Remember that cactus I was telling you about? The one I thought might be dead?

Heh. I guess we’re not wondering anymore. It’s poor little head rolled right off the other day when it got bumped.

However, this morning at the Farmer’s Market there was a nice lady in crazy pants selling Christmas Cacti. Apparently it will soon bloom pink and white blossoms.

So we’ll try not to kill it.

Many apologies for not updating lately. We’re going through a move at work and more my spare time has been devoted to that. BUT we are done as of this afternoon and I am exhausted. Lots of heavy lifting (hundreds and hundreds of patient charts), smashed fingers (In the U-Haul door. ouch.), my hands are covered in cuts (And then dipped in Pine-Sol to make sure we left the old office bright and shining) an aching back and sore muscles. But the good news is, we are all moved into our beaaaauuutiful new office and I have my very own space. It’s lovely.

Anyhow, we did one of our whirlwind trips to Tacoma last weekend, and got to go to the fair with some of my bestest friends, and got to show Paul how awesome the Puyallup Fair really is! I didn’t take my camera because I was with lots of people who took theirs, and also because I have about 10,000 pictures of the Fair. We got to see Ezra baptized, went to lunch with the WHOLE fam (First time we’ve all been together since Christmas!) got an orthodontist appointment (Today is the first day of eating solid foods again!) and got to spend some quality time with my sweet lil’ neph! Just take a look- what a sweetie.

Chillaxin’ with grandma

Oh, are you talking to me?

Um, that’s a yawn, not a scream. Just FYI.

But before we left Paul and I went to the Latah County Fair and we had a blast.

Paul liked the Lego’s best.

Lest you forget this is Idaho.

Paul is surprised by tall sunflowers and large pumpkins.

We ate elephant ears and listened to bluegrass.

We thought this sign was funny.

We rode the Ferris Wheel and then ate snowcones.

All in all it was pretty good for a small fair. We made the most out of it and had a good time. Anyhow, so there is an update or sorts. I should get around to cleaning the house and tidying up. With working late all week my poor house has been a bit neglected, but that’s what weekends are for, right?

I had so many tomatoes that I didn’t know what to do with, so I thought I would make some spaghetti sauce.

First I browned some garlic in olive oil.

Then washed and sliced my tomatoes

Picked the LAST of my basil from my garden, mix it in with the garlic on a low heat.

Quarter and peel the tomatoes.

Add the tomatoes to the garlic and basil, crank up the heat

Mash with the back of a slotted spoon (I actually used my potato masher, which worked a lot faster) heat until comes to a boil. At this point it was a little thinner than I’d like, so I added a small can of tomato paste, which helped it thicken up. I also added about two tablespoons of course ground kosher salt to taste and some dried Oregano. Simmer for a few hours. This also freezes really well, so I put it into Heavy Duty Ziplocs and put it in the freezer to enjoy later!

And hey, Paul and I were in the paper this morning!

While on our quest at the Farmer’s Market to get berries for our Saturday Morning breakfast, we stopped to get some cucumbers, but our friend working at the booth decided to cut us a deal and throw in some squash and some kohlrabi. Now I’ve never had kohlrabi (the spiky purple thing) and so if any of you have any great kohlrabi recipes, please, by all means share them with me!

We also got some fresh peppers, just look at those colors! I love our Farmers Market, delicious produce, SO cheap!

Mmmm, Fresh fruit for the Belgian Waffles.

Waffles are serious business.

The perfect Saturday morning treat!