GUACAMOLE de PATRICK

This is a fairly accurate portrayal of myself and how I eat guacamole.  I LOVE IT SO MUCH.  And every time I eat it I think of how many years were wasted NOT eating it because I thought it looked gross.  Now I completely disagree with myself, not only does it taste delicious, it LOOKS delicious too!

We went to the grocery store tonight.  Whenever we get a lot of groceries it means we can have "whatever we want" for dinner and we always want taco salad.  Hence the exquisito guacamole made by my hubby!

Here is his "recipe":

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  1 avocado, mashed
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  1/2 sweet onion, chopped fine
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  2 (or 3!) cloves garlic chopped up in the food processor
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  1 tomato from the vine chopped up
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  the juice from 1/2-1 whole lime (go with the whole, it is awesome)
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  2 tablespoons sour cream
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  several twists from the sea salt grinder thing

Mix together and say "mmmmmmmmmmmm."

Working weekend

I had to work today (even though it is my usually day off) because that is how life is sometimes. But it's okay, I was able to do some work in the studio yesterday. Including the first page of the scrapbook I'm making for our honeymoon.

Ta-da! Not much, huh? I like the style though-- especially the cut-out cursive letters. I am hoping to get better at paper cutting so I can make cool paper cuts like the ones found on this etsy shop: elisita This woman is an inspiration to me and my goal of having some sort of crafty business.

I also did Pilate's tonight for the first time in probably 5 weeks. I really need to get back to my fitness! Now that the weather is cooling down I have absolutely no excuse. I am looking forward to getting back into running shape and maybe even running a distance run this fall. Go!!

Patrick has me hooked on his latest coffee concoction. It is a quad espresso (4 shots) over ice with a pump of simple syrup topped with a bit of skim milk. This certainly gives me my get-up-and-go each morning. What is your favorite "wake-up" beverage?

Coraline

Tonight Patrick and I watched the movie Coraline. It was pretty good, not at all what I was expecting. Though I'm not really sure what I thought it would be. Watching it felt like watching art in motion-- it is done in stop animation so I guess that would explain it. But I liked the style. It was like not-so-twisted Tim Burton combined with animated Wes Anderson.

I love, love, love going to Anthropologie. They always have the most creative (and often incredibly cute) displays. Whoever has the decorating job at that store definitely has the best job ever.