dinner & friends
Sep 12th 2005 09:13:05 pm
I should do my planned post about my long weekend and the wedding I attended, but I am just so happy to be home I wanted to post about my day instead. It is beautiful weather here. I got out and exercised and walked to the market. I also worked on unpacking and setting up the place, but I didn’t get very far on that task. My biggest accomplishment of the day was dinner. Since it was Travis’ first day of work, I thought I would be a good wife and have food on the table when he got home… I made a Thai-inspired meal from recipes in the September Real Simple magazine. I made the Cold Noodle Salad with Peanut Butter Dressing and the Peanut Butter Dipping Sauce. I also made some chicken, onion & red pepper kabobs. It all turned out quite well!
Once again, I received some fun mail today. I am so lucky to have such nice friends! Chelsea sent me the cute card on the left. The rest of the loot is from Jen at Piddleloop. She sent me four great cds from the last swap we did (I already listened to one while making dinner), a cute flower washcloth she knitted, and a little pouch she made with a cute “R” charm. I love it all! It is fun to get presents!
Also, I was tagged by Jen to do a meme. I don’t know why they are called meme, but they are just like little surveys or chain letters that are passed around the internet.
Here are the rules for this meme:
1. Go into your archive.
2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to).
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five people to do the same.
My 23rd post, 5th sentence reads:
i certainly can’t afford this stuff, but don’t you think i’m worth it?
I was talking about Creme de la Mer face lotion. I sound like such a dork. Anyway, I am tagging: Jenn R., Libby, Melanie, Luke, and Travis. I don’t know what happens if you get tagged and don’t do it…
8 Comments » Categories: Feeling Happy, Food, Friends, Home
P1 on 13 Sep 2005 at 5:22 am #
Dinner looks yummy and ambitious. Where do you find the time.
rachel on 13 Sep 2005 at 8:08 am #
i am not working right now, remember. i find time to do a lot of things!
Libby on 13 Sep 2005 at 8:54 am #
Hey, everything sounds great. Did you do those kabobs in the oven?
rachel on 13 Sep 2005 at 9:10 am #
i did the kabobs on a grill pan on the stove. they worked well.
michelle on 13 Sep 2005 at 10:32 am #
i saw the recipe (i get RS too!!) but wasn’t sure about cold noodles. as for your archived line, it’s quite a good one – it’s the motto of my life!
Ambrosia_luv on 13 Sep 2005 at 12:09 pm #
Hey, I have a musical package for you but your address has changed so please help me find you.
jen on 13 Sep 2005 at 4:00 pm #
mmmmm those kabobs look really tasty.
they look better than those cupcakes i made on sunday!
rachel » Blog Archive » it came today in the mail! on 25 Sep 2005 at 11:26 am #
[...] beads. Lovely! Anway, I have put this pouch to good use. It is with its sister (a smaller pouch Jen sent to me earlier) holding my scrapbooking and art supplies. I think I need one more to hold my rubb [...]