Per aspera ad astra

Hello! 언 녕 하 세 요! This is only a test.

As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to experiment more with my lovely collection of cookbooks. On Sunday, I opened up the Greek cookbook and here are the results!

Salad: Mediterranean-style lettuce with red peppers, parsley, feta cheese and Italian dressing.

Dinner: Lamb cooked with tomatoes, garlic/herbs, and orzo pasta, topped with a four-cheese blend. The little egg roll-type things are feta + herbs wrapped in phyllo (a little tricky to handle, but oh-so-tasty).

And of course, Araby patiently waiting for a piece of lamb to accidentally fall off the table. Isn’t he dashing in his bandanna?

Finally, totally unrelated to cuisine, here are some of my recent experiments with the color effect feature on my sweet little camera:

Jordan and Coley, respectively, at Hamburg Inn for Jordor’s birthday.

Pretty tulips in Mt Vernon.

Meet the new love of my life.

Love at first sight test drive? I think so

My car (Q) and I have a love-hate relationship as of the past month.

Love = top down on a beautiful spring day, wind in my hair, blasting the best of the crap on the radio…

Hate = What is that on the passenger seat, you say? Could it be… my muffler? You betcha!

Anyway, this is just part three for Car Tribulations: Take April (see part one: axle breaking; part two: windows feisty and totally uncontrollable). Rather than spend the $500 to put a new muffler on (and replace a second muffler which is leaking!), I just told the Meineke guy (officially the FIRST helpful mechanic I’ve had) to put a stupid pipe on, under the assumption that I’ll get a new car soon. I certainly hope I will; despite the financial strain it’ll impose on me, it can’t be much worse than what I’ve had to go through already with poor Q here.

Grr.