Photograzing

is a site with awesome photos...of food.
and it's making me hungry.




photo from kristen @ the kitchen sink.

Howdy Kids!

I've been slacking on color week, but only because
I've been super busy. I'll probably post some colors
later on today if I get a chance.

Craig and I had early bird dinner last night at
Padilla's and hit up the Sunflower Market after
for some necessities. We then rode our bikes to
UNM for some personal business. T'was a loverly
day and my skirt this week wasn't nearly as short as
last week so not too many strangers were given free
peeks of my "nether region". I'm slow, but learning.

Then, last night after ANTM (go Whitney!), Craig
had some homework to do so I watched Atonement
and I liked it. Or James McAvoy, rather.

Thursday telly is my fave night to veg out
with my pals from 30 Rock and the Office.

Tonight is also my night to cook dinner so
I think I'll make some quesadillas with a
gooey cheese, chicken and carmelized onions.
And a salad... with apples, nuts and more
cheese. MMMM, chhese.


(yes, that's my big-ass thumb.)

Weekend Recap

I had a good time with the girls on Friday night... I love
talking shit and laughing and taking deer in headlights
photos.

Saturday, lots of layin' around... just how I like it. Craig
made us some delicious fried chicken, taters and veggies,
then we (craig, angus, me and bombs) watched a super
hilarious new Saturday Night Live with our girl Tina Fey.
Then, later in bed, after discussing politics and our world,
Craig and I made out like teenagers, dry humping and all...
it was AWESOME. You should try it (again), I highly, highly
recommend it.

Sunday, after sleeping in, the 3 of us had some eggs, bacon
and toast and hit the mall (uugghh, i hate the mall!) to get
Sweets some badly needed new jeans(he got the levi's 514's
and they make his ass look yum!). We had some lunch over
at the new Top Dog ( sauerkraut and spicy mustard for me)
and drove over to Central to take pics of this for Angus's Blog:


For dinner, we're having leftover chicken and this soup and
here are some shots of me making said soup:
yummy onions...

make me cry.

the almost finished product:


And now, while the soup is simmering and the boys
are playing some sort of video game, I'm also watching
the Oscars and diggin'on these people, 'cause they're
oh, so cool:






(photos of the celebs are obviously not mine)

And, of course, lots of this guy:

Happy Weekend!

Boy, do I love Fridays!

Here are a few things I'm looking forward to:

1. 'Weeds' tonight... I am in love with almost
all of the crazy characters.

2. Sleeping in... the sweet pug has kept me
up the last few nights with his human-like
snores and need to sleep between my legs,
as though I'm giving birth to him.

3. Develop my current roll of film on my
Holga, as I think/feel/hope there some
pretty good shots.

4. Although I don't really watch football,
I will endure the game to see Tom Brady
all sweaty and hot.

5. Along with the other superbowl goodies
like hotwings, hotdogs ( i LOVE hotdogs!)
and chile con carne, I will be making
homemade mac + cheese and I can't wait!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

I Like Killing Flies

***this is not my 'Beautiful Film' pick...
please visit today's post for that!


is the documentary Craig and I watched last
night. It was really good and made me want to
go to NYC again... I can dream.

Check this out if you're interested in how
a small restaurant run by a tight family has
it's ups and downs. Also, it makes you hungry.

Random Photos

Here are some photos from the passed few
weeks... by Craig and myself. My Holga pics
should be developed next week, stay tuned
for those as well!

my first chocolate cake and frosting from scratch... yum.



Craig brought me thesee delicious chocolates
from Seattle...they were sooo good, the photos
don't do them justice!



bacon wrapped dates... some with chimayo chile powder.


new year's day breakfast.


sagwah.



the girls, Julianna and Lauren.


Angus and Ruby. and Sprints.




greens from Chris' garden.


and some really cute pics Craig took at a market in Seattle.

How Christmas-y...

We (me) decided that it was time to give some
New Mexican christmas treats a shot this weekend
and it was mighty fun...and hard as hell. I really
had no idea what it took to throw together some
tamales and some biscochitos on a late
Saturday afternoon. But, it was something I've
been wanting to try for a while, so we did. And...
everything is so good! Sounds a little cocky, I know,
but both Craig and I were very pleased with our
hard work. We also had a super delish onion soup
that Craig made all on his own... between the tamales,
onion soup and cookies, our kitchen smelled like a
little piece of heaven. But, I do have to say, no wonder
little old abuelitas only make tamales and biscochitos
just once a year... I am still a little sore from mixing
and rolling dough. And I've never cooked with so much
lard in my life. **flips imaginary tortillas and wipes forehead simultaneously**

Biscochitos...yum:



Onion-y and cheesy soup:



yes... that's a pig foot in Craig's broth.

and some tamales:

Cinnamon Rolls

Craig and I made these on Friday night
and let me tell you... so. flippin'. delicious.
We made them as a birthday gift and there were
more than enough to share with our nice neighbors,
Char Char and BryBry, and still have some for
ourselves. It was really nice to spend time with
my Sweets, doing something we both like doing...
melting and eating butter.