Wedding Album!

We received our albums last week in time for Mother's Day! Our moms seemed to love them, and overall Dylan and I are happy with their quality and price. It's been a lot of fun have one around to flip through and smile about :). Here's a link:

Spring Cure 2010

Thanks to one of my best girlfriends, Jess, I've started reading Apartment Therapy again. I'm a few weeks late, but so excited about this (click image for link):It's on reserve at the library, school's almost out for summer, and I can't wait to start revamping our home and belongings! And then have a party!

April's Over...

The past month I've been busy applying for teaching jobs, planning how to wrap up the last month of school in my long-term teaching assignment, reading lots for fun, taking Matilda to the park, taking pictures, playing Carcassonne on Xbox with Dylan, and working on our wedding album! All but the last are ongoing. The wedding album is finished and ordered and should be shipped in time for Mothers' Day! I'm debating whether to share the link yet in case the moms happen to read this before next Sunday... I think I'll wait. I will share two videos I took last night at Dylan's show. Black Love is now Way Yes, and they opened for Karate Coyote and Old Worlds at Rumba Cafe. It was my first time hearing Karate Coyote... and so much fun! Enjoy!

Oh, Spring...

The past two weeks have been packed full of lesson planning, achievement test preparation, parent conferences, staff meetings, and trips to the dog park. GORGEOUS weather made this past week feel even longer; I'm desperate for spring break. I spent today paging through a new library cookbook, The Flexitarian Table, stocking up on groceries, and now I'm super excited. I have spiced red onion marmalade bubbling away on the stove and am going to start the goat cheese frittata to accompany it. Pictures, recipe, and review coming soon.

Husband

I am so, so proud of my husband, Dylan. Despite some really stressful weeks with school, snow, landlords, money, etc... I feel so excited and so proud and so optimistic when I allow myself realize I'm married to the sweetest and most talented man I know. Here are two things I'm most excited about right now.

Beta Self is Dylan's new blog. It's about life with diabetes, traveling, eating, puppy, DIY projects, video games.... He's the best writer I know and I can hardly wait for his next posting. Check it out.

Black Love is Dylan's band. He's played drums recreationally for forever with our friends Glenn and Travis, but they're getting serious. And it's really really fun. They played a show at Carabar last night and it was awesome. Strangers were dancing and smiling. Here's a video of them playing one of my favorite songs at Monster House a few weeks ago:

Fried Chickpeas with Chorizo and Spinach

I love Mark Bittman. I can't wait to go home and try this tonight, with soy chorizo from Trader Joe's. Not the same as Spanish chorizo, I know. But still probably delicious.

Panda Dog

Matilda thinks she's a panda, eating bamboo the way she does.