For some reason I was thinking tomorrow was my last day of the blog challenge because it's the end of the month, however, today is actually my last day. 30 Days! I can't believe it's been 30 days already.
Now, I don't know if I can say I officially passed (I did technically miss two days), but to me I succeeded. I started something I wanted to do and I made a thorough effort to keep it up every day. So here are my high and lows from this challenge:
Highs:
-I really enjoyed blogging every day (almost)
-I think I learned something about blogging and I really respect the people who do it every day for a living, and multiple times a day at that!
-In general, I completed a challenge and stuck to it and didn't give up!
-I'm excited at the end of this to continue this challenge for a long time and I actually feel motivated to continue (doesn't really happen to me a lot.. motivation doesn't come easy)
Lows:
-It's hard! I haven't mastered how to start a post yet, I'm still in the awkward stage. I try to be humorous (you probably can't tell) and it's harder than I thought!
-I didn't really tell anyone about my blog so I only have one follower (whom I love!!), and I really don't know if anyone even enjoys reading my blog (haha!)
-I'm not that creative... I don't know what to say sometimes and I think that is going to be my biggest challenge in continuing this blog, what to write about. (glimpse into the future: lots of food!)
-Some of the topics I originally picked I decided not to do because they were too hard to think of things or I just was being lazy. I want to continue to challenge myself and push myself out of my comfort zone. It may actually help me in other areas too.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
A picture of me
So this is sort of a combination of today's post and a post that I skipped out on earlier. It's a picture of me and what I wore today. :)
Plus stay tuned for a very yummy recipe that's oober easy and awesome!
Plus stay tuned for a very yummy recipe that's oober easy and awesome!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Wishing for cake...
So I'm really excited! For two reasons that are actually really only one reason but still. So (1a) is the delicious Nilla Wafer Banana Caramel Cake in my kitchen that is currently cooling and waiting for a nice blanket of delicious cream cheese frosting. (1b) is that I'm preparing to do my first ever blog post with step by step pictures of this amazing cake recipe. I adapted the recipe from SeriousEats.com and basically I followed it step by step but added my own little twist at the end. You will have to just wait for the post, though ;)
I can't believe it has already been almost a month since I started this challenge. It's been fun, I've forgotten some posts, but that's okay. And I think I'm learning a bit too. Today's post is whether or not I wish for something at 11:11. I really don't. Sometimes if I realize it's 11:11 I might wish for something, but I don't make a point of it. I may wish for something good to happen that day, or to ace a test, maybe happen across a bunch of money. :) Do you wish for anything special?
Happy Saturday, hope you're hungry for cake!
I can't believe it has already been almost a month since I started this challenge. It's been fun, I've forgotten some posts, but that's okay. And I think I'm learning a bit too. Today's post is whether or not I wish for something at 11:11. I really don't. Sometimes if I realize it's 11:11 I might wish for something, but I don't make a point of it. I may wish for something good to happen that day, or to ace a test, maybe happen across a bunch of money. :) Do you wish for anything special?
Happy Saturday, hope you're hungry for cake!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Warm and Fuzzy
The little things that make me feel warm and fuzzy. I think those are the things that make the world go round. The things that make us happy; the things that get us through the day. The things that make us laugh and smile, the things that light up the world.
What are some of those things? Well, you know besides butterflies and rainbows, I think hugs is a big one. Big bear hugs from people you love. And kisses, after a long and exhausting day. Blankets. Mainly because most of mine literally are warm and fuzzy, but still they just make me happy.
I realized this today, and I'm not sure it qualifies as warm and fuzzy, but it does give me this little happy feeling inside. Honking at someone. It may seem strange, but when someone is being a rude driver or cuts me off and I honk at them it makes me feel excited a little. I don't honk every time because I try to be a calm and nice driver, but I have those days like I'm sure everyone else does when I just want to be first in line and when someone challenges my spot I get a little riled up. When I honk my horn I get this little feeling of satisfaction. Yea that's right sir, I did use my horn and it was aimed at you. I expressed how I felt about your actions. And then I can't help but to smile a little.
Chocolate, ice cream, sweets and snacks. Board games, spending time with loved ones, cooking and baking. These are the things that make my world go round. These are the things I look forward to every day. That and the weekend, and mine happens to have started at 4:30pm today! Gotta love not having classes Thursday and Friday and not working Fridays!
Happy Weekend to everyone! :)
What are some of those things? Well, you know besides butterflies and rainbows, I think hugs is a big one. Big bear hugs from people you love. And kisses, after a long and exhausting day. Blankets. Mainly because most of mine literally are warm and fuzzy, but still they just make me happy.
I realized this today, and I'm not sure it qualifies as warm and fuzzy, but it does give me this little happy feeling inside. Honking at someone. It may seem strange, but when someone is being a rude driver or cuts me off and I honk at them it makes me feel excited a little. I don't honk every time because I try to be a calm and nice driver, but I have those days like I'm sure everyone else does when I just want to be first in line and when someone challenges my spot I get a little riled up. When I honk my horn I get this little feeling of satisfaction. Yea that's right sir, I did use my horn and it was aimed at you. I expressed how I felt about your actions. And then I can't help but to smile a little.
Chocolate, ice cream, sweets and snacks. Board games, spending time with loved ones, cooking and baking. These are the things that make my world go round. These are the things I look forward to every day. That and the weekend, and mine happens to have started at 4:30pm today! Gotta love not having classes Thursday and Friday and not working Fridays!
Happy Weekend to everyone! :)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
In other news...
I have a pet peeve to add to my previous list. I cannot CANNOT stand when I'm sitting in a classroom in those stupid connecting seats (don't get me started..) and someone starts shaking there leg. You know, guys do it all the time. It annoys me so much.
I'm trying to pay attention and the only thing I can concentrate on is how I feel like I'm on a wooden roller coaster. I feel like I'm gonna get seat sick.
Anyways, rant over. :)
Happy Wednesday!
I'm trying to pay attention and the only thing I can concentrate on is how I feel like I'm on a wooden roller coaster. I feel like I'm gonna get seat sick.
Anyways, rant over. :)
Happy Wednesday!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Economics is fun
Ha! That's a lie. I hate economics. Guess what class I have at night? Econ. Guess which class I'm in right now? Yup.. Econ.
Can you take a guess as to why I'm posting this now? Because I'm bored. And I hate Econ.
I have two 3 hour classes in a row today. I don't know what I was thinking...Zzzzzz... Sorry, almost lost it there.
So today's post (I know I skipped yesterday, don't hate.) is 7 things that cross my mind a lot. I wish anything would cross my mind right now except anything dealing with economics.
1. Food. Probably most definitely number one. Eating, cooking, baking, shopping for, you name it.
2. Mitchell. Cuz I wubb him (Awww....)
3. Living everywhere but in Wisconsin. That's not true at all. Correction: anywhere warmer than Wisconsin.
4. What I have to get done. I always feel like there is a never ending to-do list in my head.
5. Money. Sad, but true. Do I have enough? When do I get paid? Do I have enough money for this or that?
6. Pinterest. It's calmed down a bit, but I used to spend all my days thinking about what to pin on there or pins I want to find or just when I get to go on next.
