Erica’s Blog

The married folk in our area of the church are putting on a big 80’s party in a couple of weeks, and Hubby volunteered to put together a slideshow if people would email him pictures of themselves “back in the day”.  Me, I’m hoping to get “surprise” photos from people who used to live around here at that time but have moved away.  I’m sure some of them have some great blackmail material…I mean old photos of people who will be at the party.  If this applies to you, please, please email me the pictures!

Meanwhile, here a couple of examples of the hair and glasses Hubby and I had, circa 1989.  (No, we did not know each other then; we met 2 or 3 years later.  That was, however, the hair style & glasses he had when we met.)

 

Hubby & I recently entered a chili cook-off at church.  We didn’t win, but we had fun working together on the project (especially since I couldn’t do any tasting!).  We were required to post a list of our ingredients in case any of the judges or the general public had food allergies.  Just for fun, here’s what we used:

Black beans

Light red kidney beans

Pinto beans

Refried beans

Diced tomatoes

Fire-roasted green chiles

Grilled red bell pepper

Grilled yellow bell pepper

Grilled red onion

Grilled beef loin

Garlic

Sea salt

Cumin

Chipotle chile powder

Ground cayenne pepper

Crushed red pepper flakes

Where:  A kitchen somewhere in the Bay Area
When:  A hot night in the recent past

Man:  I wonder how many middle-aged men are standing in the kitchen in their underwear right now?

Woman:  A lot.  Probably more than we want to know about.

Man:  [Snork!]

What with sick kids two weeks in a row and all, I was late for Teacher Appreciation Day.  Here, however, is what I ended up giving the Things’ teachers:

What are they?  They are hemp soap sacks with soap inside.  With the sack around the soap, you’ve got a built-in scrubbie.  Just a little something girly for them.  I wanted to get some of V’s soaps to include, but I didn’t get my act together in time.  A few other people I know will be getting those w/soap sacks or washcloths as gifts, though….