2009-12-30
2009-12-29
Butternut Squash with Browned Butter
This butternut squash recipe from Martha Stewart was the best thing I made during the holiday season. It was easy, but the depth of flavor/nuttiness was incredible. I also made a small batch of sugar coated pecans for the first time. Next year, I plan to make a huge amount and give away as gifts. Modifications to the recipe included substituting half the white sugar with brown sugar and using vanilla instead of water. Addictive.
2009-12-28
2009-12-23
Word for 2010: FOCUS
Instead of setting a bunch of resolutions for the New Year, I'm going to try to concentrate on one guiding word for 2010 and the word I've selected is FOCUS. I constantly feel pulled in too many directions and distracted by mental and material clutter. Consequently, I feel ineffectual and unfulfilled creatively. I want to focus on only the most important things to me and clear out all the junk keeping me from moving forward towards a healthier existence. I am extremely blessed with a great family and have a rich and abundant life, but I need to be giving back more. I have to figure it all out (or maybe I don't...and that is the secret). Whatever the case, I have to meditate...slow down...and focus. (And not be a chicken.)
fo⋅cus /ˈfoʊkəs/ [foh-kuhs]
–noun fo⋅cus /ˈfoʊkəs/ [foh-kuhs]
1. a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
2. Physics. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation, meet after being refracted or reflected.
3. Optics.
a. the focal point of a lens.
b. the focal length of a lens.
c. the clear and sharply defined condition of an image.
d. the position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image: in focus; out of focus.
4. Geometry. (of a conic section) a point having the property that the distances from any point on a curve to it and to a fixed line have a constant ratio for all points on the curve.
5. Geology. the point of origin of an earthquake.
6. Pathology. the primary center from which a disease develops or in which it localizes.
–verb (used with object)
7. to bring to a focus or into focus: to focus the lens of a camera.
8. to concentrate: to focus one's thoughts.
–verb (used without object)
9. to become focused.
Origin: 1635–45; > L: fireplace, hearth
Synonyms:
1. center, heart, core, nucleus.Dictionary.com Unabridged. Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
2009-12-17
Simplicity
This is some of my inspiration for 2010. I want clean, white and not so cluttered. Not sure I can accomplish this with a two year old. But I'm aiming for simplicity and serenity in our bedroom.
Domino Magazine
(I credited where I found photo when I had the information.)
2009-12-07
Winter Rules
We're barely into it and we've had to establish two rules for surviving the winter. - Lindsey will not tell me what the temperature is going to be or if there is a chance for rain, sleet or snow. I only want to hear a weather report if it is going to be unseasonably pleasant, otherwise I'll assume gloom.
- I will not complain about the cold or winter. This will be difficult. An entirely new approach for me.
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