rat race

"The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat."

-- Lily Tomlin

Christmas presents!

The larger, lavender frame is adorable gift from one of my sisters, and the picture is our first framed wedding photo!  The small frame is a picture of my 101-year-old great-grandfather given to me a week ago when I went and visited.  

Just had to share!

Sunday prep

I have a secret to share with you: my mother dislikes cooking.

I, on the other hand, love it.  The main problem is the dirty dishes after you've made something tasty.  If I had a magical dish fairy to do all my dishes and a bigger kitchen to cook in, I would cook soooo much more often and try so many new recipes!

There are, however, several things that I learned from my mother about life in the kitchen.  One of those is to get as much done on Sunday afternoons as possible.  Now, I don't always do this.  In fact, I usually don't -- our household of two doesn't usually require it.  Usually, we get our veggie delivery farmshare thing on Thursday mornings, so most of my cooking gets done the Tuesday or Wednesday before (to use all the stuff that's left) and the prep gets done gradually.

However, this week I saw a few blog posts and things on pinterest about doing lots of prep on Sundays and thought I would give it a go.

How do you think I did?  I made freeze-ahead breakfast burritos (not shown here -- they're in the freezer), cut all my veggies, cooked some of the baby zucchini, and made my own hummus for the first time!

Feeling rather accomplished.

P.S. In the background, you can see the other fruits of my labor -- some of the dishes I used in the process. (Also, you're looking at about half of my kitchen in this photo. Yes, it's that small.)