...and then there was a Cheesecake Party!

Some pretty exciting things have been going on at 643...

This picture should be pretty self explanatory.. Bridget and I started an all girls Irish Folk band and this is the cover for our first album.

We discovered, and simultaneously became quite concerned, about where Carson hangs out in his free time.

I have acquired many skills through AC , so when we had a clogged tub drain... I decided to suit up and take a look for myself. By the time I was outfitted Bridget and Karthik had already solved the problem.

Bridget is learning how to play the guitar... and pretty soon her and Carson will be playing at Acoustic Long Island. Really though, in all seriousness, we have been doing some pretty exciting things.


Last Saturday, Bridget and I, accompanied by some homeowners set up a table at the Huntington Unity in the Community fair in honor of World Habitat Day. We had a great day in the sun, learned about some other great organizations on Long Island, recruited some volunteers for Habitat and most importantly learned an age old lesson about judging a book by its cover. We were approached throughout the day by big, gruff, leather wearing, biker gang guys who don't exactly look like the community service type... and they were amazing guys with huge hearts, and an immense involvement in the Long Island Communities.


The four of us also attended our first Habitat Wall Raise. It was great to hear from a new habitat family about what their home would mean to them, and then get to see their walls go up. If you notice in the picture, apparently a memo went around the upstairs of our house to all wear matching AC sweatshirts to the worksite.... and they forgot to send the memo down to the basement. So tomorrow me... and all my roommates... in the basement are going to wear matching outfits to work.

I've also rediscovered a passion for cooking again... I was on my lonesome at the house on monday, since everyone else had to be in the office. So I made 2 (not 1, but 2) death by chocolates, one decorated for Habitat and brought over to the office, and 1 decorated for AC and saved for us for dessert. I also made garlic green beans, lemon and red pepper artichoke hearts, whole grain herb rice, and gorgonzola spinach and tomato stuffed baked chicken breasts with a shallot and red wine sauce :)





then last but not least, there was a cheesecake party! In celebration of a cheesecake we acquired after a habitat event today, we had what one can only explain as a cheesecake party. We gathered in the kitchen (which is rather small for the four of us and all of our excitement), we shut the lights, and counted down, and surprise 8 different types of cheesecake were inside this box. The excitement was so genuine, that we closed the box, shut the lights, and counted down again... and we were still just as excited. We then proceeded to have a flavor picking ceremony, where Carson ever so gingerly doled out our slices of cheesecake. It was amazing, and intense.... while we ate we questioned, if we hadn't acquired this free cheesecake.. would the four of us ever had the experience of eating cheesecake together? Who will ever know.