Good News, Everyone!

As of Monday 6/29, (exactly one month after I was offered the job), I am officially an employee of Boston University! Hurray! And one of the (many) benefits of being an official employee was that I had my first paid holiday on Friday. Which meant that I was free to spend Independence Day weekend in Connecticut with C, where we attended a lovely dinner and fireworks here on the third (click "guest" to see a few photos) and a fabulous picnic and fireworks here on the fourth. Much fun and delicious food was had by all.

I left my camera cord in Somerville (and accidentally forgot my camera last night), so none of my pictures from these events yet. I even attempted to use the fancy "fireworks" setting on my camera, so we'll see how those turned out.

In the meantime, a barrage of pictures from the last few months.

First, adventures in cooking:These are candied kumquats, which were quite tasty but not as wonderful as I'd hoped. Kumquats are strange little citrus fruit that you can eat whole, including the peel. In case you ever run across one, here's a video about how to eat them.


This is delicious fall vegetable cobbler (scroll down past the roast pork loin to see the recipe). I made a few modifications to the recipe:
-honey mustard instead of whole grain mustard
-sliced up some chicken, browned it, and threw it in before baking
-added a cut rutabaga, cut parsnips, and a handful of peeled whole garlic cloves
This has become one of my favorite cold, wintery day comfort foods. Yum.


Finally, in celebration of Pi Day (3/14), I made an Oreo Cookie Pi Pie. I'm pretty sure that this is the recipe I used. However, I am not a fan of cool whip so next time I'd probably try a recipe more like this one, which didn't yet exist.

Next, adventures in crafts:Progress shots of my first cross stitch project in a long time. It's progressed a lot since these were taken, but I've been lazy about photographing it.

I've also been knitting dishcloths and fiddling with a bit of crochet and sewing, but the cross stitch has been getting most of my attention.

Coming soon: adventures in flowers and adventures with Esme.

Hope everyone is having a happy Fourth of July weekend!