Studies in Hair Style and Photography

After months of hard work, we finally trained Harry to use the camera. Deanna's new doo really contrasts Rich's old doo. Ironically, though, Deanna seems to be going for a 60s look. Twiggy might be proud.

Rich is going for a new "part" on his doo next time he visits Lonnie. He'll need at least a couple of weeks to get used to the idea.

Gnocchi Gnight

Tonight was gnocchi night. Our first attempt at the potato-pasta didn't turn out poorly in the least. In preparation, we riced potatoes and then began adding flour, eggs, salt, and parmesean cheese to work through the dough.

We then rolled the dough into 3/4"-inch ropes and cut the gnocchi into 1 1/4" lengths before using a fork to "mark" and form the traditional gnocchi shape. We found that we needed more flour than we had originally anticipated.

Our boiling water and the ice bath quickly filled with potato starch, but once the gnocchi floated to the top, it took only one more minute to cook. The gnocchi then bathed in cold water for a few minutes before serving.

The end product was wonderful. More pictures will follow.

Shelving Updates

This weekend we assembled and installed two shelving units: one in Hannah's bedroom, and one in Lauren's bathroom. Hannah's shelves went together fairly easily. The one in Lauren's bathroom, however, required two phone calls to China and consultation with three mechanical engineers before we could get it assembled and installed. We also had to plaster, paint, measure, and drill. This, mind you, all happened as we were installing fluorescent lightbulbs throughout the house. Per normal, our suspected 30-minute project turned into a 3-hour project. It's simply not surprising any more.

March's Lion?

It's March 1, and school let out at 1 p.m. Weather.com, WEAU.com, the local and national news programs have nothing but weather as their top story--from the Dakotas to the East to the South-East. Several days ago, what you see as snow-covered was brown and green. Alas, it IS only March in the upper Midwest.














At least we've been able to snow blow once today. I suspect we'll wait until morning to deal with it again.