Motha-flippin....................

The wedding pictures finally came out, and the MiL just called to ask me to get a few pictures of her taken off the ordering website, because she looks bald and nobody wants to look at those pictures anyways!

Seriously! Its an ORDERING website! It's not a photo album, or slideshow!! And no offence, but she does have thin hair!!!!!!!

I'm trying to not be offended. But I'm really not going to ask a photographer to delete pictures from the ORDERING PROCESS. christ.

This dish is amazing! J was impressed, and it didn't take too long. The longest part was finding Fennel at the grocery store.

Salmon and Fennel with Roasted-Lemon Vinaigrette


2 bulbs fennel, thinly sliced
2 lemons, cut in half crosswise
4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
3 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher salt and black pepper
4 6-ounce pieces skinless salmon fillet
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
12 ounces mixed greens (about 8 cups)


Heat oven to 400° F. In a large roasting pan, toss the fennel, lemons, garlic, 1 tablespoon of the oil, and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Roast until the fennel begins to soften, about 8 minutes.

Season the salmon with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and nestle in the fennel. Roast until the salmon is opaque throughout, 12 to 15 minutes.

Squeeze the garlic out of the skins into a small bowl and mash to a paste. Squeeze the lemon pulp and juice into the bowl. Stir in the honey, rosemary, the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Place the salmon and fennel on the greens. Drizzle with the dressing.

Yield: Makes 4 servings

CALORIES 372 ; FAT 17g (sat 2g); CHOLESTEROL 97mg; CARBOHYDRATE 17g; CALORIES FROM FAT 40%; SODIUM 696mg; PROTEIN 40g; FIBER 6g; SUGAR 4g

Real Simple, NOVEMBER 2008

I am currently sitting in my home office, drinking a beer.

I'm drinking a beer, on a weeknight, on a work night, in my office. My husband just changed the lightbulbs to 100 watt fancy clear light bulbs. This room is brighter than my school office now, horribly brighter.

I'm sitting here, drinking a beer, in the brightest light, because I can't face going to bed yet. You see, I decided that I need to do more things that J likes. He picked me up from school, dinner already made, kitchen cleaned. So I offered to go see a movie (in fairness, I was trying to avoid the bowling option he put forth). Beyond that, I offered to go see a HORROR movie.

Hence the bright light, beer, office.

We saw Quarantine. Or rather, he saw it. I watched 1/2 the movie-- the left half, with my left eye. There will never be a redeeming quality to a horror flick. And this one, despite actually being a bit boring, capitalized only on some dried up tricks from Blair witch.

In the end, nobody wants to see an apartment building filled with rabid humans eating each other.

So beer, light, computer.

Yeay! I mailed out my diss proposal to the committee yesterday afternoon!

And We have entered the 20th century in this country!! Yeay Obama! (I hope we can hit 21st c. soon).

I must motivate to get to school, but its just so hard....

Go Vote.