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| Eating our wedding cake a year (and then some) later. Surprisingly good, although we didn't actually get to eat any at our wedding as a comparison. |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The Comeback Cake
Friday, November 30, 2012
Waffles
He says:
For Abby's birthday this year, I was waffling between ideas, trying to iron out exactly what to get her.
Finally I came up with the perfect gift: a waffle iron. Abby has been craving wafflesfor weeks every day for all of time, so we made them right away. Since it was a special day, we fancied them up a bit: Abby had hers with a strawberry puree that I whipped up, and I topped mine with a festive cranberry orange sauce.
Since then, we have had already had waffles several times. Pancakes aren't even been mentioned in this house--except as a joke, and it couldn't be batter.
For Abby's birthday this year, I was waffling between ideas, trying to iron out exactly what to get her.
Finally I came up with the perfect gift: a waffle iron. Abby has been craving waffles
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| Making waffles |
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| Fancy toppings |
Since then, we have had already had waffles several times. Pancakes aren't even been mentioned in this house--except as a joke, and it couldn't be batter.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Fox and The Hound
She says:
After changing my mind practically every day for a month, Jason was finally able to get me to stick with a costume idea--The Fox and The Hound. I think watching this clip (about 10 times a day) really helped me make my decision: As I had wasted days and weeks trying to come up with an acceptable costume in the first place, we had all but run out of time to prepare. Luckily, the costumes only took about an hour and $3 to make (one Goodwill sweater, 1/2 off, and about 6 pieces of felt).
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| Dilly was especially helpful during the creation process. |
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| The Fox and The Hound |
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| Complete with tails! |
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| At the Halloween party, Jason spent the evening dressed as a dog and harassing the cat... |
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| ...But Chloe was only interested in staring at and hissing at me and my (apparently) threatening fox ears. |
Jason and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
She says (this happened a long time ago):
Once upon a time Jason had the kind of day where things got smashed all over the place, but (spoiler alert!) he was still able to live happily ever after.
First, as Jason was relaxing on the couch, enjoying some literature, he was interrupted by a knock at the door. It was Ross. Ross was a random person who had stopped by to inform Jason that an old lady had just backed her car into the side of his truck and driven away. Luckily, Ross had gotten her license plate and the model of her vehicle. Jason was no longer able to enjoy his reading, but rather had to call his father, the insurance company, the police, and the woman's insurance company.
Then, when Jason was finally done with all of the calls, he thought he would unwind with some dinner and Netflix (the usual evening events around the Seymour home). While deciding on side dishes, Jason noticed that his avocados were quite ripe. I wondered if a ripe avocado would smash open if thrown on the ground or just dent inside the thick, Godzilla-green exterior. Jason didn't believe that I would actually thrown an avocado on the ground to find out. So I did.
Once upon a time Jason had the kind of day where things got smashed all over the place, but (spoiler alert!) he was still able to live happily ever after.
First, as Jason was relaxing on the couch, enjoying some literature, he was interrupted by a knock at the door. It was Ross. Ross was a random person who had stopped by to inform Jason that an old lady had just backed her car into the side of his truck and driven away. Luckily, Ross had gotten her license plate and the model of her vehicle. Jason was no longer able to enjoy his reading, but rather had to call his father, the insurance company, the police, and the woman's insurance company.
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| Happy ending: The woman's insurance paid for all of the repairs and a rental car--a Toyota Yaris, which Jason lovingly described as "virtually a toy". |
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| Happy ending: Jason had another avocado to eat, my curiosity was satiated, and Dilly got to lick tiny specs of avocado off the fridge and cabinets to help us clean up. |
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Picnic in the Park
She says:
Because it was such a beautiful day and because I had been working so hard on my homework, I thought it would be a wonderful idea to go have a picnic for dinner. So we did.
We made sandwiches at home and packed them up along with some fancy cheese, chocolate pie from Jason's mom, and pear cider (YUM!). We even used our "picnic dishes", which we got from my aunt and uncle for our wedding.
Dilly was getting pretty excited while we were packing things up. When we took her out, she ran straight to my car's passenger door and sat down to wait for us to let her in. We had to wrestle her away, since we were taking Jason's vehicle.
We went to the Riverfront Park, which is along the Missouri River riverfront. The spot that we had planned to go to was closed off for the Fiesta Mexicana, but we drove along until we found another neat little spot, which led down to a small fishing beach. Adorable. It is so neat to be able to find a nature oasis in the middle of a major city.
Because it was such a beautiful day and because I had been working so hard on my homework, I thought it would be a wonderful idea to go have a picnic for dinner. So we did.
We made sandwiches at home and packed them up along with some fancy cheese, chocolate pie from Jason's mom, and pear cider (YUM!). We even used our "picnic dishes", which we got from my aunt and uncle for our wedding.
