I need more to talk about besides food...

Life goes on here in the Rowland house. Not too much to report, really. We were both pretty busy the past couple of days with work. Michael did get his classes scheduled for the upcoming semester, though. He's taking biochem and numerical analysis. That would kill me, but he's looking forward to it. He won't know which class he's teaching and the time until after classes begin on the 19th. We're hoping for a different class this time. Last spring he taught a biology lab that was about plants and organisms...not his favorite branch of biology.

Tonight we tried a new recipe for dinner...looking ahead a little bit to fall. This was a crock pot recipe and holy wow. So good. It will definitely be going into our rotation. It was worth getting the kitchen all hot to make the bread to go along with it. I don't have an exact recipe, but Michael basically put a kielbasa sausage, lentils, carrots, diced tomatoes, onion, celery, some herbs, and water into the crock pot and set it on low for about 8 hours. It was hearty and delicious! As good as it is now, I bet it will be even better when it's cold outside. You know I took pictures!



I may have had 2 bowls.



Tasty homemade bread from the 5 Minutes a Day cookbook.

One last thing: I've volunteered to run ebay auctions for Mokan greyhound adoption, the group that gave us Penny. Last night I put up a gift certificate for 2 nights in a spa suite in the Sheraton hotel in Toronto, Canada. All of the proceeds from the auction go to Mokan, and right now the bidding is set for $25. Two nights and a VIP certificate for local attractions for that kind of price, AND you're helping out greyhounds looking for their forever home? Can't be beat. If you're looking for a nice, quick getaway, jump on this. The auction ends next Wednesday and the certificate has to be used by Sept 30th, and does NOT include airfare. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160464680907&_trksid=p2762.l1259#ht_1001wt_1139