Domestic

I always knew I loved creating food products.  This is not news to anybody that knows me.  But the amount of cooking I do now that I have a husband for whom to make meals, and a kitchen that is all my own, I just cook constantly.  Like, so constantly.  I really really love it.

Baking our own homemade bread has become a pretty good habit that I really enjoy.  It's amazing how much better the bread is when you've made it yourself.  My loaves aren't as tall and light as the store brand stuff, but it's hearty and healthy and comes with a heaping side of self-satisfaction.  My favorite recipe so far is a Julia Child recipe, but I like to sub in some wheat flour.  Also, that same recipe made these beauties.

Homemade cinnamon rolls are so, so pretty.

All that being said, guess who has to help make a crapton of dinner rolls for Thanksgiving for my mom's family?  Guess who bought a big bag of Rhodes frozen dinner roll dough?

This morning, whilst getting dressed, I was like, I want to look nice, but I want to wear a t-shirt all day...?

I mean, is this allowed?  Is it okay that I'm wearing a baggy Janis Joplin band tee with a nice pearl necklace and pencil skirt?  I'm already wearing it, so your answer doesn't really matter much.  But some validation might be nice.

Lastly, I created an art project for myself.  We needed kitchen art.  And I went through thirty different possibilities and variations on possibilities in my mind and on the internet.  I finally decided on a crazy idea that I dreamed up myself, and I recruited the Lowe's, D.I., Amazon, and my Dad's wood cutting expertise, along with a $3 glue gun from Michaels, to create these awesome things.

I'm really quite proud of how they turned out.  They make me happy.  I just hope the wood glue and glue-gun glue holds up.

And lastly lastly, I got a subscription to rdio.com that allows me access to all the music ever made of all time.  It's super awesome and I definitely feel like I'm getting my money's worth.  Give it a shot if you like!  They have a limited access free subscription, I think.  And while you're there, give Milo Greene a listen.  New favorite band.