on Sunday. Sadly, I can only show five. But it's not letting me. So these are the best three!! É bellisima!!

Farfalle W/ Spinach+Sausage

This a is 100% homemade recipe!!! It's quite simple. Mix farfalle ("bowties"), spinach and sausage, then put the mix in chicken broth:

Flowers

These flowers are literally covering my neighborhood. If you can identify them, please comment.

Pancakes and Chili!!!!

Here's the chili recipe (If you want the pancakes recipe, it's on the bisquick box):
.25 cup of tomato paste
1.5 lbs. sirloin steak (cubes)
2 sweet Italian pork sausages
(2.5 tsp. each) Oregano, cumin, chili powder
1 onion
4 cups beef broth
1 can diced tomatoes
1 bag dried black beans
*Bayleaf for flavor
Brown sirloin.
Cook onion and sausage together; add seasoning mix.
Add sirloin to mix; then add tomato paste and diced tomatoes.
Add beans.

French Toast... Yum.

This is one of the family faves: French Toast.
-5 Eggs (serves 4)
-Bread (Obviously)
-1 tbs. of Milk
*Cinnamon

Beat the eggs until, well, beated. Add milk and mix in.
Soak bread in eggs then put on stove for about a minute.
Flip if ready. *Serve with cinnamon if desired.

One of each!!!

This is my family's Japanese Maple... it's so peaceful. It makes me want to meditate.

Hi!!!

Hi!!! Thanks for visiting my new blog. Here's my first post:

This is a bush in the side yard. I love its berries. They make good pics!!!