"The year of the appliance" or "I'm getting old".
I decided recently that 2008 has been definitively for me, the Year of the Appliance. It all started with my juicer, which you all know I loved. I also purchased a hand mixer for baking. I have literally never used one before. I may have been one of the only women in 2005 not to register for a KitchenAid stand mixer. It practically changed my life (okay not really) even being a $12 crap hand mixer from Wal-Mart. (Or was it $6.00? Hmm...)
I bought Mike a crock-pot/slow cooker thingie for Christmas. We took it out of the box and put it in a cupboard and I haven't seen it since.
But beyond that, the latest installment of "things Carisa doesn't need" was actually given as a gift. Stacey bought me a Mr. Coffee iced tea maker for my birthday. She observed my frequent unsweetened iced tea intake at restaurants and viola, that became my gift. IT IS AWESOME.
I can't stop using it. I am already planning my tea of the day for tomorrow. But this doesn't seem a new phase in my life so much as the next step. Being an old married lady means simplifying my life with a bunch of plug-in-food-making nonsense. If loving this appliance-dependent step is wrong, well... you know the rest.
I had a small family and friends filled birthday celebration. It was a lot of fun despite my constant worry that everyone was having a good time. My friend Nella and her husband came, she's 30 weeks pregnant with her first baby. She's been really ill so I was thrilled that she showed up, and she stayed practically all night.
I don't have much for pictures, but here's some of what was in my camera.
Vegan breakfast sandwiches. I was proud of them.
Birthday Eve party.
Before everyone arrived, my hair looking A MESS.
Been a bit self-tanner crazed lately, too. Yikes.
(This is what I looked like a year ago that day.)
I tried to take a picture of my dress.
On to the food.
I made vegan red velvet cupcakes.
I also made vegan peanut butter potato chip cookies dipped in chocolate.
These were SO popular. I was really surprised how fast they went.
Then the cakes began to arrive. I was so spoiled!
My friends Kelli and Cory made me a vegan raspberry chocolate cake.
My mother-in-law made me two vegan chocolate cakes. This one was gorgeous.
At work on Monday Joe brought in a vegan strawberry espresso Hello Kitty cake!
And this is my mom did my hair on Tuesday. Lighter and shorter.
Hopefully that won't be all from me. I'm hoping to update more often.
I bought Mike a crock-pot/slow cooker thingie for Christmas. We took it out of the box and put it in a cupboard and I haven't seen it since.
But beyond that, the latest installment of "things Carisa doesn't need" was actually given as a gift. Stacey bought me a Mr. Coffee iced tea maker for my birthday. She observed my frequent unsweetened iced tea intake at restaurants and viola, that became my gift. IT IS AWESOME.
I can't stop using it. I am already planning my tea of the day for tomorrow. But this doesn't seem a new phase in my life so much as the next step. Being an old married lady means simplifying my life with a bunch of plug-in-food-making nonsense. If loving this appliance-dependent step is wrong, well... you know the rest.
I had a small family and friends filled birthday celebration. It was a lot of fun despite my constant worry that everyone was having a good time. My friend Nella and her husband came, she's 30 weeks pregnant with her first baby. She's been really ill so I was thrilled that she showed up, and she stayed practically all night.
I don't have much for pictures, but here's some of what was in my camera.
Vegan breakfast sandwiches. I was proud of them.
Birthday Eve party.
Before everyone arrived, my hair looking A MESS.
Been a bit self-tanner crazed lately, too. Yikes.
(This is what I looked like a year ago that day.)
I tried to take a picture of my dress.
On to the food.
I made vegan red velvet cupcakes.
I also made vegan peanut butter potato chip cookies dipped in chocolate.
These were SO popular. I was really surprised how fast they went.
Then the cakes began to arrive. I was so spoiled!
My friends Kelli and Cory made me a vegan raspberry chocolate cake.
My mother-in-law made me two vegan chocolate cakes. This one was gorgeous.
At work on Monday Joe brought in a vegan strawberry espresso Hello Kitty cake!
And this is my mom did my hair on Tuesday. Lighter and shorter.
Hopefully that won't be all from me. I'm hoping to update more often.