Is that a FAN in your bathtub?

Why yes, that is a fan in my bathtub, and a couch, loveseat, mattress & boxsprings in my kitchen. As part of our massive Spring Clean campaign we had the carpets cleaned today - everything had to be off of the carpeted areas of the house (or in a closet). This was quite an accomplishment.



Rub-a-dub-dub junk in the tub


And more junk


Even the front hallway is full!


Oh - it's worth it in the end!

After we got home this evening and unloaded the furniture from the kitchen John put together the new table and chairs (yes, we finally said screw it and got a table). He had a few problems with the legs...


Meanwhile I was experimenting in the kitchen. We had avocado, tomato and mango that were ripe so I made kind-of curried shrimp with salsa and brown rice. I rarely measure so this is just an estimation of what I did.

Shrimp:
1/2 t cinnamon
1 t curry powder
1 t cayenne
a few splashes of red wine vinegar
juice from a tangerine
Mix over peeled shrimp (about 20) and let marinate while you chop up all the salsa ingredients. To cook: either grill them (which would be best) or saute in a frying pan if you are too lazy to put them on to skewers.

Salsa:
4 seeded tomatoes, chopped
2 small avocados, chopped
1/2 red onion , diced
2 jalapenos, diced
1 roasted yellow bell pepper, chopped
1/2 a mango, chopped
3/4 cup cilantro, diced
salt, pepper
lime juice
Mix it all together (use a rubber spatula so you don't end up smooshing it all) and that's about it.

Brown Rice:
Uh...water, brown rice, salt

It was muy deliscioso.