Pass it On, and a Piano

Do not be distracted by the adorable girl, focus on the amazing burlap pillow in front. 

The one with the ruffles.

The other two were from Crate and Barrel, just so you know.

I was a lucky recipient of the Pass It On Project.

That means I got an "in real life" gift from a "virtual" friend, Linda from It All Started with Paint, which is pretty awesome. The pillow arrived while we were away, and by the time we got home it had been raining really hard (lightning even hit the Golden Gate Bridge!) for days. But the package was perfect, and inside I found a card and 2 (!!) pillows.

Obviously, I'm keeping one. The other, I'm passing on to someone else, to brighten their day. I haven't quite figured out who yet:) Part of this project is also that I will make something and pass it on to a few blog friends of mine, also not something I've managed, but it is on the to-do list. You can find a fabulous tutorial for the pillow right here.

What's that? You see a piano in that picture? And you remember that our entry used to look like this:                           

 

Lucky for me, my mother was doing a bit of a tweak in her own living room and her piano had to go. This is the same piano that I took lessons on for five years as a child and yet i still can't play. My sister didn't have room for it, so that is why the less-musically-inclined sibling wound up with the piano. Although my husband tells me that he played the saxophone for years and can technically read sheet music and play the piano. Time will tell.

Anyway, with dreams of children banging on the keys learning to play, we cleared the space out...

And three very unhappy movers pushed the piano up the driveway and then carried it up the 30 steps to our front door.

Tada!

The table that used to be there is now under our TV in the living room, in case you were wondering:)

Jessica

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Brisket- The One Pot Meal

Easiest one-pot meal ever. 

I buy a brisket from Trader Joe's (any roast works). Then I brown it in my Le Creuset dutch oven, add carrots and potatoes, stock, and let it cook, covered in a 300 degree oven for 4-5 hours.

I usually make this at lunch time with the kids, then I can take it out right before dinner to carve up and serve. Here are the many variations on this recipe:

1. Use beer instead of stock. Or a can of tomatoes. Or beer with a squirt of ketchup.

2. Spice it to your taste. I like chili powder and cumin (and salt, of course!), but you can make it more Italian with oregano and thyme. Anything goes.

3. Use whatever veggies you have on hand. I would have totally browned up an onion for this meal if I had one. I've also done a sweet version with sweet potatoes, dried apricots and prunes. Then it takes on a  Persian/Moroccan flavor so I add in a little ginger and cinnamon.

I know it is technically spring, but we are still having some colder nights and fog, so this really hits the spot on a Friday night.

Jessica

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