Half Day = AWESOME Gardening Day!

[cinagel]

Haaaalf Day today!
HAAAALF DAY TODAY!
Guess who has a half day today?
WHY, ITS ME!!

They switched my half days from Wednesdays to Thursdays. Essentually giving me 2 1/2 day weekends. Ooh thank you museum! I love you even more, now!
Fabulous, indeed.

So I plan to go home today and work in the yards. Max was an awesome hubby and went and weed wacked the back yard. So all I have to do is general clean up now. I'm going to weed and tidy a bit back there, then I'll do the same in the front. Gardening makes me feel zen. I'm excited to have a chance to do this finally.  Maybe afterwards I'll give myself a little girly tea break with my blooming tea set and a scone...Need to buy a scone though. Honestly I should just make scones soon. I want to learn.

Tomorrow is Cindy's day off so I plan to tidy the house a bit but mainly I want to get things done that I really want to work on, like painting that shelf and night stand for the guest room. Leelee and Mom are coming to visit after May War and I want the guestroom to look uber cute for them. So I'll be working on guestroom stuff as well as doing my usual daily cleaning tasks of doom.

My Fabulous things from yesterday and today...other than girly tea houses:
So yesterday instead of working on my dollhouse, I desided to go to Etheopian food with Max. We go to a place called Awash in University Hights. OH SO GOOD!!!! We have leftovers too...which will be in my belly as soon as I get home. OH YES! Such good food. And of course good company.

I found out through Capt'n that there is a monthly Steampunk party that happens in San Diego. O.o I believe I may have to attend this. If anything, it gives me an excuse to work on more Victorian garb...hehehehehe. Evil plotting is afoot!!

I'm finding that doing monthly mental health things like Fabulous month really does help with my morale quite a bit. So I figured it would be interesting at least to try and extend this through the summer. But maybe make each month a bit of a different theme. For example, June could be my Safari month, where I finally go visit some of those places in San Diego I always wanted to visit and take some photos. And July could be art month where I really try to concentrate on my art endevors, etc etc. Anything to keep my creative juices flowing through the summer and keep me from stressing out or falling into a routine or a rut. 
Just a thought. We'll see how it goes.

August should be baking month...because I really do want to get back into baking again.

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Raspberry Scones

2 1/4 cup flour
1/2 c sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold butter
1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup fresh raspberries
additional cream and sugar

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Combine dry ingredients.

Cut butter into mixture with pastry blender or two knives until it resembles coarse meal.

Add one cup cream and the raspberries. Mix lightly with fork, until mixture forms a stiff dough. Knead on floured board just to incorporate flour. **Take care not to bruise the raspberries.**

Roll into 7" round and cut into wedges. (The recipe says roll, really we're talking more of a "pat and prod".) Place 1" apart on greased baking sheet. Brush with additional cream and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake for 15-18 minutes, until golden brown.

Warning: Much like the fabled child of Waldo and Carmen Sandiego, these scones will disappear the instant they are out of the oven. Be prepared to cook another batch almost immediately. They don't quite get eaten so much as inhaled.