Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

So.....

2011-09-12T19:36:00.002-04:00

It's been over a year since I last posted....perhaps time to bring the blog back in a more focused format - I'm thinking cooking, traveling and gardening.

To start off slowly, here's one of my favorite plant facts
http://www.nextnature.net/2009/08/why-are-carrots-orange-it-is-political/

Irish Soda Bread

2009-03-22T08:26:00.003-04:00

Last weekend I actually made two types of Irish Soda Bread: A more traditional one and the one pictured above with fruit in it. Both were delicious, but I think this was the better of the two, served plain or with some Irish butter.

1 cup golden raisins and/or currants
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups cake flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. fine salt
4 TBS cold unsalted butter cut into small cubes
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Put the raisins and currants in a bowl and cover with hot water for 15 minutes.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cake flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Add the butter using your hands and work it into flour mixture. Stir in the currants.

Add the buttermilk and stir with a spatula, just until the flour is moistened and comes together in a shaggy dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and knead lightly until just smooth, about 2 minutes. Form the dough into a ball and place on the center of the prepared baking sheet.

Using a sharp knife cut a 1/4-inch-deep "X" into the top of the dough. Bake until well browned, about 1 hour.

(adapted from a Food Network recipe)

2008-12-21T20:19:00.002-05:00

ooops...guess I took a little hiatus. I haven't had much good news to share. The economy sucks.

We went to 7 fishes at Toscano tonight and the food was even better than previous years, just a little emptier.

2008-10-06T10:31:00.002-04:00

Hmmm....don't really know what to post anymore. Off from work today to use up my vacation days. R was supposed to be off as well so we could go golfing, but he had some new guy starting at work today. Eh, it's kind crummy out anyway. It's cold in the house, but still warm enough that I don't want to fire up the heat yet.

Riveting, I know.

Green acres is the place for me

2008-06-29T16:14:00.003-04:00

So at Lowe's today I was looking for a gardening magazine to browse today. My choices were down to Better Homes and Gardens or Mother Earth News.

I went over to R and was about to hand him my choice and he said " You chose the hippie magazine, didn't you?"

It tells you how to make your own cheese! We had a very farm-ful weekend. First was a trip to Willow Creek Orchards for lots of yummy organic produce and other local food (R 'forced' me to buy 2 small pies, so I retaliated with a turkey pot pie from Griggstown Quail Farm). Next was a trip to Merrymead Dairy for milkshakes (Cappucino Crunch & Mint Chocolate chip) and our milk for the week. We finished with our weekly Skippack Farmer's market trip. I don't think we've been to the Supermarket for a few weeks now....

2008-06-21T08:15:00.001-04:00

off to Brigantine for Lars' wedding!

where's E?

2008-06-17T21:08:00.004-04:00

haven't been posting in a while so here are some pictures from Italy. Not the best ones I took while there - just a few random ones I picked without looking at : )

eh, I've been having one of those months.

3 G Sunday

2008-06-01T16:03:00.003-04:00

This has been a pretty good weekend as my first weekend with no obligations or things to plan in the future. Today consisted of Golfing, Greek Festival and Gardening. We went out yesterday and I bought golf clubs - Wilson Pro Staff 11 pc set - (a happy anniversary present to myself perhaps for putting up with R for a year; ) hahahaha I kid!) so I dragged R to the driving range today to try them out. They are AWESOME - I love them! Then it was off to the Skippack Farmer's market. I like going there, they all know us (R is apparently the crazy pepper man, which is funny b/c I like the hot stuff more than him) so we got some great things there. My favorite season!
This weekend was also the St. Sophia Greek Festival. Best food ever! I have to admit that we went 2 days in a row for lunch. We have a bunch of Greek pastries in the house now, enjoyed some grape leaves, spanakopita, Greek beer, salad, stuffed peppers and R bought his giant block of Feta. We went out there today so we could stop on the way to Oaks Gardens to get some plants.

Now I am sore and tired, but R will add the 4th G to the weekend soon - GRILL!

Back in the US

2008-05-21T22:09:00.000-04:00

I'm groggy-ish. I've been up since 3:30 AM Roma time.

Well my bags are packed (or not!)

2008-05-12T19:24:00.003-04:00

Still haven't started packing! Look, they lost my luggage for a few days the last time I had to go out and buy new clothes, so if I forget something, I'm not worried about replacing it. Plus, this time I won't be on a boat so it will be easier to find what I need in the towns.

