Making some things

I've been feeling pretty productive the last two days. I'm unstoppable! Here's what is keeping me busy (including sifting through all kinds of jobs on craigslist):

1. Making gorp for Leon's hike on Sunday - count me out! I'm still recovering from the Loch Leven Lakes hike last weekend.

2. Cooking tons of tiny, little tofu nut balls for Ira. He loves these and they are very nutritious.

3. Toddler lounge wear. Check out these pants I made!

4. Making fantastic progress on my 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle which is titled "The Gift." It pictures a mystical lady, a white buffalo, a majestic eagle and other creatures hidden in a snow scene. One problem, I'm missing a piece and I think Ira ate it or stuffed it down one of the floor vents.

The cutest thing is finally seeing Ira getting attached to certain toys. We got him this cute Brobee plush and the Plex plush. He carries them all around the house and asks me to help them hug. I take one and wrap it's arms around the other and Ira grabs them in delight and hugs them both. He loves to make them "high five." He slams them together and says "psssh! high fieeee!" The best was when he pretended to take a snack out of Plex's tummy compartment and offered it to me. "Nack? A try, like it!"



We had the greatest time at Sabrina and Randall's wedding a couple of weekends ago. The ceremony was sweet. The reception was super fun and the food was great. We had popcorn popped in truffle oil, risotto balls, sweet corn soup shooters with bacon (I indulged), deep fried portobellos and fennel, and deliciously buttery mini grilled cheese sandwiches.



We later partied all over North Beach and Chinatown. It was all a blur after a while but I distinctly remember whiskey shots, crashing a show at the Lipo Lounge, admiring a tiled wall and eating some gross nachos.


Let's see, what else has been going on? Oh! I became obsessed with making this potato pizza.




And, big news here. I applied for work. Yes!

Funny things babies say

We are waiting for a new The Wire disc from Netflix, so in the meantime we're finally whittling through season 6 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. We sat down to watch a couple of episodes last night and Ira was still awake so he caught a few minutes of it. "Gran-paaa!" he says. "Da-da!" Oh no. Ira thinks that Larry David and Jeff Garlin are Leon and his dad.

Vegetarian vietnamese-style sandwich

Vegetarian vietnamese-style sandwich
Originally uploaded by riblet.

Pretty much my favorite thing I've made in a while.

Frolicking in a meadow

McGurk Meadow
Originally uploaded by riblet.

Whenever Leon takes me to see nature (he's my nature guide), I love coming across meadows. They look so serene from the car. Vibrantly green and lush with grasses and trees. You'd half expect to see a unicorn out there calmly munching grass. I always want to hike into them and have a picnic on what looks like their perfectly manicured lawns, or maybe even braid that unicorn's hair. Unfortunately, if you've ever been to a meadow, then you know that you really can't do this. Meadows are lush and green and they look nice from the car, but in reality? That grass is knee-high, the ground is wet because there is a stream or some shit running through it and it's lousy with centipedes, gnats, no-seeums, mosquitoes and other pests. It just goes to show that you can journey somewhere because it looks nice, but once you get there, it can suck just as bad as the place you came from.