~July 2007 K-1 Filers~

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

Yeah - money is handy and all that, but happiness is more important

On that note, did I mention how Jeremy put the wrong account number down for our first money transfer? We have $8000 floating around somewhere right now!! I woke this morning at 8am to find him gone and figured he had left for work and just hadn't woken me up to say goodbye... Nope - he had been trying to sort it all out and called into work to say he would be late...

I think I am due at least a bunch of flowers now

haha thats hillarious because the same thing happened to me last week!! i was scheduled to get my first direct deposit on tuesday and it didnt show up as expected...i continued to freak out because we REALLY needed the money...i called the school and found out that somewhere along the line someone put in the wrong acct number...NOT FUN

and yes, flowers are definitely in order

[StillThePrettiest 4]

StP - I am so envious of your culinary masterpieces! You must just bake all day!! So do you look up recipes then just buy the ingredients and try them out? Or do you look and see what you have in your cupboards and go from there? We should have the gas connected today so it would be great if I could figure out how to use the oven at last... sad I know but gas ovens scare me

I don't quite bake ALL day... I try to get a half hour or so in the afternoon to do some cleaning

as for your questions - I've been wanting to get better at baking for a while, so I bought different flours and yeast and things like that a few weeks back (as well as loads of different herbs and spices, including some fresh herbs growing outside the back door)... and with most cooking I know the general idea, and am pretty confident about what will go together, and what will work, etc... so I just look up some recipes online, read three or four through, read a few reviews (if supplied) and then go and do my own thing, based on bits and pieces of what I've read

I love experimenting... we haven't had a dud yet, though of course some dishes have been better than others

I got a wonderful Moroccan cookbook the other day; can't wait to try some things from it

[Jeraly 4]

Mmmm sounds great!! We still don't even have things to bake *in* let alone ingredients Sounds so nice to just bake cookies or bread or cakes and all those other things... I think we have one loaf tin that must have been left over from the previous owners That and a foil roasting tin that we recycled from our take-out pasta

We brought a cook book back from Hawaii which we are going to use for our housewarming luau Since I got here though we have bought a huge weightwatchers binder ($20) with loads of recipes for when we finally get bored of indulging... or at least to lose a bit of weight before we go into the next season of indulgence

Have you tried allrecipes.com? There are rated recipes there and you can search by type or ingredients... I love it - it's like my definitive guide to cooking - here are some we have tried and loved so far

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Orange-Beef-S...Fry/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Aimees-Quick-...ken/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spinach-Stuff...sts/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Nut-Br...Jar/Detail.aspx

The spinach stuffed chicken was gorgeous - we have made it for guests a few times and it is always a hit The banana nut bread hasn't been tried yet but I really want to give it a go because it looks lovely!!!

[StillThePrettiest 4]

yeah, I use allrecipes a LOT; they're my default starting point (though I do look elsewhere too )

and I didn't have that much to bake with, but I went to the 99c store a few times and now I have some fings

oh, and I've made their Banana Sour Cream bread - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Sour-C...ead/Detail.aspx - twice now; it was good both time, but I added some sultanas the last time and it was even better

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

and I didn't have that much to bake with, but I went to the 99c store a few times and now I have some fings

Fings

So look at all you girls cooking and baking all day We just make quick meals these days cuz we started reorganizing the entire place so everything is laying sort of everywhere right now. But I like cooking and baking too

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I don´t know if I already told you or not, but I can repeat it if I did Here they have 3lbs of Harribo Gummy Bears for $5.99

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Gillian What´s new?

[English Muffin 59]

Gillian What´s new?

Not much.

My Green Card arrived on Monday, which was a good day. It now means that I don't have to deal with USCIS until April 2010 - such a good feeling!

Other than that I've just been looking for work. I got signed on at a temp agency yesterday so I hope they can find me something soon.

Hope you and the bump are well Marta.

[Jeraly 4]

oh, and I've made their Banana Sour Cream bread - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Sour-C...ead/Detail.aspx - twice now; it was good both time, but I added some sultanas the last time and it was even better

Aha!! I have dutifully added it to my recipe box

I think maybe we need to invest in another fan as well, even with the aircon on, our miniscule little kitchen corner gets roasting hot... Oh man I am sooo hungry now - just been planning our trip to AZ and what we can do when we meet Agnes - I was looking at the menu and it is sooooo yummy and sooo cheap!!

If anyone is interested:

http://www.bignosekate.com/10901_Longhorn_WEB2.pdf

So look at all you girls cooking and baking all day We just make quick meals these days cuz we started reorganizing the entire place so everything is laying sort of everywhere right now. But I like cooking and baking too

Marta - we still have barely any furniture in the living room and we can only afford to run one aircon unit at a time so that's my excuse for not being quite so domesticated!!!! That and the gas only went on yesterday

Hmmm I can't wait til we find a home for the recycling as well - that will free up one of our tiny end counters in the kitchen...

My Green Card arrived on Monday, which was a good day. It now means that I don't have to deal with USCIS until April 2010 - such a good feeling!

Other than that I've just been looking for work. I got signed on at a temp agency yesterday so I hope they can find me something soon.

Cool!! So is the two year thing from the date you got married, the date you filed....??? Nice to know you can just get on with life for a while although I would be paranoid that I would forget to file to remove conditions!!!

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

I am sure you will be paranoid when the time comes Or at least worried (Oh wanna come visit here? It´s like 70° here - very nice)

I hope you get some nice job soon Gillian I think the 2 years is the GC anniversary not the wedding anniversary.

[Jeraly 4]

So if it is the GC anniversary then Gillian would be filing in July, not April?!?!?!

70f just sounds so cold right now!! I sat in Jeremy's workplace where it was 76 and I had to wear a jumper and had two A&W aprons wrapped around my legs because I was so cold!!!

[English Muffin 59]

So if it is the GC anniversary then Gillian would be filing in July, not April?!?!?!

You are allowed to put your application in to remove conditions up to 90 days before your Green Card runs out. I'll be able to put mine in on April 12 2010 and not a day before!

[Jeraly 4]

So if it is the GC anniversary then Gillian would be filing in July, not April?!?!?!

You are allowed to put your application in to remove conditions up to 90 days before your Green Card runs out. I'll be able to put mine in on April 12 2010 and not a day before!

You mean in the 90 days running up to the GC running out? What if you don't?!?!

[English Muffin 59]

You mean in the 90 days running up to the GC running out? What if you don't?!?!

I have no idea! Removing conditions can take a really long time right now - about a year I think, so I'll be putting my application in as soon as possible. I'll be mailing it off on April 11 2010 without fail.

[Jeraly 4]

I'm just paranoid that I will forget!!