Too bad I don't know any Italian! I'll be gone for 9 days, so I get to see lots of cool stuff!

Italia!

2008-05-11T23:06:00.001-04:00

Am I prepared? No.

This si what happens when you plan a month ahead.....NOTHING!

2008-05-08T22:41:00.000-04:00

today made it a whole lot easier to go to Italy.

spring has sprung!

2008-05-04T16:39:00.002-04:00

I woke up feeling pretty lousy today, but I rallied and told R lets go to County Line Nursery! I'm exhausted now, but I'm glad I did. We bought some butterfly bushes to start a natural fence along the walking path...unfortunately the ground is ridiculously hard and full of rocks there. We're trying to water it and hopefully soften it up, but we might have to go out and buy a pick ax. R also requested roses, so we bought a yellow Knock Out rose. While we were at the nursery, R happened to notice an herb called savory. I wasn't really familiar with it, but we decided to buy it and other herb friends and now we have an herb garden! It is soooo tiny in the middle of our property, but I am excited to get more dirt and fill it with unusual herbs. Right now we have savory, rosemary, sage, French thyme, lemon thyme, garlic, bay laurel, greek oregano, verbena, chives and mint in its own pot. We have some dill & cilantro that sprouted in a pot that we brought from the old house, so that was pretty cool : )

Okay, I should be trying to get stuff done. I have too much to do and not enough time to do it.

ciao bella

2008-03-30T17:35:00.002-04:00

I may need to be practicing my Italian* very soon...

*(by "practicing her Italian", E does not claim to have any current knowledge of the language)

dude.

2008-03-09T18:24:00.002-04:00

It's been a pretty good weekend. We went out for THE BEST sushi on friday night at Tokyo Fusion in Berwyn with J & A. It was surprisingly affordable too, so we were worried we might get sick the next day, but all good haha!
Saturday we had an awesome Austrian style feast. We made schniztel (but used pork instead of veal) and I made spaetzle from scratch out of the Austrian cookbook I picked up while there last year. I'll post some pictures and a recipe later, my hands hurt from today's events...
...which was painting! I finally decided to jump in and start painting the house. This is the perfect time between the 'hibernating' part of winter and when I can get out and start gardening. I'm also hoping I'll want to come home after work and be motivated to do things. I love this house!

And I hate daylight savings. So stupid.

word

2007-12-30T00:02:00.001-05:00

http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2007/12/worst-food-tren.html

2007-12-07T20:56:00.000-05:00

Some pictures from my Christmastime in Germany & Austria. More to follow perhaps. ; )

2007-12-04T19:57:00.000-05:00

Home...tired.

well my bags are packed

2007-11-25T16:39:00.001-05:00

You wouldn't think I'm leaving for an international trip tomorrow the way I'm going. We had great thanksgivings at both houses and I don't think I can eat anything else. Everyone has volunteered to look after R while I'm gone...he's not THAT helpless ; ) I'm packed I think? I'm kind of just floating along at this point - I fly out of Philly, it's only a week and I think everything is basically planned for me in regards to the river cruise. I've been slacking on my planning, but it is a work trip. It's funny, my companion was asked to pass along a letter for someone, my friend at work begged me to buy her lip gloss and dumped a bunch of Euros in my hands. Such an odd place I work at! I just gave R some coconut candy from Vietnam that a coworker brought back.
So I have my mother's MUCH NICER camera so I will post pics when I get back. It's been over 10 years since I've been to Germany, time to return to where I had my first trans-Atlantic trip : )

Euro Trip

2007-10-19T19:10:00.000-04:00

Well, I'm going to Europe in a month for the Christmas Markets

I don't know the details yet - I agreed before I knew where I was going, but I saw it was a Christmas Market Danube River Cruise. I'm going to go check it out now.

*Sigh* I'm becoming quite the little world traveler ; )

And may I add congrats to my friend Sparky on her beautiful new baby Eva! : )

Sad :(

2007-09-07T20:11:00.000-04:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_re_us/obit_l_engle

i love paul newman!

2007-09-03T20:03:00.000-04:00

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295587,00.html

The darker side of the NFL...

2007-08-25T07:34:00.000-04:00

What people are doing with their Ron Mexico Jerseys:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/24/ap4051268.html
Seriously...he's screwed. What a moron. I doubt that he'll ever play football again. So stupid.

