November 3rd, 2006 - 3:45 pm
» work? what work?
Yesterday I came out of the library wrestling my big messenger bag overflowing with books, another stack of them clutched to my chest, and three bags of puppets. I’m babysitting next week and realized I have hardly anything in the way of toys — and what’s better than books and puppets? And I’m going to make scattered sushi, I think, because what toddler doesn’t need gobs of sticky rice to play in?
I also got a few Mexican cookbooks (the tamales were the biggest hit yet at fam dinner night, so I’ve roped Bryce into helping me make more when he visits — which is next week already, ee!), and some sewing books. This week I’m obsessed with kitchen aprons a la Jessie Steele and Anna Wang, and I feel inspired to learn all about the particulars of patterns and fit and the finer points of sewing. Inspired enough that I added some sewing books to the holiday list I gave my mom, though I realized yesterday that means a two month wait. But I can be patient! Especially since it coincides so nicely with being lazy, and I’ve been very much feeling that lately.
Though last night I did, despite the mood o’ doom, force myself to work out, which was an excellent idea, and made me feel a little less bad about the cookie and ice cream I then had. And tonight’s my riding lesson; I always seem to get a better workout during my lesson than when I’m just puttering around on my own, though it’s still nothing like what I get from those Firm amazonistas. Those ladies know how to wring it out of you. I swear my biceps were bigger this morning.
Tomorrow Jo and I are going to go watch men skate around and hit each other with sticks. I can’t wait.
Stephie said: November 4th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Those tamales sounded absolutely amazing. Are there pictures, by any chance?
Also, the comment about the aprons totally made me think of all the sewing we did in the hall Freshman year.
bryce said: November 4th, 2006 at 10:32 am
You say “roped” as if I didn’t beg and plead for you to let me help. ;-) Soooo excited!
Stephie said: November 4th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
You only *think* you begged and pleaded - in reality, she used her SUPER MENTAL POWERS to make you ask.
No. Really.
bryce said: November 5th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
I don’t doubt it.
rachel! said: November 6th, 2006 at 9:57 am
Sadly there aren’t pictures of the tamales. I intended to take some, but got caught up in actually making them and forgot entirely. I’ll try to be better about documenting this weekend, though! What I really need is better light in my kitchen. Or a tripod, but that’s getting ridiculous.
bryce said: November 6th, 2006 at 11:20 am
I will bring my camera and we can take 153,000 pictures, only one of which has one of us in it.
rachel! said: November 6th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Dude! I should borrow my parents’ video camera and we can make our own cooking show! We can demonstrate tamale-rolling.
bryce said: November 6th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
And post it on YouTube. Oh wait, I probably can’t use YouTube anymore now that G**gle bought them. Damn.
Stephie said: November 7th, 2006 at 12:06 am
If you two don’t make a tamale-video and post it on YouTube, I will cry.
No, seriously. I will.
bryce said: November 7th, 2006 at 9:25 am
Can you make a video of you crying about the lack of video, and post that?
rachel! said: November 7th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Well, if Yahoo comes up with YTube we can use that. Except not, because I don’t have a particular interest in having a video on YouTube (or knock-offs) — it has to go on Trifling!
Not, I guess, that those things are mutuall exclusive, but. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m taking a firm stand against putting anything on YouTube until Steph has something up there.
bryce said: November 7th, 2006 at 11:55 am
Yeah, I’ve been on YouTube for months. I don’t see Steph on there!