lazy dog and Improv'd dinner.

So as I was driving home from work, I was drooling over this garlic, shitake pasta I had at the Yardhouse. I was thinking to myself, I cook, I'll make something similar, and add my own recipe.
So I did and stopped by Trader Joe's..

But first, here is pepper sleeping on the cool floor. smart huh? yes, dogs know when its hot too!

Oh, and this balut I had the other day....it was yummy with salt and pepper and some vietnamese coriander (leafy herb on the plate) this is vietnamese style i guess.

So here was what I cooked for dinner: garlic chicken and cremini mushroom pasta

Chicken and LOTS AND LOTS of garlic. Garlic is good!

cremini mushrooms and string beans

Stir fry them all together with olive oil, butter (lots of it) and salt, add spagetti pasta and viola! I don't like to use too many ingredients in my dishes because if you use too many, the flavors collide and you don't get to taste the natural sweetness or flavor of the veggie or meat...

add some parmesean and pepper flakes and it was yum...lol..

In 100 degree weather and then some.

oh my goooshness!! It was unbelievably hot today. I could just be sitting on my bed staring at the wall and sweat profusely outta the creases of my body and of course, my pits too.

AC is not an option since my house does not have one.... a fan would be nice too, but the green side of me says to conserve energy and the other is just that I'm cheap....I'd rather die of heat stroke than turn on the fan...yes...

I made myself a margarita to try to cool down but didn't help..nope..just made me more thirsty cuz of all the sugar in the margarita mix...so I tried to be productive, so that somehow by working on some sewing, that would make me forget how much sweat beads were dripping down between the speed bumps.

A great pat on me-self's back for finishing these clutches that had been sitting on my work desk for the past 2 weeks...yay to myself again...I'll post these on http://www.factoryjunkie.etsy.com/ for purchase soon! Don't forget too, that I'm offering FREE shipping for the USA!

And then I got camera happy and stacked the clutches in odd ways...pretending I'm artsy and sh*t.....I can get retardo sometimes..

Here's my next sewing project...more small totes!! These poor things have been sitting below my desk for about a month already, so its time to get them all sew'd up!

Pepper bobbing for ice

its been soo hot lately that bro video taped pepper bobbing for ice in 90 degree weather. she's pretty darn good too!

silly peoples and pepper

mommy and crazy auntie.
this is how pepper usually sleeps. check out the belly hannging below her.

The boy's artwork - kewl eh?

I've never seen this before and when the boy showed it to me I was amazed! I'm a dork.

YAY! An accomplishment so far.

I'm so happy that I've finally posted some of the handmade stuff on Etsy. Come and check it out! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5240160

Been busy, just gonna post random stuff.

Hellos...been super busy cutting and sewing and hanging out with my buddies. Doesn't help that computer is down again. Just thought I'd post some random stuff since I am able to sneak a few minutes on here. Above is one done by the boy, which I thought was very cute and almost a mirro reflection of both of us.
So, I've been consulting with Carolyn about setting up my website and its not as easy as it seems especially when I'm so retarded with computer and technological stuff. Carolyn's ears are probably bleeding from the 100 q's I emailed her about getting my website going.

I actually did come up with this design after much researching and I'm basically looking for a clean look where its easy to navigate and not too cluttered. It looks cheesy, but in my mind it should look a lot better - I hope. Who know's I might change my mind again, but this looks like what I want. I would have photos of me or my model modeling my stuff on left side and on the right side, it would be the navigation area....forgive me, I don't even know what the correct web terminologies are. Anyhoo, this is just the beginning, I have a feeling that this is going to be a learning and long process.

Its getting late in the day and I'm getting hungry....a bowl of pho sounds and looks so great right now...and so does this....droool.........