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Trail Mix Cookies

February 8, 2022

Trail Mix Cookies- soft cookies loaded with oats, chocolate chips, coconut, nuts, & raisins. Perfect to eat while hiking or just at home.

Trail Mix Cookies on crumpled wax paper on a cookie sheet pan.

These cookies come loaded with everything- oats, coconut, nuts, chocolate, and raisins- so every one is a bit different and so good. They are perfection in every bite.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: @ work, chocolate chips, coconut, cookies, cranberries, dried cranberries, Nuts, oatmeal, trail mix cookies, walnuts

9.6-8: Weekend Recap

September 9, 2013

{Friday Night} leave work a bit early | bus ride home | get wine | make chicken marsala with egg noodles | Price packs up | Price and Kemper leave for home visit | lounge around watching Harry Potter | bed

{Saturday} sleep in | make breakfast pasta (insprired by joy the baker) lounge around watching food network and HP marathon | prep yeast waffles | late lunch/early dinner at Saus | go to work for deadline work | work from 5.30-8.30 | Fed Ex | listen to Vampire Weekend do 3 songs at Boston Calling Music Festival | catch T & bus home | watch NASCAR race | bed

{Sunday} sleep in | make yeast waffles | work on fashion show wigs | walk to zip car | go to The Big G summer picnic | drop car off by 4 | bus home | more HP while working on wigs | Price and Kemper get home | lounge around and recap our weekend’s | bed

 grammar issues revolving doors

pasta for breakfast

 snack time messy desk

yeast waffles

  mit endicott house Gensler Boston Summer Picnic

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: @ work, Big G Summer Picnic, Boston Calling, chicken marsala dinner, Harry Potter marathon, saus, Saus Boston, Vampire Weekend, weekend recap

On Guard

April 20, 2012

So if you happen to follow me on Twitter you might have noticed yesterday morning that I was venting about how one of my coworkers scared the bejeezus out of me when came over to check on the status on a project. I startle VERY easily so it’s not hard to scare me to death I am in the zone and listening to music. I was tweaking out since I was afraid of it happening it again so I figured something would have to be done to prevent another heart attack.  I didn’t want to change the configuration of my desk so I came up with a solution.

Behold!

I hoped over to Amazon and ordered these nifty 1.5″ Convex Round Blind Spot Mini Safety Mirrors. Yes, these are normally used for your side mirrors to reduce your blind spot but I figured they would do. A little Amazon Prime Overnight Upgrade and ta-da (!!) I had them this morning and put them into use today.

So now when someone approaches from the main hall I can see them coming and not jump out of my seat when tapped on the shoulder.

This one handles the back approach from the small aisle at the end of our desks.

I need to get some of that tacky poster tape to better adhere them in place on my monitors but so far so good.

 

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: @ work, blind spot mirrors, convex mirros, jump out of my skin, mirrors, scared, startled

annnnd done

September 16, 2011

I can’t tell you how glad I am that this long ass week is over. And yet, I still have a ton of stuff to come in and do on Sunday just so I am not completely swamped next week. I’m actaully looking forward to Sunday, but that’s another story.

Price has poker with friends so I am going to hang out with Emily and relax tonight. We have not hung out in a while since our schedules rarely sync. It nice to have a chance to catch up in person, joke around, and vent around random dumb shit. We are going to the mall before heading to my place. And then we are going to the Urban Grape for some wine/beer/booze since my 60 hr week deserves demands it. But then we’ll see what sort of trouble we get ourselves into.

I took this photo today while at lunch while passing a ceremony on Government Center Plaza. Beautiful.

Filed Under: Etc. Tagged With: @ work, cube life, TGIF

565 Days

September 13, 2011

give or take

what’s the countdown?

how many more projected days for this project.

let’s hope that I can avoid hitting one of the office cleaning ladies with the (solid) side door as she comes in and I go out (for a pee break… TMI) in that period of time. I shrieked, she laughed nervously.

Experiencing that precious moment once is more than enough.

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: @ work, cube life

Not according to plan

September 12, 2011

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Refer to the picture above.

It’s 9.30 now and I am surrounded by drawings. I don’t expect leaving before 11 tonight.

That is why I have not yet finished editing the hilarious videos from Saturday. Hoping Tuesday will be less demanding so I can post at night.

Hope you had a good Monday night. Did you do anything fun? What did you eat? I stole my coworkers pita chips and now I’m having a lollipop.

TTYL

Filed Under: Etc. Tagged With: @ work, working late

Book Swap

August 9, 2011


 

Last Friday night, my office held a book swap. We have a weekly “buzz” when we gather at 5pm to enjoy some drinks and chips by the inspiration lounge/library (I dunno)r. It’s a nice way for us to catch up with each other on projects, softball, or anything in general. For a while we would do a “week in review” doodle that would focus on the current events that happened in Boston, but then things got a bit more casual and that stopped. With a lot of new faces in the office within the year the buzz is evolving again to include games, like Apples to Apples. The book swap was another effort to liven things up.

