Tuesday, August 05, 2008

perfect sunday


Sitting on the front porch with The New York Times, chocolate-banana-keffir smoothie and whole wheat toast slathered in butter and homemade raspberry jam.  Does it get any better?  I think not....

Made the raspberry jam with Mom last week.  I swear, it's like little jars of gold.

Making some progress on the house, though some days it doesn't feel like it.  I feel like I've been painting trim for days and it's still not done.  Maybe I'm just really slow?  I think I finally finished the bay window (please oh please) - I guess we'll see tomorrow when I take the tape off.  Ty is working on getting paint splatters off some of the exterior brick - real pain-in-the-ass-type job.  The swing is finished - just needs to be hung.  Will post a photo when that happens.  

My oven is still not working (and the repairman who was supposed to come look at it today didn't) so this makes me feel like I should be using this time to practice non-baking-but-still-loaded-with-sugar-and-fat type items.  Working on a batch of vanilla bean ice cream right now......we'll see how it goes.

3 comments:

Madley said...

I agree... it doesn't get any better than butter and jam!

Yum...

jenny said...

i just dreamed that desmond and i strolled up to your front porch and joined you for that breakfast. i want to be neighbors. i didn't know your oven broke. that's too bad. at least in the summer you don't really want to cook much anyway. besides, you have a backyard and a grill!! jealous, jealous, jealous.

Mila Borrero said...

it might be slow, but I'm sure it will look fabu... keep the heart!