My First Time

I have been reading the Pioneer Woman's cooking blog for a couple of years now. Her recipes always look great, but they also often look complicated and like they require a much nicer cooking setup than I have. I finally popped my proverbial cherry and made my first PW recipe.

DH's birthday was Sunday, but he was out of town. I made him a special dinner last night though: Chicken with Mushrooms and Artichokes. It was great! The prep was easy, the supplies cost less than $30, and he felt loved and appreciated. I halved the recipe, and we had more than enough food. The only bad part was that the pan was so hot after being in the oven that the cream got over heated and didn't thicken up like it should have. Oh yeah, and I ended up eating pasta instead of broccoli like I should have. All in all, a success though.

If you don't already read this blog though, check it out. Her recent post about cinnamon toast is hilarious!

Sitting in the basement

Here I am, in my robe, sitting in the basement. I just got out of the shower to the sounds of sirens. I called DH to ask when they test them here, and he said the first Monday of the month. Today is definitely not the first Monday of the month.

So, I gathered up the dogs and cat and we all got settled in the basement for a while. Let me tell you that collecting 3 pets, a water dish, my computer and a battery operated radio in a timely fashion is no easy feat!

What's funny is that I am sooo not the girl to freak out at the whole tornado thing, but being home alone I thought it best to get ready early. I really wish DH wasn't in Chicago.

I can hear the hail now. On the bright side, if the hail's terrible I could get a new car out of this.

Work Vent

We decided to do a project instead of a final exam in Biology this year. We began discussions of this before spring break and started talking about tentative plans. We set deadlines that included having a procedure and materials list by the end of school today.

Of the 5 Biology teachers, guess how many have done work on the project this week. Two! One of them is me. Of those same 5 Biology teachers, how many do you think have kids who have completed procedures and materials lists? You guessed it, 2 again. I think a third may have made some progress, but he has not been communicating with us at all this week.

This one stupid woman just sent an e-mail about how her kids will never be ready to start experimenting next week and what are we going to do about presenting at the end. I am in serious need of a margarita right now.

Spring

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day.
W. Earl Hall

Well, I think spring really has sprung here in the Lou. I really want to post recaps of my trips to Philly and Florida, but for now, I have to post the lovely sight that greeted me as I came home last Thursday.

It gives me hope that winter will really end one day. Rumor has it that the weather this weekend won't be great, but I have hope.