Prior to moving, I packed up a lot of books to donate/sell. Off they went and I packed up the books that I really ‘wanted’. Well, once I unpacked and organized them, and then Price moved them again to be able to paint, I realized that 1) I don’t want to move another damn book around again 2) I doubted that I would read these ‘wanted’ books again. So, I decided that they would have to go. I talked with one of my bosses and was given the go ahead for the book swap to held during a buzz.

 

Instead of our usual spot, we took over our large joint conference rooms. There were lot of books were swapped, with a lot still remaining in the “book swap basket”. This basket is going to hang around so people can add more books to it so there is a constant flow of books that everyone can share.

 

I suggest that people organize a book swap with coworkers, friends, or neighbors so it allows you to unload some books, while getting a few new ones in the process. Labor Day is a great time to read while relaxing in the sun so you can sneak a book swap in before then, or do one in the fall when you can curl up with a good book.

PS. I swapped about 30 books for this 1 book. Price just rolled his eyes when I showed it to him. hehehe 🙂

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Filed Under: Etc. Tagged With: @ work, book swap, books, swapping

Office Humor

July 19, 2011

 

Today was okay.

Another Tuesday.  Wore my favorite dress. (It cost me $6). Didn’t go outside at all from 8.20-5.20. Had a lunch and learn on elevators. Thrilling. Had a meeting with our project general contractors for project kick off. One of the contractors has a South African accent. He could read the phone book to me and I would listen. Did errands after work. Saw horses, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and a lone rabbit. Tried a new gluten free bread that I used for garlic bread. We both liked it.

The best part of the day relates to this email. I forwarded it around to coworkers and friends. I had tears in my eyes from laughing at one of my coworker’s laughter from it.

Do you see what we found so funny? do you???

 

If not…

 

 

I guess the messenger has some humor.

 

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Filed Under: Etc. Tagged With: @ work, funny

Holiday Party 2010

December 21, 2010

Last Thusrday night, my office had our holiday party get together. We headed over to Cambridge to go to the Blue Room. We had a private room to ourselves that featured the lovely Burt Reynolds all over the walls. It was hilarious.

Before the food was attacked and devored I took a few pictures. Boy, let me tell you, the passed hors d’oeuvres were fantastic. I can’t decide what I liked more… the spicy shrimp wontons with chili + soy dipping sauce or the tuna tartare on sesame crisps (pictured). The hors d’oeuvres also included 2 kinds of wood grilled pizza, a plate of roasted vegetables, and an amazing cheese plate.

The servers were on top of things, esp topping off our drinks. As in the case of Price telling a co-worker…”This is my first glass of champagne… I’ve just had it refilled 6 times” (wink wink).

It was a fantastic night. The best part was that I was able to go since a project I am working on had a BIG presentation on Friday. So happy to get out of the office on time and have a great presentation the next day. Perfect way to wrap up a hectic week.

**If the guy in the left picture looks familiar it’s because he was on Season 2 of HGTV’s Design Star. Tom was up from our NY office working on some projects so he came out to celebrate with the Boston Office. **

Filed Under: Etc. Tagged With: @ work, Blue Room, Cambridge, food and drink

Warning: Highly Addictive “Muddy Buddies”

April 9, 2010

It’s always amusing when I bring cake or other goodies into work or school and I watch people attract to it like a swarm of bees. Buzzing around getting their sugar fix and asking how I made it. I was once carrying around some cake to class and someone stopped me and asked about it. Well I shared some slices with him and a friend and as he ran away with his ‘dinner’ he yelled back to me “Thanks Sugar Fairy!!” (new favorite nickname) Well, this happened again yesterday since we had our monthly staff meeting and I brought in Muddy Buddies.

Not familiar with Muddy Buddies? Maybe you’ve heard of Puppy Chow? Still no? Well, imagine a simple piece of Chex cereal becoming host to a chocolate, peanut butter, and butter mixture, and then covered in powered sugar. This simple had just taking a drastic turn into the realm of high addictive pop in your mouth foods.

Simple to make with just a few ingredients. Some melting, stirring and then shaking. Plus if you do it right (not like me) you won’t have many dishes involved in there. A bowl for melting, a big bowl for mixing, a spoon for mixing. Use a BIG ziploc bag and things are really easy then. If you are making a few batches, or like me using 3 boxes of Chex cereal, then be prepared with a few ziploc baggies. Trust me, it makes it a lot easier to use a few than try to resue them a few times. The recipe said to let the Chex cool down after the bounce in the bag but I felt that mine was not too hot and did not need to be laid out on a parchment paper coated cookie sheet.

