At 5am this morning, I was woken up by the horrible sounds of the stomach flu … and it was RIGHT beside me.  :(  Sissy(3) had climbed into our bed – probably wasn’t feeling well – and then was sick.  Poor thing.

We moved her out to the living room to clean her up and I distracted her from whining by taking this picture:

A few hours later, and I was able to get this picture:

Hopefully those few hours were all of it…but now I worry about the rest of the family!

Project 365 – Day 21, 344 to go!

Yesterday, my Uncle Steve came over to share some of his love of cooking.  He and his wife, Ellen, loved to spend their weekends planning, preparing and enjoying good food together.  Since she passed away before Christmas, Uncle Steve has referred to his cooking as therapy.  :)  I do that too – my knitting is the first thing I reach for when life gets hard!

My sister, Beth & I asked Uncle Steve if he was willing to share his love of cooking with us.  We are the first to admit that cooking is more than a chore than something we enjoy!  So, yesterday Uncle Steve and I made Risotto.  “Poor” Beth is on a week-long kid-free vacation with her Hubby!

Risotto is (as defined by Wikipedia)

a class of Italian dishes of rice cooked in broth to a creamy consistency. The broth may be meat-based, fish-based, or vegetable-based; many kinds include parmesan cheese, butter, and onion

It was wonderful! Here are the pictures of our day! 🙂

Sauting onion & rice in olive oilParmesan Reggiono (sp?) cheese & cheap white wine ready to go!Uncle Steve - there is a LOT of stirring for this dish!Done!It was great!