September 2010 – Amy Artisan

I’ve been following Carole’s “10 on Tuesday” for a while & seem to mentally blog the weekly topics but they don’t make it live on the blog. When I saw this week’s topic I knew I needed to jump in & do a quick, humorous post.

The topic: 10 Things in Your Fridge
The humor: I’m in the hotel thus week with an itty bitty fridge…so, here is a quick pic & the list.

1. Greek yogurt – breakfast this week is yogurt with blueberry muesli & dried pomegranate seeds
2. Jello mint chocolate mousse cups – for a bit of sweet in the evening
3. Milk – enough said
4. White Cheddar cheese snacks – to take to the office for mid-morning snacks
5. Hummus cups – for afternoon snacking with pretzels
6. Roasted red pepper & tomato soup – for dinners this week
7. Raspberry lime seltzer water
8. Pizza leftovers – pizza for dinner on Monday while watching the Packers game, leftovers are actually stored in a Ziploc bag
9. Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest – chilling for the game, now gone
10. Blue ice packs in the ‘freezer’ – to keep things cold on the drive up here & also if I have any leftovers to take back home at the end of the week

This week is definitely a “low” meal week in the hotel – note to self…blog about the “gourmet creations” I’ve managed with the panini grill & veggie steamer (& of course a larger fridge)…

(p.s. Gotta love technology – wrote & posted this blog from the WordPress app on my phone…hmm…maybe I’ll be blogging a bit more with this working nicely…)

Ah, home! After 5 weeks up north I arrived at Casa de Artisan on Thursday evening & have thoroughly enjoyed 4 days at home with not much planned. When I trekked northward 5 weeks ago, it was in anticipation of a rather intense crunch time on my current project & I anticipated that at least one day each weekend would be at the office. As the month progressed, the project continued to change & I only ended up working 1 of the 4 weekends that I was up there. So, with the other weekends I made the most of my time in northeastern Wisconsin – more often than not, I ended up along the shore of the bay, Green Bay. After “surviving” last winter up along the bay, it was so nice to enjoy it in better weather. Whether I was in “full tourist” mode as I trekked to Door County (twice) or just had my knitting, a book & a cool beverage to go sit along the shore, I made sure to have my camera in hand to capture scenes of the beautiful bay.