The beautiful disasters of matrimony, from a freshly married point of view.
26 Jun 11

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I spent more time than usual deciding what to cook today. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, and lazy Sunday afternoons are ripe for bright ideas in the kitchen. But, somehow I didn’t have any. I reviewed my ingredients several times:

Bison. Okra. Garden materials (various). Onions. Garlic

And some apples and blackberries going bad in the near future that I knew I needed to make into a dessert somehow.

So, I spent some time exploring the idea of using mint with bison in a greek style dish, but we didn’t have yogurt. I spent some time reviewing gumbo and stew recipes but Alan wasn’t enthused… So I KISS’ed and admitted some version of culinary defeat. :)

The obvious choice: play with some garden herbs (a little bit of fresh chocolate mint and oregano) and make some meatballs. Saute the meatballs w/ garlic and onion and cover until lightly browned throughout. Throw them in some marinara sauce along with some sauteed Okra (sauteed with (light) cayenne pepper), throw in a little red pepper for an ever so slight kick. Let it all simmer so the flavors fuse. And put it over whole wheat noodles.

As a side note, the addition of the sauteed Okra made it feel special, and appropriate for this time of year in the South. (Okra is incredibly plentiful here, easy to grow, and really inexpensive at the local grocery.)

Then, after contemplating for about an hour about what pie crust I wanted to do, I decided 4 hours of refrigeration wasn’t on the radar. I skipped out on making an apple-blackberry pie in favor for apple blackberry crisp. Tossed the peeled/cored apples along with the blackberries in light brown sugar and a little flour. In another bowl created the crisp using brown sugar, oatmeal, flour, and small chunks of cold butter. Poured the fruit into a mini casserole dish and topped liberally with the crisp material and baked in the oven at 375 for 45 minutes.

I’m not going to lie. I’m really glad I kept it simple, stupid. :)

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07 Feb 10

Hello 2010

I’m not much of a blogger on here, I guess. Mostly I’m blogging these days on http://girlwithcomputer.com. I talk about Alan a bit on there, but it’s not a blog focused on our marriage, that’s for sure.


I will admit, I think it is very healthy to constantly talk and think about my relationship with Alan. The reality is, though, that this doesn’t always happen. Every day there are things to do, routines to be completed, boxes to be checked: I don’t always consider, appreciate, or properly vent about the emotions, issues, and positives of our marriage. Is this good? Maybe sometimes. Is it bad? Maybe sometimes, too. I think in general most of these issues are more private than blog-worthy. Still, I sometimes don’t even confront these things privately. I know that marriage requires confrontation (on a reasonable level) and I know in that respect, I sometimes choose convenience and the path of least resistance rather than confrontation. Really, this can be a very bad thing. And I think saying it *out loud* will remind me that I shouldn’t do it. I have a very understanding and wonderful husband who listens to my concerns; and god dammit, I need to take advantage of that. :)

On a more concrete front, we may be moving BACK across the country sometime soon. We’ve made some interesting and cool friends in Rochester, and we’ve come to love and hate the place for many reasons…. but I think we both agree change is imminent and welcomed. And the bay area of CA is looking good for jobs. We’ll keep our fingers crossed in the meantime. I’d personally love to live up near or in San Francisco for a little while. Our dogs are probably ready for that, even. They are *officially* potty trained, and deserve a post of their own. We’ll see how active I can be on this blog. Probably not very. But I’ll update at least biyearly for my own records. :)

Love you, Alpal.

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06 May 09
So far, so good…
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