And grace will lead me home.

Mmmh, root vegetables. It's snowing today, and I had to go to a funeral (a friend's mom, so... a step removed from being painful to me, and just sympathetic pain, if that makes any sense), and I got rejected from Michigan State, so I was going to make soup and buy delicious bread. I figure soup is both a comfort food and a winter food, and it is decidedly a day for both of things. So I went to Whole Foods, since it's the only store on the way home, and if I'm only getting one or two things, I don't mind the expense. And I was going to make chicken noodle from scratch, but I needed carrots and celery. So I got some carrots. But I don't actually like celery, and I have yet to figure out why it goes in so many things. So then I was going to make a creamy chicken soup, so I got some cream. And then I was trying to leave, when I saw a perfectly sized package of beef for stew. So I figured I would save the cream for something else (like dessert!!), and use the carrots and the beef to make stew. So I ran back and got parsnips, since I like them better than potatoes anyway.

My beef is browned, my carrots, parsnips, onions, and garlic are cooking on the stove and smelling wonderful, and soon I will add wine and beef broth, and my whole house will smell delicious for two hours while it cooks. I have breadsticks from the awesome bakery, and they will be buttery and soft as always, and I am going to drink some wine and practice my presentation, since I give the physics colloquium this week, since I'm a real researcher and all. I also turned in the next draft of my paper to John just as he was leaving, and I am safe and warm inside while the snow comes down, down, down outside.

I still need a cooking icon.