Chex Muddy Buddies

9 cups of Chex rice or Corn cereal (or a combination)
1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup of butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 /2 cups of powdered sugar

1) In a large bowl, measure cereal, set aside.

2) In a microwave safe bowl, put the chocolate, peanut butter, and butter together. Microwave on High for 1 minute. Stir mixture. Continue to microwave and stir in 30 second intervals until the mixture is smooth. Add the vanilla extract.

3) Evenly pour the mixture of the Chex cereal and mix together until cereal is evenly covered.

4) Transfer to a large (2 gal) resealable plastic bag. Add the powdered sugar, seal, and gently shake until covered.

5) Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: @ work, Chex cearal, Chex Muddy Buddies Recipe, chocolate, Muddy Buddies, peanut butter, Puppy Chow, snacks

Got Milk? Tres Leches Cake

February 4, 2010

 

Another staff meeting, another cake. I really love that I make cake for work things. It’s a good way to try new cakes, I try to make a new cake every meeting. A way to keep things fresh and new.

  

 

I have wanted to make Tres Leches Cake for a while. I’m not a dessert person but this really makes me have a sweet tooth. The custardy consistency and the frosting really get me hooked. I was always interested in the frosting because its taste reminded me of a marshmallow. Well I learned that it is just heavy cream vanilla extract, and A LOT of sugar, which explains the sugary sweet marshmallow taste.

 

  

I search for the perfect recipe had my blog hoping and diving into cook books. In the end I decided to go with the one on Foodnetwork.com by Alton Brown. I picked this one because the frosting had the most sugar in its frosting recipe (how dare someone else tell me that 2 tablespoons is enough?) and I met him!! I was using a bigger pan than the recipe called for. I decided to multiply the recipe by 1.5 for my 11x 14.5″ pan. There were a few things that I played around with like the quantities for the glaze, like I just used 1 can of evaporated milk, 2 cans of condensed milk, and 2 cups of heavy cream (instead of the half and half).

 

 I think it turned out pretty well. Next time I would poke a few more holes and add the milk mixture in 2 batches so it would soak in it bit at a time. I think pouring all the mixture in at once prevents it from soaking in properly. The mixture did not soak in consistently, it settled in the bottom and soaked up about 4/5 of the way up- which kinda defies gravity. Either the mixture was tasty and the frosting was addicting.

Tres Leches Cake

Vegetable oil
6 3/4 ounces cake flour, plus extra for pan
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
8 ounces sugar
5 whole eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the glaze:

1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup half-and-half (or heavy cream)

For the topping:

2 cups heavy cream
8 ounces sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil and flour a 13 by 9-inch metal pan and set aside.

Whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl and set aside.

Place the butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed until fluffy, approximately 1 minute. Decrease the speed to low and with the mixer still running, gradually add the sugar over 1 minute. Stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl, if necessary. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and mix to thoroughly combine. Add the vanilla extract and mix to combine. Add the flour mixture to the batter in 3 batches and mix just until combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and spread evenly. This will appear to be a very small amount of batter. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until the cake is lightly golden and reaches an internal temperature of 200 degrees F.

Remove the cake pan to a cooling rack and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Poke the top of the cake all over with a skewer or fork. Allow the cake to cool completely and then prepare the glaze.

 For the glaze:

Whisk together the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and the half-and-half (or heavy cream). Once combined, pour the glaze over the cake. Refrigerate the cake overnight.

 Topping:

Place the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment, whisk together on low until stiff peaks are formed. Change to medium speed and whisk until thick. Spread the topping over the cake and allow to chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: @ work, Alton Brown, cake, cake and cupcakes, mexican cake, milk, tres leche cake

Oh happy day

January 19, 2010

I celebrated my 25th birthday with

a beautiful flower (gifted in a flour sifter) at my desk from Helen

maple layer cake with maple buttercream frosting from Julie, plus she gave me the cutest bunny earrings from Figs and Ginger

 

 

   

pizza with price

This has become a tradition for my birthday. It’s the fifth year making pizza together on my birthday. We make pizza at other times during the year but we have to do it on my birthday… it just would not be my birthday without it. I have the same toppings on my pizza every time, pineapple and jalapenos, but this time pricer also got some ham to make it a real hawaiian pizza. I think this was our best pizza yet.

and

flan cake from kellie that we ate before I remembered to take a picture! Damn!!!

 

Thank you to everyone who wished me happy birthday and for making it so great.

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Filed Under: Etc., Family and Friends Tagged With: 25 year old, @ work, birthday, bunny earrings, cake, Figs and Ginger, pizza

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