139/365 Thursday, 05/19/2011

Sometimes when I plan out our weekly menus I get overly ambitious... such was the case on this day, when I started and Bill continued making falafel. They just didn't turn out quite right--the consistency and the spices. To be honest I think falafel will be something I seek out at a restaurant instead of making myself...but I was proud of my dicing skills and thought they should be documented...

136/365 Monday 05/16/2011

I like to crochet while I/we watch our television shows (that we either watch via netflix dvds, or netflix streaming on our "Roku"). I'm not very good at it and usually just crochet scarves or square pieces of various sizes. I have real problems with gauge--and with adding extra stitches. This small square (its folded over in the picture) was also a bit uneven in the end--the last part was wider than the first. Since I've just found out that I will be teaching again full-time for the upcoming academic year, I'm thinking of starting an easy long-term project--probably involving granny squares. I think it will be a nice way to de-stress from teaching--pop a dvd in, sit back with a cat or two and crochet a couple of granny squares...might be a  nice way to spend an evening.

135/365 Sunday, 05/15/2011

I was going to post a picture from the documentary we watched as the pic of the day, but then decided to post this one of a pretty sunset that I took standing on my porch instead. 

134/365 Saturday, 05/14/2011

Another day on which not a lot of pictures were taken...And so this one of Sophie underneath the butterfly shower curtain will have to suffice.

Monday, 01/10/2011

This is a picture of our rather under-used dining room. I hold my weekly German lesson here, and it is also where my friend and I sit when we meet for our "research coterie"---but I'm sorry to say that we have fallen into the habit of eating while we watch our shows on dvd (or now, since we just bought one, roku)--I think it originally was a way of saving time--(to have some downtime while doing something one has to do, i.e. eat!)--but we are both now very used to doing it, which means our dining room is not used as much as it could be. And yes there is an elliptical exercise machine over there on the left that also could be used more. (We do use it but not as much as we should!)