Our day began bright and early leaving the house with Makenzie and Emma in tow. Dropped off Makenzie at school and then we were off to Hiteon Elementary the first of 5 schools they danced at today. In the middle there was a nice pizza lunch at a small locally owned pizzeria in Lake Oswego. Then we left to dance in Lake Oswego and then had 10 minutes to get all the way back to Beaverton. Needless to say we didnt make it in quite enough time. We were a little late and had to cut our program short.
Emma is exhausted and I am too. Oh, wait, I have to bake a fancy dessert tonight for Makenzie's Jazz Band Concert at the Hilton tomorrow night. No rest for me tonight.
My Irish dinner turned out the best it ever has. So simple too. The only thing I did different was to buy a really good piece of corned beef from New Seasons. A week ago I saw that they were going to have taste testing of their nitrate and nitrite free corned beef on Saturday. So we went on Saturday, just to taste it. I declared it perfect and so bought a piece large enough to feed our family.
Today I unwrapped it, threw it in my deep covered baker added a cup of water and cooked it for an hour. Then I added some fat wedges of cabbage and some red potatoes cut into plump chunks. Put the lid back on and kept cooking for another hour. No seasoning, nada.
I tell you, I have never had potatoes and cabbage that tasted better in my life. Well, maybe those rosemary shoestring potatoes from Burgerville but I digress. I mean this dinner was amazing. And so easy. Now that I know what a taste difference that corned beef makes I will never again buy that red stuff from the grocery store.
I'd take a picture but there isn't any left. And we were starving and dug in before said picture could be taken.
But here is a picture of what I wore today......
16 comments:
I LOVE your outfit! You look so cute! I wondered if Emma would be dancing somewhere today:) Your dinner sounds yummy too!
Happy to you, too. I thought about your socks today. They make me smile.
love the tights!
Okay, seriously, I am obsessed with your tights. I want some!
i love those tights too...so cute! i am glad you had a good day...and I too LOVE New Seasons. New Seasons and Trader Joe's are my 2 favorite stores.
Sounds like you had a perfect dinner
Oops- I forgot it was St. Patty day. Not a big holiday here in Germany (non-existent actually) but I try to carry on certain traditions - like at least wearing green and knowing that the day exists in America. Thanks for your reminder. You look totally cute!
Love the outfit. Tami made CB&C also. I was the only one who was raving about it. Lucky me, now I have leftovers to feed me for 4 days!!!!
Your tights are the best!!
Sounds like your day was busy! I took Olivia, Sydney, & Heidi to activity days last night and it was fun to talk to them! I also love the tights!
Love the tights!
You both look great and wow, that was a lot of dancing!
The dinner was excellent! The smell when we got home from mutual was amazing.
I wish I could have seen Emma's performances, but I had my own hectic-ness to deal with at work. I look forward to seeing her Saturday morning, though!
You look so great! Festive and fun. After reading that I totally see how it was a "marathon". Whew! I bet you are exhausted. I'm glad your dinner turned out well. We didn't do anything fun for St. Patrick's Day. Next year.
You are so stinkin' cute! Love the tights...wouldn't they make a great gift for our exchange next Christmas???
I like your thinking Jodi.
You're adorable Darilyn. I didn't even wear green at all. Lame, I know. Your dinner sounds so yum- I don't think I've ever tasted corned beef.
Post a Comment