The PWC - I did it.

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I just got 10 inches cut off my hair yesterday. It was a very surreal experience to go from LONG hair to above the shoulders, above the chin hair.

I more often than not had short hair before I started growing it 3 years ago - but it has been that long, possibly longer, since I had it this short.

I am just excited to donate it to Locks of Love and start fresh with a new 'do.

What do you think?

Investigation day!

I love investigation days. I love riding to crazy parts of North Carolina and trying to track down people and then seeing what they have to say. Also, I really like Sharon, my co-worker, so it's fun to do investigations with her.

Lately, I have been feeling "the itch." Not a feminine itch, before you dirty minded ones jump to any conclusions, but the "new project itch." The wedding is over, the honeymoon is over, the presents are stashed, the DIY is done for the moment, and now, I don't have anything major to focus on. Yes, yes, I know, I should just enjoy the relaxation. But seriously, c'mon people, when has that ever been my style.

For now, I am trying to focus on getting all the wedding pictures back and making an album/scrapbook, work, cooking a lot, trying to do some charity work, hosting a game night, and taking my Mom to the beach for her 60th. I know that sounds like plenty, but believe me, it's not.

It's around this time that I normally move/change jobs. Just saying....

People are funny.

I've been doing this blog thing for a very short period of time. Not quite got the hang of it, that's for sure.

What drills that point home are all the way cooler blogs out there. I'm just not that funny. Ok, I can get an occasional chuckle out of people, I have flashes of wit, but I would never characterize myself as funny.

So what do you write about when you aren't that funny, when you don't have a mission with your blog, and when you're not very talented in any one area.

That, my dears, is the question of the day.

For now, I will just include a lovely picture of a plant that I took a long time ago. Enjoy!

Stuffed Peppers

Made them last night and they were fabulous! If I do say so myself :)

Ingredients:

2 BIG red bell peppers
1 zucchini
1/2 yellow bell pepper
4 garlic cloves
2 cups of rice (cooked)
1/2 small can of tomato paste
1/2 cup of veggie broth
1/2 lemon
Olive oil
Feta cheese
Handful of fresh cilantro (chopped)
Oregano (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)
Cayenne pepper (optional)

How to:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cut each bell pepper in half. Clean by taking out all seeds, membrane etc.
Oil a baking sheet and brush oil on all sides on the pepper halves.
Place face down on baking sheet.
Cook for 25 minutes until they start to brown.
Chop bell pepper and zucchini into small bites.
Mince garlic.
Heat oil in a skillet and sautee the bell pepper, zucchini, and garlic for approx. 4minutes.
Add tomato paste, veggie broth, oregano, cayenne, salt, pepper, and cilantro and sautee for another 4 minutes.
Add rice, mix well, and sautee for an additional 4 minutes.
Take off heat and add feta (as much as you like) and squeeze the lemon into it. Mix well.
Take out peppers and spoon the mixture into each half. It can be heaped.
Sprinkle feta on top.
Bake for 5 more minutes.

ENJOY!!

You can also vary the vegetables used - ie. add mushrooms, broccoli etc.
You can also add ground beef if you are a meat-eater.

RIP Buddy

Last night, my best friend, Megan, had to put her dog to sleep. Buddy was a beautiful dog who was so sweet and who we all loved very much. Buddy just wanted love and cuddles and would be loyal to you until the end of time. He loved Megan so much and would carry her shoe, remote control, anything around in his mouth when you got home because he was so excited. I will miss you Buddy :(

We were blogged!!

Robin Lin posted some wonderful photographs from our wedding. She was such a superb person to work with! I can't wait to see all of them :)))

http://www.robinlin.com/blog/?p=1689

Friday is here!!

I'm updating the website and doing case reviews from home. In a little bit, I'm going to meet my coworker and we're off on investigation.

As hard as it has been to return to work, I am still really interested in what we're working toward so it could be worse. I will say though, this job has definitely given me a different perspective on the people working within the justice system.

Alex is off to the Mars Volta show tonight, leaving me home alone :( Luckily, a wonderful girl from the Knot gave me a free Blockbuster coupon that lets you get two movies, a bucket of popcorn, and drinks for free! Think it is time to rent some super girly flicks that I couldn't force Alex to watch with me. Any suggestions? I'm considering Sex and the City as at least one of them :)

Post-wedding goals.

Well, I don't have a complete list, but here are some things I want to do now the wedding is over:

Take cooking classes
Start saving money
Go to more dance classes
Go out and try and meet more people
Learn how to quilt
Be better at keeping in touch
Scrapbook
Get a bike and start biking again

Return to the blog

So - Yes, I have been a very absent blogger - but hear me out. I got married. We had a major case and hearing at work. I went on a honeymoon. I was planning a fricking wedding.

Excuses aside, I am back and ready to begin again.

The wedding and honeymoon were phenomenal. Small hiccups notwithstanding, it was pretty flawless. The weather that weather.com had been predicting did not arrive. No rain throughout the ceremony. YIPPPEEE!! We were able to have our outdoor ceremony and it was so wonderful.

The honeymoon was perfect and we had such a great time. I am so excited that we are such good travel partners because travelling is so important to me. Old San Juan and Vieques were both amazing. Vieques is crazy and wild and jungle-like with pristine beaches and awesome wildlife. Old San Juan is beautiful and interesting and has some lovely crumbling-down architecture that speaks to me.

So now, it is back to the real world and real life. I am so happy to begin this next chapter. We have been putting off doing so many things because of the wedding and I am overjoyed that we will have the time, energy, and finances to begin some of the projects and start actually socializing.

Thanks to everyone for all the support and encouragement and I will post more details as time permits :)