A Friday Night in

Michael is out with the guys tonight so I am enjoying a creative night in with the pups and getting my introvert fix on.  Behold: a lone can of tuna in the cupboard, and an interesting recipe for tuna croquettes from Alton Brown's Good Eats show!  Thus I experimented, and was pleasantly surprised (normally I don't find canned tuna that exciting, just cheap and edible).  I will make these again, as well as the accompanying lemony tartar sauce recipe from Emeril.  There were a few adjustments I had to make--I added a teaspoon of white wine vinegar in the tartar sauce since Ina Garten's recipe sounded good too, and I used lime juice and zest because I didn't have any lemons.  Delicious!  Oh, and I added dill and left out the onions in the croquettes, and used herb-y bread crumbs instead of panko.  Like I said--I experimented, and I WON.

Also on the agenda: reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and/or Reading Lolita in Tehran.  I've started both, and am enjoying them greatly, but it takes me a while to get through books because I have a habit of reading four or five at once.  Besides those two, I'm also tossing back the books below, which are in my office at work.  But those I just savor a bit at a time.  Ok...I guess that's more than four or five.

 Books shown above:

The Art of Spiritual Direction

Holy Invitations

The Spiritual Leader's Guide to Self-Care (a must-have for spiritual leaders)

An Altar in the World

Prayers for the Domestic Church

Sadhana: A Way to God (helpful for meditation)

The Protestant Mystics (not my favorite)

Daily Prayer: A Little Book for Saying the Daily Office

A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants (a fave and a classic)

Altars under the Sky (found on the library free book table!)

Last weekend I helped my parents paint their new house that they're renovating.  Doesn't it look cute?  They are hoping to be moved in by fall of 2012, so we're still working on the inside.  It's going to be great!

This weekend is my ten year college reunion, hard to believe.  Those festivities are tomorrow, so I guess I should do my nails or something.  Do you think I should go in costume?  I think Michael should get this one.