Señor Spotlight

In recent post I told you guys that my Señor and I went up to Santa Cruz to remodel a bathroom for his sister. I helped with the demolition and assisted on the construction a little bit. But honestly, I spent most of the time playing with Pato's 2 yr old niece, and even learned how to change a diaper. Eek!

Anyways, my amor has finished the job and it looks brilliant! He is so talented and I honestly can't wait till we remodel our bathroom.
Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend.

Que Hippie: Labor of Love

My Señor is an amazing craftsman.

He is one of the most talented people I know and the work that he does always takes my breath away.
Recently while I was studying, he saw that I was struggling to fit all my notes, books and paperwork onto a dinner tray stand. So, he told me that he was going to use the wood that he had left over from a construction job to build us a computer desk with enough room for me to study. Needless to say, I was thrilled!
Que green?! Que Hippie?!
He was excited with the outcome and is inspired to build more furniture.
I. can't. wait.

He still needs to seal the wood before we can set it all up. But for now, it's holding all my work to study for finals.
I love it!

O'Neill's Now Open

I just have to take a moment to put the spotlight on my Señor Pato!

For the last 7-8 months him and his co-workers have worked extrememly hard to open up the new O'Neill's location in ABQ and it is beautiful.
I could not be more proud of him and we are extremely grateful to Ron, Rob O'Neill and Robert Monroe for putting Patrick on board to help.
Thanks to all our friends who came out last night to celebrate Cinco De Mayo Irish style, we love you guys!!

Music Tuesday--Hocus Pocus

While on my travels to Europe I picked up this CD from French Hip Hop group Hocus Pocus in Paris for Pato. It was his only request and I have to say, It was a damn good one.  

Check em' out!!!

Fin de Semana

You know you had a good weekend when you come to work on Monday in a chipper and happy mood that annoys the shit out of everyone!

This weekend I had an amazing time with my amore Pato. We scored some free passes to Ojo Caliente Hot Springs and got to soak away our stress in the most amazing NM setting.  We also decided to took a detour to Chimayo and ate at  Rancho de Chimayo Restaurante a place with great food and great chile.

We wrapped up the weekend by going to see Avatar in 3D. Holy amaze balls that movie rocked and we are glad we paid the extra money to see it in 3D.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and you are currently annoying the shit out of your coworkers on this lovely first Monday in February.

 

  

 

Etsy Find

 

  Van Go print from Kate Gabrielle Etsy shop (click here) 

Mini Van, Mega Fun!

I absolutely love this print from Kate Gabrielle's Etsy shop. Anyone who knows me knows that I check out mini-vans left and right. The reason I check out mini's is mostly because my handsome El Pato Guapo drives one.  So, this etsy find is a cheer to all you ladies who check out mini-vans and love the men who drive them!!

Amore Friday

 As mushy as it sounds, I still wake up next to this man and get butterflies.

♫Amore♪

Have a great weekend everyone!!

What Is Life - George Harrison

Domestically Disabled Post-Mexican Chocolate Cake

Hi, my name is Laura and I'm domestically disabled..

But in 2010 I'm working on switching that around.

So, every other week or weekend I will attempt to either bake or cook some sort of dish. I'm not trying to be the next Julia Child or trying to master the art of shitty fancy food. I'm just trying to make a dish that is edible. We all know that eating out can be expensive, so I figured it was time I gave myself a lesson in making some food.

First up:
Mexican Chocolate Cake

Pato asks: "What makes it Mexican?" 
I say: "Well, me of course!"
But actually, what makes it Mexican is the cinnamon and a bit of cayenne pepper that is added. However, I just used cinnamon for this round. I tend to go a little loca on the spicy front and figured I better leave it out this time.

The recipe is very simple and can be made in about an hour.
Here it is: *Make sure you adjust ingredients for altitude when baking this cake click here.  

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I used dark chocolate cocoa powder)
  
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup sour milk or orange Juice
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12x18 inch pan.
2. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and cinnamon. Add the margarine, oil, water, sour milk, eggs and vanilla, mix until smooth. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
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9. Orale!! Here it is!
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Smiles say "Hey, I can eat this"

Thanks to Pato, Sassy and my family for eating the cake and having seconds!

Next domestically disabled challenge: Hamburger cupcakes!