Fresh lemon grass is hard to find, and fresh cilantro doesn’t last long, so tonight I made four curry pastes.  Red, Yellow, Green, and Massmun.  I love having them on hand – cook them in coconut milk with some sugar and salt and soy sauce, throw in tofu and whatever colorful veggies I have on hand, and it’s dinner.  Each one tastes so different from the other that the same basic recipe makes different dishes.   However, I’m not too keen on wearing gloves, so I end up with burning hands for days from cutting the hot peppers!  Make all four at once, and you’re flirting with disaster.  Ow.  Ow.  Ow.  The hands hurt, but they smell wonderful.

Just for ha-has, I checked my activity log.  Someone found me by searching for “chinese penis phone” on msn.  Holy cow.  It kind of hurts to laugh like that before my back has loosened up in the morning.

We spent a pretty lazy morning, just cleaning up from the previous night’s revels.  Amazing how mom and dad and two kids can make that much mess.  In the afternoon, we walked to a neighbor’s house for a party, met some of our other new neighbors, and had a delightful time.  I think we’ll do just fine here.  The kids have school tomorrow, but hubby doesn’t have to work, so we’ll. . .unpack boxes.  Assemble furniture.  That kind of stuff.  Oh, well.  Getting the house in order will be a good way to start the year.