Charoset

Someday, maybe I'll finish my Passover menu... someday :)

I was first introduced to charoset at the first Seder I attended with D and his family, and I was hooked from the first bite. I very seriously considered making it outside of Passover, but never really got around to it. When Passover rolled around this year I was so excited to have a bite of this appley goodness again.

Whats good about charoset is... well... everything. Its tasty, its healthy, its got booze in it. What else do you need? My version is a little non-traditional, but its the way I like it. Yum.


Charoset

6 Apples, peeled and chopped
2 cups raisins
1 cup nuts, chopped fine (I used almonds and walnuts, but walnuts are the most traditional I believe)
Splash red wine
Honey

Its pretty straightforward... chop the apples, chop the nuts, (I use a hand chopper... makes everything so easy!) throw everything in a bowl, let sit overnight. Add the honey and wine to taste, and remember that the honey will sweeten everything and the wine will mellow as it sits. Enjoy, preferably in mass quantities!

THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE!!!!!

Ok. 4.7 earthquake tonight like right down the road from where I live.

I live in the little red area here:

Quake was here:

That's literally right down the road. We were driving down the highway when traffic came to a halt... we almost slammed into the people in front of us! But we drove home and didn't even realize there was an earthquake til we saw other people's updates on Facebook.

Cool... I think?

How To Have a Bad Day

5:30 - 6:00 Wake up before your alarm. Don't go back to sleep, because, why bother at this point?

6:15 Roll out of bed. Yawn.

6:15 - 6:50 Get ready. Then dick around doing who knows what.

6:52 Realize you are going to be late to work. Rush down to the car. Put your lunch on the front seat (instead of in the back where it normally goes)

6:53 Pull out of parking spot. Realize lunch is falling on the ground. Worry about applesauce spilling. Reach over to grab lunch.

6:54 Run into a really, really big concrete thing. Hit your head because you haven't put on your seatbelt yet.

6:55 In shock. Get out of car and assess the damage. Get back in car to move it into a parking spot. Realize it won't go anywhere.

6:56 Cry

7:00 - 9:30 Call boyfriend. Call father. Call insurance company. Be informed you don't have collision. Call tow truck. Call auto shops. Curse yourself for being such an idiot.

9:30 Follow tow truck to auto shop. Boyfriend drives you to work. Realize you forgot that god damn lunch.

10:00 Work. Feel stupid after telling the story 10 times.

2:00 Headache. Really, really bad headache.

4:30 Time to go home. Oh wait... we're working late today.

5:30 Finally leave work. Have to take the bus home. Oh, don't worry, home is only 25 miles away.

6:00 Find bus stop. Get on first bus. Transfer. Transfer.

7:44 Get off bus near home. Boyfriend waiting in the parking lot across the street. Drive home and collapse on couch.

9:00 Only solution in sight: ice cream.

Ugh.