And Philadelphia's Local Lindsay Lohan - Coach Andy Reid's son Britt
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-08-24-330603877_x.htm

I'm linking because I'm too lazy to do a real post ; )

2007-08-20T19:47:00.000-04:00

R had coworkers visiting from Japan and he brought me home some of the snacks that they brought. That has to be one of my favorite things about when people come back from places in my office. Anywho, I had this "Tokyo Banana" gaufrette that was sooooo yummy. It's basically just a wafer cookie sandwich with banana cream in the middle.

2007-08-18T17:07:00.001-04:00

Again, don't ask.

2007-08-13T20:49:00.001-04:00

Max Zorin. I'll explain later....

People always ask me.....

2007-08-10T18:47:00.000-04:00

....why I fly out of Newark.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=traffic&id=5545425

Birthday Cake, Susanna Foo style

2007-07-29T14:11:00.000-04:00

From the Eagle 106 John Lander & the Nut Hut Vault

2007-07-28T21:13:00.001-04:00

Two weeks ago last Monday I was driving home at night
The guy in front was pokey, he wanted to see the sites
I didn't wanna be Gumby so I switched to passing gear
When I pulled up along side him, he offered me a beer

"Hey man, you wanna beer?"
"No thanks, man."
"You sure?"
"No, I'm Bob."
"Ok man, we'll see ya later."

I pulled into my driveway, walked up to my front door
I went inside and noticed there were hoof marks on the floor
I measured them with utmost care and thought the tracks were deer
Then suddenly it hit me what was happening in here

There's a Moose in my House
I thought it was a deer
There's a Moose in my House
But now it's really clear
There's a Moose in my House
Got a major problem here
Moose, Moose in my House

What am I gonna tell my Dog?

I checked the mail and found a box from the Sierra Club
I ran into the bathroom and found moose hair in my tub
My bill from Bell has phone calls to the Yukon and Montana
My tooth brush smells like moose breath, I'm missing my pajamas

There's a Moose in my House
I don't know what to do
There's a Moose in my House
I stepped in Moosey poo
There's a Moose in my House
My dog is turning blue
Moose, Moose in my House

I looked in here, I looked in there, I looked in the dirty clothes hamper
I looked in the backyard and found a troop of Cub Scout campers
I asked them why that they were here it is my yard you know
They said they "we are moose hunters, this is the place to go"

"We're moose hunters!"
"Oh yeah?"
"He's in your house!"
"I know. Ya wanna get outta my yard?""

I know this all sounds stupid, you probably think I'm dumb
You might think I'm a mental case or maybe just a bum
But someday you just might come home and find a big surprise
A moose takes up a lot of space and really draws the flies

There's a Moose in my House
I thought it was deer
There's a Moose in my House
But now it's really clear
There's a Moose in my House
I should have had that beer
There's a Moose in my House
Got a major problem here

There's a Moose in my House
I don't know what to do
There's a Moose in my House
I stepped in Moosy poo
There's a Moose in my House
I hope that there aren't two
There's a Moose in my House
My dog is turning blue

2007-07-21T08:45:00.000-04:00

HARRY POTTER!!!!!

I am unfortunately unable to stay up all night reading it like the other times after midnight madness. Very tired.....

R loves all nuts (including me!)

2007-07-16T19:35:00.000-04:00

Walnut Ice Cream Recipe from Delicious Days

One of my favorite food blogs had a great ice cream recipe - Walnut Ice cream with some maple syrup in it. I made it yesterday and it was TO DIE FOR. I could reproduce the recipe here, but her site is so fantastic that you should just go visit it yourself! The only thing I recommend is after adding the syrup to the walnuts, place them on wax paper to cool or else they'll stick to everything! Don't have an ice cream maker? Go buy one! You can't imagine the freedom of being to have whatever flavor you want!

Rat patootie

2007-07-15T14:49:00.000-04:00

Ratatouille

We went to see this movie yesterday - which I loved!!! :) It definitely appealed to me due to my love of cooking. R and I had a movie gift card from his boss from Christmas so we decided to finally go use it. We're more of "stay and home and watch movies" people.

We've been cooking all day so I'll have to post some more about that later - complete with pictures. I love having the farmers market every week now...especially since my veggies are lazy this year. (I've harvested 1 cucumber, I have nothing to say to those shifty zucchini....).

boom boom shake shake the room

2007-07-11T21:39:00.000-04:00

This must have happened while I was shutting my windows or feeling the windows shake.

http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_191234223.html

Nothing but a true beachcomber DAY 2

2007-07-08T09:46:00.000-04:00

Yeah, it's taking me a long time to post pictures...you wanna fight about it? ;)

Rendezvous Bay view to French St. Martin

Beachfront villas that we stayed at Cuisinart

Beach at Cuisinart

Goat?!

