Today…

Outside my window: it’s a fairly standard sunny but probably cold day. Honestly unless it’s snowing or raining, it all looks the same to me. I’d like to tell you I’ve been outside today and could tell you if it’s cold or not, but I haven’t. I try to avoid those flights of stairs during the week when I can.

I am reading: Easy on the Eyes by Jane Porter. I loved the last book of hers that I read, Odd Mom Out and so far this one has been pretty great, too. Porter is excellent at sucking me into her books and making me really care about her characters. This one deals a lot with self image and society’s expectations on beauty and celebrity.

Last night: we went to Best Buy (after a lot of unnecessary driving around looking for one, only to find out there was one about 5 minutes from our home that we somehow didn’t know about) and I got to play with the DS a bit while Dan looked at netbooks. I was fairly unimpressed with the game they had on display but it was nice to get a feel for the controls – love the little stylus. I was also very impressed with their game selection as compared to other places we’ve looked (Target, Walmart, Game Stop).

In the kitchen:

• Monday: Spaghetti with Mushroom & Tomato Sauce and Sliced Italian Bread
• Tuesday: Breakfast for Dinner: Pop up Pancakes
• Wednesday: Mac and Cheese (a la blue box)
• Thursday: Mexican Rice Bowls (recipe idea from Womens Day mag)
• Friday: Fish and Chips

I am really excited about: how active and mobile the baby is getting. I suppose I’m also a bit apprehensive as it means a lot more “no don’t touch that!” and so forth, but mostly I’m just proud. Before I know it she’ll be chasing after her big brother and getting into all sorts of mischief.

I really want to make: this Irish Whisky Cake recipe I found online, maybe for St Patricks Day? Also the Pioneer Woman’s glazed doughnuts keep calling out to me. In general though, I want to make cookies but haven’t decided what kind yet. Suggestions?

This weekend we: talked about taking a little daytrip to Milwaukee later in the month, just to get away for a bit – we are both kind of longing for a vacation but also trying to be sensible.

Some other links I think you should click:

• Ohdeedoh wrote about creating a masterpiece from your child’s artwork – how do you display and save your kiddo’s crafts?
• Loved this pacman bookshelf I saw on bookilicious.
• Another one from Ohdeedoh – making a reusable babysitter info board.
• Looking to go vegetarian? Almost Vegetarian posted these tips for people interested in going the meatless route.
  

One last thing I want to tell you about before I go:Did I mention yet here that I’m officially running Linux on my mac? I haven’t moved all my stuff over, unpacked and the like but so far so good. I haven’t lost my internet connection since I switched over or anything stupid like that. Mostly though I’ve just been looking for software and trying to figure out how I can get tweetdeck or something similar to run on the version of Linux I’m using (Ubuntu 9.10).