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I'm not much of a recipe post-er but this one has been requested by lots of peeps so here it is. Simple. You might be concerned that the garlic is too much but trust me, it's not. FROM BAREFOOT: Spaghetti with garlic and olive oil has to be one of the easiest dinners ever. It’s sometimes called Midnight Spaghetti because chefs make it for a quick meal at midnight when they get home from work. This has an amazing amount of garlic, but gets sweeter when you cook it in the oil. The pasta is great on its own or dressed up for company with veggies. Kosher Salt 1 pound dried spaghetti , like DeCecco 1/3 cup good olive oil 8 large garlic cloves, cut into thin slivers 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese , plus extra for serving Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add 2 tablespoons of salt and the pasta and cook according to the ...

The last day off I had was the Sunday of Matt's birthday. On that day I threw a party, so today, a real day off I did the following: wore flats instead of sneakers blow dried my hair went to target and bought supplies for the family went to world market and bought the ornaments for x-mas party V (biggest accomplishment of the day) scrubbed all three toilets in the house scrubbed the floor of our shower swept the kitchen separated my scarves from colorful ones vs neutral ones and alternated them as solid and striped or patterned changed the duvet cover on the bed and made the bed did three loads of laundry put away the laundry (this is a big deal, i usually wait a week to put clean laundry away, i leave it in a pile on a chair & it drives matt crazy. it's my one most hated chore so i procrastinate big time) worked on the po log and po book in my office refilled the birdfeeder cleaned the water bowls for the dogs reorganized the under the sink area on matt...

PDFing storyboards and typing in the callsheet with two nieces on your lap: difficult. This is a place of work, not a place for drawing on your aunt's keyboard and using her walkie to play telephone. Who am I kidding, it totally is. Angie did the thing where she ran up to me and hugged me and wanted me to carry her and would cry if I put her down and didn't want to talk to anyone except the walkie and me. Then when they left she was sobbing and doing that baby reaching out for you as they're being carried away. Heart. Break.

It was going to be a casual hey everyone come over and play video games night. Then people kept RSVPing yes so I had to be a show off. I made two types of pasta that took little time but I didn't give myself enough time so I was in the kitchen for longer than I wanted to be when people showed up. My lovely sister Mari came by early, as usual when I have parties and was my sous chef. She cut up lots of garlic and chopped things and washed dishes. I didn't take a lot of pictures but my other lovely sister Gaudy took pictures for me. I'd never made a caprese salad before. I guessed. Mozarella, tomatoes, chopped up basil and sprinkled salt, pepper, and balsamic vinegar. I thought people would freak but they ate it up. I remade a salad I'd done for a prior Christmas party with spinach, parm, pomegranates, pears.   Vegan chocolate and peanut butter cupcakes for my honey pie. And people actually went for it. Snickerdoodle cupcakes for everyone else. I made i...

Everyone copies Mexicans, see we are the ones with great ideas ..... everyone is all #occupy wall street #ocuppyLA. When we thought of standing in front of a building for workers ....#occupy homedepot

My production manager had a PA standing over me as I finished our pre pro book to protect me from people coming up and asking for things, she turned away 10 people. I missed 5 phone calls in that span as well. Doesn't really hit you how many people need you at work 'til you're forced not to help. I needed friends this week to rant to. No one I wanted really came through. Except Matt. Who changed the sheets on the bed to flannel ones 'cause he's just that great. - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

This morning I pulled all of these things out of my medicine cabinet and put them in a bag to give to my sisters. Can you guess why? Here is a hint: That's right. Maybelline and Cover Girl test on animals. I was concious of animal testing with cleaning products but for some reason didn't think about cosmetics. Those crazy terrorits PETA had a handy list and I am going through it to make sure we don't buy from those places. If you'd like to participate, check the back of your cosmetic packaging, they usually say no animal testing and if they don't, check the list. The good news is my favorite nail polish is cruelty free. Whew! - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

I got to work early and went to Office Depot which had a wall of this: Color coordinated office supplies. Eeeeee! It also had two other things I went nuts for I will write about later. Best Office Depot ever. - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

The only few seconds I have to sit on the toilet are the only seconds I have to myself. And I'm spending them with you. Thus... my absense. Pray for my soul. - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

After months of trying, the nieces finally said: "Bye Tiiii" and "Bye Ta". Which as we all know means "Bye Tia". - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

For the next month or so I'll be working on a big campaign for Old Navy. It has Sixteen shoot days. SIXTEEN, which is a personal record for me. We've done two so far and the last shooting day is November 10. I mention this only because that's my life for 14-18 hours a day for the next month. There are pros and cons to this job. Con is that it's one of those jobs where I'm at work for many many many hours and have very few days off. The pro is that we are in the same place for the entire prep and the entire shoot. No moving my stuff around, no thinking about where the shoot day is, it's the same place the whole time and as a bonus, it's close-ish to home. And finally, with the holidays coming, that is a lot of income. Oh and, I have a closet of Old Navy clothes so it's nice to have them pay me for once. Overall I'm happy about the situation. Hopefully after the job I'll take the rest of the year off.

I just found this picture on my sister's fb. It's Lyla helping me make vegan pancakes. What a beautiful sight. - mobile blog post. spelling irrelevant.

General Notice: Next time you guys come over, someone go upstairs and just be nosy and check all the upstairs rooms. I make an effort to make sure they're cleaned up for parties so just go into the guest rooms upstairs just 'cause I don't wanna clean for nothing. Thank You.

Oh yeah this is about gadgetry so feel free to skip it if science scares you. I don't know why I am obsessed with increasing the efficiency of my office's technology. I just hate feeling like I'm wasting time in doing things that should just happen a little more naturally. How do I explain this? Hmm. Okay maybe it would be better to explain what I'm working with. So here's my basic set up before. I have a TV, a Wii, a PS2, a printer/scanner/copier, three hard drives, and a photo printer. At my desk I have a power cord for my laptop and my laptop. If I ever need something printed, this is what the office looks like with a cable running from the big cabinet to the desk. It's scary looking, teetering on the edge like that with a cat ready to pounce on it at any moment. I tossed around a lot of solutions that I was driving Matt crazy with like a time machine, buying a wireless printer, etc. But since the beginning I wanted to just buy another airp...

I love the particulars of cleaning products and I love hearing about something new and trying it out. However, they have to have these qualifications for me to purchase them 1) Eco-Friendly & No Animal Products or Testing 2) Scent must be wonderful 3) The packaging must be pleasant 4) Easy to find in a drugstore or mass retailer 5) Not super expensive. The eco-friendly part makes most of them cost more than I would have spent back in the day but I think it's worth it for a clean conscience. SKIN CARE For the man in your life, this is our favorite body wash . Sadly it's really hard to find this particular scent and when we do we buy in bulk. We've found it at the Target in La Habra on Idaho since they don't all carry them. I think we all know this brand . I went from the lavender to peppermint scent and it's potent in a good way. It will wake you up and clear your nostrils and keep you clean. Also it helps with my worst case scenario fears because I...