7. This blog. Now that I started this 30 day challenge I am thinking about what time I have to be able to blog, if I like the topic or not. If I want to add a new topic or if I have something else I want to write about. And hopefully that I will keep blogging after these 30 days are up.
Well that killed a little bit of time.. I only have an hour and 11 minutes... HELP!!!
Can you take a guess as to why I'm posting this now? Because I'm bored. And I hate Econ.
I have two 3 hour classes in a row today. I don't know what I was thinking...Zzzzzz... Sorry, almost lost it there.
So today's post (I know I skipped yesterday, don't hate.) is 7 things that cross my mind a lot. I wish anything would cross my mind right now except anything dealing with economics.
1. Food. Probably most definitely number one. Eating, cooking, baking, shopping for, you name it.
2. Mitchell. Cuz I wubb him (Awww....)
3. Living everywhere but in Wisconsin. That's not true at all. Correction: anywhere warmer than Wisconsin.
4. What I have to get done. I always feel like there is a never ending to-do list in my head.
5. Money. Sad, but true. Do I have enough? When do I get paid? Do I have enough money for this or that?
6. Pinterest. It's calmed down a bit, but I used to spend all my days thinking about what to pin on there or pins I want to find or just when I get to go on next.
7. This blog. Now that I started this 30 day challenge I am thinking about what time I have to be able to blog, if I like the topic or not. If I want to add a new topic or if I have something else I want to write about. And hopefully that I will keep blogging after these 30 days are up.
Well that killed a little bit of time.. I only have an hour and 11 minutes... HELP!!!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ugh...
So today's post is supposed to be a picture of what I wore today. You don't want to see that. Let's just say today wasn't a good day to document what I was wearing. I barely got out of bed, spent the day on the couch and am still lounging. I didn't feel good today; I had a horrible headache.
On a positive note, Mitchell fixed my car today! It now drives forward and backwards! Yay! :)
On a less positive note, school starts tomorrow. And not only do I have to go to school, I have to get up and still by to work by 8am. *Whine whine* I am not prepared for this. We were walking through Wal-mart today looking for brake fluid for my car and I realized I hadn't bought notebooks yet, oops. I have none of my books. Most are in the mail, I ordered one from the bookstore on campus today, but still I have yet to receive any. I just printed and color-coded my schedule so I at least know what classes I am attending tomorrow. Stressed already...
Last semester. I can do it. I can't wait to graduate!!! (Have I mentioned that yet? Maybe a couple times? Sorry...)
On a positive note, Mitchell fixed my car today! It now drives forward and backwards! Yay! :)
On a less positive note, school starts tomorrow. And not only do I have to go to school, I have to get up and still by to work by 8am. *Whine whine* I am not prepared for this. We were walking through Wal-mart today looking for brake fluid for my car and I realized I hadn't bought notebooks yet, oops. I have none of my books. Most are in the mail, I ordered one from the bookstore on campus today, but still I have yet to receive any. I just printed and color-coded my schedule so I at least know what classes I am attending tomorrow. Stressed already...
Last semester. I can do it. I can't wait to graduate!!! (Have I mentioned that yet? Maybe a couple times? Sorry...)
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The perfect date
If I were to describe my perfect date it would go something like this...
First I spend a good amount of time getting ready so I can look great. Then Mitchell picks me up and opens the door for me (cuz I like that sort of thing). Then we do something crazy and different. Maybe outside in the summertime. Not your typical dinner and a movie.
It should be very creative and all thought out by him. He can surprise me everywhere we go. I wouldn't mine going to a restaurant afterwards. Or maybe somewhere in between. Nothing too fancy but a decent place would be nice. Maybe we could get shakes or ice cream sundaes.
That would a fantastic date for me. Nothing super expensive or fancy, just different, fun and exciting! I just want to spend time with the one I love. (Awww...)
First I spend a good amount of time getting ready so I can look great. Then Mitchell picks me up and opens the door for me (cuz I like that sort of thing). Then we do something crazy and different. Maybe outside in the summertime. Not your typical dinner and a movie.
It should be very creative and all thought out by him. He can surprise me everywhere we go. I wouldn't mine going to a restaurant afterwards. Or maybe somewhere in between. Nothing too fancy but a decent place would be nice. Maybe we could get shakes or ice cream sundaes.
That would a fantastic date for me. Nothing super expensive or fancy, just different, fun and exciting! I just want to spend time with the one I love. (Awww...)
Friday, January 20, 2012
From Country to Hip Hop
My all time favorite concert was when I was maybe 7 or 8. Kenny Chesney came to the Rock County 4-H Fair. He sang "She thinks my Tractor's Sexy" and I pretty much fell in love. Since then I've owned almost all of his CDs, and know almost all the words to all the songs on them. I've always wanted to go to another one of his concerts. He came to Summerfest in Milwaukee 2 years ago, but I couldn't find anyone to go with me.
I really haven't been to many concerts other than that. I went to a few Christian concerts when I was in High School. I remember one in particular was one of my favorite artists, Peder Eide. It was his Christmas concert and he asked for a volunteer to come on stage and help him sing a song. Well, my friends thought it would be a great idea to get me on stage to sing with him. Let's make this clear right away.. I'm not a good singer. Not at all. And at that point, to make it even worse, I was unable to get my voice high in a reasonable girl's singing range so I sang basically a tenor part. I sounded like a creepy man. So what happens next? I'm sure you already know. Yup, I'm up on stage with him. Star struck. Scared out of my mind. And thinking what are these people going to do when I start singing?
There were about 200 people at this concert, it was in a small auditorium at a nearby church. So not too much of an audience, but still not comforting. I'm the girl who took speech class online because I hate hate hate speaking in front of people. (I know what your thinking.. You can take speech online? Doesn't that defeat the purpose? Yes and Yes.) Well I start singing Walking in a Winter Wonderland and Peder himself starts laughing. Yup. Total Humiliation. Thanks friends! Don't worry though, it gets better. Peder told me I could pick another friend to come up on stage and help out with some actions. So I picked my friend James who would just totally hate every part of this. Payback. So the two of us made complete fools out of ourselves and it's a great story I have to tell for the rest of my life!
Other than those two, I don't have any other exciting concert stories. I've been to Pantherfest (campus kick off at my university) twice once I saw Lupe Fiasco and the second time it was Shiny Toy Guns followed by Kid Cudi. I saw Pitbull at Summerfest and OAR the same year. And last year at Summerfest I only went for a couple hours with my roommate and I saw a band that I can't quite recall the name of... It was her idea. Something about airplanes maybe? Anyway they were really good! Different, but good nonetheless.
