News about my raise!

I got an 8K raise. 19% raise. You do the math! Now I have to wait to December to get another review.

I have so much work to do. I might leave for work at 5AM tomorrow.

Taking a pilates class Saturday morning, then hitting IKEA to look at bookcases. I want to get one with a drawer. Dentist appt to fix 2 cavities on my left side of the mouth. Still have two cavities on the right side of my mouth that will be another visit. Sunday brunch at Goat Town with three other brunch'ers, then Mets-Phillies game! Maybe try to get a manicure after the game.

Need to get some pancetta and some other ingredients to make baked sausage ziti! I need to test my oven to see if it works. I wanna bake a maple pecan tart for the office as an appreciatory gift for my new found raise!

One of my former friends is blogging every week so I think I should do the same.

My weekend was nice. I had brunch with my new brunch group at Goat Town in East Village. I saw DJ again and I hung out with Emmy and Linda and two others for a total of 6 brunchers. Not so bad, even though 12 people signed up.

Osama was killed, which I'm happy about but life goes on.

I'm leaving at 1:45PM for Mr Dennehy's to watch the Real Madrid-Barcelona match. It's at Barcelona so I expect a blowout!

Tomorrow night is a sushi meetup group at Ko Restaurant. Time for celebrating the month of May is it's my birthday month!

Cooking

My new hobby is cooking. I'm going to knit sporadically and hope to finish Paddy's sweater by Mar 2010, but full steam ahead on cooking. I'm also not going to go out to dinner anymore at restaurants, instead I'll check out menus for cool dishes to cook myself. I'll still go to brunch tho, maybe once every three months. I'm hell-bent on saving money next year. I'm even going to take a Sushi and Sake 101 class at Sushi Samba to learn how to make my own sushi.

Brunch at Essex

I didn't like my dish, it was scrambled and I expected sunnyside over eggs.

The company was large for brunch, 11. I wish that many people showed up to my brunches!

My meal at Papatzul wasn't so good. Huevos Rancheros was not a sure bet!

My friends Naomi and Craig are returning to the UK to have their baby. I am sad to see them go. They were good brunch buddies!

Waiting for brunch at Madison Square Park. It's a beautiful day outside!