redbotic

2010-10-27T13:53:00.001-07:00

here i come texass

2009-03-23T18:32:00.000-07:00

i pre-made and froze nick dinners the past couple of days; chili (Cincinnati; chili, spaghetti and cheddar cheese!) and lasagna rolls (lasagna rolled instead of layered) so he should be set. im now adding a million songs to my ipod, cooking, packing and now here's a grainy picture of my kitchen:

2009-02-20T14:15:00.001-08:00

i broke my blog

gotta do better gilbert

2009-02-20T13:28:00.000-08:00

Since when is What's eating Gilbert Grape just called "Gilbert Grape"? Every time I see this on hbo it's titled this way, like the prior was just WAY too long.

happy belated valentimes day

2009-02-15T13:55:00.001-08:00

um, my neighbors are complete freaks

2009-02-04T20:39:00.000-08:00

Not without my daughters is what I call my neighbors that live diagonally across the street from me. I call them this because she's a single widow with two daughters. I only know this because the people we bought our house from were busybodies and knew a little something about a few people on our street, which is pretty small and I want really nothing to do with most of them. Anyways, I have a new name for not without my daughter on account of the completely fucking bizarre behavior that goes on over there. Twice or so a year she has these strange "get togethers" which involve 6-9 cars parking out in the street all owned by single asian males. They all have bright yellow jackets matching their bright yellow bumper stickers promoting their "cause" which im convinced is a cult under the cover of a freaky religion. This is their website and you would think learning a little about it would be comforting, right? Wrong now I'm even more confused, what the fuck is that place? So I'm only assuming they are "on air" while at her house, all night, with her and her young daughters. Doing wordly and great things. The more I look at things on that website that more scared I am that someone into that,what ever that is, lives across the street from me. This morning we're in the car backing out of the driveway thinking, what the fuck dude? Why would a single woman with young daughters, for any reason under the sun, let 8 or so men stay all night at your house AND then leave your house the next morning leaving them in your house?!!!? Driving off I mention, from watching rosemary's baby the night before, ALL OF THEM WITCHES!! I mean what else could the explanation be?

Pencil bag

2009-01-03T17:42:00.000-08:00

My pens, pencils and highlighters needed a home.

Tada!

the girls

2008-12-10T18:45:00.000-08:00

Meet the girls, they're for my youngest niece. They don't have names yet.

bags, bags & more bags!

2008-11-25T15:37:00.000-08:00

pillow case bags, the easiest bag to make!!

fancy pants

2008-10-25T23:04:00.000-07:00

mmm... this frame is almost as
delicious as that cookie was...
i feel a small obsession coming on..

Mmmm...cozy

2008-10-25T19:43:00.000-07:00

It's chilly out and time for soup and baking!
Mmmm sugar cookies.

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups organic flour

These guys were so good, but not sweet enough so I changed it to 1 cup sugar instead of 3/4. I patted out the dough (i only collect rolling pins, i hate using them) and used my vintage cookie cutters, but the folded cookies I made with the left over dough were even better! Look how cute...awww.

I love my Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook but this recipe isn't in it, it's way too easy..

Easy Everything Soup (p.s. I never measure)

1 lb. ground turkey, chicken or beef
1 lg. yellow onion
1 pkg. Ranch dressing mix
1/4-1/2 pkg. taco seasoning
1 can diced organic tomatoes (juice and all)
1 can organic tomato sauce
1 can allen's italian green beans
1 cup frozen mixed veggies (or whatever you have canned or frozen, anything goes)
3-4 cups water (more depending on how thick you like it)
2 cups pasta or potatoes (add potatoes early, pasta towards end of cooking time)

Cook onion in 1 tbsp butter until translucent , add ground meat, cook until brown, add in dressing mix, taco seasoning, tomato sauce, diced tomotoes, green beans, veggies and water. heat to boiling, simmer 15-20 mins. serve with corn bread. makes 2-3 meals, great left overs.

Blog this.

2008-10-20T21:03:00.000-07:00

table update

August, September, October, November...

2008-10-16T21:06:00.000-07:00

that's me up there in the middle

I swear I'm going to post more often... I'm almost done with my table and I completed a painting, big deal but I will post pictures I promise. cough christy the only one who reads cough.

I dreamt I wore a horizontal striped shirt

2008-08-01T22:15:00.000-07:00

Think it's because of this?

Nah...

So, my hubby made me this table that he now claims was for both of us, I never heard that part. But I will share, I guess... The worktable was kind of ugly and boring so I'm painting the fuck out of it. Hubby says he will throw a drop-cloth over when he uses it, I'm polyurethaning it as well to make it all shiny, pretty and durable.

Delivering your karate chop

2008-07-02T23:36:00.000-07:00

1950's

2008-06-27T10:42:00.000-07:00

Do you have a connection with a different time? I swear I must have had great times in a past life during the 1950's. I am IN LOVE with things from the 50's, mostly things not so much the oppression or hairdos or rampant racism. But my god the 1950's kitchen just gets me going!! I'm dying for a chrome formica table for my kitchen (preferably turquoise). Would you just look at this! ahh! All of this makes me start thinking about mid-century modern which will have to be saved for another post. I also love things from before the 50's, there's just something about old stuff that I love love love. You can hold it in your hand and wonder what it's past life was, did it live in a kithen with a chrome turquoise table? I can only hope.

Hay look guys!

2008-06-04T17:25:00.000-07:00

Firstly, look at this phone table! Christy I'm talkin' to you. Secondly, my lilies are almost in full bloom. Lastly, welcome to my container garden.

The pillowcase bag

2008-05-27T11:26:00.001-07:00

This is my firstish sewing project. I made the ever so reliable pillowcase bag. I'm thinking of adding a button to the front pocket since I'm pretty sure whatever I put in there will fall right out.