Waiting for lunch and enjoying the view at Smokey's on the Cove

View from Smokey's

R stuffing his face at Smokey's

View from our balcony

Wild chickens!

Kitchen Stadium at Cuisinart

The art of the possible

2007-07-06T19:25:00.001-04:00

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20070706_A_lesson_in_fighting_City_Hall.html

Nothing but a true beachcomber DAY 1

2007-06-10T16:53:00.000-04:00

So, as we were home this weekend for my mother-in-law's retirement party there are friends that live in that area. Unfortunately, because it was a surprise party and we just got home last weekend, we were unable to try to hang out with people. (Planning a trip this summer back to the area!). Anywho, Big B., R's dad, ran into one of our friends while out for a walk and there was a request for some wedding pics. I will try (TRY, like I try to return phone calls) to post the trip day by day. So the wedding pictures come later, hahahahahahaha! We're still waiting for ours from the photographer. You know, island time and whatnot. So here are some highlights from Day 1!

The Continental planes at 5am (and the NYC Skyline far off)

Boats in the clear Caribbean water and French St. Martin

E, dirty and tired getting off the ferry from St. Martin

Miles of pure white beaches!

Anguilla and St. Martin in the distance

Rendezvous Bay from our balcony

Our building/balcony (to the right).

Turndown Service!

Bad Garden Mom

2007-06-07T18:25:00.000-04:00

I wasn't going to start seeds this year because I was going to be away during one of the most crucial times in their plant life. But I did anyway because I like doing it so much I gave in and started seedlings and plopped them in the ground right before we left. Most died, those that came back a little bit are totally scorched. We went out to Oaks and got a ton of plants to replace what I had lost. Well the ground is still so incredibly dry and I'm not quite into my routine yet so I'm coming close to killing my replacement plants!
I watered them very quickly yesterday after our late meeting, but I forgot the pots out back. We have strawberries that we need to pick before they go rotten as well. Hopefully I'll have pictures/recipes once the summer settles down (not likely to settle though!).
I went to the dentist today. Gone are the days of multiple cavities, but the girl was really rough and my teeth hurt now :(

La vida loca?

2007-06-03T17:01:00.000-04:00

We're just crazy I think. Here's some pics from our trip though! Not the terribly exciting ones though!

weak minded

2007-04-17T19:37:00.000-04:00

Apparently, advertisers and marketing professionals know that idiot people like me like cute names. If I was still in college, this would be a good thing for me. Meet Clocky!

Tut tut tut

2007-03-04T20:05:00.000-05:00

We just got back from the King Tut exhibit. I'm tired. :)

Superbowl!

2007-02-03T08:26:00.000-05:00

Chicago Bears Super Bowl Shuffle Video

No hiding who I'm rooting for this year :)

Chorus
We are the Bears Shufflin' Crew
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you.
We're so bad we know we're good.
Blowin' your mind like we knew we would.
You know we're just struttin' for fun
Struttin' our stuff for everyone.
We're not here to start not trouble.
We're just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.

Walter Payton
Well, they call me Sweetness,
And I like to dance.
Runnin' the ball is like makin' romance.
We've had the goal since training camp
To give Chicago a Super Bowl Champ.
And we're not doin' this
Because we're greedy.
The Bears are doin' it to feed the needy.
We didn't come here to look for trouble,
We just came here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.

Willie Gault
This is Speedy Willie, and I'm world class.
I like runnin' but i love to get the pass.
I practice all day and dance all night,
I got to get ready for the Sunday fight.
Now I'm as smooth as a chocolate swirl,
I dance a little funky, so watch me girl.
There's not one here that does it like me,
My Super Bowl Shuffle will set you free.

Mike Singletary
I'm Samurai Mike I stop'em cold.
Part of the defense, big and bold,
I've been jammin' for quite a while,
Doin' what's right and settin' the style,
Give me a chance, I'll rock you good,
Nobody messin' in my neighborhood.
I didn't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just came to do The Super Bowl Shuffle

(Repeat Chorus)

Jim McMahon
I'm the punky QB, known as McMahon.
When I hit the turf, I've got no plan.
I just throw my body all over the field.
I can't dance, but I can throw the pill.
I motivate the cats, I like to tease.
I play so cool, I aim to please.
That's why you all got here on the double
To catch me doin' the Super Bowl Shuffle.