Dilly was getting pretty excited while we were packing things up. When we took her out, she ran straight to my car's passenger door and sat down to wait for us to let her in. We had to wrestle her away, since we were taking Jason's vehicle.
We went to the Riverfront Park, which is along the Missouri River riverfront. The spot that we had planned to go to was closed off for the Fiesta Mexicana, but we drove along until we found another neat little spot, which led down to a small fishing beach. Adorable. It is so neat to be able to find a nature oasis in the middle of a major city.
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| Happy to be having a picnic. |
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| Dilly loved exploring the beach...but not too far (we kept the leash on). |
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| Bahaha! No one was there to stop us! |
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| Down by the river. |
Friday, September 7, 2012
Human Lifespan Development?
She says:
Classes have started up and I am busy with studying and homework and the actual event of driving to and sitting through classes. Although I do not particularly enjoy the busy-ness and stress of schoolwork, I am loving the education program and classes that I am in.
This week, in my Human Lifespan Development class, the third chapter of my book (on development of babies during the first two years) provided me with this exciting tidbit:
"In colonial America [...] parents and physicians alike viewed crawling on all fours, not as a natural stage of human development, but as a bad habit that, if not thwarted, would remain the baby's primary form of locomotion for the rest of its life..."
Umm...what?!? How many adults did they see crawling around to make them think, "I don't want my baby to grow up to be like that guy"? Also, Jason and I got in a good laugh imagining what the Constitutional Convention would have been like...
Classes have started up and I am busy with studying and homework and the actual event of driving to and sitting through classes. Although I do not particularly enjoy the busy-ness and stress of schoolwork, I am loving the education program and classes that I am in.
This week, in my Human Lifespan Development class, the third chapter of my book (on development of babies during the first two years) provided me with this exciting tidbit:
"In colonial America [...] parents and physicians alike viewed crawling on all fours, not as a natural stage of human development, but as a bad habit that, if not thwarted, would remain the baby's primary form of locomotion for the rest of its life..."
Umm...what?!? How many adults did they see crawling around to make them think, "I don't want my baby to grow up to be like that guy"? Also, Jason and I got in a good laugh imagining what the Constitutional Convention would have been like...
Jason the Artisan
He says:
Making bread is extremely enjoyable and at the same time extremely frustrating. As I’ve said before, creating a decent bread loaf is easy. Something’s really got to go wrong for baked dough to come out unpalatable. But making great bread is a challenge; one that I still haven’t completed.
After a little researching, I came across a book that was getting high praise. Authored by master baker Peter Reinhart, Artisan Breads Every Day is a book that geared towards producing high quality breads with minimal hands on time. All of the recipes have you mix one day and then refrigerate the dough for up to four days. This apparently improves flavor because it gives the yeast more time to work their magic.
The book also explains, with excellent pictures, how to work with wet dough and shape the basic bread forms easily (sandwich, baguette, etc.). A while back I started his sandwich bread recipe and so far it’s been the only dough that has really come together like it should, where I could feel it going from a sloppy mess to a springy dough. I think this is because the recipe was in weight and not volume, which was a first for me.
The finished product was excellent. The bread uses only milk for the liquid and it does contain some sugar, but it’s a great sandwich loaf. Plus it rises quite a bit so our sandwiches have so much more real estate to work with.
After first checking his book out from the library and making a delicious loaf, I ended up purchasing the book and will be working my way through all of his recipes. I have a rye sourdough starter fermenting right now for the weekend.
I can’t wait until the fall/winter so that I can use the oven and not make our house a hundred degrees.
Making bread is extremely enjoyable and at the same time extremely frustrating. As I’ve said before, creating a decent bread loaf is easy. Something’s really got to go wrong for baked dough to come out unpalatable. But making great bread is a challenge; one that I still haven’t completed.
After a little researching, I came across a book that was getting high praise. Authored by master baker Peter Reinhart, Artisan Breads Every Day is a book that geared towards producing high quality breads with minimal hands on time. All of the recipes have you mix one day and then refrigerate the dough for up to four days. This apparently improves flavor because it gives the yeast more time to work their magic.
The book also explains, with excellent pictures, how to work with wet dough and shape the basic bread forms easily (sandwich, baguette, etc.). A while back I started his sandwich bread recipe and so far it’s been the only dough that has really come together like it should, where I could feel it going from a sloppy mess to a springy dough. I think this is because the recipe was in weight and not volume, which was a first for me.
The finished product was excellent. The bread uses only milk for the liquid and it does contain some sugar, but it’s a great sandwich loaf. Plus it rises quite a bit so our sandwiches have so much more real estate to work with.
After first checking his book out from the library and making a delicious loaf, I ended up purchasing the book and will be working my way through all of his recipes. I have a rye sourdough starter fermenting right now for the weekend.
I can’t wait until the fall/winter so that I can use the oven and not make our house a hundred degrees.
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