Pintercrack.

I'm addicted just like almost everyone else I know. Pintercrack has rocked me.

I want to keep track of a few of the recipe changes I've made. I've been doing this stupid, expensive, stupid, ridiculous, stupid low-carb diet for a couple of months now. I've essentially failed at it 'cause DESPITE the fact I've even added in exercise, I have lost all of one pound in the last MONTH! While I've had some cheats, those cheats have been in the form of a bite or two of something of Todd's. It's not like I'm ordering mashed potatoes or anything! At least I'm not gaining?
Anyhow, I want to keep track of some of the pintercrack recipes I've been making--and modifying. For the last month of school I ate roasted cauliflower for breakfast every. single. day. Ahh... nothing like the smell of cauliflower in the morning. Poor Todd. Anyhow, when I came across this recipe http://joandsue.blogspot.ca/2012/05/cauliflower-pizza-bites.html on pintercrack via Jo and Sue I had to try it. At 8 calories a bite it couldn't be all bad... right?
Well, it wasn't all good. Mine came out at 22.4 calories each. I think I made them a little large. And they resembled some kind of cookie. That was weird. You eat with your eyes, right? Well, it's hard to put something in your mouth that looks like a sweet but is actually a savory. I know. The pepperoni is staring you in the face, but somehow the cookie looking part is what stands out the most to me.

Anyhow, onto the changes.

I ran out of cottage cheese on the second batch. I used fat-free Chobani. Worked just fine.

• I tried a big crust. Boo. That didn't work.
• I roasted the cauliflower first. That saved loads of time.
• I've frozen the mix to see if I can make some from that later.
• I'll definitely add parmesean cheese to the mix.
• And a smidgen of some kind of cheese after they've baked. It'll make them more pizza like. I think it'd be good with a smidgen of TJ's fresh mozzarella cheese stick.
• Fresh herbs on top would also be good.
• I added red pepper instead of hot sauce.

And I think that's it...

Here's my sad little picture. Boy, I am NO photographer! And this is a freaking huge picture. Geez. Mom hates when I say freaking.

THIS PICTURE IS STOLEN FROM JO and SUE's website.

Post. Schmost.

So I post two or three times when I'm home from school. Novel idea. I think the fact that dear Eddie Ross has fallen off in his postings makes me feel better about not being much more than an annual poster. This is all for me, right?

Anyhow, so here's where we are with the house: perpetual hold. Actually, it's more like being on hold when you can put it on speaker phone and you're still able to get stuff done. We're getting small stuff done. And we're waiting. Todd drew up some remarkable plans for an addition. And then he revised them. Again. And again. And then I got picky. And he revised again! And then we met with a builder who gave us a bid. Wow. What a bid. our house is only going to cost a gazillion dollars, but we took it to the bank anyhow. And the banker didn't laugh at us. At least not yet.

It's weird 'cause this is the addition that will make this house THE house. Yeah, we'll still have a TON of work to do to it, but this is one of those things that makes it the place that we'll spend a good portion of forever in. I kinda like that. It kinda scares me too.

I want to get some other posts on here about a few other things... the bedroom redos, the new chairs, plans for the new rooms, and a few other things. Maybe I'll take a pintercrack break for a while to actually get something done on this front? Maybe.

A year?

Wow... it has been more than a year since I posted. I wish I could say that there was a good reason for that. There's not. We had an long summer this past year. We haven't done much work. I guess... well... I guess I just started facebooking instead. And Pinterest. Oh, pinterest, you do take up so much of my time. Sad. So sad.

And then there's MGB. Oh, how that little pooch o' ours has stolen my heart. I can't imagine our world without him in it. I'm really not sure I understood dog people 'til now. Having him makes me want to live in France. I'd really appreciate being able to bring him with us EVERYwhere... We are, however, totally fortunate to have two sisters who are willing to indulge our dogsitting needs. We call them his fairydogmothers. It's pretty accurate.

As far as the house goes, well... we're almost ready in the master. We started everything with this yellowish/greenish shag rug my grandmother gave us. I know. My grandmother? Yep. She's just that chic. It's not this whole retro kind of thing... it's something she used for about a year and then moved onto something else. That's my grandmother. Anyhow, we found some linen/cotton green curtains at el Barno de Pottery for a steal. We got four. And they sat. For over a year. I just took them to a friend to hem. I tried. Well, I almost tried to hem them. Todd made a headboard a few months ago... I helped. Well, I helped more than I usually do. I did more than just sweep. We found some beautiful fabric at Calico Corners and had two euro shams made. I did do some stitching to the duvet cover we found at Restoration Hardware last Christmas. I had to accomodate the not-quite-King but bigger-than-Queen bed situation we've got going on. It's not pretty but it worked. We found another linen and a friend made a bed skirt. Again, I was going to give it a shot, but... well... I'm so glad she did it. It doesn't look like crippetycrap. She also did this little neck roll in this fabulous fabric we found at Mary Jo's. And more pillows. We found two grey pillows at the GDC clearance sale. And it all worked together. I swear it helps to have a husband who is trained in color theory. All hail to thee, architecture major! We added a dresser with a greyish sort of wash and two night stands to boot. We also found a long benchish thing at Ikea that sort of grounds the space under one of the windows and affords us some storage. (Yay for storage!) And we painted... oh, we painted. Well Todd painted. And I smudged paint onto the trim. Over and over and over and over and over and over and... well, you get the picture.

I'm sure I'm the only person who will ever read this post, but it feels good to document the transformation of that room. We're just waiting to get some new chairs made. Yep, made! And maybe get a new truck? Aww, who knows. We just feel pretty fortunate to be where we are right now.

The Lord has certainly blessed us over and over and over again!