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- Iām working on a new redesign of the blog! Iām excited about it and hope that itāll make posts easier to find around here, especially considering the random range of topics I blog about.
- Weāre planning a birthday get-together for my father-in-law in a few weeks. Heās requested lasagna, which, despite my love of cooking, is one of my LEAST favorite ānormalā meals to make. I can never seem to get it to āstandā as a single slice of lasagna after I cut it. As Ken says, thereās nothing not TASTY about a gloopy mess of noodles, marinara sauce, meat, and cheese. Itās just that itās not very lasagna-y. Iāve tried many different tips, like including eggs in the cheese mixture, overlapping the lasagna noodles when assembling, and letting it stand for an hour after cooking. Still, big gloopy mess. So, my upcoming lasagna attempt will incorporate two MORE tips: Using less sauce AND cooking it the day before, refrigerating it after itās cooked, and then just reheating it the next day. Fingers crossed!
- It was SO rainy here in the DC area this week. On the upside, it finally washed off that inch-thick layer of pollen on my car.
- I bought a new car back in August, and it has adaptive cruise control. Weāve been on a few short road trips with it, and I gotta say, adaptive cruise control is AMAZING. I feel like the driving experience is so much more relaxed since I no longer get annoyed with constantly having to manually readjust my speed when I come upon slower traffic. Itās really a game changer.
- Ken has been organizing all his familyās old physical photos (heās already scanned in most of them), and other old paperwork. Some of the paperwork included his grandparentsā naturalization paperwork. Incredible stuff!
- Any plans for this weekend? The weather forecast says it might be a scorcher!
Have a good weekend!
