Sunday, lovely Sunday

The previously mentioned beautiful garageless house is currently occupied, so there shall be no spying or peeking through windows without written permission and a Guest badge. The Realtor says that this can be scheduled - just let her know. Oi. It gets nerve wracking but we're just looking ! Right ? We drove by not once, but t w i c e yesterday. Not stalking, just looking. The Mr. loves it in person too. What's not to love though, really. (minus the missing garage)

Yesterday was pretty low key. I have found a new amazing website to add to my list - The Pioneer Woman. I've been reading about this site for awhile from LCF. The recipes have been raved about over and over and I guess I just had a block because the name just didn't "appeal" to me (or something). It brought up images of camping or complex backwards ingredients so I just never went there. I can't remember the thought process, but something drew me to check it out and I'm so glad I did ! I have mainly focused on her recipes. I love the pictures and step by step commentary of how she creates each different item. So....I will be making her Crash Hot Potatoes (don't they look to-die-for ?) to accompany a Pan Fried Ribeye Steak for today's enjoyment. I purchased two succulent steaks yesterday, baby red potatoes and fresh rosemary (since I can't seem to keep one alive no matter how hard I try).

She really does a beautiful job on her website -- it's clean, pleasing to the eye and everything is elegant without being in-your-face. I would like my site to aspire to be similar. Blog/Cooking/Otherexcitingthings. Not the same, because that's just creepy, but similar in the sense of being a blog with more. I'm in the midst of domain name brainstorming, so we'll see where this takes me.

I'll report back on the cooking and maybe I'll even have some pictures.

IE7 Errors with Sitemeter and Saturday

I was irritated last night because even though it was my verylovelyfridayevening extraveganza, I couldn't get to my blog. I kept getting an "Operation Aborted" message. Egads ! So, after deleting my last post, my Weeds widget, and weather widget without prevail, the Mr. told me to back away from the blog and deal tomorrow. I absolutely did not do a search, which would have answered my conundrum quite quickly.

And in the frenzy, I deleted the last cross post to Ryan's Punk Music Blog and to Russia making emo kids cry. Read it. You'll giggle.

So back to last night -- work has been stressful. I'll leave it at that. The point is, I knew I was bound for a dismal Friday evening if I didn't get my head in the right place. This was a 911 emergency if I ever had one. The beautiful moment was upon driving home, I thought back to Susan and a story she had recounted to me only a few days ago. Nothing major, but a snippet from one of our conversations was her telling her son that she needed to go for a walk to get some good endorphins flowing because she was in a bad mood. [sic] So, I let Mr. know to keep his distance and that I needed to walk off the day. I was out the door in merely a few moments. No headphones, no phone. I decided silence was the answer this evening. It was overcast, but not too cold and not too hot - just perfect, really. Not only did I snap the funk, but I also spied possibly the most lovely house for SALE that I've seen in months. An English Cottage, to be exact. Possibly 10 minutes from where we live now. I'm not going to go into huge details and warp my mojo, but it really is lovely. I came home and left the broker a message that we'd like a viewing after He agreed that it really IS perfect. The ONLY downside that I see so far - and this is a big one - no garage. I didn't realize it until I got home and we were looking over the informational flyer I had picked up. Why oh why would this be the case ? Ah well.....as said many times to me by my parents, "we'll see". And now, it fits.

As typical for me, there are no plans yet for today. There are options.....oh yes, but no hard set plans as of yet. My immediate need is to savour this coffee (that I ground with our NEW burr grinder) and click around for a nice recipe to make this weekend.

And maybe I'll take another walk....not because of a grouchy mood, but perhaps because I want to.