poison!

Hi!

Boatshow



And, I've been drinking

"Kyleen! The cookies are poison"

I made no-bake cookies. They are awesome but pretty much total poison for my roommate Kyleen, who is allergic to legumes (peanuts, soy, garbonzos, lentils) so KYLEEN, DON'T EAT THE COOKIES, THEY ARE POISON.

I've been drinking.

Tomorrow is the last day of boatshow.  Fuckin' boatshow. fuck.

I made a mess making cookies, but Lucas is awesome and cleaned it up.

Today!

Today was an interesting day!

-I got heckled at a bus stop by a homeless man claiming I was an evil angry witch.

-I saw a fully dressed super hero walk briskly into an alley.

-There was a man at the grocery store with a full cart of only Stagg Chili.

-And I saw my exboyfriend parents at boatshow. Awkward!

Ohhh today.

Boatshow Break

Hi guys!  I've been working at my bookstore's booth at the Big Seattle Boatshow down at Qwest Event Center.  Its a bit grueling.  On the first day, the very first day, I self medicated with an 8 dollar beer, paid for by my excellent boss.

She works me hard, but she's not a slave driver! She even gave me today off. I've managed to do three loads of laundry, watch TV all day long, clean the kitchen, and make a quiche.

I'm gonna eat that.

After dinner, the Texan and I are going to our first swing dance class!  Lets see if we can play nice and learn to dance pretty.

Tomorrow, I go back to the abyss of boatshow.  It consumes my soul.

Enchiladas and crispy-rice treats

Yesterday, I was scheduled to leave work early.  It was awesome riding my bike through the city while it was still LIGHT OUT.  I didn't even get rained on.

What did I do with my free time?  Well, I visited the Texan at his bike shop, drank a beer on an empty stomach, and went to the grocery store.

I also made enchiladas out of leftovers.   Made browned-butter rice crispy treats from this recipe: Best rice krispie squares (which I then drizzled with melted chocolate, because I'm awesome like that). Then I took a bath. And that was also amazing too.   I'd say it was a pretty good evening overall.

Enchilada sauce was on sale at the QFC.  I filled them with a mix of rice and beans and kinda some vegetables that were left over.  Delicious.

My roommates kept coming into the kitchen and asking excitedly "Are you making rice crispy treats?!?"  Then they'd steal marshmallows.

The recipe was simple and awesome (see link above)  I have a million pounds of chocolate chips in my pantry, so I melted them up and dumped them on top. 

Horrible picture, but these were SO GOOD.  The browned butter recipe is genius. The squares end up tasting caramely!

AAAAAhhhhhhh.

So, the big Seattle Boat Show starts TOMORROW.  I'm in booth 1130, or was it 1113?   Crap. I'm over there, with all the books.  All week long.  Come visit?

Tact

Dear everyone. Everyone! Everyone ever.

Please be more tactful and respectful and considerate.

Just be nice. All the time. Please.

PLEASE.

Everyone has feelings. Even great big tough looking people. You never know when someone has had a bad night, or a rough day at work, or is just feeling a little tender.

So everyone. BE NICE, think about what you say before you say it. Consider the impact it has on those around you.

I'm in Texas

I made friends with ducks

Pie pie pie PIE PIE pie PIE piE

The oven in Dinohouse gets a lot of love

Sometimes I bake pies! Sometimes my roommates sing crazy loud metal songs about pie at 7am. Please forgive the horrible photos, my decent camera is currently on loan to a bicycle shop.

So, my mom gave me a million bags of cookies after Christmas.  Including about a thousand or so gingerbread people.  After eating all the other cookies these lonely little cripples were left. So I put them out of their misery and crunched them up.

I bought some pie filling on a whim last time I was at the store, and we have some random canned goods here and there. I found a can of condesnsed milk, I had no idea it was supposed to look like that. Gross.

Shit. I only have one egg. I even checked all my roommates food shelves. There is only ONE EGG in the entire house.  I hope it works!

I tried to cool the crumbly crust by putting it in the freezer after pre-baking. Patience isn't my strong suit.

Before and after! The crust did something weird. It didn't stay together at all.  Perhaps someone has a tip on getting cookie crusts to stay a little more cohesive?  Mine was just a buttery mess of crumbs.

It is completely edible! Good even! I like the gingery crust.  This is a somewhat success. There are still some cookie crumbs left over, and I think they might make good cheesecake tarts. If you have a cookie crust recipe, I'd love to see it!

Jan 2nd

My name is Cass. I live in Seattle with 4 roommates, a million dinosaurs, and between 10 and 20 bicycles at any given time.  I've decided that I am not buying any new clothes in 2011. The plan is to sew and alter what I already have.  I've got bins of clothes I never use, and my very own project andncraft room (which is currently a little moister than I'd like, as seen in previous posts) I've got a sewing maching and serger and my mother on speed-dial.

Happy New...oh? Oh Crap!

My New Year's Eve plans got derailed at about 6pm last night as I was walking home from the grocery store. One of my roommates heard an odd sound coming from my (messy craft) room and noticed a leak coming from the ceiling!  Gross ceiling water had been dripping onto the bed for at least a day.

Panic.  Well. I didn't panic, but I did grumble, whine and frown.

And I started cleaning.  On the bright side, I've finally stopped procrastinating! On the flip side,  I hate having contractors and landlords tromping around.  I could not figure out where the leak was coming from, but I managed to turn off the water to the upstairs bathroom.  There is a bunch of water pooled around the bottom of the upstairs water heater.  Hopefully, a plumber can figure it out.

Wet bed. Yes I have snowman bedsheets. IT ISN'T PEE.

The beginning of the great cleaning and organization

Bed propped up with chair to dry.

Clearly, Not impressed.

But! What is this?

The Texan made me a delicious breakfast!

And he cleaned the kitchen.  Hello, New Year, lets see what you've got in store.