Friday, January 29, 2010

Hmmm...





Am I the only one that was completely unaware that goats could climb trees?

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

First Endeavor...


For my first endeavor into the culinary world, I decided to make spinach dip! Spinach dip is something I crave often, but when ordered out usually contains gluten (boo), so this was something I was going to have to make on my own. I chose a Martha Stewart recipe that seemed simple enough for me to do, but special enough at the same time. There were a few mishaps along the way though. I did not thoroughly read the directions (which I had scribbled on hot pink post its) so I did not read that you were supposed to chop the spinach. So, the first batch of spinach was whole, which actually turned out not to matter at all. My second mishap involved the cheese. The direction called for me to put the remainder of the cheese on top of the dip… well, I put the remainder of the bag on top, not the remainder of the small portion I was supposed to have measured out. Needless to say, it did not harm the dip at all. I don’t know that I’ve ever had anything that would have been better with less cheese! The final mishap did not involve cooking at all. My hot pink post it note recipe card got wet and dyed our counter hot pink! Since we are renting currently, I had a moment of panic! Luckily a little Comet took that right out! All in all the spinach dip turned out wonderfully! My dad was super impressed with it as well! We ate the entire thing in like 2 days! So, I will count my first endeavor as a success!

Important lessons I learned:

1) Thoroughly read ALL directions.

2) Chopping onions really does make you cry!

3) Get real recipe cards or use a cook book.

4) Extra cheese never hurt anyone!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Urgent...


You know when you come across those things you MUST HAVE?!? This is one of them... I'm planning a trip to Anthro as we speak...

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Hair...

Here's my hair dilemna... I'm sick of it... It's really long right now - which in a lot of ways makes it really easy... my color has grown out pretty well, and I think I'm ready to chop it off... but I'm scared... Everytime I get a "brilliant" idea about my hair I usually act recklessly and end up not liking it... so below I put pictures of hair that I love... I would love your feedback (Shelly, Kenz, Jeanna, and Val!!! I know you read this!!!)... I'm sure I will be bothering you about it too until I make my decision : )




Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Black Out...


We've been experiencing some pretty unusual weather for southern California. I have always loved rainy days and storms, but I never truly understood the full benefit until today! Today around 11:20 we experienced a black out at work! Given that almost all of our work is done on computers we were left with not much to do but wait for the power to come back. The power came back about 45 minutes later, but our computers were still not working! They were down for almost 3 hours! So needless to say, today was a very interesting (fun!) day at work! Thank you God for a break in the monotony of work!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Kill Her...

So, Jeanna introduced me to this song and I love it... thought I'd share it : )

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Classy...


My mom is so proud...