Ok, the first step is admitting you have a problem...

I'm addicted to chai. There, I said it. I love it, I can't help it, and I'm drinking some right now. It's so yummy. I love the stuff I make, I'll use the bags in a pinch, I drink it ALL THE TIME. So, because I like to share, here's my recipe:
6 cups water
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground cinnamon or 1 stick
1 tsp whole cloves
1 tsp cardamom seeds
1 tsp peppercorns
1/2 cup of your favorite sweetener (I use splenda, but sugar or honey work, too)
Simmer for about 5-7 minutes and strain over 3 teabags.
Serve 1:1 with warm milk. Mmmmmmmmm.
Also, on the food front, I received this free magazine in the mail. Usually I look at them for about 5 seconds and throw them out. But this one is different. It's actually right up my alley. Check it out:
http://www.cuisineathome.com/
It's awesome, seriously.
I've been making tons of stuff from it and there are no ads! Woohoo! I made the French Onion Salisbury Steak last night and both Todd and Jack LOVED it. It's my new favorite, and we all know how much I love to cook.
Oh, I feel so special! Someone from work just gave me a gift bag for helping her out so much last week. Awwwww, and it's filled with packets of Big Train Chai! I am so lucky! It's also all her fault I got hooked! Thanks, Nancy!
I promised to tell you about my Friday evening of scrapbooking and I did it, (I think there is going to be a special place in Heaven for a mom that spends her Friday nights making her son a new memory book at a church) I got 4 pages done in Jack's new baby book. He loves it and they are turning out very cute. The woman who invited me (Jan) has all this really cool punching and stamping crap...um...craft supplies. I promise not to make more than 2 books. One for Jack and one for the wedding. There, Todd, I wrote it out...no divorce proceedings required.
And not to forget about Art Adventure...we wandered around the art museum for 2.5 hours and Todd is thoroughly convinced that all of the art is stolen. He also is not a fan of Georgia O'Keefe. Personally, I think that the 600 pound piece of Jade that was "commissioned" by some emperor in China was really a way for him to display his own poetry and try to hook him up as a great poet since he also used the most famous ancient poem in all of China. But that's just me.
Ok, enough of my nonsensical ramblings. I'm off to go get the boy.