About sixteen years ago, I met him for the first time. My trainwreck sibling brought home this adorable puppy he had no business adopting because he had not one thing in his life that wasn’t a mess. I was furious at my sibling – he didn’t even take care of himself, how could he drag
Read MoreJuly 31, 2008
Know why? Because I returned the Martin + Osa shirts ($30), and only paid $19.90 (no tax!) for this one that fits per-fect-ly. Oh and I didn’t spend ALL of my travel money on Con (more on that later).
It’s short sleeve with a Mandarin collar, fits like a dream, is soft and stretchy and will go with jeans, tucked into business skirts – both regular and high waisted – and trousers. I did want fuller sleeves, but I can live with these.
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I was recipe hunting last night (with the help of blogging puppy) because I’ve been in the mood to cook. For the last two weeks, I’ve been all about the steak: ribeye, prime rib, Santa Maria style BBQ. That last has been on my mind ever since my dear friend surprised us with a dinner party. Yummm ….
After looking at the price of steak, however, and of the green veggies that I was craving (green beans and asparagus) I’m reconsidering the entree. I know that shrimp is just as costly per pound, but I can use less of it in each dish.
I found this positively luscious recipe over at Closet Cooking for Thai Lemon Shrimp.
Ingredients:
1 pound shrimp (shelled and deveined)
1/3 cup sweet chili sauce
1 lemon (juice and zest)
3 kaffir lime leaves (sliced, substitute lime zest)
1 teaspoon chili sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
3 cloves garlic (chopped)
1 teaspoon palm sugar (or brown sugar)
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup cilantro (chopped)
Directions:
1. Marinate the shrimp in the sweet chili sauce, lemon juice, lemon zest, kaffir lime leaves, chili sauce, fish sauce, garlic and sugar for 10 or more minutes.
2. Heat a pan.
3. Add the shrimp, the marinade and the coconut milk and simmer (not boil) until the shrimp are cooked, about 2-3 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and mix in the cilantro.
I swear Kevin has a positive genius for finding delectable recipes, and most helpfully suggests a substitution for the kaffir lime leaves which are a bit difficult for me to find. I think it’d be an awesome contender in the cook off in New Orleans. I love love love fresh seafood, and even more so when it’s been locally harvested in an ecologically sound manner. After all, as much as I love to feed my tummy, knowing that there will be enough for years to come is just as important.
Do you have a go-to seafood dish that you would suggest? Or have any variations on the theme that I could try? I’m open to all new ideas!
July 30, 2008
Have been home since this afternoon, it’s been eight days since I last sat here doing my bloggy thing.
Took me 3 hours to get caught up on bills, the payment and reconciling of, phone calls to straighten out erroneous charges I would not be paying, and organizing reimbursements. I promptly pooped out afterwards, skipping the “go to bank,” “sort and start laundry” and “go grocery shopping” portions of my to-do list.
Have TONS to do first thing in the morning at work. August will be an extremely challenging month. September will be, also, if I survive August, intact and employed. Magic eight ball says: Ask later.
Would like to:
1. Post pictures of puppy.
2. Post pictures of H&M find. (Yes. Guilty.)
3. Post Con update.
July 29, 2008
but why are there 4 H&M stores, aka the only stores with button down shirts that fit me perfectly sans alterations, within walking distance of my hotel? WHY??
July 28, 2008
What I AM doing, however, is avoiding my coworkers. My evil coworkers who have pointed out three H&M stores between this hotel and our meeting building and dinner locale since yesterday and insisted that we were going shopping this afternoon.
I can make much better use of my time and whatever money I saved from the SD trip by holing up in my room and using the free internet. Hah! And it’s a pretty nice room, too.
Back in my room after 9 hours of meeting, through a working breakfast and lunch. I had about half a day’s notice that this meeting was going to be centered around my area of expertise, at least for the first day, and given the amount of miscommunication and animosity surrounding the area, I was very concerned about how this would go. It went ok, though, considering.
Felt compelled to clean up work emails for the next hour and half since I’ve got some time before dinner, but it occurs to me that I’ve also got a week’s worth of personal finance and blogging, reading and commenting, and news to catch up on. I’ve not touched financial stuff for days and that makes me antsy. Also, my work email account is acting crazy and rejecting my password; I think it’s a sign to just do my own thing.
I almost don’t know where to start, so I’ve got about 7 windows open and the WSJ spread out on the desk in front of me.
Ah yes, and the retirement account balances have declined yet again. Not much change, then.
Am raring to complete an expense report for the San Diego trip, but not enough time. Have the feeling that this will be the state of affairs for at least a few more days.
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