i'm back, at least for today

it's been crazy around here and you know when there is so much to blog about and end up not blogging at all? but thank God for fridays and working from home which is code for being able to surf the web without feeling guilty. here's a splattering of happening around here:

- we aren't building in golden anymore! what a relief, so much stress.

- we are trying to fix up the existing house to rent out in golden. more stress as we figure out how to be handy with a hammer.

- there is house under contract with our name on it! berkeley area, here we come (aka an extension of west highland, aka west of downtown denver).

- this house is turnkey which is music to my ears. maybe a can of paint later on down the road, but we won't do a thing to it before moving in (well maybe clean everything since it's been vacant for the past 6 months).

- new house means packing, agh. less is more as i purge myself of junk.

- escape from my crazy life has been Sarah's Key, quite the page turner.

There you have it, just a taste, more to come later.

beautiful roses

thank you, my love.

mac 'n cheese?

have you ever made fetttucine alfredo? i knew that it wasn't good for you, but i didn't know it could taste so good. so sinfully delicious with full fat cream, lots of butter and parmesan cheese. it was like eating mac n' cheese for grownups. i mean i've eaten this stuff in restaurants, but have you ever felt your waistline grow by an inch as you continue to put forkful after forkful in your mouth? and not care. i can't stop myself.

fortunately my husband is out of town so i get all the leftovers to myself, ahem i mean i don't get to share this amazing recipe with him. comfort food makes me feel better when he's gone, but let's be honest, i love comfort food when he is home as well.

i got the recipe from the pioneer woman who is a crazy blogger with lots of recipes and photography and stories of life on a farm.

i highly recommend halving this recipe and don't skip the pasta water step as she isn't kidding about the thickness of this dish. this picture is my first attempt at this new staple, notice the empty plate in the background. i had to eat my meal before i could even stop to take a picture, it's that good.

dream

the weather has been cooler the last few days which has brought some interesting storms. here's a picture i took out the back window at about 8pm. the rain was falling the sun was setting and casting such a bright glow over our neighborhood. i like how the rain on the window blurs the image a bit to make it feel like a dream. by the way, i did not edit this picture at all so the color is pretty close to what i saw.

treeless mountain

my heart melted when i saw the trailer for this movie, treeless mountain.

it's a story of two sisters who are dropped off at their alcoholic Big Aunt for the summer as their mother goes to find their estranged father. it is set in south korea and was written and directed by a south korean. the movie has won numerous awards.

it's playing at the starz filmcenter in the tivoli until thursday. i'm going saturday night.

sights & sounds in denver

happy friday

picture i took in Duck, NC.