CV of Justin Lang

While Renee was out of town last week, I was home alone… But BUSY as hell, so it was good thing I was alone right?  I was in the backyard looking over a some things, getting some things planned out when a Praying Mantis scared the crap out of me.

This thing is as big as my thumb… and it scared me, pretty sad, I know.  After laughing at myself for a bit, I ran in side and grabbed the camera and had a photo shoot with a bug. Yes, a bug.  He took direction pretty well, but kept looking off camera, little bugger!

Turns out, I got a couple of good shots and here is my favorite. “You lookin’ at me?”

After only a couple of days, my tattoo for this past weekend is already fading!  WTH… I guess that is what happens when you use “tattoo markers”.  This is as close as I am getting to the real thing.

I wish that I could say that my three day weekend was more exciting then it was.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I had a great time seeing the Upstate family and hanging out and of course going to the casino.  But 16 hours of driving in three days SUCKS!  I wish I could have stayed longer, but my vacation time is no-existant. :(

The time I did have upstate was great, even though the last night I did get one of my killer headaches.  I did snap off a couple of photos while up there, only 150 this time around, so a light shoot for me.  I think I got a great shot of he sunset with a sail boat off in the horizon.  What do you think?

I have been meaning to write about this for a LONG TIME now.  I am happy to say that I can mark off two pretty big items off my Zero Day List.  As of April 19th, Renee and I purchased a house, our very first house!  It is a lovely little 3 bedroom, 1 bath Cape Code right outside of the beltway in Beacon Hill.  That means I am able to make off one HUGE item from the list, #55, buy a house!  I was also able to mark off # 57, buy a new bed!

Renee and I have done some major work on the house to make it our home, but there is still a bunch of things that we want to do.  As of right now, the house is very livable and we love it, especially the back yard! I plan on writing more about it in the near future, but here is a photo from the day we closed on the house.

If I had come across this photo outside of my photo library, I would have SWORN this was me.

Last week, I found a CRAZY idea for a breakfast sandwich that got my taste buds in a roar.  I could not stop thinking about it all week.  I was just dying for the weekend to come to try it out.  Let me tell you, the wait and anticipation was WELL worth it!

I present to you, my version of the Bacon, Sausage, Egg and Cheese on doughnuts.  It took quite a bit of prep work to make this happen, but OH it was worth it.  Not only did we have to fry the bacon and the sausage, but I had to run to Krispy Kreme in the morning… IN THE SNOW to get a fresh, hot of the line dozen of glazed doughnuts. Which I believe made all the difference.

There was about 1 hour of prep time getting the sausage and bacon fried up, but like normal, we cook more then we need and freeze the rest for later consumption.  Then there was the frying of the egg and melting the cheese just right.  Before putting the egg and cheese onto the doughnut, I made sure to let it sit and cool for a minute or two so the heat from the egg didn’t melt the glaze on the doughnut.  Why make it more messy then it needed to be right?

Overall, well worth the wait, prep time and trouble. All of the flavors combined together made one hell of a nice breakfast sandwich!  I highly recommend trying it once.

btw: This is not mine and I have lost the credits.

UPDATE: I still like the first mug, but I did get a camera lens mug!

Are you still looking for Christmas present ideas for me?  If not, you SHOULD  be! I love me a good cup of coffee and what better way to accessorize it my showing off my creative side.  I wish I had links, but I don’t.  Be the best Google Sleuth you can be and find them! ;)

Some more great ideas for a future house! Love the worn wood and the use of open space.