On another note, I went to Metro Market in Milwaukee today. It was the first time I had actually been through the whole store. I had ran in to get something real quick a couple times, but I never fully experienced all it has to offer until today! If you have never been and live in the area, you need to go! It's owned by Pick N Save, but it has a HUGE deli/meats/salad bar/sushi bar/coffee shop/juice bar/bakery/anything you could ever want PLUS free samples you can get full from! The reason for going there was to try to find blood oranges which have been a huge thing for me lately!
I have been loving the Blood Orange Soda from World Market. And lately I've been seeing a TON of recipes with blood oranges on Pinterest. So, obviously, I needed some. So I went there and found them (success!) and a few other things. (If you want an easy drink recipe - I juiced one orange and mixed with some Reisling.. Perfection!) Spinach Feta Focaccia and Apple Smoked Cheddar Cheese, both of which are A-Mazing! And I got some wine that was on sale with a coupon attached, win!
I was in Foodie heaven! In fact, I'm going to enjoy a delicious snack right now.. ;)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Next Great Blogger
I feel like a failure. I was so disappointed that I missed a day of blogging, and then I go and do it again. Ugh! Well anyways, it was a pretty great weekend. Unfortunately, this morning ended that great streak.
I was on my way out the door to head to work (almost fell on the ice by the way, not cool) and I started my car let it warm up a bit and started to drive away. Well, something wasn't quite right. It was driving really weird, like my tires were not moving, but nothing was wedged in the tires, no ice. Nothing. So I tried again. Nope. Definitely not working right. So I pulled into a driveway by UWM and called Mitchell who was already at work. He had to punch out at work and come out and help me. We figured out it was my back driver's side tire. It was locked and wouldn't spin. He called his friend who is a mechanic and asked him what may be causing it. He gave him a few things to look at and he said it would be okay if we drove real slow and skidded the car to my boyfriend's house which was a couple blocks away.
The weird thing is the tire would spin normally if I was reversing, but not if I was driving forward. Once I backed up into the street and tried to drive away to his house, the tire unlocked and I made it almost all the way to his house with no problem. Once I was turning to pull into his parking spot the tire locked up again. Great. So I took his car to work and it was out of my hands until 5pm.
Mitchell just got inside from looking at my car (he was probably out there on and off for 2 hours..poor thing! He must really love me!). No luck. Nothing is off or loose. The e-brake is working fine. The other back tire seems to be working the same way, yet it has no issues.
His friend is coming to look at it tomorrow night, and if he can't figure it out...I have to tow it to a car shop and they have to fix it. I have no idea what this will cost me. I just hope my little car will keep working for a little while longer. I don't know what I would do without it. My work is too far away and I don't know of any bus lines I could take that go out that way. Plus they probably wouldn't even run early enough for me to get there on time. Sigh.
Anyways, that is not what this post is supposed to be about. Yesterday's was the TV show I am addicted to right now. The Next Great Baker. I love that show. There are some really annoying people on the show and there have been moments that I wanted to rip their heads off, but I am so into every challenge. I get so nervous for the contestants when they have to face Buddy's criticism. I just love it. I want Nadine to win. She's so cute and I think she really deserves it. I really want Ryan to go home. He is arrogant and has a horrible temper and he's really just not that great.
Today's post is about all the places I have lived. This will be a very short and sweet list:
Janesville, WI (from birth til 18)
Milwaukee, WI (UWM Dorms) my freshman year
Milwaukee, WI - 2 blocks from the dorms Sophomore and Junior year. I lived in three different rooms in the same house. The first year was fun living with 8 girls. By the end, I was ready to shoot someone, I needed out.
So then I moved in with 2 girls (from the previous house who also wanted to shoot someone, just not me) a few more blocks from campus. This is where I currently live. It's a very cute house and we have cleaned it up very nicely. However, it is freezing beyond belief and our upstairs neighbors are elephants (and by that I mean that they are quite possibly the loudest people I have ever met in my life). Literally, they are. It sounds like they are dropping bowling balls on the floor all the time. One time I was in a dead sleep and it sounded like they dropped a large microwave (I couldn't think of anything else to compare it to) on the floor above me. I literally almost hit the ceiling from jumping so high. I was scared to death I thought someone was breaking in. So, if you are my neighbor and you are reading this... please be quiet!! Love, Downstairs.
Sorry for that rant... I'm gonna go get Mitchell some dinner for working on my car. Later! :)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
I can't believe it...
I didn't blog yesterday! I had every intention to, I really did. I was going to blog about my amazing dinner last night.
Mitchell and Matt were going grocery shopping and I was on my way home from work. Matt calls me and asks if we should make lasagna or enchiladas. I have no idea what to say. They both sounded amazing! We eventually decide on lasagna and I look up a recipe on my computer for lasagna. This is the recipe we made. It's from the Pioneer Woman and it's entitled "The Best Lasagna. Ever." Well folks, the shoe fits. Ohh Emm Gee it was awesome!
We didn't follow the recipe exactly, it called for cottage cheese but we used ricotta. (Mitch couldn't handle the thought of cottage cheese in lasagna, even though he loves the stuff!) We used fresh tomatoes instead of from the can and we used mild italian sausage instead of hot breakfast sausage.
It was super good. Please make this. If you use the cottage cheese, let me know. I'd like to know how it turns out. I had it for dinner last night, lunch today, and probably dinner again tonight (It makes a lot - serves 12 it says!)
After my awesome meal I pretty much passed out the rest of the night, which explains why I didn't blog. Food coma. (That and the internet was in and out all night.)
Anyways, I'm supposed to be blogging about what I want my future to look like. Can I say I don't know? I have a big picture, but I don't have a lot of specifics. It's kind of fuzzy.
I want to work for a while after graduation. I want to get married. I want to own a house and a new car and have kids (maybe 3 or 4?). I want to be able to be a stay at home mom. I want to save a lot now to be able live comfortably and not be stressed about money someday. I want my family to be close and I want to be a good mother. I would really like to move out of state (Colorado to be exact) for at least a little while. I would like to travel. A lot.
So the basics. Paints a pretty picture I guess. I'm more interested to see how my life really turns out. I have a feeling it won't be all pretty pictures. :)
Mitchell and Matt were going grocery shopping and I was on my way home from work. Matt calls me and asks if we should make lasagna or enchiladas. I have no idea what to say. They both sounded amazing! We eventually decide on lasagna and I look up a recipe on my computer for lasagna. This is the recipe we made. It's from the Pioneer Woman and it's entitled "The Best Lasagna. Ever." Well folks, the shoe fits. Ohh Emm Gee it was awesome!
We didn't follow the recipe exactly, it called for cottage cheese but we used ricotta. (Mitch couldn't handle the thought of cottage cheese in lasagna, even though he loves the stuff!) We used fresh tomatoes instead of from the can and we used mild italian sausage instead of hot breakfast sausage.
It was super good. Please make this. If you use the cottage cheese, let me know. I'd like to know how it turns out. I had it for dinner last night, lunch today, and probably dinner again tonight (It makes a lot - serves 12 it says!)
After my awesome meal I pretty much passed out the rest of the night, which explains why I didn't blog. Food coma. (That and the internet was in and out all night.)
