Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

Panera Bread's Monte Cristo Sandwiches
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8 thick slices bread (we recommend sourdough)
4 teaspoons honey-Dijon mustard
8 slices thinly-sliced Swiss cheese (4 ounces)
8 slices honey-cured ham (4 ounces)
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons water
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons butter

Spread 1/2 teaspoon mustard on each slice of bread. Assemble the sandwich: bread (mustard side up), 1 slice cheese, 2 slices ham, 1 slice cheese, bread (mustard side down). Repeat to make four sandwiches.

Whisk eggs, water, salt and pepper. Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-low heat.  read more »

Jerked and Sunny-side up
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1 TBS used oil (bacon grease, left over oil from hush puppies, whatever suits your fancy)
1 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes (1/2 inch dice)
1/2 cup diced yellow onion
salt and pepper
1/4 cup jerk sauce
1/2 TBS brown sugar
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1 tsp dried oregano
2 eggs
two corn tortillas (or you could use flour)  read more »

Well, it's official. We bought our plane tickets to NYC last week. Well, we bought Wayne's and BYU bought mine. So at the end of March we'll make our own spring break and take off to see the proverbial apple. [Some people get spring breaks...we have to make ours! -wayne] Any suggestions on what we should make sure to see and do while we're there?  read more »

I have been invited to participate in a collaborative art exhibition in Phoenix, AZ. The project proposal was written by a professor and will happen in April or May. Further details later.

A couple years ago, I read Dune Messiah and Children of Dune; afterwards, I watched the TV miniseries adaptation of the books. Although I wasn't facinated by Messiah, Children progressed the Dune story and I became really interested in reading the rest of this series. Then I had surgery and forgot all about it. But this review is about the original.  read more »

Okay. Here's my review of Kira-Kira. On the opening paragraph, we knew that the sister was going to die. We knew the chapter she was going to die in. I knew that nothing was going to happen in this book besides someone dying and a kid trying to deal with it at the end. Why? Because this book is formulaic.  read more »

So I tried using my sewing machine to hem some of Wayne's pants (mental note, he's not length 34...if we get jeans that long I'll have to mend them as well!  read more »

Most everything we did had to do with that 22 pound rat. That 120 year old 22 pound rat. But Rebecca doubts the validity of Punxsutawney Phil's age. Whatever. If a big fat squirrel can predict the weather, why can't he be over a hundred years old? ;)  read more »

This semester is slower than usual. That's a bonus. I get to spend more time with Rebecca; I like that too. We woke up late this morning, and by late I mean that we rolled out of bed at 8:30 and took our time getting ready for school/work. The day has been warm and sunny; short sleeves weather. I didn't have to dress up for work today; I usually have to wear button white shirt and tie, but today, I'm wearing normal clothes. Not only that, but we got donuts. And then, after we did nothing for the morning, some people came around with a huge tray of cookies and milk.  read more »