The Best Salsa Ever

first, boil these ingredients together until sugar is dissolved. set aside until cool.
1/3 cup olive oil
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup apple cider vinegar

second, in a bowl mix:
1 can mexi-corn (drained)
1 can black beans (drained)
1 can black-eyed peas (drained) (aka: fergie peas)
1 can chopped jalapenos (drained)
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped red pepper
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 small chopped red onion
1 tsp cracked pepper

third, once the vinegar mixture is cool - mix everything together. Refrigerate for 1 day and serve with chips... or a spoon, or a cup. it's that good.

dazed, confused, but very happy

oh lordy. I'm not sure if i'm waiting for brandobear to wake up, or for myself to drop off to sleep. my littlest angel is just over 4 months old and is nowhere near sleeping through the night -- and i'm starting to think i'm okay with that, however exhausted i am during the day. (he was a very thoughtful baby though, he gave me redbull for christmas)

since i'm still nursing him, he generally ends up spending a lot of time with me cuddling at night and i know how lucky and blessed and spoiled i am to have such a healthy and generally well-tempered baby. so, if the trade-off is being sleep deprived for a couple more months, i say bring it on li'l guy. i'm up for it.

trial run

i've never kept a diary (for a number of reasons), but mainly because i don't like to write things down for solely my own benefit. why do i need to tell myself what i did today? i don't. i was there.

but some of my friends have blogs, and i have to say, i'm quite addicted. i like reading about what other people did today, what they have learned, funny things that happened to them...

so for the past couple days, i keep thinking to myself "remember that and put THAT in your first blog. that would be catchy!" well, now that i'm actually doing this... i can't remember a single one.

so.. this is going to be my trial run.