Terrible Mac and Cheese and The Time Traveler's Wife

[thoreau]

Tonight I totally flopped in the kitchen. I don't know how I managed it - but I made an abortion of macaroni and cheese. dave tried - but - well - the pasta was overcooked - I overdid the pepper - and well - it was crap. total. undeniable. crap. CRAP_O_RAMA. shitville. garbage. We fed it to the garbage disposal and had salad for dinner with sliced chicken. LOL!

Now we're by the fire reading - I'm reading 'The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger. It's beautiful, romantic as hell and just gorgeous. It is an extremely complex novel about a man that involuntarily time travels. Each chapter (some dozens of pages long - some half a page) are at all different years and times in both his and his wife Clair's life. The voice talking is either Clair or Henry. I am in love with it. They are making a movie out of it in 2009 - and I'm worried that it won't even come close to how much I love this novel. (although casting Eric Bana and Racheal McAdams makes me hopeful - because they are just as physically beautiful as I'd imagine Clair and Henry to be....) I am such a sucker for hard core romances like this. (big romantic 50's schoolgirl sigh) It is at a very intense part and I must get back to it. I have a lovely glass of port - and kateydog is snuggled in a circle at my feet up on the couch - and Dave is in his chair doing math "Wavelet and Wavelet Transform Theory". So adorable and so insanely smart. I'm very lucky.

The grandfather clock is chiming in the foyer - and this is just completely perfect.

Comments

[apparentparadox]

The Time Traveler's Wife is great. I love how the balance of knowledge shifts between the guy & his wife -- at certain times, each of them knows more about the other than the other knows about them.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

I just finished it - what a remarkable work! :) I wonder how they can capture it on screen without it being hopelessly complicated. it's beautiful, beautiful writing.

[apparentparadox]

Yes, it had beautiful writing. It will be quite difficult to put on the screen. I hope that they can manage somehow.

[audrabaudra.livejournal.com]

Bad dinners--meh, they happen. There's always fruit and vege for a meal!

I have this gorgeous sloppy joe recipe that Ross loves. Problem is it's in English measurements, and I can only buy metric here in NZ, so I have to convert.

And let's just say that my math skills are not in a league with Dave's and leave it at that *lol*

So I'm trying a converted version once again, in the slow cooker, as we don't know what time Ross will be home tonight. Last time I did this, it was as dry as dry, so we shall see.

Better luck on the next dinner you cook for both of you!

("Wavelet and Wavelet Transform Theory." To me, that would be about hair care products. By crikey, your man is clever, isn't he?)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

you would adore the book btw :)

and yeah - Dave is startingly smart. He does math like Wavelet Theory for fun and relaxation. Just reading the generic description makes my head hurt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelet

But he's my guy :) thats for sure!

[audrabaudra.livejournal.com]

I'll have a go at that novel, for sure, then! Someone else whose book opinions I respect told me to have a go at The Lovely Bones, too, so now I've got a list of two to start the new year...

[bnsd70.livejournal.com]

I loved that book too, but it's been so long since I read it that I've forgotten how it ends. I always pictured Thomas Gibson (Greg from "Dharma and Greg") as Henry. I don't remember who I pictured as Clair though.
I hadn't heard about a movie, that's exciting.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694/

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Thomas Gibson is looking a bit...faded...these days. Sigh.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Some slight comparisons were made between that book and "Journeyman" with Kevin McKidd last year (cancelled TV show). The book is on my list if I can ever make it through any of the other dozens of books sitting waiting for my attention.