Earl Grey Macarons and Things

so i think by now we all know how obsessed i am with tea. it is my go to for happy, mellow, calm, pretty much anything whether it is the middle of summer to the dead of winter. i have an entire cabinet dedicated to tea. seriously. a trip to carousel/destiny mall is not complete without a stop at teavanna.

tea, of course, brings me on to this week's treat. i found an article on buzzfeed that included thirty something recipes involving tea flavored treats. there are lots of things  need to make on there, but i started with these macarons because, well, they sounded delicious. i had also been planning on making macarons at some point anyway, so win win.

unfortunately, it took me a couple days to complete them. the usual, of course, work and whatnot. they came out pretty awesome, though.

here is the recipe link. there are actual tea leaves in the macaron shells themselves, and the white chocolate ganache is infused with more earl grey, and some orange zest.

i love making these. theyre so cute and fun. despite what people think, they are not difficult to make. it's all about whipping the egg whites, and using a light hand to fold in your dry ingredients.i am hoping to make some more soon. i am thinking lemon is next. i also found these lemon crumb bars that need egg yolks, so what better way to use egg whites than with more macarons? yep. can't think of anything better than that. maybe some lemon filling. yesss. lemons are summer. summer is in a week.

summer is also berry season. i cannot wait to go strawberry picking. pinterest is full of strawberry and blueberry pins, all sorts of good things. i still have raspberries and blackberries from last summer that i froze. maybe some muffins or jam are in order. or both. jam to put on the muffins. i just like food.

not to jump around some more, but in between making the macarons, trying to clean up from the garage sale, and work, i did a little cooking and made some potato salad (get the recipe here) for ron's lunches. it is way too full of mayo (or in this case, mircacle whip) for me, but he seems to like it, so i think i did a good job. i even had him take a fancy glam shot for me.

now we just need a picnic basket and a nice day, and maybe a turkey sandwich for me.

we got the basket. seriously. we were on our way home from something a few nights ago and totally found one that someone was getting rid of in like new condition. yep. we seem to acquire lots of things by finding things people are getting rid of. it's something about living in a nice area, where people don't care about how much money they spend and just throw things away. we got some nice luggage and various shelves over time. 

anyway. work has been....meh. i hired two people because everyone is leaving. my two people that actually do work. i will then be stuck with my boss, and new people who will hopefully turn into some good workers, since i can rely on everyone but the person i am supposed to rely on. the whole place is shady and stupid, and people only care about themselves, and it makes me glad to know that ive given up eight years to this place to get nothing. *note the sarcasm there

let's talk about punk ass, here, for a minute though.

look at his crusty face. not really so crusty, but he had an egg beard a couple nights ago. apparently he decided to eat everything all at once and came up with this, and i thought it was hilarious.

i don't understand why he just accumulates food on the sides of his face. he's the only bird i've ever had where this has happened. my silly punk ass kairi. he's happy, so i guess that is all that matters. he just turned 10 years old, i think in may, and sora will be 10 as well, shortly. that itsself is pretty crazy to think about. i was in my second year of college when i got them, both a couple months apart. i hand fed them for a little while. kairi wanted to eat by himself mostly, he did not like being fed. sora, on the other hand, loved the baby food. i still call her fatty sometimes, but she's my pretty girl lately. i love my kids.

last night we went out for dinner and bowling with a few of ron's co workers. it was interesting, but they seemed nice. i don't really know them well, and since i am obviously the only one who doesn't work where he works, i didn't really know what to say about anything, so i kind of listened. we went to cheesecake factory, which i am not complaining about. there is nothing wrong with that. we hit up the bowling alley upstairs afterward and played for an hour. i am still exhausted. we didn't even stay out late, we left around midnight, but he had to work at 5:30 in the morning because his shipment got in super early, which usually doesn't happen, so we both had a long day. today was pretty long, too. it was not the busiest day, but because i was so tired, it seemed like work dragged on forever.

lol. yay. it was kind of fun. we don't really get out much, so it was nice to not be at work or cleaning. i just wish i wasn't so poor. we have been going out quite a bit lately, which is making it a little hard, but we'll figure things out. anyway, that is all for now. i will see what i can do for wednesday, as long as i don't miss it this week. thanks for reading!