2. Reconfigure the closet system in the master closet.
3. Decorate my office/4th bedroom (we have 4 total: 1-master, 2-guest room, 3-drum room/Allen's mancave, 4-my office/second guestroom/storage).
I'd like my office to be something like this. Maybe with a sage green wall color?
4. Get a fence
5. Get a puppy
My parents' puppy Abbie the day they brought her home. She's so small!6. Visit Dallas
Image from: visitdallas.com
Image from: visitdallas.com7. Build a firepit. (How to: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/our-cheap-o-patio-makeover/)
8. Visit family in Las Vegas
9. Use our fondue pot. Doesn't this recipe sound delicious?
10. Learn to make pizza dough.
We received a pizza stone from my brother G and his wife, Karina for our wedding present and cannot wait to start using it! We also received a stand mixer and so I'm hoping I can put both of them to use in our new kitchen. Here's a recipe I'd love to try:
11. Garden.
8. Visit family in Las Vegas
9. Use our fondue pot. Doesn't this recipe sound delicious?
Classic Chocolate Fondue Recipe
1 cup heavy cream
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla
Heat the cream in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until hot, about 2 to 3 minutes. When hot, add the chocolate and stir until it is just melted and smooth. Stir in vanilla. Transfer to a warm ceramic fondue pot.
Serve with your choices of fresh strawberries, bananas, apple wedges, pound cake, ladyfingers, and almond biscotti. Serves 6 or more.
Variations: Substitute 2 to 3 tablespoons of kirsch, brandy, rum, or orange liqueur for the vanilla
1 cup heavy cream
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla
Heat the cream in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until hot, about 2 to 3 minutes. When hot, add the chocolate and stir until it is just melted and smooth. Stir in vanilla. Transfer to a warm ceramic fondue pot.
Serve with your choices of fresh strawberries, bananas, apple wedges, pound cake, ladyfingers, and almond biscotti. Serves 6 or more.
Variations: Substitute 2 to 3 tablespoons of kirsch, brandy, rum, or orange liqueur for the vanilla
10. Learn to make pizza dough.
We received a pizza stone from my brother G and his wife, Karina for our wedding present and cannot wait to start using it! We also received a stand mixer and so I'm hoping I can put both of them to use in our new kitchen. Here's a recipe I'd love to try:
Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 c. (generous) warm water
4 tbsp. olive oil
1 c. whole wheat flour
2 c. unbleached white flour
1 tsp. sea salt
Stir yeast and water together, let sit 5 minutes or until foamy. Stir in the oil and add the flour 1 cup at a time and the salt and mix until well blended. Use your hands, a heavy duty mixer with a dough hook or a food processor. Knead for 8 minutes, until the dough is satiny and elastic; if using a mixer or food processor, put the flour and salt in the work bowl and add the wet ingredients while the motor is running.
Place the dough in a buttered bowl, turn to coat, cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let rise for two hours or until double in bulk. Roll or press the dough lightly into a flattened round. Pick it up and stretch it from underneath. Stretch it and knead it until you achieve the desired size and thinness.
Place it on a cookie sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal. Push the pizza dough into the desired shape with the finger tips. Cover with a towel for proofing and the second rise (about 30 minutes). Shake the pizza dough occasionally so it won't stick to the pan's surface. When ready to bake: Top the dough with pizza sauce-topping.
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 c. (generous) warm water
4 tbsp. olive oil
1 c. whole wheat flour
2 c. unbleached white flour
1 tsp. sea salt
Stir yeast and water together, let sit 5 minutes or until foamy. Stir in the oil and add the flour 1 cup at a time and the salt and mix until well blended. Use your hands, a heavy duty mixer with a dough hook or a food processor. Knead for 8 minutes, until the dough is satiny and elastic; if using a mixer or food processor, put the flour and salt in the work bowl and add the wet ingredients while the motor is running.
Place the dough in a buttered bowl, turn to coat, cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let rise for two hours or until double in bulk. Roll or press the dough lightly into a flattened round. Pick it up and stretch it from underneath. Stretch it and knead it until you achieve the desired size and thinness.
Place it on a cookie sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal. Push the pizza dough into the desired shape with the finger tips. Cover with a towel for proofing and the second rise (about 30 minutes). Shake the pizza dough occasionally so it won't stick to the pan's surface. When ready to bake: Top the dough with pizza sauce-topping.
11. Garden.
We have a great little spot in our backyard for a garden. It's already started but I pulled out almost everything last year when I was trying to weed.
I think only the rosemary survived.
Focus on: tomatoes, basil and rosemary, tulips and hydrangeas.
Use the Southern Living Garden Book that was a gift from my dad.
I think only the rosemary survived.
Focus on: tomatoes, basil and rosemary, tulips and hydrangeas.
Use the Southern Living Garden Book that was a gift from my dad.
12. Blog more. One post a week, minimum.
13. Be more humble, a more loving wife, a more gracious child, a stronger Christian, a better boss, a more thoughtful neighbor, a more supportive and fun friend.
Here are my goals for 2010. Do you make annual goals or New Years Resolutions? Do you keep them? Any suggestions for achieving goals?
13. Be more humble, a more loving wife, a more gracious child, a stronger Christian, a better boss, a more thoughtful neighbor, a more supportive and fun friend.
Here are my goals for 2010. Do you make annual goals or New Years Resolutions? Do you keep them? Any suggestions for achieving goals?
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