More Apple Recipes

mmm......apple pie, how I love you. This was only my second try at making an apple pie, and it's only a little burnt. Still delicious though. I still have MORE apples that I need to try and do something with before they get soft.

apple cinnamon bread

My first attempt at baking something with the apples I picked on Sunday. I made apple cinnamon bread, it needs more cinnamon and maybe something else spice-wise, but overall it tastes pretty good. I may make some more. Luis is campaigning for an apple pie, so that will probably be next. And I'm getting better at peeling apples, but I still suck at it.

The recipe is here

apple picking!

Nothing says fall like a trip to the apple orchard/pumpkin patch. On Sunday, I got to go to Evans Apple Orchard with some friends from grad school. I haven't been apple picking in a long time, so it was good fun picking the apples off the tree. Unfortunately, for every apple I picked another one fell on the ground. Whoops! I also got some delicious apple cider and caramel apples. Man, I love fall. And the weather was amazingly beautiful the whole time. I ended up with almost a peck of apples, which I didn't realize until later--that's a lot of apples. There didn't seem to be a lot of apples on the trees, but we managed to find some good ones.

Weekend at Bingley's

Last weekend I dog-sat Brack's dog Bingley. It was a fun weekend, filled with watching the entire second season of The Big Bang Theory and playing with Bingley. It was fun to pretend I had a dog for the weekend, but am kinda glad that it is done with and I don't have a dog. One day when I have more time and patience, but that's not today. But isn't he so cute?

SOCCER!

Luis and I went to a MLS game on Saturday. This was my first ever soccer game (aside from an Emerson College one) and Luis' first in the States. Obv. we were both excited. I was mostly excited because I wanted to watch David Beckham play before he abandons us and flees back to Europe. But alas, it wasn't meant to be. Apparently he injured his ankle and didn't fly to Columbus with his team. Damn him. Anyway, after much debate about whether to make the three hour trek in the rain to watch a Beckham-less LA Galaxy play the Columbus Crew (who comes up with these names?) we decided to go and take our chances. And I must say, it was worth it. Luckily it didn't rain during the game! And the Crew won! so a good time was had by all. I never realized how intense soccer is, and how if you take your eyes off the game you'll probably miss something. So different from baseball. Good times, and I can truthfully say now, I enjoy soccer. And I'm already planning another game next summer.

Red Helmet

Who knew coal mining could be so intense? I just read this book, and it was quite good. It's about a woman from New York who ends up working in a coal mine. There's this whole romance there as well, but the coal mining part was really intense. Homer Hickam grew up in a coal mining town, and worked briefly in a coal mine so you can always count on his books to be true to the profession. This was interesting cause you really got an inside look of the life of a rookie coal miner. Very good!

Luis is amazed that I am still able to read for fun while taking classes, he keeps asking me how I have time for it. I told him I read in one of my textbooks that a good librarian is always reading a book, usually more than one. So I'm well on my way!

happy birthday to me!

mmmmm....the delicious cupcake made up for the terrible movie. don't see Adam, spare yourselves.