spitbite

I'm in a good mood today.

First, I read this article about guerilla knitting-- it put a huge smile on my face. Love love love this stuff.

And here's the KnittaPlease blog, it's got some great posts. It makes me want to pick up the needles again, and now that it's all cold and dreary I think I will!

Earlier this week it occured to me that in the 18 months that I've been with the hubby, I've never cooked for him. I guess it was after working so many jobs in restaurants and going back to school, but I lost my interest in the culinary arts. So I decided to remedy that by cooking for him last night. Best idea ever.

Vegan cooking is one of my favorite activities, and this site actually is what I credit with inspiring me to fire up the stove again: Vegan Yum Yum

I made the Hurry Up Alfredo--which really is the easiest thing ever to make. The sauce was ready way before the noodles were-- some lemon spinach cous-cous and zuchinni cooked with soy sauce. We also split a bottle of good merlot, which really complimented the white pasta sauce.

It was probably the best date we've had in a long time. The way to a man's heart truly is though his stomach, why didn't I listen to my mother before? But now my inspiration and itch is back, so I'll be doing a lot more cooking and experimentation these days. Now that our pantry is fully stocked up with the "expensive" basics needed before veganism can be considered cheap, I have an excuse to go all out.

We also watched the movie 'W' afterwards. Really really interesting. I've always disliked Bush as a president, but I always wondered about the man himself-- the movie had some great, fresh insight on family, personal struggles and the errors made along the way.

ah well, here's another musical sample for everyone. I love this Similou song, it's such a perfect mainstream pop piece of music--ridiculously catchy and the beat is infectuous: