Tonight, I am making chicken stock. I always freeze chicken bones, necks, etc until I have enough to make some stock. This time I had a bit of a breakthrough with my technique. I am a very Mastering-the-Art-of-French cooking kind of cook. I love perfection in food. So the fact that my stock was sometimes too cloudy, really bugged me.

I was using the wrong spoon to skim off the impurities. That's it. When I showed Joe my new skimming tool, he said that my new spoon would have been that one he would have chosen, too. Next time I need cooking advice, I will ask him.

Evelyn's first day of preschool

Today was the first day of preschool. Evelyn was very shy. I asked her if she talked to any of the other kids, and she said no. She told me she was too shy. I guess she will be fine, but it is really hard for me to sit back and watch her play all by herself. Not only that, but she looks down at the ground, and turns away when other kids talk to her. She usually talks to adults just fine, but kids seem to intimidate her. I am just trying to reassure her that the other kids want to be friends with her. I am really trying not to criticize her for it.

Tonight, I got out my guitar for the first time since before Gabe was born. I am a really crappy guitar player, mostly because I never practice. But, I really wanna get better. It just doesn't come naturally to me. I only got through about one song before I had to give my fingers a rest.

I have not been wearing my wedding band/engagement ring for the past few days, because I keep getting this rash underneath it. It has happened twice in the past two weeks. I think it is a fungal infection, but I always think everything is a fungal infection. I had shingles right after Evelyn was born, and I swore it was a fungal infection until my doctor told me otherwise.

So, if you see me not wearing my wedding ring, don't start thinking my marriage is on the rocks. Its nothing a little Lotrimin can't handle.