Knitting

If you see me on the street you'll notice that I normally have an extra bag with me filled with knitting. You never know when you'll have an opportunity to knit a few rows while waiting.  Admittedly is isn't as easy to tote around as a book, but I find it more enjoyable than reading.  Tho reading does come in a close second.

These are some of my first projects:

The new wave of exercise

My birthday is in 10 days and I will be 36.  It seems so insane that I am that age.  Most days I still feel like I'm in my 20's mentally.  Physically is a different matter.  So tonight I bought a treadmill.  It will be in on Monday and my goal is to use it at least three times a week to start.  I'd like to work up to an hour 5x a week.

I know that once I get into a routine of working out I enjoy it and feel sad when I don't get a chance to work out.  I'm hoping that I'll get that feeling again when I have my treadmill.  My ipod will plug into it so I don't have to use earbuds, which I'm quite excited about.

And it was on sale!  yeah.

Day 2

Two days in a row.  Look at me go.

Today was a stressful day at work so I though I'd share a picture that makes me smile.  Back in September I was able to take a trip east and ended up in Hershey, PA.  Cutest little town and amazing what one man can accomplish.  The streetlights that line the street are hershey kisses, both wrapped and unwrapped.  It's a sight to look down the street and see the huge kisses.

 

There are 107 hershey kisses lamp posts in the city: 55 wrapped 52 unwrapped.  

November 1

It's NaNo something or other month in which people attempt to write a novel or write so many words or something like that. I figured it was a good time to start blogging more consistently.

So for this first post of November I'll tell you 10 things about me.

1. My birthday is in November in 12 days from today. I always get a homemade dinner and 99% of the time it's homemade noodles & mashed potatoes. Talk about carb overload, but it is my absolutely favorite meal in the entire world.

2. I am an only child, which is not really news, except at work when I'm surrounded by people with siblings and they are much better at the come-backs than I am. Don't get me wrong, I can get one in now and again, but sometimes it's like hours later that I finally think of something. Then I want to call them up and tell them just so they hear my good come-back!

3. I am an accountant by trade. It's about as exciting as it sounds.

4. I recently adopted two black kittens named Coalie & Belle. I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying them. I've never been a "cat person" and I'm glad they get along with the dog.

5. I love to sing.

6. I love sports which are pretty much limited to: Hockey, Football (college & pro), NASCAR, Australian Rules Football, and PBR.

7. I love to cook & create in the kitchen.

8. I love to knit and I usually have a bag that goes with me everywhere.

9. My parents are still married and two of the best people I know in the world.

10. I've known my best friend since I was 13, but we didn't become best friends until our 20's and we've been inseparable since.

Gettysburg

I was fortunate enough to be able to fly to Pennsylvania in early September to visit a friend.  We took off for Gettysburg on 09/04/10 and I was so excited.  I'm a huge US history buff and to see Gettysburg was always something I wanted to do.  I took a ton of pictures during the one day we were there and I'll show you one today.  I have lots of stories that I want to share in the next little bit.

In this pictures I'm at the top of Big Round Top, I think the fighting there happened at the end of day 2 or the beginning of day 3, I cannot recall of the top of my head right now.  The amazing thing was that there are all these boulders and the men and pulled 6 cannons up without anyone hearing them.  That baffles me that they were able to accomplish that!!

Canning

I've completed my first canning project with some help from my mom.

PICKLES!!!

And a few with some red peppers thrown in!  Now the next 8 weeks have to fly by!

I also did my first batch of freezer jam in raspberry.  So super easy and yummy.

Now I want to do some fruit and also my Grandmother's soup.  I'll do a post about that soon.

Turkey & Zucchini Pasta

Dinner recipe from last night:

1 lb ground turkey
3 cloves garlic
1 shallot (prolly could use more)
Zucchini (I used one large abt 3 cups) - from my garden!!
1 can Rotel Hot tomatoes, with juice (very spicy, may use regular next time, or could use a can of diced italian tomatoes)
1 can campbells tomato soup
Italian Seasoning to taste, I used about 2 Tablespoons
salt & pepper

Brown turkey, garlic & onions until turkey is cooked, flavor with salt & pepper.
Add in zucchini and can of tomatoes, cook a couple of minutes to let the flavors meld.
Add in soup and Itallian seasoning and mix.

Once the soup bubbles turn down to simmer.

Meanwhile cook 1 pound of pasta (I used corkscrew).

Once pasta is done put in a serving dish and cover with sauce, top with parmesan cheese (or whatever you prefer) and eat with some yummy bread.

I took a picture of the finished product, will upload tonight and post