Otis Wilson
I'm mama's boy Otis, one of a kind.
The ladies all love me
For my body and my mind.
I'm slick on the floor as I can be
But ain't no sucker gonna get past me.
Some guys are jealous
Of my style and class,
That's why some end up on their -,
I didn't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just get down to The Super Bowl Shuffle.

Steve Fuller
They say Jimbo is our man.
If Jimmy can't do it, I sure can.
This is Steve, and it's no wonder
I run like lightnin', pass like thunder.
So bring on Atlanta, bring on Dallas,
This is for Mike and Papa Bear Halas.
I'm not here to feather his ruffle,
I just came here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.

Mike Richardson
I'm L.A. Mike, and I play it cool.
They don't sneak by me 'cause I'm no fool.
I fly on the field and get on down.
Everybody knows I don't mess around.
I can break'em, shake'em,
Any time of day.
I like to steal it and make 'em pay,
So please don't cry to beat my hustle
'Cause I'm just here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.

(Repeat Chorus)

Richard Dent
The sackman's comin', I'm your man Dent.
if the quarterback's slow,
He's gonna get bent.
We stop the run, we stop the pass,
I like to dump guys on their -.
We love to play for the world's best fans,
You better start makin'
Your Super Bowl plans.
But don't get ready or go to any trouble
Unless you practice
The Super Bowl Shuffle.

Gary Fencik
It's Gary here, and I'm Mr.Clean.
They call me "hit man,"
Don't know what they mean.
They throw it long and watch me run,
I'm on my man, one-on-one.
Buddy's guys cover it down to the bone,
That's why they call us the 46 zone.
Come on everybody let's scream and yell,
We're goin' to do the Shuffle,
Then ring your bell.

William Perry
You're lookin' at the Fridge,
I'm the rookie.
I may be large, but I'm no dumb cookie.
You've seen me hit, you've seen me run,
When I kick and pass, we'll have more fun.
I can dance, you will see
The others, they all learn from me.
I don't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just came here to do
The Super Bowl Shuffle.

(Repeat Chorus)

Bonefish Grill

2006-12-03T08:07:00.000-05:00

We went out to Bonefish Grill in Exton last night with Jeff and Amanda. I didn't have really high expectations for the place since it was a chain but I figured it would be good. Rob and I do like certain chains a lot, like Chili's, so it's not a vendetta against all chains.
It's owner by the same company that owns Outback, but there was no hint of that. We had a reservation aaaaaand there was actually a table available for us when we got there at 6:30. Nice! The decor was understated and comfortable. Definately a little more upscale, but we all wore jeans and nice shirts. The hostess seemed bored but luckily our waiter was nice. It was his first week also so he was a little dippy and awkward, but he was willing to find out answers to the questions about the menu. The martinis were DIVINE. I think we decided the best one was the Pomegranite martini.
Our appetizers were excellent. We asked our fledgling waiter for a recommondation and he knew well enough to suggest the Bang Bang shrimp. It definately had a kick, but it was crispy, tangy and came with chopsticks. We also got the bacon wrapped scallops. The scallops were perfect and the bacon basically melted into it instead of just wrapping around it. It came with a nice mango salsa that you can also choose to get as one of the grilled fish preparations. My only complaint would be the price as four scallops for near 10 bucks didn't seem that reasonable.
I was then very much looking forward to dinner after going in with such moderate expectations. Everyone again was very satisfied with their dinner. I personally had scallops and shrimp in a tomato lime garlic sauce. The sauce was awesome and I had already seen they could prepare the seafood well.
All in all, I was pleasantly surprised. Today we will attempt to make an Italian feast from Jamie Oliver's new book Jamie's Italy.

On the feast

2006-11-25T07:26:00.000-05:00

Heading off to R's parents today for another turkey day. I'm really run down already from the holidays. I can't seem to completely get over this cold either.

For some reason I just thought about the "Holiday Hawk" commercial (for Staples I think, I haven't seen it too often). The hawk sings Good King Wenceslas" in this baritone voice. Really funny :)

Peyton's got a gun

2006-11-12T11:50:00.000-05:00

I'm definately sleepy but very happy :). I'll have to do a recap later, but right now my muscles hurt and I must find medication.
The subject is the answer to a ESPN sportscaster's comment about Peyton Manning being more dangerous than before. BOOM!

