unconditional love

I have a sore throat today and though I probably shouldn’t, I am nursing the last of my coffee. Few things can steer me from this daily joy. Even with the knowledge that it is ruining my throat and likely bad for my health in general, I cannot but partake. And even when we move to the East Coast, where I hear the coffee is abominable, I am sure my love will remain steadfast. Ah me.

In other news, the pretty table cloth you see in the picture is one I'm working on currently. My sis-in-law and I have tentative business plans to create custom linens for sale. So if you need a pretty table cloth...

fun, funner, funnest

Brownie Recipe

My neighbor has her grandkid over today while they await the birth of his little sister. It was sunshiney all day and I was feeling neighborly and so decided to bake a batch of homemade brownies for them. Turns out, these brownies are the best brownies I've ever had in my life, which is saying a lot since I can't bake. Here is the recipe:
(measurements are approximate - hence the bad baking habit)

melt half cup organic butter
mix in half cup dark chocolate cocoa
add one teaspoon of vanilla

in seperate bowl mix together
half cup of white flour + half cup almond meal

mix two bowls together
add one egg and stir until just blended

bake in a pie pan at 350 for about 25 minutes
call me to thank me
gain five pounds because you just ate the whole pan
dang gina!

carry on then

Emmy, do you want to try some beets?
No thank you.

long time nothing

ay carumba. Emmy's six months old now. This afternoon while she napped we looked at all the photos we've taken of her. Six months worth of near paparzzi devotion. We are so smitten with this child that sometimes we do things like look at pictures of her though she sleeps 10 feet away. And sometimes we even just watch her sleep. Can a person be obsessed with her own kid?


These are three of about 20 outtakes from our passport photo session earlier today. E's got her Hawaiian shirt on for the occasion.