|her love is easy|

that pork shoulder was an interesting experiment. it turned out well -very moist. lots of leftovers... a few dinners for the deep freeze, and lots of meat left for the week. i'm thinking -hot pork sandwiches and open face pork sandwiches.

i got a rachael ray cookbook for christmas from matt's parents. (he hates rachael ray.) he took the book back to the bookstore! i gave him my giftcard, too, and told him to spend it for me. he came home with larousse gastronomique. i was surprised and impressed. now i have some serious reading to do.

madeline is at such a great age. it is such an amazing feeling when she looks at you and smiles. oh yeah, it's you, mommy. sometimes she stops playing, looks up, and gives you the biggest toothless grin -or a huge, uninhibited, open-mouthed smile.