Tagine!

Conor found a fun recipe just over a year ago and we made it several times in a short period. He was on a vegetarian kick for a while . . . . Anyway it's a tasty Moroccan dish and very healthy. Here we took some photos of the prepped food and steps to make it. When it cooks down you serve over rice or couscous--delish! Recipe is posted below for those who would like it.

We used our Dutch Oven out back to avoid heating up the house. For this past Christmas I found a tagine cooker for Conor. We have yet to use it--but will soon!

Angola Soccer Game

Conor scored some tickets to the Angola vs. Mexico soccer game last May (2010). We were able to invite a couple friends to join us and parked and rode the train to the Reliant Center.

I am not an avid soccer fan, but like attending live sports events. This was no exception and proved to be some awesome people watching!!! Check out our sweet shirts Conor's work gave us to wear to the game!

Very enthusiastic fan! It was nice of him to hold scarf for us to read behind him! ; )

Sail Away!

I obviously am not good at blogging and haven't posted in ages! I spend all my mad blogging efforts on my photography site. Which doesn't receive much attention, either! However, we do tend to take pictures wherever we go and lead slightly more than boring lives, thus I am here to share!!! : )

Since I have pics for the past couple of years I never posted (and still would like to), I figured I'll feature some blasts from the past mixed with current happenings. So fun!

Memorial Weekend for 2010 found Conor and I sailing the seas. He got an itch for sailing and missed his days in Minnesota on a catamaran. We signed up for sailing lessons near Galveston and had quite the adventure. After our training class, tests, and going out several times on the boat and learning how it all works, we set sail! Those things I've always known as ropes--no, they are "lines" on a boat. Port refers to the left side of the boat and Starboard (they all pronounced it Starbird--maybe it's the Texan in them?) is the right side. There was the captain and several other people on the boat with us. We cooked, ate, slept and sailed for several days on the sailboat. Another reason I didn't write about the experience last year.

I am happy to report we ARE certified skippers and can sail around the world, or we would be able to charter a sailboat. Our sailing trips didn't leave the best impression on me and I have no intention of ever owning a boat. And Conor's dream of sailing around the world or living (yes, LIVING permanently) on a sailboat--killed!!!! I am an admitted dream crusher. He said we should give sailing another shot. Someday.

Here are the only photos we have. We were hard at work and not many photo opps.