What not to Lick

I learned something very important today.

I made some salsa from a recipe off Good Eats (great show by the way). As I was chopping the chillies I wondered what kind of chillies they were since they were only labeled Chillies at the farmers market. How hot was this little green chili? Only one way to find out.

Yes I did lick the inside of what I now know is a Jalapeno.

Good thing Alton Brown informed me milk was the best thing to combat the fire that has no flame. I should have also followed his recommendation to use gloves. Even after washing your hands several times, and waiting several hours, the hot stuff can still burn when you pick your nose.

D

We don't want to grow up

It has occurred to us in the past couple of days that being grown up is highly overrated. We are currently renting our home and we enjoy it. It is a cute 1930's bungalow with a white picket fence, two bedrooms, a decent-sized kitchen, laundry room, two fireplaces, a big yard, and a front porch with a swing. Who cares that there is a bus depot that is just down the street... it is summer after all. And that loud rumbling noise? Yeah, we're used to the train tracks... we're a whole three blocks away.. almost. Really, it is a great house, in a good part of town, and the price is right. Our year lease will be officially up on this great house on Friday and we need to have a conversation with our landlord about what we are doing. But, please, don't label us as total slackers.. we had initial conversations...

Landlord: "We really like you two. Are you planning on staying?"
Drew&Katie: "We like it here too."

Then we had a tree fall on our house during a lightning storm which caused some damage to the porch and well.. we are getting a new roof tomorrow.. so needless to say this rental property is getting more and more expensive for our landlords.

So now the conversation in the past few days as interpreted by Drew...
Landlord: "Would you be interested in buying the house?"
Drew&Katie: "Uh... um... let me get back to you."

Drew [to katie] "are we interested in buying this house?"
Katie [to drew] "yeah, but we are probably more interested in continuing to eat on a daily basis."

Actually, the conversation between Drew and I was more serious than that, but it did lead to a similar conclusion. We even checked our credit scores tonight so we can have some facts to back us up when we turn down the offer to buy our cute little bungalow. In his conversation with our landlady, Drew mentioned that they might be trying to sell our home to buy another house on the market. While this is still not confirmed, it sounded like they were wanting to move quickly so I am preparing us for a quick move just in case we are forced out sooner than we expected. I have begun once more the dreaded search for the perfect home. Cheap rent, well-maintained, quiet neighbors, spacious, clean, and now dog-friendly. Did I mention that we don't really want to grow up?

K

Remembering Normal

Last week was fun. Drew and I were blessed with the opportunity to spend a week and a half in beautiful northern Virginia with my brother and his wife. We went so Drew could work, which he did, and I played. I am stopping the sentence there for emphasis... I got to play!
For those of you stumbling upon our humble blog you may not understand that this is really an impressive feat for me. For five years now I have been seeking healing & answers for unexplained bouts of dizziness & migraines that have progressively gotten more frequent. This past year I have had to pass on work opportunities because my health has been so unpredictable and debilitating. There have been other weeks when I have felt good and actually some in which I've felt better, but how kind of God to give me a week of good health while visiting my family!
Overall, I think I might be getting better... my doctor seems to have found a migraine medication that is helping, despite some annoying side effects. I am going to an acupuncture/massage therapist every few weeks. And, for good measure, while I have been too tired to cook [meaning about 300 of the last 365 days], 'Chef' Drew has prescribed a nearly organic diet [migraine diet]. (Have I mentioned how great my husband is? He is truly amazing!)
Oh, so, what did I play? Well, I played Wii, mostly Wii Fit, but also Mario Kart, although too much did make me a bit dizzy. While Drew wasn't working we both played tourist. We went to Mount Vernon and a Smithsonian exhibition on Jim Henson & the Muppets. We went to the Library of Congress and ate lunch on the roof of my brother's office which overlooks the White House. [the snipers weren't on the roof so we assumed Bush wasn't home] I also played softball! I didn't do anything that will get me a MLB contract, but I still ran and stood up for two hours! I even went to a jazz concert for a picnic dinner with my brother/sister-in-law and another lovely couple in the sculpture garden. What a great week to remind me that I may have sat on my sofa for most of the past year, but I still have the ability to carry on a conversation, play, and recognize God's kindness in my life.

K

We are bloggers!

After about a year of periodic discussion and occasional spurts of creativity Drew & I have jumped into the blogosphere. Previously, our creative discussion was almost entirely focused on what we should call our blog. Our titular discussion was sparked by a comment from our friend Blake who told us that we were "two goofy peas in a pod." We liked this summation of ourselves so much that we hoped to create a blog around it... but well I guess you can see we opted for a less 'showy' name. We also tried playing with some name options centered around our surname, but opted for some anonyminity in this big place we call the world-wide web. So here we are... "Drew & Katie." If you're reading this you likely know us, so hi, but if not we will introduce ourselves more as time passes so feel free to keep visiting.

K