By Sarah on Tuesday, July 29, 2008

• 2lbs potatoes peeled and cubed
• Salt and pepper
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
• 1 carrot peeled and chopped
• 3 celery sticks chopped
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 can beef stock
• 2 tbsp sour cream
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp paprika
• 2tbsp parsley

1. Boil potatoes in pot with salt till tender.
2. In the meantime, heat a skillet on medium high with oil.  Add turkey, salt and pepper, and brown it.
3. Add carrot and celery for 5 minutes.
4. In a small bowl mix butter, flour and 1 cup of broth.  Add mix to skillet and stir till thickened.
5. Drain potatoes and mash in sour cream, yolk and remaining broth.
6. Fill a small casserole dish with meat mix and top with potatoes.  Sprinkle with paprika and parsley.
7. Broil for 3 minutes on high till browned.

Serves 4 and takes less then 30 minutes!

By Sarah on Sunday, July 27, 2008

This review has been a long time coming and is comprised of several purchases sampled over the past few months.

• Wylde Ivy's Brown Sugar Salt Bar & Body Scrub - Again, love the scrubs over the salt bars because you can use them more often.  Great scent this brown sugar, very sweet.  Very creamy feel as well.
• Wylde Ivy's Amber Chai Body Scrub - Also loved this scent.  The top layer of the scrub is decorated with a shiny metallic like ingredient.  Not 100% sure what it was but no worries, it doesn't hurt your skin.
• Wylde Ivy's Ice Princess Lotion - This was a sample that came when I placed my order.  Bleck.  Their olive lotion coats well but leaves an odd tacky feel, and this scent is horrible.  It reminded me of the tin smell that comes from aerosol cans.
• Carol's Daughter Hair Butter- Ok this was me having a ditz moment.  I know Carol's Daughter is a line designed for African American individuals.  But for some reason I wanted to try this on my hair.  I just guess I thought it might work out.  It's not made for my hair.  Good news is I found a way not to waste it.  Use a very small amount on the very edges of my hair as a mask for repair once a month.  Shampoo after to remove the coating it creates.  Also it might work double duty in place of shaving cream for legs.
• Magic Hands Workshop's Turkish Mocha Soap - I got a small version of this bar as a sample with my order.  Actually it was a fairly good size for a sample.  It would make a great size for guest room soaps.  Like Wylde Ivy's amber chai scrub, this soap has that metallic topper.  Smells like coco and incense, very earthy and relaxing.  Not a sudsy soap.

Current Mood:  Vain

By Sarah on Saturday, July 26, 2008

Things completed this weekend:

1. I made my site updates.  Most of them are repackaged postings and price changes. Nature's Silhouette
2. The data entry has more of a dent in it but there is no way it is all getting done this weekend. It really is a time consuming beast full of hundreds of names for fund raising.
3. I managed to work on the yard some and transplant some dead flowers.
4. Made it back to the Farmer's Market on Saturday and boy oh boy did they have a lot!
5. We counted about $100 in coins in our little jar.
6. Didn't make it to any of the original planned shindigs but did find ourselves at a completely unplanned party outing.
7. Finally saw Dark Knight, creepy creeperson.
8. Made reservations for 1 yr. wedding anniversary dinner!

Current Mood:  Adorable

By Sarah on Wednesday, July 23, 2008

The painting is done, the hardware is hung and the kitchen is now in use again!  After consulting the Realtor she said we could stick to the red and just change the hardware out to pull the cabinets into the modern world.  It looks fine and should still sell well.  I did paint touch ups and made the window sill white per recommendation.  It is a lot easier then painting the whole room. 

No one warned me though that granite was a pain in the butt to take care of.  Apparently it has to be cleaned almost every day and only with a granite safe solution.  So like stainless steel and all of the restrictions it has.  Scott has been looking into a granite shield for the new house so we don't have to worry about replacing the seal every year.  That is an other lovely tidbit about granite, reseal every 6 to 12 months depending on use.  Now I understand why people do choose corian or tile over granite sometimes.

Even though the kitchen is complete I now have all the regular things to keep up on like cleaning and yard work.  Scott and I are already wiped out like an old couple from the past few days and we have a long group night tonight.  Plus I still have theatre data entry... so my week is still pretty full and long.  I'm getting to those store updates this weekend even if it kills me.  I've got to make time for my work too.  That does mean the show and two parties might be out this weekend, we will see.  Sorry people.

Current Mood:  Old

By Sarah on Monday, July 21, 2008

 

My weekend was full of bliss and diss.  This was my plan as of my last post on Friday: 
"But I plan to spend most of my time hanging with friends at Sarah's birthday party, bike riding on the trail, going to a blueberry festival, and finishing my book.  Monday I hit the ground running on house and Nature's Silhouette project work."
Yeah didn't quite work that way.

I knew that ET needed some work done, but it took up almost all of my Sunday and it did take all Monday away.  I was seriously bummed about that.  Needless to say I got no website repostings done nor did I even touch my book.  Money will come of the work though, so that is a plus.

We did go biking and hiking for half the day Saturday and then to Sarah's party.  The counter top was put in Monday.  It looks nice, but now we are having a dilemma about what color to paint the walls.  Scott wants to keep the red because he likes the look, but we need to go lighter for selling.  So we are looking at light grays.  It's really hard to picture it all since those cabinets are staying.  I think we need to call the Realtor on this one.

This week is going to be full of priming, painting and cleaning whatever the order.  Hopefully by this weekend I will get some time to do the other things I never got to.  Scott has promised to help with the painting and some errands this week so that should help!

Current Mood:  Inundated