Past few months

So, it's been a while since i've blogged, the reason being that my computer crashed and i am unable to load photos. Still can't load them yet, but in the meantime i have decided to just update with our happenings.

The past couple months have been a bit crazy, but wonderful at the same time. Starting with Thanksgiving, this year we went up to Oregon to visit with my family, we had a great time visiting, baking, shopping and of course eating. The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas brought a lot of work for alex and lots and lots of baking and shopping for me.

Alex and i spent our first Christmas morning just the two of us, at my mom's in Castro valley, where we were cat sitting. it was very nice, we had a tree, stockings and a few presents, but most of all it was great to just relax and enjoy each others company. That evening we had dinner with Alex's family at his parents house and exchanged presents.

the next few days were kind of quiet, we were still at my mom's and i was planning a new years eve get together, Alex was back at work for 3 days.

New years was great, good times with friends, a visit to Roseville to see JoJo, Jacky and Noah . So far 2010 has brought work, work and more work, a blessing in these times, Alex is back working at the local JATC (training Center) as a teachers aide, I'm back at home, just trying to get back into some sort of routine and working on Knitting projects, baking doggie treats (a new passion), yummy cookies, pies, etc.. and discovering the world of food blogs; my favorite so far is goodthingscatered.blogspot.com

so..that's about all so far. I'll update again soon.

Favorite Holiday Recipe

As someone new to the world of baking, my personal experience in making the holiday recipes has been limited to the past two years. So when thinking about what recipe to put forward as my favorite, i had to think back to what foods reminded me of Christmas; was it, my moms peanut brittle recipe, my dad's yorkshire pudding, my sisters deviled eggs, or the many yummy treats that are common during the holidays.

however as i feel that this recipe should reflect my own experience in holiday baking i have decided to share with you all my favorite recipe for pie crust. Pies have always been my favorite dessert and is now one of my favorite things to bake, whether it be apple, pumpkin, or any variety of fruit, Martha Stewart's french recipe called Pate Brisee is a recipe that is very versatile and one that has brought much deliciousness to our christmas dinners.

follow the link below for an easy step by step instruction of how to make this delicious pie crust:

http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/making-pate-brisee

Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as i have. Happy Baking!!

A Day in San Francisco!!

This past sunday we spent the day together in San Francisco. we took bart out and walked to peir 39 to check out the shops, got a smoothie and then walked over to the ship tours to check out some old ships. it was a blast!

a little bird house in one of S.F's random Gardens

a garden of a mansion! so beautiful!

The Ships!

we both had a great time and ended the day by eating leftovers and watching the bucket list.