Dear Blog

I am so sorry that I have neglected you for (almost, but not quite) a month. My gut tells me to list all the excuses that I have, and hope that somehow they'll convince you that it really wasn't anything personal. I do have a plethora of reasons... mainly the move. I mean, I just got around to unpacking my spices last night! It was officially the last box (not counting all those DVDs of course) and now I'm ready to get back together again. Shhhh... please just let me finish.

These distractions have only brought me closer to you. I've thought about you the entire time and everything I would say when we met again. And here we are. Just you, and me... and everyone else who reads it. It's time to break open those jars of flour and sugar and bake something delicious for the new neighbors! Do people still do that? I vote yes.

Here are just a couple sneaky peaky iphone pictures. Pretty much all I've been doing in my free time is tweaking little things that drive me nuts, like changing the knobs on the kitchen cabinets, removing kitchen cabinet doors, changing the shower head, moving pictures over a couple of inches, changing the curtain rods, organizing the books by color, etc. Oh and big things too, like unpacking everything I own and building all of the furniture. Okay, okay, so maybe Doug the man and his toolbox had a little something to do with it as well. Hey, speaking of spices, let's do a kitchen close up and focus on a couple new things that are dear to my little heart.

                                        

Though Erin will argue that ankle support for heels are where its at, I personally feel that open cabinets are really where it's at. It really opened up the kitchen and made an entire display case for all the pretty dishes and baby blue pyrex that would otherwise be hidden. And in the foreground, magnetic spices (idea absolutely positively stolen from my friend Elise 100%) which make my heart go pitter patter every time I turn the corner. I want/need at least 10 more! 

                                        

And my dinner from last night. I loved that too. Tofu cubes marinated in secret ingredients, including a certain Peri Peri (whoops, secret's out!) and "Cauliflower Popcorn," roasted cauliflower tossed in olive oil, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper... the only popcorn I'll ever eat. 

                                         

Last but absolutely not least, the landline. Yes, when it was discovered that this nostalgic anomaly was available free (FREE!) with a Time Warner Cable package, the search for a rotary phone ensued. It was disappointing to discover that the the whole digital and analog thing prevented me from getting the giant wall phone of my dreams, but then this faux rotary friend came into my life. And yes that's the first four of the bottle collection posing behind it. Come on thirsty friends, send 'em my way!