Anyways, I'm supposed to be blogging about what I want my future to look like. Can I say I don't know? I have a big picture, but I don't have a lot of specifics. It's kind of fuzzy.
I want to work for a while after graduation. I want to get married. I want to own a house and a new car and have kids (maybe 3 or 4?). I want to be able to be a stay at home mom. I want to save a lot now to be able live comfortably and not be stressed about money someday. I want my family to be close and I want to be a good mother. I would really like to move out of state (Colorado to be exact) for at least a little while. I would like to travel. A lot.
So the basics. Paints a pretty picture I guess. I'm more interested to see how my life really turns out. I have a feeling it won't be all pretty pictures. :)
Sunday, January 15, 2012
2012
I'm blogging before 8pm; this is new! The last two nights I stayed up past midnight. It may not seem like much, but that's a rare occasion for me. I usually hit the hay around 10-1030 on weeknights so I can get out of bed for work in the morning. Weekends I try to stay up later, but I just get into a routine and it's hard to get out of.
Today's post is my goals for this year. I'm not one for writing down goals. I just started a little to-do list on my dry erase calendar and that's about as good as I get. I'm not even sure what my goals are, but I guess it's time to figure it out!
1. Graduate college. I'm graduating in May, and I can't wait!! I just need to stay focused this last semester of classes and get good grades. Then, real world here I come!
2. Get a job. This one is hopefully going to be easy. I should be working for the company I work for now, but it's not technically official yet. My boss is supposed to be giving me all the deets during this break, hasn't happened yet, but it's because she's probably the busiest person at the company right now. We're behind on a lot of things, and it's not pretty all the time, but I enjoy what I do and the people I work with.
3. Find a really awesome apartment for a good price. This one is going to be hard. I really want to have my own place after I graduate. I feel like it's part of growing up or something, it may just all be in my head. Nevertheless, I'm excited to have my very own space and to make it my own. I've been looking online a little bit at places in the area, but it's way too early to actually find anything (my lease is up in August).
That's all my big goals for 2012, I could think of more for the future (like buy a new car and get a cat).
Oh, and maybe I would add learn to cook some new recipes and maybe take a cooking class to my list. I really want to take a cooking class, I think it would be super fun! (So, if you ever want to send me a present.. hint hint.. hehe..)
I wonder if anyone has any really strange goals for 2012? Anything out of the ordinary? If you do, I would like to hear!
Go Packers!
I couldn't imagine life without...
A Picture of someone I couldn't imagine life without:
Mitchell. I love him. He's quite possibly the most amazing person I've ever known. He knows exactly how to deal with every emotion I have. He calms me down when I'm upset, he cheers me up when I'm down. I couldn't imagine life without him.
We had an amazing day together today. We went shopping at World Market (we both love that place!) and then he put up with me at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. We went board game shopping at Toys R Us (a very disappointing selection!). He took me to Petco to see the little animals. It was his first time there and it took some convincing to get him to take me, but he admitted he liked it!
Then he took me to dinner at Sobelman's Pub and Grill and we had a fantastic (although crowded) dinner, and after we went to Target (more shopping!!) and we finally found two board games we wanted to try. We bought them both: Life - Extreme Adventures (if you like the original Game of Life, you will like this one!) and Over Under.
Then we spent the remainder of the night drinking root beer and playing the games. Now I'm barely awake as I'm typing this, but I got in my blog post for the day! :)
Nighty night!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
What I ate today.
Technically, this post may not make it on Friday, but it's really close. I just got back from a going away party for my friend who's going back to Korea. Very sad :( I will miss her a lot.
So back to what I ate today:
For breakfast I had eggo waffles and some orange juice.
For lunch I had taco bell. A chicken quesadilla and a beefy crunch burrito to be exact.
For dinner I snacked at the party. My friend made really good Korean food. Bulgogi was amazing! And I had some sticky rice and some other things tht looked like sushi rolls but they weren't sushi (can't remember the name). And a huge brownie (it was fantastic)!
And that's it, simple.
Oh, and I may have had a hunk of cookie dough as a midday snack (shhh don't tell!)
Goodnight! :)
So back to what I ate today:
For breakfast I had eggo waffles and some orange juice.
For lunch I had taco bell. A chicken quesadilla and a beefy crunch burrito to be exact.
For dinner I snacked at the party. My friend made really good Korean food. Bulgogi was amazing! And I had some sticky rice and some other things tht looked like sushi rolls but they weren't sushi (can't remember the name). And a huge brownie (it was fantastic)!
And that's it, simple.
Oh, and I may have had a hunk of cookie dough as a midday snack (shhh don't tell!)
Goodnight! :)
Thursday, January 12, 2012
To Do
Today my weekend starts! I love not working on Fridays. Granted it only lasts for the next week and then school is starting again. Ugh.. I can't believe it. I am not ready for school again. At least it's my last semester though!
My to-do list for this weekend includes:
1. Go to the bank. Long overdue, I need to deposit some checks so I can pay our electric bill.
2. Ship my books back to Amazon. Thanks to their book trade in, I'm getting all my books for next semester for free! And I might even have some money left over!
3. A friend is leaving soon to go back to Korea where she is from, it's a very sad time. She's been here for about a year and she's a really awesome person, I'm so glad I got to know her. Her going away party is tomorrow, so I'm going to that.
4. Clean the bathroom - my chore for the week.
5. Find something to cook on Sunday so I have leftovers to take to work next week!
6. Maybe go to Sobelman's because we have a groupon we need to use and it expires next week.
7. Blog everyday this weekend!
8. Last but certainly not least - sleep in tomorrow!!!! (and then probably shovel from the first real snowfall we got this winter)
Let the weekend begin! Being it on to-do list!! :)
My to-do list for this weekend includes:
1. Go to the bank. Long overdue, I need to deposit some checks so I can pay our electric bill.
2. Ship my books back to Amazon. Thanks to their book trade in, I'm getting all my books for next semester for free! And I might even have some money left over!
3. A friend is leaving soon to go back to Korea where she is from, it's a very sad time. She's been here for about a year and she's a really awesome person, I'm so glad I got to know her. Her going away party is tomorrow, so I'm going to that.
4. Clean the bathroom - my chore for the week.
5. Find something to cook on Sunday so I have leftovers to take to work next week!
6. Maybe go to Sobelman's because we have a groupon we need to use and it expires next week.
7. Blog everyday this weekend!
8. Last but certainly not least - sleep in tomorrow!!!! (and then probably shovel from the first real snowfall we got this winter)
Let the weekend begin! Being it on to-do list!! :)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Don't give up.
What is my favorite quote? That's a good question... I'm gonna refer to Pinterest on this one to see if I have any good quotes saved.
Well, I have three different quotes pinned on my Arttt. board. They are all good and I don't really have a quote that is my all time favorite. There is one on my board that I really like. I don't know who said it, or wrote it, but it's an awesome reminder and if I read it everyday when I woke up I would probably start having a lot more good days!
