I just wanted to quickly share a recipe that was a big hit: Curried Chicken with Carrots, Rice and Lime. It was really easy to make and I love it when I can stick something in the oven and wash dishes or something, although to be honest, this meal didn’t generate very much dish washing. I used chicken breast instead of legs and I only used one lime and roasted 1 lb of carrots the first evening and then roasted a little less than 1 lb for the next evening (so that not everything needed to be reheated in the microwave). Enjoy!

Last week, Conor and I went on a little date. We jumped into the car and drove to The Shoppe on shady Colfax to decorate cupcakes. The Shoppe is a cupcake, cereal, tea and coffee and design merchandise hubbub – very cute! We were able to wiggle our way to two seats that were close enough to each other and we let the creative juices flow. The cupcakes (chocolate and vanilla) were some of the best I’ve ever had. And even better was the Red Velvet cupcake with a frosty mountain of incredible cream cheese icing that we bought on our way out to share. Best $3 I’ve ever spent. If I could make cream cheese icing like that… well let’s just say our newest family maxim, “that’s how pregnant women get fat” would really come to life!

So I was stung by a wasp today. On my face just to the left of my chin. It hurt. Really bad. The sucker left it’s nasty stinger in my face too so Conor had to come and pluck that out for me. I’ve been stung once before, a long time ago, and so I was glad to already know that I’m not allergic, you know, with the whole pregnancy thing and all. I was also relieved that the wasp (which literally appeared out of no where and somehow became tangled in my super-soft, freshly cut hair) didn’t lay a stinger on Avi, the 10 month old that I was holding at the time. Considering the wasp stung me on the same side I was “hip-holding” Avi, I’m very happy I was the victim and not him. Needless to say my face aches a little and I’m ticked about the whole thing because honestly, it’s January! I’ve never seen a wasp before in January. Aren’t wasps cold blooded? Hello hibernation?

I started this sucker back in May or June and it was supposed to be my “Summer” project, however, I did not even come close to realizing the amount of work I was committing to this! And so despite my fair diligence, I have only just finished this beauty. I feel as though I can now rest from my (quilting) labours until we find out the gender of this little baby in a month.

The point is, it’s done and I absolutely love it!

Dear Friend (you know who you are),

I’d really rather that you didn’t find a job. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really proud of you for having so many interviews, but really? I know things can be tight and I know you really, really like cardigans and that you l-o-v-e Target, but wouldn’t you rather bake cupcakes, go for walks, and brainstorm very weakly with me? As much as I’d like you to get a job, I’d prefer it if you wouldn’t. What will happen to our late night Ticket to Ride games? Who would I talk to about the weird things in life? Why don’t we just take a class together at Fancy Tiger instead?

Thank you for taking me into consideration.

Sincerely,
Katie