Apartment Pictures

Finally getting around to posting pictures my dad e-mailed me when my family came over for dinner at the beginning of the month. In addition to these, my dad took 106 more pictures I'm not posting. He went just a tad overboard. Love you Dad! Pictures in no particular order...

Welcome to my apartment!


William holding Lexi with me and Jay in the background.


Balcony



View from my balcony.


Relaxing in the living room.


Master bedroom. LOVE my new king sized bed!


I think my dad is standing on Chris' computer desk to get the shot of the living room and the dining room.



Stove top side of the kitchen.


Sink side of the kitchen.


Dad's view of the kitchen and living room from the dining table.


Din din time!



Our second room full of my knitting (large dresser) and scrapbooking (smaller dresser). My old twin bed is in there and my desk. Kind of a catch all room.



Right at the entrance of the apt. Kitchen to the left, hall closet in front and the rooms are to the right.



Had to get a picture of Dad!


All of those sofa pillows are now just stored in the closet. There were waaay too many of them.


Siblings


Me cooking in the kitchen.



That orange trash can is full of Lexi's dog toys =)


Adel, Lexi and me relaxing in the living room.


Lexi loves to stare out the window and see the people walking by.

October Updates

My dad and Aunt Ruth had a BBQ at my dad's house for their 60th (Aunt Ruth) and 61st (dad) birthdays. They're exactly a year apart. It was nice going home and seeing everyone.


I've only knit 3 pumpkin hats, can you believe it?! I also couldn't resist and I already gave one away =\ One of my co-workers made 12 hats before I finished my first hat. That's plenty! I think I should start on Christmas hats already. I crocheted my Halloween candy container this year too. For some reason I can't upload my pumpkin hat pictures correctly. I'll keep working on it.



I'm absolutely loving living away from home. Friends come over all the time and we've had some really fun late nights.

Green and Magenta Dog Sweater

New sweater for Lexi!

Pan-fried Potatoes And Chicken

I went to Barnes and Noble today and bought 3 cookbooks. I am determined to learn to cook! I tried something very simple to begin. It's pan-fried potatoes with beef. At the bottom of the recipe it says the beef can be switched out with chicken which I did. I added peas into the recipe too. I wish it had some type of sauce, but it's still pretty tasty.

Recipe:


Mine:


It's was quick and delicious. I had most of the things in my fridge/freezer already.

So.Darn.Comfy.

Sofas are here! We got the Stella sofa (I think that's what it's called) and the matching chair and ottoman from Z Gallerie. And yes, they're white. Crazy? Why yes, I think we are. Crazier because we have a black dog? *sigh* Yes once again. BUT...I love it! A tad too many pillows, but oh so comfy! My living room looks teeny tiny now, but no one can deny the 43" depth of this sofa. Soooooo comfy! As you can see, Lexi found her blankie and is now fast asleep.

I Cook?

Okay, I don't do much actual *cooking*, but I do a lot of preparing. For instance, I can prepare salad with all the fixings - celery, grated carrots (hand grated mind you!), cucumbers, mushrooms, and cilantro. I left the avacado, sugar snap peas and croutons out of the picture.


I've been making my Aunt Phyllis' dip like a mad woman recently. There's white and yellow corn, a green bell pepper, kidney beans, tomatos, avacado, red onion, cilantro, EVOO, white wine vinegar, cumin, lemon juice, salt and pepper.


Country potatoes anyone?


How about cheese tortellini and broccoli covered in cheeeese?!


While moving I found my 7th grade cookbook from foods class. The first recipe in the book is for Dutch Babies. I have fallen in love with them all over again. It's usually a breakfast item, but who says you can't have breakfast at 4:30 in the afternoon? First I melted 1/4 cup butter in a 425 degree oven in a 13x9 pan. Then I mixed up 4 eggs and alternately added a total of 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of milk until it's well incorporated. Then, pour it into the melted butter in the pan and wait 13-15 minutes. As it cooks, it grooooows. It's really fun to watch. Here it is, fresh out of the oven. I put powdered sugar and lemon juice on it and it's DELICIOUS!


I love my new kitchen and really love cooking in it! Have any great recipes? Please pass them my way!

Apt 23K

Sorry for the lack of updates. Just wanted to post that we moved safely and it's all coming together. We moved on the 17th, got all our furniture except the sofa on the 19th and have started filling in all the nooks and crannies already. I will post pictures once it's all put together =)