Stay With Me in this Dream.....

I have obviously had way too much fun editing photos this morning.....

 5:45 AM -- I'm wide awake and freezing.  My window is open room and though I don't know what the temperature is outside it is definitely cold.  It feels like it might be in the 50's ... maybe even high 40's.  Way too cold for sleeping.  I close my window and turn off my fan and jump back in to bed but it's too late.  I'm awake now.

The sun is barely up and I'd love to get my blog post written but of course I have no pictures.  I put up some spider webs yesterday for Halloween and (of course) didn't take any pictures afterwards.  Though there was zero light outside I went out and took a few anyway.  I also tried to capture that early morning eeriness before the sun is fully up and it's still a bit dark.

That failed.... horribly.  My pictures were grainy and icky, not even creepy to go with the webs.  I knew I could wait until later in the day to get some better ones but ehhhh... this is the perfect excuse to play!  These pictures remind me of a dream... some sort of amplified fantasy world where I play the lead role of the alien princess.  Uh... or something like that.  I'm not bragging or anything but I'm pretty sure green is my color.  ;)

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Quick Update

Heeey guys!  I wanted to make a post really quick... mainly because I don't like to miss a day!! (obsessive?? ehhh!)  Mike is still battling this staph (thanks mom for the spell checking! :P) infection.  He went in for another IV antibiotic today and has another tomorrow morning.  Hopefully it will start to get better!  It's got me a tad worried though I am sure it's going to be better here any day now.  Other than that we're not up to much!  Planning on a new soap line here very soon and thinking slightly obsessively about synthetic dreads (not random I promise!).  I've got a lot of things lined up for the blog as well and can't wait to share it all with you guys!  Bigger post here verrrry soon. <3 

Sweet and Sour Pork Chops

Sweet & Sour Pork Chop Glaze

4 pork chops

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons honey

1 lime, juiced

1 teaspoon red chili flakes

salt and pepper

combine add ingredients in plastic bag and let marinade at least 20 minutes

Grill pork chops, brushing with marinade early on

DELICIOUS!

Mike and I made these pork chops a few days ago and they were amazing!  We ate them with steamed broccoli and white rice.  I've been trying to find recipes that can enter our "regulars" and I know this one I will definitely be repeating.

Apologizes for the short post yesterday.  Mike has been having some issues with his elbow the past few days and we have been in and out of clinics and doctors' offices.  Finally this morning we found out he has septic bursitis with a staff infection.  They have him a round of antibiotics and he should be all better sometime this weekend.  It was a relief to finally get some answers.  Now we are just planning on having him rest up and get better.

I am planning on trying to post a recipe at least once a week for you guys.  If you missed the last one (Shrimp Creole that was amaaazing) you can find it here!

Relax... In My Saturday

Taking the weekend to really...... relax.........

The boy is away at work until Monday morning and I have decided to use this weekend to unplug a bit.  Of course I will still be checking the blog and reading others... I'm sure I will even take a peek at my etsy shop once or twice (I just can't help myself!).  But since I am waiting on supplies and can't do much soap crafting I figured, why not?  I will paint my nails, refuse to straighten my hair and curl up with Yama and Jinx and begin studying my great grandmother's tarot deck (more on this later).  

I hope everyone enjoys the weekend as much as I am going to.  

OH! And watch out for the next post in my Rainbow Series!  Tomorrow I will be showcasing some of my orange favorites.  And if you missed last week.... red can be found here.

A Little Piece of Me

My freckles.