They just said "We'll tell you how Peyton's added a brand new weapon to his arsenal" It's a gun! "Try and sack me now"
I'm very tired so I have the giggles. This is all much more amusing than it sounds.

Volare

2006-10-20T18:16:00.000-04:00

I've been informed that I haven't posted since monday. Ooops.

Honestly, I've been doing a lot of job searching. It's like having a second job. R's been busy with problems at work. We're not a very interesting bunch.

You can always look at my "Travel Me" link to see some of the tips I've added for locations in Portugal. I'm hoping to add more this weekend. I really enjoy posting to Virtual Tourist. It's a really neat community.

where do you go?

2006-10-16T17:59:00.000-04:00

Updates have been crap, I know. I haven't been doing them during the week because I'm miserable when I get home from work and I seem to be getting distracted on the weekend. Blah.
This weekend we hung out with Matt and Robin because Jen, matt's sister was down. Emily came over there too as well as Robin's sister and fam and we chowed down on some buffalo chicken chili. Yum!
Sunday we watched that horrible game (well, in all fairness it was a nailbiter until the crappy ending. Stupid way to win I think. Meh.) at Jeff and Amanda's, enjoying some sloppy Joes and possible the best damn apple pie I've had in awhile.
Today I watched a girl bike down Route 73 on her cell phone and though that was a pretty dangerous thing to do. I looked back in my rearview mirror only to see her wipe out in a ditch. Ooops!

2006-10-14T14:58:00.000-04:00

Finally started to tear down some of the garden this morning as the frost put a hurting on a lot of plants. Oh well. It was a relatively short growing season this year, but our sort of ended when we went away. All the tomatillos started coming into fruit just before we left so we never got to use them. Oh well.

Once upon a time I was your little rooster

2006-10-09T17:42:00.000-04:00

It was so cruel to have to return to work today. Fortunately it was a nice day but it didn't make me any less worn out tonight. Quite a good game last night! We did some simple tailgate foods, Shrimp Scampi Po' Boys with queso fresco and some basic nachos. It was a nice relaxing day and now its back to reality :(.

Beneath the dark Atlantic sky

2006-10-08T10:16:00.000-04:00

Blogger was ebing odd about updating pictures so here is where my text is going. We took over 400 pictures so we won't be uploading all of them to R's website. I've already uploaded all of them to my snapfish and will send out the links to anyone who wants them, but here are a few pics from our last day in the Algarve, Portugal. The cliffs are in Sagres and the night pictures are from our Cataplana dinner in Quarteira. R did make friends with a stray kitty that frequented the hotel bar. :)

Jet lag

2006-10-06T20:51:00.000-04:00

I randomly picked a picture to post, and of course I picked a bad one. I'll post when I can keep my eyes open past 8pm. This is the view from our room in Lisbon.

2006-09-24T06:48:00.000-04:00

Waaaaay too excited, I couldn't really sleep that well. I've already gotten a shower. Hopefully this means I'll be tired enough to sleep on the plane. eeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'm leaving on a jet plane

2006-09-23T16:27:00.000-04:00

Ok. I lied.

I'm in NO MOOD to write a super long post. I'm all anxious about travelling ans packing so I have no patience to post. It's so warm in the house right now. I think that might be contributing to my crankiness.
WE leave from Newark tomorrow night and arrive in Lisbon at 6 in the morning there. Oy. I usually don't sleep on the plane because I'm neurotic, but we'll see what happens. If not, I'll pretend it's like snowstorms at work where I'm up for over a day and actually doing intense physical labor. I'll just load up on coffee and pastries when we get there. We spend two nights in Lisbon and then head north to stay in Tomar, the seat of the Knigths Templar in Portugal. There's actually a lot of stops in between but I don't need to list them all now, it's pretty boring that way.
Eventually we end up in Oporto, home to numerous port wine lodges. After a probable drunken stay there we go a little further north and then begin our descent through the mountains to the plains. Towards the end of our stay we spend a couple of nights in the sunsoaked. Algarve, which is Portugal's region along the mediterranean. Then off to Lisbon for one last night and we return home in early October. It's a ton of stuff and we're anxious/excited. Time is moving so slowly today, it's driving me batty!

Okay, I lied again. This WAS a long post. :)