rainy weekends

::are meant for being lazy

::and cooking tasty snack foods like roasted bell peppers with garlic served with goat cheese and crackers. {so fancy, so yummy!}

::for completing sewing projects {pictures to come when the sun comes up}

::and spending time with friends

::cheering on the hometown team as they scratch their way to a World Series spot

Today was a good rainy day. And there's still one more day left in this rainy weekend. So here's to more sewing and cooking and lazy planning for the week ahead. Who knows? Maybe I'll even feel inspired and clean the bathroom. But that's a big "maybe".

Happy rainy day!

like a magazine

The other night for a veggie I made some broccolini. Sure, I don't care for broccoli at all but I sure do like broccolini. Except I'm not quite sure what to do with it. I found this recipe in my Everyday Food magazine {sorry, can't find the link on their site}. It was simple, easy and tasty. When it was finished cooking I took it in to show Lukas. While holding the magazine picture up for him to see. "How'd I do?" I asked.

"You should take a picture," he said. So I did. {my photography skills with my point and shoot are a bit lacking}

a little list

::It's fun living in a small town. The other weekend there was a town fun day with a bbq, arts and crafts for sale and a derby. Just a two minute walk. It was a blast to watch the kids fly by on their home-made cars.

::Three weeks and counting of being good about meal planning. It feels great to have all the meals planned out on Sunday. During the week I'm not trying to figure something out to have for dinner at 4:30pm. Instead, dinner is planned and I don't have to think at all. Sweet!

::And since I've been good about meal planning I figure this will be the week to be good about getting some exercise again. Swimming pool... here I come!

::I've had a productive weekend too - quilt blocks almost done. I've got one quilt block left to finish up for the Tethered Threads Quilting Bee. It's been so much fun sewing for a different person every month, but I'm also looking forward to tackling my long list of sewing projects for the house.

::On the list of things I've been meaning to blog about are a couple weekend trips - one to Lassen National Park and the other to the Eastern Sierras. Both should really get their own posts even though that's "totally old news", says Lukas.

::In new news... last night we headed up to San Francisco to catch the sunset at Marshall's Beach. There we got to experience two polar opposites of the human personality. First, the happiest drunk guy who was excited to know that Lukas knew when the perfect time would be {for a picture}. He wished us a good picture and lots of babies. Then two minutes later we were being shouted at by a security guard {??} to leave the beach. The shouting guy threatened us and wouldn't identify himself. We couldn't see him because he was above us and it was starting to get dark. So, Lukas only got one picture. Bummer.

::On a more happy note it's been fun watching the Giants in the playoffs. They won a nail biter today.

Have a happy week!