ungardening

saturday [unlike 65 degree sunday] was perfect for doing yard work. 50, sunny, and just breezy enough to not get too hot but not too much as to blow leaves around. so i delegated toni and jason to yard-help-duty. we cleared out the garden in preparation for next year, toni and jason raked the front yard, and i reorganized the garage for storage, access to stuff in storage, and potential future beer pongage.

150 daffodil bulbs [25 tulips elsewhere]

flower bed minus dead flowers

dun dunnn. mixture of daffodils and tulips waiting to be planted

brussels sprout plant enjoying its last few moments in the sun. they were planted waaaay too late and mostly just sat around being cabbagey instead of sprouty.

daffodils are a member of the onion family. i prefer to eat neither. squirrels on the other hand have since dug up a few as a tasty treat.

that's a cat butt. presumably of the momma frank.

clothes

my "i actually have a meeting with a client about an engineering project before the asshole stood me up!" outfit

• necklace: ny&co
  
• cardigan: ann taylor
• tshirt: calvin klein [has weird blue stains from being washed and then dried with jeans ::ahem::]
• belt: glassons
  
• skirt: theory [neiman marcus last call outlet]
• footless tights: macys
• shoes: kenneth cole
  

my "i talked to the same client on the phone that stood me up and was told i didnt sound like an engineer so i must not be, regardless of the fact that ive done all the work and written the report, but im just a girl so an assets manager must know better" outfit. [emphasis on the ASS-ets part]

• shirt: old navy
• necklace: steve & barry [sarah jessica parker line, believe it or not]
  
• dress: gap outlet
• leggings: uniqlo
• boots: clarks

and i do occasionally wear pants. but they usually look boring. so no pictures.

monster cupcake

this makes me happy. hands down. fangs belong on desserts.

how to make homemade pasta

step 1: be inspired by distant relative [jim this is all your fault]

step 2: wait 3-4 years


step 3: buy pasta machine

step 4: wait another 2 months


step 5: find a table/counter in the kitchen the vise will actually grab onto


step 6: mix 2 C flour, 2 eggs, and pinch o' salt in kitchenaid to avoid floury kitchen explosion


step 7: promptly overmix first batch


step 8: knead first batch into blobby mess


step 9: let dough rest [nearly 1 pound] for an hour while repeating steps 6-9 minus the overmixing step


step 10: roll and cut pasta


step 11: test boil


step 12: admire lengths of spaghetti


step 13: admire and eat cooked pasta

step 14: repeat steps 10-13 until full to bursting


step 15: clean up pasta remnant graveyard and remainder of floury kitchen explosion.

step 16: realize why jim started this process at 1pm...instead of 730pm.

hello halloween!

our fb party invite [badtz maru, chococat, keroppi, hello kitty]

close up

full costume regalia, made from scratch for under $20 a person.

originally i was going to be the angry penguin and leah was going to be hello kitty. unfortunately, while veeeeery easy to sew polartech is impossibly unforgiving. and i was sick on friday which even after copious amounts of water, ibuprofen, coffee and 13 hours of sleep continued into saturday. and sick + bloaty + bleeh = not fitting into costume. so we switched. and i ended up wearing pink tulle. eep. the end.