it's been a good weekend. wasn't sure how it'd turn out, but i'm pleasantly surprised. D & i had some time to hang out yesterday before he went to work. my coworker, M, came over to cook with me in the afternoon. she & I have been trying to cook lunch once a week for each other so we'd both have one less day to worry about what we're eating for lunch. i've been a bit overwhelmed with work lately & trying to cook lunch for myself has been tough, much less feed one more person. (if it tastes like crap, i'll probably suffer through it, but i'd never give it to someone else. know what i mean?) anyway, M came over & said she wanted to cook lasagna because she enjoyed the lasagna i'd made over the winter a few times. we didn't have any of the veggies on hand but she wanted to do it anyway using what she brought (cabbage, carrots) & what i had (broccoli, onions, spinach, kale). i was down for the experiment... did i mention she's vegan? so, no cheese... :( anyway, we made this concoction that will most-likely be disgusting. truly. we made 2 small pans - 1 for her & 1 for me. i had a little silken tofu hanging around, so we used that as a substitute for the ricotta. yeah. at some point, during lasagna assembly, M was concerned that we'd run out of tomato sauce, so she added water to it (a lot of water). anyway, i'm just now preheating the oven to cook this disaster. i don't expect anything good to come out of it but i now know i need a solid plan before she comes over. i feel certain cabbage should never go in any kind of pasta.... (M is also German & eats lots of cabbage.)
last night i read through a bunch of applications for the positons at work. just haven't had time to get through them at work. i've got 20 applicants so far, for 8 spots. really enjoyed the interviews & reference checks i did last week. a big fan of the phone interview. i can make no judgements based on how they look, which is a good thing. although i can make judgements about how they sound. talked to this guy who's an eagle scout/assistant scout master (& in his application, one of his references said this guy could beat people up) & i was expecting a strong, manly voice. i was a bit shocked by the high-pitched nasal tone of his voice. i guess i make up stories about people as i read their applications...
i was supposed to attend a living roof workshop today - at the same site where i did the strawbale building workshop in march. this morning, when my alarm went off at 5:45, i decided to stay in bed. just needed more down time & 1 day of weekend wasn't enough. we had pretty heavy thunderstorms most of the day, so i felt good about staying here. D was off, so we had the whole day to hang out. our errands included sitting in the car for 50 minutes at Trader Joe's, listening to This American Life. it was this bizarre story about cryogenics. all in all, a good weekend, no matter how the "lasagna" turns out.
how does one make GOOD garlic bread?
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