I’m sure you’ll all be thrilled to know that my bike ride home was really nice, lovely, and incident free. I’ve been enjoying having more time with Matt this week. He’s been able to get home by 7 or so, and it’s like seriously the best thing ever. We had a long stretch of him not getting home until super late every night, so if anything, it’s made me appreciate it more when we can have quiet weeknights together.
We’re really enjoying our condo and loving transforming our place and putting our personal touches here and there. Over the past few weeks, we bought a new arm chair to finish off the living room area, installed new pendant lights for over the island and kitchen fixture, and I covered the pillows that came with our couches with Claire. I’ll post photos and info on the pillow covers later, because that was a WORTHWHILE project. Any pillows I remotely liked were $50+ seriously! I was able to cover these for probably about $6 each, and I was able to choose the colors fabrics I liked. I even did a burlap pillow, which isn’t the softest choice but looks really rustic and cool.
We still have long list of projects to go. I’m obsessively checking the extended forecast on Accuweather to see when the temperature will be warm enough to work on GARDENING and mulching.
Last night, we watched the Wire and then the Garfield Thanksgiving special on You Tube. I always need to watch something lighthearted before going to bed if we watch something gritty and terrible. I also made oven spare ribs with broccoli and mashed potatoes with this recipe. Usually when I make oven ribs, I cook them first covered in foil and then take the foil off for the last 30 min or so. Martha told me to cook them the entire time uncovered, on a baking sheet with an wire rack. This is the way to go people!! The ribs developed a thick, delicious crust all the way around, and the fat sort of dripped away from them. I’ve NEVER had oven ribs this good before.
Matt agreed. He couldn’t believe how good it was and was like, “This is so delicious I need to call someone.” He ended up taking a photo instead, which I’m including below. Matt has a weird Polaroid-type filter on his camera that usually makes photos look vintage and cool, but in this case made my meal look funny and like something this guy would eat:
Anyway, without further ado, I give you my ribs:
I’ll work on my plating skills, I promise!
