Status Report

Nothing to report on the adoption front. I need to start getting my album together this week. Yes, I did say that I was going to do that last week, but I am still pretty ahead of schedule so I’m not going to get worked up about procrastinating.

On writing: Better than the week prior. I’m getting better about sitting in the chair until my 1K words are done (not quite up to 5 times a week however but close). The problem is, I think I’m getting too concerned with word count and not quality. On one hand, I keep telling myself that the first draft can be crappy (otherwise I’d probably be frozen on the first sentence still). On the other hand, if it’s just a bunch of crap, what’s the point?

I tried two new recipes this week. The first was Gratin Dauphinois from the Gourmet Magazine Cookbook. In other words: fancy-pants cheesy potatoes. These were spectacular. It was a very simple scalloped potato dish, the main ingredients being potatoes (obviously), half-and-half, garlic, nutmeg and Gruyere cheese. How can you go wrong!?!?! The only probably was that the recipe served 8 and I didn’t think to cut it in half. It goes without saying that husband and I have no need to be eating cheesy, creamy potatoes every day of the week. It would make a great side dish when entertaining, however. This will definitely be a repeater, especially when counting calories is not a concern. The second recipe was a Chicken and White Bean Chili from the InStyle Magazine Parties Cookbook. It was good, but nothing spectacular. I’m not sure I’d bother making it again, preferring my other go-to chili recipes.