Oh, frabjous day!

A good day to blog.

So, Isaac's favorite toy is "kid k'nex" - similar to the k'nex you may be familiar with, but with bigger pieces, and adding various fanciful parts...such as animal, vehicle, or robot-themed attachments. One of his favorites has been the airplane themed pieces. Alas, when we last visited Joni's parents, he lost the 'nosecone' piece, making his airplanes, unfortunately, incomplete. Well, today he called Joni's mom to see if she'd found it...she had not. He asked her to look under the couch...and there it was.

So...a good day.

In other news, my project at work is going very well, and I've been cooking more again, which is always fun.

I signed up for the newsletters from The Splendid Table, a public radio show about food. The show itself is entertaining to listen to, and sometimes a great source of ideas, even if it's a little more...gourmet...than I'm usually up for. However, the recipes in the newsletter are really fantastic. I've made a few of them, and they've always been delicious, and a great excuse to try something new. The instructions tend to be wonderfully detailed, which is especially nice for someone like me - I always feel like I'm 'missing' techniques or knowledge when I'm in the kitchen.

I made the Lemon Cream Tart - amazingly good, and relatively easy. I did of course make a terrible mess, which is to be expected.

Anyway, you can, and should, sign up for the newsletter at http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/ - look on the right-hand side of the page.

Really.