Isn't it odd?

A few weeks ago when Frank and I returned from vacation, we were down in the laundry room at 10:00am getting things out of the washers when a fellow tenant came in to inquire if we had an emergency contact number for our building managers. The tenant had accidentally locked himself out of his 10th floor apartment, but the only phone # we have for management is their home phone number. I never gave it a second thought until about 8:30 pm when I was out on my balcony watering my plants and I happened to look down and see this same tenant sitting on the front steps leading to the lobby. I pointed him out to Frank who went to talk to the guy, and he had been calling management all day with no reply, and his pregnant wife and 2 sons were in the park across the street trying to stay occupied. Well, we invited them in of course, made some drinks & snacks, put on a kids movie and dug out the small collection of toys we had, and by 10:30pm with still no word from management, we brought out the extra sheets/pillows/blankets and made up the futon and guest bed, doled out some t-shirts to ware as jammies, dug out the spare toothbrushes we had in the bathroom cabinet and called it a night with 4 strangers in the living room and guest room. No problem, glad we could help, after all, we couldn't let a pregnant lady and 2 small kids stay outside all night! They just moved here form the stares a few months ago and have no family here, each parent thought the other had grabbed the keys, and all they had were the car keys...but the key to remove The Club" was locked inside their apartment with the house keys. The next morning we dolled out breakfast/coffee and morning cartoons, and by 9:30am someone had shown up to open the door of the family's apartment for them.
The odd part comes from the fact that we have not seen/herd from them since. Huh. No phone call to say "Thanks again", and no thank you card. . Its not a big deal at all, but if it were me crashing at a total strangers place I would have at the very least gone out to replace the toothbrushes and give a thank-you card, am I wrong??

The Souffle.

Saturday night I attempted my first ever souffle, and it was quite a hit!! It was a lot easier to make than I thought, and since I had never even seen a souffle before in my entire life, let alone tasted one, I thought it turned out pretty good!! Here is how it's made ( including a few small changes I made to suite my own taste)
4 c mashed potatoes ( without any butter/milk added )
1 c skim milk
1 c shredded cheddar cheese ( I used medium light cheddar )
2/3 c shredded Swiss cheese ( again I used light )
1/3 c shredded Parmesan cheese (I was not about to pay $12 at the local store, so I used my can of powdered Parmesan and it turned out just fine, I used an equal amount )
1/3 cup chopped green onions
1 small onion chopped (I don't like onions, but find green onions OK, so I opted to use about 2/3 c green onions and omitted the actual onion called for )
4 eggs separated
Salt and pepper to taste

1) combine potatoes, 3 cheeses, milk, onions, salt and pepper in a large bowl and mix well.
2) Beat egg yolks with a fork and stir into potato mixture.
3) In a small mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, and then gently fold into the potato mixture.
4) Use a spatula to scrape the mixture into a 2-qt souffle dish that has been sprayed with non-stick spray
5) Bake at 375 F ( 190 C ) for 40-45 min, and serve immediately ( serves 12 unless Hike is invited to dinner, in which case it serves 4 with Hike complaining he didn't get enough ).

I served this with a nice pork roast seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper, and a side of steamed baby carrots, broccoli florets and cauliflower florets.

Hope you enjoy!!

P.S I didn't find out untill after it was too late that it is reccommended you put a coller on the souffle dish ( thanks Mom! ) but it turned out alright in the end as it didn't seem necessary, though I may have been using a larger dishthan reccommended.

Reviving the blog...??

I have been thinking about reviving the Blog and thought I should start by trying to see if I remember my password and how to actually add pics etc, and yep, I guess I do remember *L* So here are a few random pics that I have taken over the years...First is Alli about 8 and a half months preg with Nathan, then Sara at about 10 years old, Frank making lunch last summer while we were camping at Blue Lake, Sara on our dock at 7 am waiting for breakfast, and last but not least, Phoenix at 12 days old being subjected to his Auntie Krista's artistic whims *L*