Kaarel birthday, favourite sandwich survey

Happy birthday to my brother-in-law, Kaarel!

The two pictures below are from birthday cards I've made him in the past. This photo is from our University of Toronto days, when Kaarel and Ruth were pretending to be doing homework:



This was from a birthday card I made for Kaarel in 2001:



Had fun at Doug's and Jen's last night! After a delicious dinner of barbecued lamb and curry couscous, we took a stroll along the Humber River before returning for homemade chocolate brownies with fresh raspberries. Yummm. Doug and Jen have been married for just over a year...see the photo just below.



I've nearly finished one of my bigger illustration projects (illos for a client's soon-to-be-launched Web site), about to start the next. Other projects: middle reader novel for young people and an article for Writer's Digest magazine.

I've started to use Mori to help me keep my project notes organized (thanks to Jeff for telling me about this app). It's yet another digital notebook program, but has a simpler/cleaner interface than SuperNoteCard. It's more of a database of notes than an outliner, with some outlining capability.

I'm also starting to use AntiRSI by Onne Gorter, a free program for Mac OS X that helps prevent RSI (repetitive strain injury) and other computer related stress by reminding the user to take breaks. I especially like the fact that you can tell the program when you're taking a natural break, in which case the program resets its timer to zero instead of reminding you to take a timed break too soon. You can also specify "micro pauses" between the longer work breaks.

My indoor herbs are continuing to flourish. Jeff was puzzling over how I've been able to keep them alive since I have a history of killing houseplants. His conclusion: I'm able to take better care of these plants because I know I can EAT them. :-)



He may have a point. I've been SO enjoying cooking with these herbs...this morning I made some scrambled eggs with freshly-picked chives and a sprinkling of goat cheese. Yesterday I made my current favourite sandwich, an attempted re-creation of a sandwich I had in Paris: fresh baguette sliced in half, filled with alternating slices of brie and tomato, salt and pepper, fresh basil leaves, then grilled. The basil was my addition but I figured that the basil and tomato would go well together. I was happy with the results. :-)

Another favourite sandwich of mine is my friend Parki's goat cheese and grilled red pepper sandwich.

Food survey: What's YOUR current favourite sandwich?



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