What a weekend

Had a college friend in town, stayed with us for a couple of days. Oddly enough, Galen the cuddleslut was terrified of him. This is a cat who has adored (and been willing to be adored) by everyone who has ever met him.

Don't know why. Ken smokes, but so have other people Galen's met. Ken didn't do anything - just that Galen took an instant fright to him that never went away. Huh.

Good HouseSwarming party at mastersantiago and roswtr's place. One of the major downsides to having moved north is not seeing our friends in that neck of the woods very often. I can't make that drive, and I can't expect them too either. I miss the silly card games though.

Chatted briefly with tshuma Sunday. Enjoyed the band! You guys were good.

Just found out about Kylson this AM... damn.

This week's Resolution

This week is going to be a bit hectic. Oh, like the last one wasn't? I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to (read: get around to) making the new recipe I'd planned to try - a goat cheese and chive tart. So I'm going to fudge a bit and use the second new recipe I did late last week for the HouseSwarming.

I made a "Southwestern green chile sausage" from Bruce Aidell's poultry sausage recipe book. Ground turkey, chicken, green chiles (duh), cilantro, chile powder and some other things.

I liked them. I'd make them again. Note for next time, though: the chile powder I buy from Penzey's is considerably more potent than what most recipes call for. I appreciated the burn, but it was a bit more than I was shooting for since I was subjecting them to other people's palates...