Oh it's the weekend and I can't sleep!

Finished Jimica Salad

Close up of Rugelach
Jicima before peeled and sliced
Sliced Jicima
Blood Red Orange
Yup, been up since 4:30am. Gave up tossing and turning and walked Gordie around 5:15am and came in and had my coffee. I noticed in the fridge I still had rugelach dough that I didn't bake up. So you know me, I baked up the last batch, THAT NONE OF US NEED TO EAT! I've not tasted a cookie yet, but the smell is making me CRAZY!!!!!! Then I decided to make my Jicima salad (see above photos). Jicima is sort of like a radish, only not so powerful of a bite. And julienned and served with a mild sliced onion and blood red oranges - well it's such a nice blend of flavors. Dunno why I had to make the Jicima salad at 6:00am but WHATEVER!

OK last night Emily and I went to see the new CHICK FLICK, "P.S. I Love You" in our town. We were 2 of 8 WOMEN in the theater! The movie is pretty good...kinda LONG ... but get this. I swear it was the last 30 - 60 seconds the film skips and BURNS UP! NO HAPPY ENDING -- NO ENDING AT ALL! So me being a MAJOR nut job, jump up to find the nearest worker. I run to the hall and find this guy and scream "The movie just broke and burned up! WHAT HAPPENS IN THE END?" Well this guy looks at me like there is something not right in my head. He goes into the theater to see if I'm lying! Of course he's not seen the ending or any part of the movie BECAUSE THIS IS OPENING DAY AND NO ONE BUT WE 8 WOMEN HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!! He runs and gets the manager who says please give her 10 minutes and she'll fix it all up so we can see the end. She splices out a few ruined frames and up pops the last 30 -60 seconds of the film! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But what was even better -- for our HARDSHIP we were all awarded 2 FREE PASSES TO THE THEATER!!!!!!!!!!! That's $20.50 worth of films! Yup a movie in our town now costs $10.25 -good, bad or whatever! So all in all a happy ending was had all the way around!!!!!!!

So it's the Saturday before Christmas. What are we to do -- no Malling for us -- hmmmm maybe that means MORE TIME IN MY KITCHEN! Look for more food photos!

Best,
Jane