Fan Girl Wannabe

Today was a pretty good Sunday.  Slept in till 0830, then got up, got the laundry going again, and then made chocolate waffles with strawberries (previously frozen), toasted slivered almonds, and powdered sugar for brunch.  Then more laundry, and the girl asked if we could finish making her purses.  It sounded like a lovely way to spend the rest of the day, and since the project had been on hold for a couple of months, I thought it was about time to finish. 

We had the CD rack queued up to the Windham Hill/Jazz section, and enjoyed hearing some stuff we've neglected for quite awhile.  When Olympic coverage started, we had to switch to that though.  Luge is DH's secret love.  For a late lunchy thing, I made "super nachos" and Rupert made some sandwiches.  Then back to the two purses.  One is just a rectangular envelope of beige twill on a long strap, but then Mavis made a patchwork of 9 squares of coordinating pink, blue, orange, yellow, and green swatches, and decorated them with sequins and glittery glue.  The other is lavendar twill with an asian-inspired print in a dark purple and some white lettering.  It's more of a slouchy bag, and she's decorating that one too, eventually.  We finished all the sewing and she decorated the first by the end of the evening.  Rupert decided to work on a "wallet" which was made out of the blue with green dots fabric left from Mavis's patchwork effort. 

I also mended a sweatshirt, finished all the laundry, and washed the cover to Cosmo's bed on DH's request.  Then I made dinner - seitan "chicken" salad, which had to be cooked to meet dietary restrictions, so saute onions, celery, red pepper, and capers in EVOO, dice and toss in seitan, and heat all the way through. Hmm... I didn't add any herbage.  I layered this on top of mini whole wheat pitas, then topped with slices of avocado and mozzarella, then baked until hot and melty.  In the meantime, I threw together our favorite Not-Campbell's-soup of sauteed onions and garlic, cannellini beans, the broth from the seitan plus 2 cans of chicken broth and a generous handful of baby spinach.  Boil like heck till the spinach is cooked and the sandwiches are ready.  I doctored mine with a bit of hot sauce and it was lovely.  Cleaned the kitchen, and more Olympic coverage.  But you know what? It's past my bedtime, so toodles, baybees.

See ya later!