Birthday Boys

Today is such a special day! Tomorrow is a pretty good one too. My two nephews made it that way. Today and tomorrow these two almost twins (except they have two different sets of parents) will be 3 . . . is that right?

Here is a birthday Book for you both.

Who Made This Cake by Chihiro Nakagawa; illustrated by Junji Koyose

Lent

I don't know. Something about the name makes me think I'll get more laundry done if I do it. Maybe, we'll see. Every year my sister observes Lent, and every year I think (like one of the Windows 7 models), What a great idea. I'm going to do that. So this year I really am. Here's my plan.

For Lent, I'm going to sleep in less and take more naps. =)

Tricky, huh! I'm not trying to be tricky. I just have things to do. So I'm going to wake up with my sweet husband at 5:00 AM and do school work while my baby sleeps (and get in 10 minutes of Pilates, hopefully). Then take an afternoon nap with baby instead of trying to cram in school work. Then I'm going to enjoy my evenings instead of worrying about what is due tomorrow.

Love you sis. Thanks for being such an inspiration.

poetic musings

My thoughts upon reading one of Rudyard Kipling's less well known poems, "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" and considering the eve of taxes and certain government mandated reforms in our country:

Mr. Kipling says, ' In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, / By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul; / But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy, / And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die." '

Well, I guess I have no original thoughts to share, just that small portion of poem. I found it more enlightening than anything I could thing to say on the point.

Here is the rest of the poem.

Osmosis

We are testing this theory. If it is correct, by the time Matt and I are done with all our schooling, Jill will have learned the equivilant of two master's degrees.

Good luck on your test Daddy.

Shout Out

I'm not a cook. I've learned a lot about cooking in the last couple of years from my awesome cosin at Perry's Plate, like 1. don't be afraid to try something new, 2. look up the ingredent names when your'e not sure what they are, and 3. you can always change it up and make it different if you don't like the results. Oh, and I learned to roll out dough with oily hands instead of floury ones. 9 times out of 10 it makes my bread more fabulous.

So, last night when I made a wonderful Lemon Chicken recipe that turned out to be more than I expected, I thought for sure I had printed it off from Ms. Perry's Blog. But alas, I can't find the recipe now. It was lovely though, and although I don't think it's hers, I'm giving her credit for inspiring me to make it.

When I figure out where I got it from, I'll share it will all of you.

All Smiles

Jill has been very social lately. Last Sunday she couldn't stop smiling at the gal who sat next to me in Relief Society.

We've been trying for weeks to catch her in action. I finally did!

Need a close up?

That's my baby girl.

What I've been working on

Once I told my grandma I was bored. She said, "That's silly. I've never been bored a day in my life." I'd like to someday meet my grandmother at 12-years-old and ask her if that is true, but in the mean time, here's what I've been upto.

One white sweater, baby-side, because I don't have the patience to do more. This is the part where I get to sew the pieces together.

Day four of my sourdough bread project.This bread took a week and ten hours to make. It's a good thing I have plenty of time. Matt told me this morning that it tasted like it was worth it.