whew

i finished two very time consuming work projects today.  i can’t believe how relieved i am to not have to think about those projects, to not have to open up the laptop tonight and continue working, and to be able to sit on the couch and knit and relax.

during the past few days i didn’t do much cooking of note, but over the weekend i made a lovely cassoulet.  i know, i need to get recipes from other sources.  everyone else who is tired of me linking to epicurious raise your hands.  while i love epicurious, and i use it so frequently because i often decide what to make for dinner while at work (they have the internet at work, but they don’t have my cookbooks), i would love to start mining my cookbook stash for dinner ideas.  anyway, i made the lovely cassoulet.  instead of a smoked sausage i used a duck sausage.  smoked sausage sort of makes me feel yucky, and adding duck sausage to a dish that traditionally calls for duck confit seemed fitting to me.  i’m getting a bit tired of these slow cooked dishes though, and am looking forward to a fresh-tasting pasta dish tomorrow.  not sure what it will be, but most like the recipe will come from epicurious.  old habits die hard…

in other news, we are being besieged by mosquitoes.  and not just cause it’s warmed up today.  we’ve been besieged for weeks now!  each night before bed a goes mosquito hunting with gracie’s stuffed ball toys.  he’s quite good actually, and with fairly good accuracy hits resting mosquitoes on the ceiling regularly.  what’s weird is that it’s october and we’ve got a mosquito problem!  any ideas?