Matt and I went out walking (~40 mins) this afternoon and I came home to some of Maggie‘s tea –
2 hours later Karen arrived for dinner and I was presented with a glass of wine at my desk!
We enjoyed a wonderful family dinner tonight with Karen. Matt did all the cooking while the girls gabbed!
Whole organic Costco chicken with roasted veggies and swiss chard
He cooked the chicken in pieces in a roasting pan, although he browned the skin in a pot first. It was good, but I only ate half of my chicken breast. Give me veggies and I’m unstoppable, but give me chicken and I’m satisfied with a few good bites.
I added some cinnamon to my plate!
The unstoppables. I had even more than photographed when I finished Karen’s! They were cooked below the chicken in the roasting pan. Fabulouso.
The chard was steamed with bacon and dates and topped with gorgonzola
Good meals need good wine
We cheers’ed to Andrew’s Graduation (inside joke 🙂 ) and to future vacations!
Fun, fun night. Going to relax and tomorrow I’m getting back in the swing of hard work on this computer!
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GMAIL ROX!!!
Here it is. The first of FOUR Google tutorials. The bad part is that it’s kind of blurry, but I didn’t know the best way to do this and after an hour of videos, I was not going to re-do them because the text is hard to see. The audio is most important. Hope it’s helpful!
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Nite!
YAY for gmail tutorials, been watching for this to show up!!
Courtney
Adventures in Tri-ing
Looks so yummy!
Mmm, those veggies look great. So does the wine!
My school converted from its own server to gmail and it’s soooo much better
Wait, you’re so adorable. I want your accent!! Great tutorial, from a fellow Google admirer 🙂
Your dinner sounds dang good. Love Sunday night meals. There is something so special about them 🙂
Your dinner looks great – I love roasted veggies too!
I can’t wait to watch the gmail video – I can always stand to learn something!
Roasted veggies are my absolute favorite part of fall. I definitely can eat a whole pan-full 🙂
Thanks for the tutorial. I haven’t watched it but I’m sure it’s very informative since you’re an organizing queen 😀
That white wine looks refreshing! Looking forward to hearing more about upcoming trips!
I’m so glad that you’re opening your readers up to the wonder that is GMail and Google Tools! Its such great stuff!
o how i can’t wait to watch this! 🙂
Glad your evening was fun! 🙂
Kath, you can use screen capture SW (i.e. camstudio) to capture video of your screen. So much easier and readable.
YUM @ roasted veggies on a niece fall night! Sounds awesome! And bacon + chard sounds like a fantastic combination!
Thanks for the Gmail tutorial; you are the organization queen!
Your post is making me wish I roasted a chicken for dinner! Maybe next time! Have a great evening!
miche98,
Yes, I know, and I’ve done that before. But there are SO many Gmail features that screen shot would have taken me years to do.
K
Yay the GMAIL tutorial is here!! Thanks for that!!
Veggies yum!
ooh the chard sounds the yummiest- all my favorite flavors!
I just learned so much from that video and can’t wait to learn more! Thanks for the tutorial Kath!
I love how you put cinnamon on everything!
It’s great!
Great tutorial! I use gmail but never take the time to investigate all the features.
sounds like a fun night!
jenna
yay! can’t wait for the next gmail video- gmail and google calendar save my life
Kath, I didn’t mean (still) screen shots. I don’t see a reason that this would have taken you years to do. What I tried to tell was to use a SW that will capture everything on your screen into a video automatically (it will be the asme as what you did today, only more readable). You want to make sure the SW you choose can capture your audio, too. There are free ones, and they work great.
They veggies look perfectly cooked! Gorgonzola is a great pungent cheese; a little goes a long way. 🙂
Jenn
I’m the same way with chicken! I had the same sort of dinner tonight. 90% veggies on my plate, 10% chicken.
Have you tried jingproject dot com? It is free and allows you to do what you did but directly records what you’re doing on the computer and also allows you to add audio simultaneously. If I’m not mistaken what you’re trying to do is called “screencasting”- so if jing doesn’t work for you… google that- I’m sure there are many other ways to do it. Hope that helps!
