End of Days

The end is nigh, my friends. Tomorrow is my last day at Loos & Company. Five years, 10 months, 2 days after I first sat in my cube and asked what wire rope was, I'm on to the next big adventure.

Thanks LoosCo for all the memories. You've been great.

New Logo. Go Pat, Go!

Picturesque frontal shot of the office.

Take care, everyone. And to help with the sadness:

Baby Bunnies!!!!

Remeber When...?

For those of you who are thankful the recent spat of thunderstorms is over, and wondering what you'll be doing this coming weekend: think about where you were 9 short months ago, and what we'll be doing again in about 3 months....

http://ashfordliving.blogspot.com/2011/01/car-luge.html

Remember last winter? Enjoy!

Baked Chicken with Yogurt

Check out the golden brown goodness that Stina made for us:

Nigela Lawson recipe, came out perfect!

Highly Recommend this.

Catching Up

For all of you patient followers of Ashford Living: My Apologies for the delay. It's been a hectic few weeks!. Since we last talked, I've Graduated from UCONN with my MBA, accepted a new position with Henkel NA in Rocky Hill, and continued my Baby Prep around the house. Here's a pictorial look at the last few weeks:

Pregnant Stina at Cape May. Whoa! Doesn't she look great! It won't be long!

Basement re-work: I need to move the book shelves and TV down here and make way for the Baby!

Ain't that cute? You've been kitten-bombed!

Trophy I won by coming in first along with my group in the Capstone Simulation at UCONN. actual Size: 4" high!

My niece Meadow, the Chipmunks, and Mr. Peach-Tato. It was picture time.


Next Up: Baked Chicken with yogurt sauce. so very, very good!

Stir Fry Crazy!

Beef, Hot peppers and mushrooms!

Breakfast of Champions...

One of my Top 10 favorite meals ever

Sometimes it's the simple things in life that are the best. For dinner this evening, we had some summer classics. We started with homemade clam chowder. Then we followed it up with classic BLTs (Bobby added cheese to his, which I guess makes it a BLTC):


Please note all the oyster crackers, which is the real reason I eat chowder...

And then (and this demands a drum roll) we capped off the meal, eaten in the backyard on the patio in the perfect springtime weather, with Strawberry Shortcake. June is the month for fresh strawberries in Connecticut, so we picked some up from Pumpkin Paul's in Mansfield, cut them up, and tossed in a quarter cup of sugar to encourage the fruit to break down. Oh my god, it was DELICIOUS:

Go out and get some strawberries from your local grower. You won't regret it.

Pork Fried Rice, Pork Fried Rice

Bought me a new wok a few weeks ago. I can't get enough of it. Here's the fried rice Christina and I made last night.

Starts off, well, kinda normal.

Then your realize how good it is!

Then you go to Friendly's for a 3 Scoop Butterfinger Sundae and a Coke!

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