Making Shumai & Elves

Kimo had the idea for us to make some shumai at home.

Tom wanted to use rice wrappers and the rest of us used wonton wrappers.

Where's quality control?
Off eating shumai.

Emi rolled the pork/shrimp mixture into balls,
Tom and I did the wrapping and Kimo added the 
carrots and timed the steamer.

We made about 50 dumplings that cost significantly
less than ordering them at a restaurant.

A little bit of carrot on top and then into the steamer.

Serve with a little soy sauce and chili oil and you have a whole lot of yum!

And I welcomed some additions to my small elf collection.
These Gilner elves are so cute!

 

Mountains Made of Steel

Kimo works across the street from the commissary where we do our grocery shoppping, so we see these ships under construction all the time.  A couple of weeks before he got hired, I commented on these ships, that they literally loom like mountains above us; how we've seen them so often that we take them for granted.  Most folks never get to see ships like this, and we reminisced about the opportunity we had to see a ship launching at this very site many years ago (The USS Sacagawea).  Now Kimo works here!  He is learning how to do robotic welding of the giant metal sheets needed to build the ships-quite challenging!  

Kimo's new ventilated helmet-Go, Kimo!

 

For Bishop

I can neither confirm nor deny that we had anything to

do with, "heart attacking" the Bishop's door.

 

Valentine #5

 

Valentine Day #4

Took a minute to figure out the mechanics of this

card and another minute tinkering with it a bit to get 

it to run smoothly.  Fun to make, tho'- and

always fun showing Tom some love!

 

Lemon Love

Tried my hand at making lemon curd-here, instructions
say to rub the lemon zest into the sugar.

Lots of eggs and egg yolks added, lemon juice, too.

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Add butter and cook

Yummy lemon curd- I use it on toast!

 

Valentine #3

Fun making love card for Tom card!

Banner unfolds more when the card opens up.

 

Aww! Tom put his card up at work!