"Having a rough morning? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? That's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. Don't give up."
Love it! It just makes my soul feel happy. Ahhhh :)
Well, I have three different quotes pinned on my Arttt. board. They are all good and I don't really have a quote that is my all time favorite. There is one on my board that I really like. I don't know who said it, or wrote it, but it's an awesome reminder and if I read it everyday when I woke up I would probably start having a lot more good days!
"Having a rough morning? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? That's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. Don't give up."
Love it! It just makes my soul feel happy. Ahhhh :)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
My first recipe post!
The title gives it all away...well, not all. What recipe is it you ask? Hot Cocoa Brownies! I was really in the mood for brownies one night and I normally always used a box mix (I know! But, it's so easy!). I didn't have a box mix at home though, so I looked up a recipe online. I found one that had everything I already had at home...or so I thought!
When I was gathering the ingredients, I realized I didn't have cocoa powder! How could I make brownies without cocoa powder?! Now here is where I would normally run to the store and just pick some up, but if I was in the mood to run to the store I would have already been home with a box mix in my hand. So time to consider my options.
1. I could skip the brownies (ya right!) or 2. I could improvise. Improvise it is! I looked online to see what I could use instead and I started thinking, what about hot cocoa mix? It's basically the same thing, right? Someone said online that I could substitute hot cocoa mix for cocoa powder, but I needed to reduce the sugar because there was already a lot of added sugar in the mix.
Well, I tried it and it must be good because I'm sharing it with you! Let me tell you, they were the best brownies I ever had! So ooey and gooey and delicious. And putting chocolate chips in makes them so much richer and just amazing! Please try it! You won't regret it. ;)
Homemade Hot Cocoa Brownies
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup hot cocoa powder
3 eggs
3/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter)
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Mix together sugar, flour, salt (if using unsalted butter), eggs, butter, and hot chocolate powder. Combine by hand. Stir in Chocolate chips. Pour into greased 9x13 pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
It's that easy! Seriously, I'm not using a box mix anymore!
When I was gathering the ingredients, I realized I didn't have cocoa powder! How could I make brownies without cocoa powder?! Now here is where I would normally run to the store and just pick some up, but if I was in the mood to run to the store I would have already been home with a box mix in my hand. So time to consider my options.
1. I could skip the brownies (ya right!) or 2. I could improvise. Improvise it is! I looked online to see what I could use instead and I started thinking, what about hot cocoa mix? It's basically the same thing, right? Someone said online that I could substitute hot cocoa mix for cocoa powder, but I needed to reduce the sugar because there was already a lot of added sugar in the mix.
Well, I tried it and it must be good because I'm sharing it with you! Let me tell you, they were the best brownies I ever had! So ooey and gooey and delicious. And putting chocolate chips in makes them so much richer and just amazing! Please try it! You won't regret it. ;)
Homemade Hot Cocoa Brownies
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup hot cocoa powder
3 eggs
3/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter)
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Mix together sugar, flour, salt (if using unsalted butter), eggs, butter, and hot chocolate powder. Combine by hand. Stir in Chocolate chips. Pour into greased 9x13 pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
It's that easy! Seriously, I'm not using a box mix anymore!
One food for the rest of my life?!
If you could only eat one food and one drink for the rest of your life, what would it be?
That is today's topic and I don't even know where to start for this one. I think drinks will be easier so I'm going to start there. I wouldn't want to do soda because my teeth would rot and I'd be sugared up all the time. I don't know if water is something that I have to choose, but for these purposes I would say that I could have water as well. I think I would get sick of juice, especially orange juice to acidic to have all the time. I guess my best bet would be iced tea.
For food this is much tougher. I would get sick of everything after a while, I know I would. So I guess it's the question what will I get sick of less? Again, this question doesn't get very specific. If I choose pasta, do I have to have the same sauce every time? Do I have to have it only with chicken? Can I change things up? Or if I choose soup, does it always need to be chicken noodle?
First thing that pops in my head is tacos. I think I could eat tacos almost every day, at least for a while.
What would you choose? I would love to hear it!
:)
Monday, January 9, 2012
Peeves
While I was thinking about today's post about pet peeves, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to come up with much. I knew that there were a lot of things that annoyed me, but I wasn't sure that they were technically pet peeves. But then they just started to come to me.
1. Leaving lights on when no one is home, or having unnecessary lights on
2. When I take the time to organize/clean something, and then I go back later and it is unorganized/dirty again
3. Using my stuff without asking
4. Rude People - people who have pointless bumper stickers that don't make any sense, therefore proving their stupidity.
*Side note: I saw a bumper sticker on my way home today that said "Motherhood should be choice, not chance." This person had pro-abortion stickers all over their car. Fine. Have your opinions, whatever. But seriously?!? That one makes no sense! Okay, there are two situations in which this may make sense: 1. the person is the next Virgin Mary (unlikely) and 2. the person was a victim of rape (although, if that's what they meant the better word to use would have been "force" or something of the like, not chance). So... it doesn't make sense to me. How is it not their choice to have sex with someone, to not protect themselves, to be careless and to take a "chance" that they won't get pregnant. Um...not smart!
...Sorry, rant over, back to what "peeves" me:
5. Bad Drivers.
6. People interrupting me when I'm talking - this happens to me all the time and it's so annoying! It is probably my number one pet peeve. I know that sometimes it just happens, but it's seriously all the time that I'm not even sure that I was even talking or they were even listening. If something I say reminds you of something you want to tell me, please just wait until I'm done. Or say "that reminds of me something I have to tell you when you are finished", then I will ask you what it was when I am done. I think 9 times out of 10 when I'm trying to tell a story or something, I never end up telling it because I am interrupted so many times that I just give up.
7. Repeated noises - for instance today at work, I was working on a huge file and had to continually scroll up and down. The sound of the scroll button on my mouse drives me crazy! It gives me this weird feeling in my stomach and I just want to pull all my hair out! AH!
8. Lighting candles/smelly things - it doesn't bother me if it's once in a while, or if something smells funky and the candle is helping the smell go away, but when you know that I hate things that have strong smells, please just don't burn them all the time for fun. If you feel the need to do so, do it in your room where I don't have to smell it. And don't put incense-y smelly things in every room of the house. It makes me sneeze, gives me a headache, and I just don't like it.
I seem very negative in this post, I apologize. This wasn't a very positive subject I guess. Tomorrow should be more positive, please come back :)
Happy Monday!! I'm going to go watch the new episode of The Next Great Baker!
1. Leaving lights on when no one is home, or having unnecessary lights on
2. When I take the time to organize/clean something, and then I go back later and it is unorganized/dirty again
3. Using my stuff without asking
4. Rude People - people who have pointless bumper stickers that don't make any sense, therefore proving their stupidity.
*Side note: I saw a bumper sticker on my way home today that said "Motherhood should be choice, not chance." This person had pro-abortion stickers all over their car. Fine. Have your opinions, whatever. But seriously?!? That one makes no sense! Okay, there are two situations in which this may make sense: 1. the person is the next Virgin Mary (unlikely) and 2. the person was a victim of rape (although, if that's what they meant the better word to use would have been "force" or something of the like, not chance). So... it doesn't make sense to me. How is it not their choice to have sex with someone, to not protect themselves, to be careless and to take a "chance" that they won't get pregnant. Um...not smart!
