Daniel the Spy and Other Adventures

This week Daniel (with the help of a friend) decided that going to work is sometimes like being a spy. So, now I can tease him about being a spy. Really is it because there are secrets he can't tell people until after a product has been released, and some of them have to stay secrets forever! He has been busily working on his secret projects at work, and I think he is having a good time for the most part. Supposedly the other day he got birthday cake; that sounded fun to me. I think we are both having to get used to Daniel going away all day and me not coming with him -- we used to see each other all the time during the day. I think we are getting better at having our time apart though. Daniel also finished up his mormon.org profile -- he says it isn't that exciting.

This week we decided to make orange chicken and fried rice better than we ever have before! I think we were pretty successful. Since I made the rice later in the day, I put it in the freezer on a cookie sheet so it could cool off before we  got in the freezer. That helped our batch of fried rice turn our really well because the grains of rice were able to be individual grains instead of sticky clumps. Then I decided to try and shallow fry our chicken chunks for flavor. (I've been watching too many cooking shows on Hulu.com, obviously.) That turned out pretty well, I'll make some changes for next time so the chunks have more coating on them! In case you were wondering, we totally cheated and used the bottled panda express sauce. We aren't total culinary geniuses or anything.

I've had lots of time hanging around the house. I've watched lots of episodes as I finished this project. I think some of the colors the designer picked out are kind of funny, but the pattern is pretty cool. ( This is for my Mom and Dad because they got married in the Salt Lake Temple; they just don't have it yet. Maybe I should hold it ransom until they come down to Texas to visit :P ) It was a lot work, but I think it turned out looking pretty good. Hopefully my parents find a cool place to hang it up in their house when they get it.

And that is all this week from our little Austin family. Wish us luck with the heat, and have a good day every day!