Frog Legs!

Pat brought home a surprise on Thursday night. I wasn't allowed to see the process (in order to not ruin the surprise or perhaps not to scare me from trying dinner), but he took pictures.















He seasoned, dusted them in flour and pan seared them. While they were finishing in the oven he deglazed the pan with white wine and sauteed garlic, tomatoes, fresh herbs to put on top of the legs. Topped it off with butter.





























Apparently the legs were from older frogs, therefore not quite as tender as they could be, but they were very tasty! Here's to trying more new food.

More Snow

We had a second big snow storm in January. It's amazing how quiet the neighborhood with the white noise buffer. I keep dreaming it will snow enough to have to stay home from work and stay in my pjs and drink tea while finishing my sorting of pictures project, but so far no luck! Perhaps spring will come instead!

Visit to Ohio

In January we visited my parents and grandparents in Marietta. It was great fun and very relaxing. We tried the Buckley House's mediterrean food and Pat explained to us what we were eating. We caught up with several family friends. We even worked out at the new YMCA exercise studio in Reno-very nice!

We also rented a car for the trip, a Pontaic Vibe. Horrible blind spots, our extended test drive gave me the thumbs down. But it's fun to try out different cars!

Harrington Ham

Our Christmas present from Pat's parents was a Harrington's Ham gift box- yum!