~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

STP do you have that hurricane there where you are?

[StillThePrettiest 3]

nope, not even a bit of a breeze

we've had rain and clouds all day... which is quite nice, to be honest, and saves putting the sprinkler out... but otherwise things are normal

thank you for asking

(I am making proper pizza dough for the very first time, and it's working beautifully! it's in the bowl rising by the minute

and if anyone likes eating Indian breads, I have perfected paratha for two, and will share with anyone who asks nicely )

[Jeraly 4]

OOh - I was meaning to ask about Dolly as well but apparently it has been downgraded to a tropical storm now?

Just sun sun sun here... been a bit breezy but still over 100f so I'm just inside trying to put together the desk we bought from Big Lots yesterday - it was $60 and is perfect for the living room Of course, I can't screw in the screws all the way so now I am stuck and decided to see what this peanut butter and jam thing was all about.. I had it on toast though... It was ok but can't see what the big deal is

StP - I am so envious of your culinary masterpieces! You must just bake all day!! So do you look up recipes then just buy the ingredients and try them out? Or do you look and see what you have in your cupboards and go from there? We should have the gas connected today so it would be great if I could figure out how to use the oven at last... sad I know but gas ovens scare me

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

Awww sorry to hear that about the job But since that guy is a jerk anyway Andriano wouldn´t probly like working for him for too long. Unless he doesn´t care about jerks since he can´t understand them I am sure you´ll find something better for him Does that mean he now refuses to go to the English class since he didn´t get the job?

Well the class doesn't start until the end of August, so I am hoping he will have a job by then...please god!! lol and yea, adriano didn't like the boss from the start, and he is not really the type to negotiate with these sort of things...he figures that if the guy is a jerk at the interview, that he will always be a jerk, and is not worth his time...i was the one who talked him into giving it another go, and we see how that turned out!

[Jeraly 4]

Yeah - money is handy and all that, but happiness is more important

On that note, did I mention how Jeremy put the wrong account number down for our first money transfer? We have $8000 floating around somewhere right now!! I woke this morning at 8am to find him gone and figured he had left for work and just hadn't woken me up to say goodbye... Nope - he had been trying to sort it all out and called into work to say he would be late...

I think I am due at least a bunch of flowers now

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

Yeah - money is handy and all that, but happiness is more important

On that note, did I mention how Jeremy put the wrong account number down for our first money transfer? We have $8000 floating around somewhere right now!! I woke this morning at 8am to find him gone and figured he had left for work and just hadn't woken me up to say goodbye... Nope - he had been trying to sort it all out and called into work to say he would be late...

I think I am due at least a bunch of flowers now

haha thats hillarious because the same thing happened to me last week!! i was scheduled to get my first direct deposit on tuesday and it didnt show up as expected...i continued to freak out because we REALLY needed the money...i called the school and found out that somewhere along the line someone put in the wrong acct number...NOT FUN

and yes, flowers are definitely in order

[StillThePrettiest 3]

StP - I am so envious of your culinary masterpieces! You must just bake all day!! So do you look up recipes then just buy the ingredients and try them out? Or do you look and see what you have in your cupboards and go from there? We should have the gas connected today so it would be great if I could figure out how to use the oven at last... sad I know but gas ovens scare me

I don't quite bake ALL day... I try to get a half hour or so in the afternoon to do some cleaning

as for your questions - I've been wanting to get better at baking for a while, so I bought different flours and yeast and things like that a few weeks back (as well as loads of different herbs and spices, including some fresh herbs growing outside the back door)... and with most cooking I know the general idea, and am pretty confident about what will go together, and what will work, etc... so I just look up some recipes online, read three or four through, read a few reviews (if supplied) and then go and do my own thing, based on bits and pieces of what I've read

I love experimenting... we haven't had a dud yet, though of course some dishes have been better than others

I got a wonderful Moroccan cookbook the other day; can't wait to try some things from it

[Jeraly 4]

Mmmm sounds great!! We still don't even have things to bake *in* let alone ingredients Sounds so nice to just bake cookies or bread or cakes and all those other things... I think we have one loaf tin that must have been left over from the previous owners That and a foil roasting tin that we recycled from our take-out pasta

We brought a cook book back from Hawaii which we are going to use for our housewarming luau Since I got here though we have bought a huge weightwatchers binder ($20) with loads of recipes for when we finally get bored of indulging... or at least to lose a bit of weight before we go into the next season of indulgence

Have you tried allrecipes.com? There are rated recipes there and you can search by type or ingredients... I love it - it's like my definitive guide to cooking - here are some we have tried and loved so far

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Orange-Beef-S...Fry/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Aimees-Quick-...ken/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spinach-Stuff...sts/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Nut-Br...Jar/Detail.aspx

The spinach stuffed chicken was gorgeous - we have made it for guests a few times and it is always a hit The banana nut bread hasn't been tried yet but I really want to give it a go because it looks lovely!!!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

yeah, I use allrecipes a LOT; they're my default starting point (though I do look elsewhere too )

and I didn't have that much to bake with, but I went to the 99c store a few times and now I have some fings

oh, and I've made their Banana Sour Cream bread - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Sour-C...ead/Detail.aspx - twice now; it was good both time, but I added some sultanas the last time and it was even better

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

and I didn't have that much to bake with, but I went to the 99c store a few times and now I have some fings

Fings

So look at all you girls cooking and baking all day We just make quick meals these days cuz we started reorganizing the entire place so everything is laying sort of everywhere right now. But I like cooking and baking too

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I don´t know if I already told you or not, but I can repeat it if I did Here they have 3lbs of Harribo Gummy Bears for $5.99

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Gillian What´s new?

[English Muffin 59]

Gillian What´s new?

Not much.

My Green Card arrived on Monday, which was a good day. It now means that I don't have to deal with USCIS until April 2010 - such a good feeling!

Other than that I've just been looking for work. I got signed on at a temp agency yesterday so I hope they can find me something soon.

Hope you and the bump are well Marta.

[Jeraly 4]

oh, and I've made their Banana Sour Cream bread - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Sour-C...ead/Detail.aspx - twice now; it was good both time, but I added some sultanas the last time and it was even better

Aha!! I have dutifully added it to my recipe box

I think maybe we need to invest in another fan as well, even with the aircon on, our miniscule little kitchen corner gets roasting hot... Oh man I am sooo hungry now - just been planning our trip to AZ and what we can do when we meet Agnes - I was looking at the menu and it is sooooo yummy and sooo cheap!!

If anyone is interested:

http://www.bignosekate.com/10901_Longhorn_WEB2.pdf

So look at all you girls cooking and baking all day We just make quick meals these days cuz we started reorganizing the entire place so everything is laying sort of everywhere right now. But I like cooking and baking too

Marta - we still have barely any furniture in the living room and we can only afford to run one aircon unit at a time so that's my excuse for not being quite so domesticated!!!! That and the gas only went on yesterday

Hmmm I can't wait til we find a home for the recycling as well - that will free up one of our tiny end counters in the kitchen...

My Green Card arrived on Monday, which was a good day. It now means that I don't have to deal with USCIS until April 2010 - such a good feeling!

Other than that I've just been looking for work. I got signed on at a temp agency yesterday so I hope they can find me something soon.

Cool!! So is the two year thing from the date you got married, the date you filed....??? Nice to know you can just get on with life for a while although I would be paranoid that I would forget to file to remove conditions!!!

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I am sure you will be paranoid when the time comes Or at least worried (Oh wanna come visit here? It´s like 70° here - very nice)

I hope you get some nice job soon Gillian I think the 2 years is the GC anniversary not the wedding anniversary.