Tuesday, November 17, 2009

We're Baaa-ack

Third times a charm?

I really, really, really want to keep this thing updated, but I'm so bad at it. It's a great way for our families to keep up with us way up here in the frozen tundra, but I still don't do it.

But here we go again, let's see if this time it sticks.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Summer, fleeting summer...

Once upon a time it was warm in Boston. It was a magical day with flowers blooming, birds singing, and a resurgence of shorts in astounding numbers.

And then it was over.

But seriously Boston, what's up with this? I think we've had maybe 7 days of temperatures above 70 degrees since November. Worse yet, just when you think it's finally over, it's not. Monday (Memorial Day) was wonderful, around 80 degrees, breezy, not humid. Wednesday the high was 49 degrees.

(I'm fully aware that I will need someone to redirect me to this post in July when I'm begging for a break from the heat and humidity. But hey, it's my blog, and I'll cry if I want to.)

Moving on: Memorial Day was a lot of fun. Robert actually didn't go into work! We went to a local diner for breakfast and Robert had Eggs Benedict for the first time. He seemed to like it. No thanks, from my perspective. Then we went to cookout at a friend's house. Watermelon was consumed. Badminton was played. Fun was had.

I love badminton. Jarrod and I used to play when we were younger. I love that no matter how bad you are, it's still fun. Conversely, no matter how athletic you are, at times you are still swinging at thin air. It's a great level-er.

I mean, for the rest of them. As for Team Ev, let's just say we look a little something like this:

Monday, April 27, 2009

Cooking with the Evs

*DISCLAIMER: Robert is the chef in our house. I cook so that we'll survive. He cooks because he likes it and also likes to try new things. I once made something that was so horrid looking I wouldn't eat it. (I believe there was hamburger, stove top, and some type of soup involved. It looked like geriatric dog food.) For Robert, it's different, when he tries things, they work! Also for him, as I like to explain it: "It's chemistry you can eat."

Robert and I got hooked on the show "Top Chef" during its first season and ever since then we have become (somewhat) aspiring foodies. We now watch Top Chef, Iron Chef, the new show Chopped, and a lot of random stuff on the Food Network. We still don't know what half of the words or ingredients are, but we're trying.

Case in point: Robert's birthday. What did he want? His own cheesemaking kit. Behold.

Robert is making his first batch of mozzarella, which you have to heat up and stretch repeatedly to get the right consistency.

This is the finished product, along with his cookbook, and the fancy-schmancy $8 organic milk that was used.



In use, grated for our homemade pizza.


The cheesemaking took place before Thanksgiving I believe, but here are some of our more recent attempts.

Strawberry Smoothie Cheesecake and Peanut Butter Pie for the Easter brunch with our small group from church.







Homemade Pesto, in process and complete. It was yummo!


*2nd DISCLAIMER: Though we are aspiring foodies, we like to place GREAT emphasis on the aspiring part. We went to lunch for Boston's Restaurant Week and ate at one of the Top 50 restaurants in the U.S. That same weekend, we ate barbeque and key lime pie. Take a wild guess which one we preferred. What's that saying about taking the people out of the country...

In summary, come and visit us sometime, I promise I won't cook.

Thursday, April 09, 2009

We're Alive

In case anyone was wondering.