...Sorry, rant over, back to what "peeves" me:
5. Bad Drivers.
6. People interrupting me when I'm talking - this happens to me all the time and it's so annoying! It is probably my number one pet peeve. I know that sometimes it just happens, but it's seriously all the time that I'm not even sure that I was even talking or they were even listening. If something I say reminds you of something you want to tell me, please just wait until I'm done. Or say "that reminds of me something I have to tell you when you are finished", then I will ask you what it was when I am done. I think 9 times out of 10 when I'm trying to tell a story or something, I never end up telling it because I am interrupted so many times that I just give up.
7. Repeated noises - for instance today at work, I was working on a huge file and had to continually scroll up and down. The sound of the scroll button on my mouse drives me crazy! It gives me this weird feeling in my stomach and I just want to pull all my hair out! AH!
8. Lighting candles/smelly things - it doesn't bother me if it's once in a while, or if something smells funky and the candle is helping the smell go away, but when you know that I hate things that have strong smells, please just don't burn them all the time for fun. If you feel the need to do so, do it in your room where I don't have to smell it. And don't put incense-y smelly things in every room of the house. It makes me sneeze, gives me a headache, and I just don't like it.
I seem very negative in this post, I apologize. This wasn't a very positive subject I guess. Tomorrow should be more positive, please come back :)
Happy Monday!! I'm going to go watch the new episode of The Next Great Baker!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
IKEA pictures!
As promised, here are some pictures of our IKEA trip.
Matt got a new little tree, George's new brother, Stanley!
And he got an awesome Cow picture (Matilda, but I call her Tilly). I'm a little jealous and I kinda wish I got one!
Matt got a new little tree, George's new brother, Stanley!
I got a ton of stuff to reorganize my closet. It was in dire need of a transformation. Here's the new look:
The lights look awesome, I thought about regretting the amount of money I spent on them (which really wasn't all that bad just unnecessary), but then I saw how awesome it looks and I totally love them! It looks way better in person, but if you saw my closet before, you would just know that it looks wayyy better!
That's basically all I got that was exciting, I got a few Kitchen tools and some chocolate but you don't need pictures of those. :)
After IKEA we were starving so we went to a place Matt knew of down the street called Portillo's. It was so amazing, if you have never been you should definitely go! It's sort of set up like a Culver's where you go up to the counter and order your food, but there is technically two different restaurants so there are multiple counters. If you want to get pasta you go to Bernelli's and then Portillo's is famous for it's hotdogs. They also have sandwiches and basically everything.
If you do go, you have to get one thing for sure - their famous Chocolate Cake Shake! Yes, you heard me chocolate. cake. shake. They put a whole slice of the cake in your shake! It is amazing!!! So please, go there and try it! And let me know what else you get so I can try it next time. :)
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Day Six...and Seven
As promised, I'm going to do both posts today. I'll start with yesterdays, which was the first 10 songs on my Ipod when I put all songs on shuffle. Here we go:
1. Hear our Prayer by Urbana Worship Team (This was from Urbana 09 - a huge Christian gathering in St. Louis Missouri over Winter.)
2. Broken by Jack Johnson (Curious George Soundtrack)
3. This Afternoon - by Nickelback
4. Across the Universe from the Across the Universe Soundtrack
5. All things New - Steven Curtis Chapman
6. Ebay by Wierd Al
7. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by Kenny Chesney (I LOVE Kenny Chesney! Saw him in concert at the Rock County 4-H fair when I was little, can you believe that?! He was in Janesville! I am dying to see him concert again someday.)
8. The Anthem by Pitbull
9. Le Disko by Shiny Toy Guns (Bought a CD of theirs on iTunes when I heard they were coming to Pantherfest a couple years ago. Pantherfest=campus kick off event. They are actually really good and I still listen to them once and a while.)
10. Love and War by Drowning Pool
Well that was a weird combination of songs, generally fitting the whole of my music collection pretty well.
Day Seven's post is "Do I like to read? What are my favorite books?"
To answer that, yes. I do like to read. Do I read very often? No. I wish I did read more often, I wish I had the time to read more often. I used to read all the time when I was younger. I remember going to the library and getting stacks of books and going home and finishing them all in two days. Someday I hope to read more and I'm sure that I will, once I'm done with school. When I have to read a million textbooks for class, it's hard to want to sit down with another book.
My favorite books, this isn't all that easy. The Bible. That I know. All time favorite. I really enjoyed reading the Harry Potter books. I also really enjoy anything by Sarah Dessen. I think she's a really good author. I'm currently reading The Shack with Mitchell (and by currently I mean for the last six months...on and off...mostly off...). We will finish it one day though. We just lead very busy lives.
If anyone has any good books they have read, I would love to hear! I will start a "To Read:" list. Jenna from Eat, Live, Run has had some pretty good looking books on her blog that I can start my list with.
In case you are wondering, Yes I have finished my project from IKEA. I will post pictures, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, definitely soon! Right now, I have some ice cream calling my name!
Happy Reading! :)
1. Hear our Prayer by Urbana Worship Team (This was from Urbana 09 - a huge Christian gathering in St. Louis Missouri over Winter.)
2. Broken by Jack Johnson (Curious George Soundtrack)
3. This Afternoon - by Nickelback
4. Across the Universe from the Across the Universe Soundtrack
5. All things New - Steven Curtis Chapman
6. Ebay by Wierd Al
7. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by Kenny Chesney (I LOVE Kenny Chesney! Saw him in concert at the Rock County 4-H fair when I was little, can you believe that?! He was in Janesville! I am dying to see him concert again someday.)
8. The Anthem by Pitbull
9. Le Disko by Shiny Toy Guns (Bought a CD of theirs on iTunes when I heard they were coming to Pantherfest a couple years ago. Pantherfest=campus kick off event. They are actually really good and I still listen to them once and a while.)
10. Love and War by Drowning Pool
Well that was a weird combination of songs, generally fitting the whole of my music collection pretty well.
Day Seven's post is "Do I like to read? What are my favorite books?"
To answer that, yes. I do like to read. Do I read very often? No. I wish I did read more often, I wish I had the time to read more often. I used to read all the time when I was younger. I remember going to the library and getting stacks of books and going home and finishing them all in two days. Someday I hope to read more and I'm sure that I will, once I'm done with school. When I have to read a million textbooks for class, it's hard to want to sit down with another book.
My favorite books, this isn't all that easy. The Bible. That I know. All time favorite. I really enjoyed reading the Harry Potter books. I also really enjoy anything by Sarah Dessen. I think she's a really good author. I'm currently reading The Shack with Mitchell (and by currently I mean for the last six months...on and off...mostly off...). We will finish it one day though. We just lead very busy lives.
