Jen in Bermuda

Made my own Arugula & Parma Ham pizza...

I did not make the dough from scratch and I don't even know if you can buy pizza dough in Bermuda because I've never seen it.  So, I started with a boboli pizza crust.  Keep in mind this will already run you over $8.  I topped it with some marinara sauce, mozzarella and parmesan cheese.  After 10 minutes in the oven, it looked like this:

I was almost done then.  It looked pretty good.  But I had some leftover arugula.  So, I tossed it with a little lemon juice:

I love arugula.  There are a couple of restaurants here that have an arugula salad with lemon dressing, Parmesan cheese and sliced cherry tomatoes.  Heaven.  After tossing it together, I spread it out on the cooked pizza.

And for the final bit - parma ham:

This was so good.  But, use a sharp knife to cut it up.  I find a pizza cutter not quite sharp enough for the ham.  

What a lovely Sunday evening dinner.  Leftovers were good too.

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

While I did some laundry and spring cleaning at 4 in the afternoon, this was all the help I got from Maddie.

2013 Broad Street 10 Miler

I participated in this run again this year.  The weather was great and I ran with the West Chester Running Club.  A great group of fun people.  We even tailgated in FDR Park afterwards.  A great way to spend a sunny Cinco de Mayo in Philadelphia.  I want to run again in 2014.

BBC's Sherlock

Have you seen this yet?  I really like it.

Quirky.  Modern.  Pretty entertaining.

Gun control?

I really try to keep my political opinions off this site to keep it light.  But when I read  a story about a 5 year old who shoots and kills his 2 year old sister with a GUN he received for his birthday?  

Wowzers.

Really NRA?  Really?   

 

Slayer

The namesake of my highschool nickname.  

Slayer's guitartist Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure at age 49 yesterday.  

Tribute to Slayer.  Listen to at work at your own peril.  

Messy Closet

This is not my closet.  But my closet is in desparate need of some straightening.  

Bottom line is that when my lease is up this summer, I am definitely moving.  What does this really mean?  Jen has to do some major clean up.  The clean up isn't because anything is dirty or even disorganized.  The clean up is the fact I need to sit down and sort through my belongings.  It is absolutely amazing how much stuff you can collect in 4 years to fill up a 4 bedroom house.  

Regardless of the size of my next abode here in Bermuda, I have no intention of moving every single article I own now to the new pad.  

I'll admit to you that over some of these grey, rainy weekends I have done some sorting and throwing out.  I had a pile of Real Simple magazines under my coffee table.  I really like that magazine.  Good ideas, good recipes and generally well organized reading material.  However, after a quick think about it - I realized that magazines are heavy and there was no way I was going to move a huge stack of them.  In the trash they went.  I came across this article and saw that old magazines were listed in the 116 to throw away list.  The list has inspired me to continue my efforts and get rid of some more things.  

I noticed last night I have a number of old, used lotion bottles under my sink.  Bermuda is so humid, I find using lotion difficult because it doesn't like to absorb and my skin isn't that dry here anyway.  I think that will be the next thing on this list to ditch.  Wish me luck this weekend...

I'll be wearing this over my heart on May 5th

I am running Philly's Broad Street 10 miler on May 5th and everyone is getting one of these stickers to wear during the race.  That will show some solidarity against extremists when 40,000 people show up wearing these!

Boating Time

Last weekend was perfect weather in Bermuda, finally.  It feels as though the long winter may finally be over.  I even thought to myself that it was almost boat weather.  I must have not been the only one as my neighbor has finally moved the boat that he kept in his front yard all winter long.  And did a nice job of blocking traffic as he was at it.  Instead of taking care of this in the afternoon when everyone is at work, he decided to do this at 6 yesterday evening when everyone was coming home from work.  

Doesn't that poinciana tree look awful without leaves?  

Afternoon Cocktails at Mid Ocean Club

We had incredible weather yesterday.  Finally.  We had a work dinner last night and we were able to enjoy the sunset beforehand.