Great tutorial. I just followed along and beefed up my gmail capabilities — I’m loving the fall colors and disabled web clips!! Though, I might have kept the canned responses gmail lab a secret if I were you!! 😉
Dinner looks so colorful and pretty! And I always love your videos!!
thanks kath! i love gmail and now that i know more i love gmail even more!!!
Thanks Kath!
This was awesome 🙂
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I HAVE HAD GMAIL 2 YEARS AND NEVER KNEW OF THESE FEATURES.
I love anything Google as well! (Gmail, Chrome, Picasa to name a few).
Thanks for your video! But quick question: I use multiple inboxes, but can’t get my first pane to be completely clear like yours (I already left Pane 0 blank in my settings). What do I need to do to get it cleared?
Kath, thank you for that wonderful gmail tutorial! I’ve been a faithful gmailer for years, and I am loving all your tricks and tips! It was so helpful and I can’t wait for the next installment!
Thanks for the great tutorial Kath! It’s nice to have such expert advice. 🙂
Dinner looks just fabulous! Perfect way to end the weekend.
This may seem a little random, but I gotta say, I love it when Karen is in your posts! She seems like a fab mother-in-law. Always doing nice things for you two. I made her Symphony bar brownies tonight. Total wow. Yay, Karen!
Hey Kath just wanted to let you know I made your butternut squash and carrot beef soup- omg, it was amazing! Thank you! If you want to see my results, take a peek at my blog. 🙂 http://joelygolightly.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/souperstar/
Hey Kath- I’ve just recently been grinding my own cinnamon from the whole bark form. It is sooo spicy and tasty! And even a tad crunchy (I like that)…I ground some today in a coffee grinder type thing. otherwise if I add it to my shakes, I’ll throw it into the Vmix. Just a thought if you like really fresh cinnamon- it’s got a whole different flava! 🙂
chard with bacon and dates sounds amazing – i love greens with dried fruit and dates are the king of dried fruits!
I thoroughly enjoyed your tutorial and I’m really looking forward to the others. This one was super helpful and showed me a bunch of things about Gmail I didn’t know!
Thank you so much for the tutorial!! This is great 🙂
I’m the same way with veggies and meats… I could eat veggies forever, but can’t have more than a few bites of meat. Weird.
the roasted veges look so good.. i feel like making some now.. i bet you can just have it as a meal!
I made a huge pan of roasted veggies tonight. You’re right, it’s easy to eat lots when it comes to the veggies!
Wow, thanks for the super cool gmail video! I had no idea you could do all that stuff. I can really make use of that multiple inbox sort!
That’s a pretty cool tutorial 🙂
Kath–thanks for the tutorials! I was really confused about multiple inboxes, so this helps a bunch. This comes at a perfect time since I’m trying to harness the awesome organiztional power of Google! Can’t wait to see the rest.
Thank you so much. I’m super intimidated by Gmail. I just learned how to use task list from your blog.
Do you know if there is a way to redirect my emails from other email servers instead of having to go change my email for everyone?
That looks great! And I am totally obsessed with gmail — Love it!
thanks for the tutorial, so informative your the best kath!
miche98 + Marie,
OMG – had no idea that was free and easy to do. Thank you!! I thought you meant stills – sorry!
marie,
Jingproject.com is awesome. videos are coming!
Kay,
I’m not sure what you mean. can you send me a screen shot?
Heather,
Aw thanks 😉
Joelle,
Awesome!
Deb,
Sounds interesting and delicious!
Cynthia,
yes, there def. is. Look for forwarding in your old email’s settings and and set it up to forward to gmail.
Kath
roasted veggies are the best!
looks like you guys had a great weekend – we finally had some great fall weather, and it looks like you did in NC, too!
What a great video! I am now working on my gmail inbox!
Great video! I can’t seem to find the multiple inbox option in my settings. It is not in the top bar where labs, themes, web clips, etc. are located.
Those veggies look so good!
I have made so many roast chickens on top of the root veggies this month. Must be the fall weather beckoning me to make warm and cozy food. I swear it is the best way to cook a roast chicken. I also roast it at a high temperature (425F) for less time. This makes the veggies extra caramalized, and it’s way quicker. Yummers!