Thursday, February 25, 2010

audio books

I have really gotten into audio books. I enjoy listening to them when I go to sleep. More recently I discovered audio book podcasts. These are awesome because they are free. And sometimes they can be better than ones that are sold even. It depends on the voice. I don't know if I have the best reading voice, but I found this cool website through the podcasts I was listening to. You can volunteer to read whole books or parts of books. They need to be in the public domain, so most of these readings are classics. Anyway, here is me reading a section from Les Miserables. Did you know the book is five volumes long?!

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ge/lesmiserables_vol4_26_hugo 1.mp3

I hope this doesn't sound too cheezy!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Chicken and Sausage Paella


I found this crockpot recipe from my roommate's cookbook. I haven't been able to cook for awhile because a tree fell on my cabin, but I finally have a kitchen again in my temporary living situation. Sitting down to a real meal is so rewarding when it turns out well. Chicken thighs, smoked turkey sausage, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, peas, turmeric, pepper, thyme, all served over rice. uh...yes!