Jennifer's 365 Project

We went out shopping so Chris could pick up a scanner, then I immediately started baking again when we got home. Next up was a pan of Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. I didn't have any Fleur de sel, so I used a smidge of regular salt. I don't typically add salt to recipes anyway, so I'm sure these will still taste delicious.
I grilled up some barbecue chicken as well as corn on the cob. I even prepped four patties of Black Bean Burgers. Unfortunately I think the bean burgers are a little dry (which is my fault) so these are going to be extra crumbly. They're no substitute for Brick Road Pizza's delicious veggie burger, but they'll hold me over till our Friday visit.

I did think seriously about making some Banana Boats on the grill and S'mores Bars in the oven, but there are only so many sweets the two of us can realistically eat. Besides, I already have some cheesecakes from several weeks ago in the freezer.

It stopped raining over night so Chris was able to test out the mower this morning. He has a pretty good write up of his experience and the differences between the electric and gas here, on blog.
While Chris was out being productive, I was trying to finish up the one last thing in Guild Wars. I finally snagged the last bit I needed to get 15 points in their Hall of Monuments. So my intense binge the last few weeks have come to a close (until Guild Wars 2 launches in 2 weeks, that is). Now I have a lovely set of tonics to turn my character into random things, including a Mursaat.

With the last point achieved, I needed a break from Guild Wars. But I'd been playing it in all my free time the last several weeks I flailed around all afternoon trying to find my footing. Read? Naw. Watch TV? Naw.
Finally around 9pm I decided to bake. I've been saving a few different recipes to try and tonight sounded like a good night to try the chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe.

They're not bad cookies. I made them as huge cookies, but that's ok. They're a nice change from regular chocolate chip cookies.

But nope! Everything inside the box was still dry and Chris set to assembling it for a test drive tomorrow morning.

It's raining! Finally! It's been pretty dry the last several week so a nice steady rain is what we needed. Plus the rain sounds fantastic throughout the house when all the windows are open.

No surface is safe from the cat's laziness, not even a lonely hand.

And you better hope you don't have to move or there will be a lot of angry protesting.

Even at night I enjoy the view and sounds from our backyard.

I'm really happy with how secluded it is for being nestled in the suburbs.

I've been craving home made pretzels for awhile. There is something about soft, warm home made baked goods that I just love.
So I made a batch this evening after dinner, including some shaped a little differently.
The Green Lantern shaped pretzels didn't come out as awesome as I'd hoped, but they're still in the correct rough shape.

I thought about food coloring and maybe next time around I'll toss some in the dough to get some truly green colored ones.

Saturday was mostly uneventful for me. I played a lot of video games, I read a lot of my book, and in general avoided going outdoors.

Chris, however, was productive. Among the things he did was hang some pictures in the office for me. Now that the pictures are hung I can clutter the wainscoting with junk. Hooray!

When I discovered that you could make tasty hamburgers out of beans, I was hooked. My love of the black bean burger at Brick Road Pizza has no equal.

I've tried to recreate the burger several times, but they've never come out as tasty as the burgers from Brick Road Pizza.

Seriously, who knew veggies could taste so good?

It's still been kind of hot out so the strolls at the park are happening later in the evening still.

I'll be happy when the temperatures are back to the 70s.

Apparently it's been 6 months, which means it's time for a check up at the dentist.

At least this time I walked away out any follow up appointments for fillings. Hooray!