If anyone has any good books they have read, I would love to hear! I will start a "To Read:" list. Jenna from Eat, Live, Run has had some pretty good looking books on her blog that I can start my list with.
In case you are wondering, Yes I have finished my project from IKEA. I will post pictures, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, definitely soon! Right now, I have some ice cream calling my name!
Happy Reading! :)
Friday, January 6, 2012
IKEA
Well Today was our IKEA shopping trip. I'm beyond exhausted! We left at 9am and got back at 7pm and have spent the last 3 hours building things and setting up new stuff.. Ugh! Glad to be home and ready for bed!
I'm not gonna do my 30 day blog challenge post until tomorrow because I just don't have the motivation.
I will tell you, I got some awesome stuff at IKEA (read: Spent way to much money) and I will post pictures when it's all set up.
I've been helping Mitchell set up his new dresser, which was SUPER fun (sarcasm intended)! And helping Matt place his new cowhide rug which I'm super jealous of, and his new canvas photo of a cow (which he named Matilda and I've been calling it Tilly and talking to it for the last half hour). And I can't leave out the newest addition to their family, Stanley, Matt's new little tree. (The brother of his first tree, George.) He's so cute!
I'll post pictures of them here too, maybe tomorrow when I finish putting up all my stuff, which for now is going to stay a secret. :)
I'm gonna go fall asleep to a moviee and hopefully sleep for a long long time!
AND AND I have to tell you about the restaurant we ate at, it's to die for!! So much suspense you have to come back now!
Night Y'all and Happy Weekend!!
I'm not gonna do my 30 day blog challenge post until tomorrow because I just don't have the motivation.
I will tell you, I got some awesome stuff at IKEA (read: Spent way to much money) and I will post pictures when it's all set up.
I've been helping Mitchell set up his new dresser, which was SUPER fun (sarcasm intended)! And helping Matt place his new cowhide rug which I'm super jealous of, and his new canvas photo of a cow (which he named Matilda and I've been calling it Tilly and talking to it for the last half hour). And I can't leave out the newest addition to their family, Stanley, Matt's new little tree. (The brother of his first tree, George.) He's so cute!
I'll post pictures of them here too, maybe tomorrow when I finish putting up all my stuff, which for now is going to stay a secret. :)
I'm gonna go fall asleep to a moviee and hopefully sleep for a long long time!
AND AND I have to tell you about the restaurant we ate at, it's to die for!! So much suspense you have to come back now!
Night Y'all and Happy Weekend!!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Packing my bags
I wish I was packing my bags, headed somewhere warm. But for now its just in my dreams. As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm going to share with you places that I would like to visit. This is not all inclusive, I mean I would love to travel all over the world. My grandparents loved to travel. They spent so much of their lives traveling and enjoying different cultures. They traveled to almost every country. That is my dream. Maybe not every country is possible, especially with this economy but if I could, I would.
And so my list begins:
1. Hawaii - Warm and tropical, oh yes!
2. California - Hawaii and Cali are the two U.S. destinations I really would like to visit someday.
3. Europe - anywhere in Europe - Italy, France, Germany, Spain they all would be amazing!
4. Norway - I'm norwegian and I would really like to visit the country where my ancestors are from.
5. Egypt - Ever since I was little I've always had a fascination with Egyptian culture and history. Someday I really hope I'll be able to go over there and see many of the places I've learned so much about up close!
6. Caribbean - I would like to take a Cruise someday in the Caribbean or somewhere tropical. I'm a little nervous of getting sea sick, but I think it would be an awesome experience.
7. Australia - Oh to roam the outback, hang with some kangaroos, throw some more shrimps on the barbie, mate.
8. Mitchell says some Asian country - maybe Japan or South Korea. I'd like to go with Mitchell someday and watch him eat all the weird food that makes me wanna be sick :)
I think that's a pretty good list. All in all, I want to travel, I love to travel and if I had the option, I'd be packing my bags today!
Hopefully I get to post tomorrow, but Mitchell and his roommate, Matt, and I are going to IKEA and I'm sure we'll be there a good chunk of the day, if not all day. So, if anything, I'll have to post twice on Saturday.
~amanda
And so my list begins:
1. Hawaii - Warm and tropical, oh yes!
2. California - Hawaii and Cali are the two U.S. destinations I really would like to visit someday.
3. Europe - anywhere in Europe - Italy, France, Germany, Spain they all would be amazing!
4. Norway - I'm norwegian and I would really like to visit the country where my ancestors are from.
5. Egypt - Ever since I was little I've always had a fascination with Egyptian culture and history. Someday I really hope I'll be able to go over there and see many of the places I've learned so much about up close!
6. Caribbean - I would like to take a Cruise someday in the Caribbean or somewhere tropical. I'm a little nervous of getting sea sick, but I think it would be an awesome experience.
7. Australia - Oh to roam the outback, hang with some kangaroos, throw some more shrimps on the barbie, mate.
8. Mitchell says some Asian country - maybe Japan or South Korea. I'd like to go with Mitchell someday and watch him eat all the weird food that makes me wanna be sick :)
I think that's a pretty good list. All in all, I want to travel, I love to travel and if I had the option, I'd be packing my bags today!
Hopefully I get to post tomorrow, but Mitchell and his roommate, Matt, and I are going to IKEA and I'm sure we'll be there a good chunk of the day, if not all day. So, if anything, I'll have to post twice on Saturday.
~amanda
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Chocolate Covered Cherry
It's hump day! I love Wednesdays! Wednesdays are normally when my boyfriend and I cook dinner together. We try to make one really good meal a week, other than pizza and pasta. Today just didn't feel like a cooking day and Mitchell really wanted Alfredo sauce, so we just made pasta. We did add some leftover prime rib from New Year's Eve dinner though, yummy!
Today's post is the meaning behind my blogger name. I'm assuming that means the name of my blog...but, since I'm still a newbie I could be wrong. However, since the username I have with my account is "amanda" (pretty self-explanatory), I'm going to do the name of the blog either way!
"Chocolate Covered Cherry" It's pretty simple really. I wanted to be creative with the name but my creativity with words is not the greatest. I wanted to include something about some type of food because I'm pretty sure eventually I'll do a lot of cooking posts. You may not know it yet, but I really love sweets! Anything with sugar I'm pretty much in love with. I love baking, eating, smelling, decorating, and just enjoying all sorts of goodies and treats. So I wanted to include something along that line with my blog.
A lot of blogs are named something that describes them, like being a mom, or a chef, etc. I wanted to capture all aspects of a really creative blog name. I didn't think I did half bad being a newbie. Cherry is my last name, so that pretty much describes me and since chocolate covered cherries are a real thing (and delicious might I add!) it seemed to fit like a glove.
I didn't think of it until this post, but I actually have a picture that would fit the title perfectly!
