Snow, snow, and more snow

This is my driveway after running the snow blower three times in the last 24 hours..

Let there be LIGHT!

Lying in bed this morning..checking out our progress :)
This past Saturday was a good one for finishing up projects that have been hanging out incomplete for a while - trimming out the new windows in the bay window, hanging a large shelf in the dining room, and installing a light fixture (not just a bare bulb) in my bedroom!

Same style as the fixture in the living room, just a different color/material.
I wanted something big enough to look 'right' in a room with this kind of volume and this does the trick!
(No mocking my old blanket/curtain...I haven't been shopping for that stuff yet..)

Icicles

Thomas Keller's Homemade Pasta

I didn't actually use that many eggs..because I didn't HAVE that many eggs, but I cut out a little flour and added back some of the egg whites for the additional needed moisture. 

My little dough ball :)

This was the first time I had used my pasta maker - I was kind of concerned that it would be a pain to operate.
It was actually really straightforward and fun!

I divided the dough ball into four smaller pieces and then ran those chunks through the press at increasingly finer thicknesses until I got the sheets where I wanted them. Then, you run the flattened sheets through the cutter blades - this machine had a fine angel hair/spaghetti setting, and a thicker linguine/fettucine-like setting.

So. Cool. :)
I put these balls in the fridge to dry out a bit, but I could have easily boiled them at this point. Fresh noodles are done WAY quicker than dried or store-bought pastas, and the texture and flavor are so much different it's almost like a totally different food.

I wasn't even drinking when I came up with this! :)
Pizza peel slid into the crack between the cabinet door and face and used to hang and dry pasta! This is the pasta I didn't boil right away - I'll be able to package this up and use it later. Way good!