Skamilton's Southwestern Jumbalaya

I apparently cook a lot now; so i have decided to start sharing my recipes here.
Whether I find it online, in a book, or create it myself; here it is for you to enjoy.
This one I created myself tonight in a time of need. It turned out pretty great!
I am not sure the exact measurements but this should get you through.

Skamilton's Southwestern Jumbalaya


Ingredients:
2 cups of white rice
1 can black beans
1/2-3/4 Cup diced ham
1 large slice of red onion, diced
1/2 can diced tomatoes (drained)
Fresh Ground Pepper
3 slices of lime


serves: 2

Prepare white rice and set aside.
Mix black beans, ham and onion in medium sized saucepan.
Place over medium heat.
Add tomatoes. Pepper to taste. Stir.
Take the end slice of lime, squeeze on top of mixture.
Place the other two slices of lime in mixture. Stir.
Continue to cook over medium heat until it comes to a simmer.
Turn stove to low heat.

After placing desired amount of rice in plate/bowl top with mixture (use a spoon to drain excess juices). Drizzle with juices and place a slice of lime on top.


Let me know if it works out!

-s

Pumpkin fever, alive and well....

It's official; by request, i made more of these:

Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Icing!
(http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/pumpkin-cookies-with-brown-butter-icing)

Well that's Martha's version of them. Here's mine:

not as pretty, but extremely tasty!
(Elise helped make this batch; probably why these are so good)

Now, don't get your hopes up; I have made them for Curtis (previously mentioned)
AND... our FIRST HOUSE GUESTS!!

We had the pleasure of having these guys stay with us last night:

WEINLAND
http://www.myspace.com/johnweinland

and the even better news is we get to have them stay with us again tomorrow! Nice, nice, nice, and talented! (Please feel free to enjoy their music and even buy some!)

Other official news:

We're married... for real.
Now all the other paper work! Social security offiice, be on the look out for my mail!



Weekend line up:
Friday: Weinland at The Moon
Saturday: The Cut Off at The Moon

It's a Moon weekend.

Now, just have to make it through Friday day....


With my freeze ray I will stop the world,
Sarah

Life Excitement!

Wedding is over. Life has begun.
As we are learning, it takes a while to get into your married groove. Work has been super busy, we are still unpacking the house, have lots of errands to run, I've been getting sick, and we have our first house guests Friday!
It's all fun though. I'd say by January 1, 2010 we should be in somewhat of a normal schedule. Meanwhile, here are all of the things I'm happy about this week.

I stopped watching General Hospital 10 years ago because Jonathan Jackson left the role of Lucky Spencer. 14/15 year old me was absolutely crushed. Good news: HE'S BACK! (On top of that James Franco will be guest starring on GH starting at the end of the month- in preparation for a film role he's taken. Set your DVR's!)


As many of you know, I LOVE Gilmore Girls. Therefore, I have the ability to see a tiny glimpse of a dog in a tv commercial and be able to shout out "THAT'S PAUL ANKA!"
That's right; everyone's favorite neurotic pup is now on (at least for one episode) Monk. I just saw a commercial and found a picture online, so i don't know the full story; but here are pictures of Paul Anka on GG and Monk.


notice the little blonde spot on his right ear. same dog.

I'm also excited because Inera from Firefly is going to be on the new show V; but since I don't know if that show will be any good, I can't be too excited yet.

Last and final bit...
CURTIS IS BACK!!! My wonderful friend Curtis (who has been gone for my entire relationship with Jayson) is back in Fort Worth! I'm so excited; i'm going to make him pumpkin cookies and read Sherlock Holmes!!


yes, i took this headshot, two years ago.


You both kicked off your shoes. Man I dig those rhythm and bluesssss,
Sarah

P.S. made a bit o progress on those thank you cards... i tell you what...

TODAY!

We get married today! I'm pretty sure most everything is taken care of, and now it will just be the rush from hair place, to make up place, to ceremony location!
In 4 hours 15 minutes i will no longer be a Kendel.... though Kendel will be my middle name.
Time to run, have to pack everything in the car!

The search is on...

The new job is going great! It's extremely busy, but it fits/i fit perfectly. Praise to God for that! He knew exactly where I needed to be.
I have been focused so much on organizing everything at the new job, I have not had time to really get things done for the wedding. I think they are getting done and proceeding at a good pace though. According to TheKnot.com we have only 34 days til the wedding... til this is all finally over. If you know me, you know handling the planning of this wedding has been one of my least favorite things in life. So both Jayson and I will be singing songs of praise come October 11th.

We are in the middle of searching for two very important things right now: a home to rent and a new church home. Both are vital to our married life together.

We have come to a few pit falls in the housing search; so please pray that God will open up doors and place us in the house/community we need to be in.

In the search for a new church home, we have found many churches with great sermons and great pastors! The problem is finding a community with whom we can meet. So far the places we have found have hours and schedules that don't work with ours. Seeing that Jayson has the worst schedule in the world, and my schedule is 11 am- 7:30 pm every weekday, it's hard to find a church that has a small group/Bible study we can attend. There are still a few more places to look into; so please pray that God will lead us to our new church family, and that even the searching process will be a growing process. Also, pray (for one of the sillier obstacles) that we will feel accepted; since as ... Democrats (yes, i said it)... we often feel pushed aside and put down by our fellow believers.

Thanks to all for providing us with great support during this BIG transition in our lives!

-sarah