The Sherwoods

Poetry Slams

im glad i married a talented man who puts things on like the rexburg poetry slams and participates in them.
one day, i will read a poem at one of these.
one day.

this town is full of talented people.
here are some of my favorite poets from last night.

(he has a new book coming out!

http://garrettsherwood.blogspot.com/)

252 South pt 2.

Our room is really long.

Which is nice because we have our bed area

(and a hidden book shelf and guitar area)

our yoga/ work out area.

And our desk area.

I begged. and i mean beeeeggged G for a desk when school started. We checked DI at least 10 times until we found the perfect one. and it is perfect.

Though I dont use it so much when G is home, as soon as he goes to work i usually sit at it for a while to write in my journal, do homework, etc.

it is easily one of my favorite places in our house.

vegan sweet corn cake

in case you are far from an El Polo Loco or you just want to make your own, here is a really good (& Vegan) recipe we found for El Polo Locos sweet corn cake.

2/3 cup Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Spread
1/3 cup masa harina (corn flour)
4 Tablespoons cold water
10 oz. frozen corn kernals or corn from 2 large fresh cobs
3 tablespoons polenta (cornmeal)
1/3 cup of turbinado or 2 tablespoons Brown Rice Syrup (can also substitute
molasses or maple syrup)
*We use honey
2 tablespoons plain unsweetened soy milk (or Rice, Keifer, Almond- whatever
milk you like)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Place Earth Balance in mixer bowl and whip until soft and fluffy. Add masa
harina gradually, mix well. Add water, mix thoroughly. Place corn in blender or
food processor and coarsely chop. Add to masa mixture. Put aside.

In seperate bowl mix polenta, sweetener, soy milk, baking powder and salt. Add
butter-masa mixture. Mix lightly until just blended. Pour into 8-inch greased
baking pan and cover. Place pan in larger pan and pour boiling water in larger
pan (creating a double boiler for the oven). Bake in a 400 degree preheated oven
for about 40-50 minutes adding more boiling water if necessary. When corn cake
is cooked through, remove from oven and allow to stand at room temperature for
15 minutes before cutting. Cut into squares or use a small ice scream scoop to
serve.

* We sometimes cook for 50 minutes in the double boiler, remove from the boiler and just bake it with foil on top for about 5 more mins.

stop it.

G got home from work at 7:40am and said "its a blizzard out there!"

i kind of ignored him and kept sleeping.

When i went out to check, it was a blizzard out there!!

and for some reason i am really upset!

it might be because it was starting to warm up and all my visions of riding bikes, going to the warm slough, and warmth have just been replaced with dread of going out side, shoveling the drive way, and possibly canceling our plans for today.

snow, STOP IT!

(all of that snow on top of the trash can is from last night. ugh)

saaay what?!

YOU GUYS THIS IS THE BEST THING I VE SEEN ALL DAY!!!
Bill Nye (the science guys) House!

"How Bill Nye keeps his home humming with solar panels, energy-efficient windows nd a range of green gadgets."

Check it out here.

he is so cool.

Downton.

i have attempted to watch the latest episode of downton abbey 6 times.
s.i.x.
and i havent made it past 31:02.
its 1:33:17 long.
every one in:

class
facebook
my weekly meeting with my professor
the blog world
etc.

keeps talking about what happened
BUT I STILL DONT KNOW!
can some one please just tell me what all the hype is about?
im loosing all motivation to watch it.
(jk. please dont really tell me what happens. im just sleepy and grumpy and miss having my husband home at night.)

late night nostalgia

late night summer nostalgia.