It tastes like it's related to the melon family. Yum!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Dragon Fruit
We buy most of our product at an Asian-run farmer's market store (it's open year-round, not just on Saturdays in the summer). There is always something for sale that I've never eaten before, and the workers are more than happy to share recipes if you ask. On Monday they had dragon fruit for $.99!
It tastes like it's related to the melon family. Yum!
It tastes like it's related to the melon family. Yum!
Monday, May 25, 2009
The spouse is away...
John went to MN last Friday to celebrate with his cousin, J.J., and J.J.'s (now) wife, Soo. I'm so glad he could go. The last time we saw his grandmother was almost two years ago, so it was definitely time for him to give her a hug! Plus he has missed his family a lot.
While he's been gone, I've tried to keep myself busy. Here are ten things I've done since he left:
1) Spent six hours on trying to find the hole in our air mattress. I've tried the soap suds trick, the toilet paper trick, and the colored-water trick. Any new ideas?
2) Left every dirty dish in the sink. Yes, I have not had to do dishes once since John left. I have rinsed every dish well, so there isn't any food sitting in them. But really, you just don't cook much when you're used to two and there's only one! (Sorry if that really grossed you out, but I just had to include it.)
3) Completed Handle with Care, Jodi Picoult's latest book.
4) Made 10 cards!
5)Watched the movie P.S. I Love You. Pretty good movie - but it was a bad idea to watch a movie about a wife whose husband dies and the grief process that follows. I didn't know that was what it was about when I started watching!
6) Taken three 2-hour naps.
7) Accidentally left the milk carton on the kitchen table after breakfast this morning. And this was after I had the dream that John left the ice cream pail out all night and I got really mad at him. Yes, the milk has been poured down the sink and the sink thoroughly rinsed out.
8) Spent an hour in Sears. All the stationery & cards were 75% off, so I had to take advantage of that!
9) Talked to my mom via Skype multiple times :)
10) Planned our summer garden.
Like I said earlier, I'm glad John got to go to MN. But I'm ready for you to come home, honey!
While he's been gone, I've tried to keep myself busy. Here are ten things I've done since he left:
1) Spent six hours on trying to find the hole in our air mattress. I've tried the soap suds trick, the toilet paper trick, and the colored-water trick. Any new ideas?
2) Left every dirty dish in the sink. Yes, I have not had to do dishes once since John left. I have rinsed every dish well, so there isn't any food sitting in them. But really, you just don't cook much when you're used to two and there's only one! (Sorry if that really grossed you out, but I just had to include it.)
3) Completed Handle with Care, Jodi Picoult's latest book.
4) Made 10 cards!
5)Watched the movie P.S. I Love You. Pretty good movie - but it was a bad idea to watch a movie about a wife whose husband dies and the grief process that follows. I didn't know that was what it was about when I started watching!
6) Taken three 2-hour naps.
7) Accidentally left the milk carton on the kitchen table after breakfast this morning. And this was after I had the dream that John left the ice cream pail out all night and I got really mad at him. Yes, the milk has been poured down the sink and the sink thoroughly rinsed out.
8) Spent an hour in Sears. All the stationery & cards were 75% off, so I had to take advantage of that!
9) Talked to my mom via Skype multiple times :)
10) Planned our summer garden.
Like I said earlier, I'm glad John got to go to MN. But I'm ready for you to come home, honey!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Friends and Fun
Two Wednesdays ago, our good friends from college, Emily and Greg, came to visit us. Greg and John were college roommates all four years. It was great to have them here!
The first few days were spent with John showing them the sights while I was working. They visited Granville Island, Queen Elizabeth Park, Fort Langley, and even Derby Reach for some croquet! After work on Friday, we all went and did some tasting of last year's local harvest and then off to White Rock for fish and chips. The fish and chips were so delicious that we forgot to take a picture until they were all gone!
The weather was such a blessing while they were here - rain the night they arrived and the night before they left. This made White Rock even better, as normally it's chilly from the wind!
Saturday morning we took off for Whistler and made some stops along the way.
When we went to see the bobsled track in Whistler, we discovered we had it all to ourselves! The official advertising bobsled for 2010 and two bobsleds from the Calgary Olympics were outside, so we hopped in. Check out those agressive bobsledders!
On our drive home, we came across all kinds of cars parked along the side of the Sea to Sky Highway. What was everyone looking at?
As you can tell, some tourists got EXTREMELY close! We stayed far away and used our zoom. That night Emily & Greg took us out for sushi at Tojo's. What a fun treat! We all shared vegetable tempura and three kinds of sushi rolls. It was all tasty, but I really had to think about something other than the raw fish I was chewing when I ate the spicy tuna roll! John loved it. Isn't the presentation absolutely beautiful?
Our last day together was spent in Washington. We took a tour of the Boeing Everett Factory, which was quite amazing to see. The building is the largest (by volume) building in the world. It was incredible to be inside and to see all these jets being built in the same "room" (if you can even call it that). Afterwards we headed down to Pike's Place, ate lunch at the cheese store, and wandered around.
Greg got his coffee drink of choice at the original Starbucks, too. It was really neat inside - wood floors, old wood shelves, and equipment that required the workers to determine how much of anything and everything went into each cup. Not the normal press-the-button-to-release kind of machines! (Greg explained this to us.)
Our time together closed with a Mariners vs. LA Angels of Anaheim baseball game. Safeco Field was pretty neat. The roof had to be closed due to the rain, but the fresh air still moved in and out through the open sides. Don't you just love the grass pattern on the field?
Thanks so much for coming to visit us, Greg and Emily!
The first few days were spent with John showing them the sights while I was working. They visited Granville Island, Queen Elizabeth Park, Fort Langley, and even Derby Reach for some croquet! After work on Friday, we all went and did some tasting of last year's local harvest and then off to White Rock for fish and chips. The fish and chips were so delicious that we forgot to take a picture until they were all gone!
The weather was such a blessing while they were here - rain the night they arrived and the night before they left. This made White Rock even better, as normally it's chilly from the wind!
Saturday morning we took off for Whistler and made some stops along the way.
When we went to see the bobsled track in Whistler, we discovered we had it all to ourselves! The official advertising bobsled for 2010 and two bobsleds from the Calgary Olympics were outside, so we hopped in. Check out those agressive bobsledders!
On our drive home, we came across all kinds of cars parked along the side of the Sea to Sky Highway. What was everyone looking at?
As you can tell, some tourists got EXTREMELY close! We stayed far away and used our zoom. That night Emily & Greg took us out for sushi at Tojo's. What a fun treat! We all shared vegetable tempura and three kinds of sushi rolls. It was all tasty, but I really had to think about something other than the raw fish I was chewing when I ate the spicy tuna roll! John loved it. Isn't the presentation absolutely beautiful?
Our last day together was spent in Washington. We took a tour of the Boeing Everett Factory, which was quite amazing to see. The building is the largest (by volume) building in the world. It was incredible to be inside and to see all these jets being built in the same "room" (if you can even call it that). Afterwards we headed down to Pike's Place, ate lunch at the cheese store, and wandered around.
Greg got his coffee drink of choice at the original Starbucks, too. It was really neat inside - wood floors, old wood shelves, and equipment that required the workers to determine how much of anything and everything went into each cup. Not the normal press-the-button-to-release kind of machines! (Greg explained this to us.)
Our time together closed with a Mariners vs. LA Angels of Anaheim baseball game. Safeco Field was pretty neat. The roof had to be closed due to the rain, but the fresh air still moved in and out through the open sides. Don't you just love the grass pattern on the field?
Thanks so much for coming to visit us, Greg and Emily!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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