Fry Daddy Knows No Boundaries

Brett insisted on busting out the Fry Daddy to make french fries. It's a big one, too. Big Fry Daddy = lots of oil and me having to clean up the mess. I ran around the kitchen trying to come up with additional things to fry. Mozzarella sticks (hand breaded in Italian breadcrumbs) was the only thing I could come up with. Critical info, right?

I want to assemble all my favorite recipes into an easy access computer file- or at least catalog the ones I like in the cookbooks. I'm notorious for finding a recipe I like but then forgetting I have it. There's got to be a better way...

I'm going to start contacting all my twitter contacts who are food/wine people to ask them for recipe ideas they can stand behind and suggest. My only goal is one thing- to find proven recipes that I can serve/consume/etc.

If you have a recipe you'd like to share, I'm all ears. Thanks!

Bodies In Motion Stay in Motion

Garden Update:

8 tomato plants in the ground, 10 stalks of corn planted, roses growing with reckless abandon, pinot noir vines blooming in need of proper support, strawberries exploding everywhere, blueberry plant covered in white blossoms, olive tree being all olivey and stuff, and a mowed lawn... it looks like it's under control now but I guarantee it will be pure chaos in about 2 months. My apologies to the neighbors whose walkway is adjoined to my backyard. They quit talking to me a long time ago so I'm not going to sweat it.

I got my first round of feedback on my script- it was much better than I expected. I didn't cry like I usually do. Nor did I go on a hate jog- the anger fueled runs I occasionally take around the neighborhood ripping myself apart on how the world hates me. (I could use one, I've gotten a little on the puffy side). I need to restructure my story, amplify my turning points, make my characters more likable (identified as too selfish), knock off about 20-25 pages, and then some. Little changes.

I'm okay with that. First drafts don't count, right?

Meanwhile, I'm refocusing on wine related projects. Promoting the Get Into Wine DVD, networking with other wine contacts to work with, and still trying to get my affairs in order to produce video podcasts on local winemakers and vineyards. This is fun and I almost feel guilty working on these projects. Oh, wait... work CAN be fun. I forgot.

I'm about to start work on an adaptation of a book that's reached bestseller status- it's an amazing story and I feel very blessed to be approached to write the screenplay. I can't wait to get all the i's dotted and t's crossed with agreements and contracts- then I can start writing. I'm hesitant about doing anything without some sort of agreement in writing. It protects anyone and I was taught at an early age that you should put everything in writing- honest people have nothing to hide. Even if it's to the sum of "be fair, have fun" something in writing is better than nothing.

Two other plates spinning with film projects... updates to follow as things come together.

Right now I have to hunt down dinner for my husband. Frozen dinner, probably. Later...