And life continues to be busy.  I’ve been commuting back and forth from my grandmother’s home in the mountains to our new home in the foothills.  I’ve still been working, so life has been a bit hectic with little free time.  Plus I forgot my camera at the house…My husband should be bringing it to me tomorrow when it’s his turn to commute  

I made a great bakeless pasta bake (oxymoron right?!) last night based on Ashley’s recipe.  Kath recently made it too, and it looked so easy that I knew I had to try it.  I did, it worked, and tasted good.  Not sure the recipe is a keeper…lasagna is MUCH more satisfying but it was a great experiment that provided a healthy and easy dinner.  I’ll be sharing pictures with you later this weekend…

In the meantime, remember the photo shoot I did?  Here are a few more picture’s on the florist’s website.  It’s under “wedding design” and then “eco inspiration shoot.”  Enjoy!

Still in need to sleep

And a bit unmotivated

But I miss you guys! And wanted to do a post for everyone. Usually I feel really great after writing a post so I’m hoping this activity does the trick

All is fine here…Just a bit of Monday tiredness…not the blues, just tired.

I thought I’d share a couple update pictures of our new rental house. We are slowly but surely getting the house organized (after many trips to Lowes and Walmart!). Remember the ugly couches?

Now they are pretty Not gorgeous but pretty on a budget!

And that empty master bedroom?

A new bed, mattress, duvet cover, and throw pillows! Nathan and I had a really old bedroom set that was bought cheap and had done it’s duty and then some. We sold it before we left for the Peace Corps and needed to buy new furniture. Never fun to spend lots of money but I think we did pretty well and only bought a bed. We’ll use a dresser from my parent’s home and have an old table to use as a beside table. Making do! As for the duvet cover, I registered for a very pretty floral one before our wedding. Needless to say, Nathan was never a big fan. So I caved this weekend at Target…We now have a boring brown But I got girly pillows!

We had a fun weekend setting up house. I fixed some edamame (baby soy beans in the pod) as a snack and want to share the pictures with you. I had only ever bought edamame frozen and had never seen fresh pods. But we received some in our CSA box. They were really furry!

I washed them well and decided to steam them. Again, it was fun to unpack boxes and find my kitchen goodies. Here is one of my beautiful copper pots (a wedding gift from my in-laws!):

And a handy steamer:

You just place a small amount of water in the pan and place the steamer inside, making sure the water doesn’t rise above the steamer. And you steam away until the veggies are done!

I had several beans in the process to make sure they were coming along well I also added a little salt for flavor…The perfect snack to keep us going…Now only if we were done with the unpacking

Did you know “parfait” means “perfect” in French??

I think those French are on to something!

I received raspberries in my latest CSA box, and my grandmother generously shared a few of her fresh peaches from South Carolina.  So what did I have for breakfast?  Perfection

Greek yogurt layered with berries and peaches…topped with cinnamon honey.  Yummy!

What did you have for breakfast?