Visiting

Visits from my niece and nephew are up there with the highest points of my life. My niece is here, and I'm having a blast.

We just finished up a day of errands and tight-budget shopping with an evening of cooking and talking and cooking and talking. We made:

Bread - 4 loaves
Cinnamon rolls - Several dozen
Artichokes - 6
Pan roasted chicken in white wine with rosemary and garlic - about a dozen thighs, 2 heads of garlic, 4 huge rosemary sprigs
Basmati rice - Lots, on which we put that chicken in wine gravy

Having found ourselves shockingly low on cheese, we supplied up with 2 pounds of Land o' Lakes Extra Sharp Cheddar, 3 chunks of Frigo parmesan, and a nice big wedge of Jarlesberg, $3.88/# at Sam's.

Hopefully, next time we do this, we can really stock up on cheese. It's difficult to limit oneself on the most important necessities this way.

Tomorrow, we'll be ready to bring excellent cheese sandwiches on superb homemade bread, perhaps some cold chicken, and Sin Rolls for dessert, as we head through Bone Valley in our never-ending quest for more megalodon teeth.