Nacho everyday nacho

We made nachos tonight! Yum!

Step one: place the chips on the pan in a lovely, organized pattern

Step two: place seasoned turkey and black beans on Jason's nachos and place only black beans on my nachos

Step three: sprinkle sharp cheddar cheese on top of all the chips

Step four: place a jalapeno slice on top of each chip

Step five: put pan in the oven for 5-7 minutes at 350 degrees

Step six: remove nachos from pan and place nachos on individual plates

Step seven: dress your nachos with sour cream, cilantro, guacamole and pico de gallo
Step eight: enjoy with a refreshing Corona! YUMMY! (please excuse the bad pic)

School's out for summer!

It's been quite a while since my last blog, but I have had very little time since it was the last month of school. I have 2 things in particular that I've been meaning to blog:

1. Look at my beautiful rose bush in my back yard. I took this picture about a month ago with the intentions to post that day but never got around to it...so here you go.

2. I finished another flounce scarf and I love it. Pink - Brown - Grey

That's all for now! Hopefully I'll be back sooner than later!

Broccolini

First time cooking broccolini! It's a great veggie that I'd never tried cooking myself until today.

Here's what I did:
Boil 1 bunch of broccolini for 2 minutes

In a seperate bowl mix:
1/8 cup of olive oil
1 tsp balsamic vineagar
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/2 tsp grated garlic
salt and pepper
spritz of lemon juice


Coat broccolini in dressing and serve warm or hot! Delicious! - Thanks Ina Garten a.k.a. the Barefoot Contesa

2 side notes:

a. This may be the 1st time ever that I have spelled a word correctly which Jason didn't know how to spell

b. This picture just reminded me of how much I love my dishes!

re-do: guest bathroom project

I was very disappointed in the "art work" (if you can even call it that) I previously had for the guest bathroom so, I decided to change it. Here's what I came up with:

Here is the guest bathroom: I put the decoration on the wall in front of the toilet and sink.

I collected different size and shape letters. I painted 3 of them and covered the "s" in fabric.

Here it is!

Easter riverdance - for your entertainment pleasure!

These videos were filmed around 7:30pm on the evening of Easter after dinner. Here are our renditions of Riverdance. For your entertainment pleasure! Obviously I could not figure out how to flip the videos upright (and Jason refused to re-film his version).

As you will notice in my video...my feet move much quicker, but Jason wanted to point out that his "kicks" are much higher and he should receive points for difficulty.

I know...I am a middle school Spanish teacher...so please excuse Jason for saying "trece" (meaning 13) instead of "tres" (meaning 3).

Jason would also like to point out that he was "making a beat for me" which allegedly helped my dancing. haha

Happy Easter 2009 everyone!

Easter photo shoot

Jason and I on the porch Easter afternoon. (Update: the bunnies are doing great)

More bunnies and an "almost finished" flower bed!

On this beautiful Saturday afternoon Jason and I decided to finish up our flower bed project (that has become more complex everyday). We still haven't finished, but have very few stones left to place. Here are some photos of the "almost finished" product:



While we were working today I saw a small animal in the middle of the yard covered in some straw. I told Jason to check it out, because it looked like it could be a mole (and I didn't want it to tear up the yard). As we looked closer we realized that it was a little bunny nest! There were 4 to 5 little bunnies in this small nest! How cute! We accidentally scared one of them out and it ran into our flower bed. That's the one in the picture below. I picked it up and placed it back in the nest. Hopefully in a short while they will be up running around the neighborhood.

Here is a picture of the nest in the middle of the yard.