It's a little blurry but it gets the job done. This was taken when Mitchell and I tried (and failed...) to make chocolate covered pretzels last Christmas. We didn't melt the chocolate right and it hardened and needless to say, we didn't get much chocolate on the pretzels. We did, however, get a lot of chocolate on ourselves! I don't even remember how it started, and it may have been not very fun to clean up, but it was really fun and we had a great laugh from these pictures!
So there ya have it folks, not too difficult. Happy Hump Day! :)
Today's post is the meaning behind my blogger name. I'm assuming that means the name of my blog...but, since I'm still a newbie I could be wrong. However, since the username I have with my account is "amanda" (pretty self-explanatory), I'm going to do the name of the blog either way!
"Chocolate Covered Cherry" It's pretty simple really. I wanted to be creative with the name but my creativity with words is not the greatest. I wanted to include something about some type of food because I'm pretty sure eventually I'll do a lot of cooking posts. You may not know it yet, but I really love sweets! Anything with sugar I'm pretty much in love with. I love baking, eating, smelling, decorating, and just enjoying all sorts of goodies and treats. So I wanted to include something along that line with my blog.
A lot of blogs are named something that describes them, like being a mom, or a chef, etc. I wanted to capture all aspects of a really creative blog name. I didn't think I did half bad being a newbie. Cherry is my last name, so that pretty much describes me and since chocolate covered cherries are a real thing (and delicious might I add!) it seemed to fit like a glove.
I didn't think of it until this post, but I actually have a picture that would fit the title perfectly!
So there ya have it folks, not too difficult. Happy Hump Day! :)
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
A Day in the Life...
Day 3 here we are! Today's topic is my day, in detail. I'll warn you this may be pretty boring..
It's a Tuesday. Since it's winter break I'm working at my internship full time. So that is what most of my day consisted of.
6:45am: Wake up call... ugh. Do not want to get out of bed...
7:00am: Finally get out of bed, already running late. Shower, get ready, grab food and head out the door by 7:30am
8:00am: At work, getting some cappuccino because it's freezing in my cubicle. Start working on all the things I need to get done.
10:00am: Refill on that cappuccino..still cold.
11:00am: Getting hungry..still working.
12:00pm: Lunchtime! I take my lunch to McDonalds just to get out of the building. Check my email, text my boyfriend while he's on lunch too.
12:30pm: Head back to work and punch back in.
1:00pm: Not very motivated to work at this point. My coworker comes back to work and we probably spend 45 minutes looking at cheap flights and cruise deals.
1:30pm: I found some Eiffel bon bons candy on Ebay that I haven't had since middle school. They were the best deal I've seen and I ordered some online. Can't wait to get them!
1:45pm: Finally get back to work.
4:00pm: Done with work for the day, heading home!
4:15pm: Truck decides to turn directly in front of me and I am ticked off at people driving all together. Can't wait to be off the road.
4:30pm: Meet my boyfriend at his house and run to Pick N Save to get some last minute ingredients for dinner.
5:30pm: Back at his house and making burritos.. I've been craving them all day! They were amazing!
6:00pm: Watching recordings of the last two weeks of Next Great Baker on TLC.
7:00pm: Writing this blog post and still watching Next Great Baker.
7:30pm: Watching TV or maybe a movie.
10 or 10:30pm: Head to bed because I have to work in the morning and unfortunately that means another early wake up call!
Okay, my boring day is over! Next time if I do a post like this, I will have to try to do something exciting with my day! :)
It's a Tuesday. Since it's winter break I'm working at my internship full time. So that is what most of my day consisted of.
6:45am: Wake up call... ugh. Do not want to get out of bed...
7:00am: Finally get out of bed, already running late. Shower, get ready, grab food and head out the door by 7:30am
8:00am: At work, getting some cappuccino because it's freezing in my cubicle. Start working on all the things I need to get done.
10:00am: Refill on that cappuccino..still cold.
11:00am: Getting hungry..still working.
12:00pm: Lunchtime! I take my lunch to McDonalds just to get out of the building. Check my email, text my boyfriend while he's on lunch too.
12:30pm: Head back to work and punch back in.
1:00pm: Not very motivated to work at this point. My coworker comes back to work and we probably spend 45 minutes looking at cheap flights and cruise deals.
1:30pm: I found some Eiffel bon bons candy on Ebay that I haven't had since middle school. They were the best deal I've seen and I ordered some online. Can't wait to get them!
1:45pm: Finally get back to work.
4:00pm: Done with work for the day, heading home!
4:15pm: Truck decides to turn directly in front of me and I am ticked off at people driving all together. Can't wait to be off the road.
4:30pm: Meet my boyfriend at his house and run to Pick N Save to get some last minute ingredients for dinner.
5:30pm: Back at his house and making burritos.. I've been craving them all day! They were amazing!
6:00pm: Watching recordings of the last two weeks of Next Great Baker on TLC.
7:00pm: Writing this blog post and still watching Next Great Baker.
7:30pm: Watching TV or maybe a movie.
10 or 10:30pm: Head to bed because I have to work in the morning and unfortunately that means another early wake up call!
Okay, my boring day is over! Next time if I do a post like this, I will have to try to do something exciting with my day! :)
Monday, January 2, 2012
Day 2: Sunshine and Shopping
Well, it's day two and I remembered! Literally I was in the middle of a sentence and I just yelled out "I have to blog today!" My boyfriend probably thinks I'm crazy...no, I know he does. But that's okay, I think that too. :)
Today's topic: 10 Likes and Dislikes
Now, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to do 10 likes and 10 dislikes or 10 total, but it's my blog and I can do what I want. So, I'm going to do 10 of each. I like and dislike a lot of things, but I've never really sat down and made a list of them. I'm actually pretty excited to see how these lists turn out.
I'm really not sure which one will be the easiest, so I'll end on a positive note and start with dislikes. (The following are in no particular order.)
1. New Car Smell - I know this is controversial and many people love it, but it makes me want to throw up. Not awesome. I really want to get a new car because my little neon seems to have a new problem every week, however It's going to smell and I'm going to have to deal with it, but I will not like it.
2. Candles, Potpourri, Air fresheners, and other smelly things - This could be grouped with number one, but I really can't stand anything smelly so I feel it deserves two categories. I will say there are a very few scents that
I could tolerate, but literally very few (probably 3-4 out of all the scents in the world). They make me sneeze and normally give me a headache. If I ever have candles in my house, they will be unscented (and probably never lit only for decoration).
3. Fake People - I really don't think this needs an explanation.
4. Fishing - boringgg. I used to like fishing a lot when I was little, but I just don't have patience to sit still for hours and be quiet. Being quiet is the worst part, actually. I just couldn't it.
5. Getting up early - I've never enjoyed getting up early, my freshman year in college I would sleep til 1 or 2pm if I could. I love sleeping. Now that I'm working a "real job" I have to be to work at 8am. In order to be there on time I have to leave my house by 730...in order to be ready to leave I have to get up between 630 and 645. This is just too early. As much as I'm excited to graduate and work, I am not looking forward to being on a schedule where I have to get up early every day.
6. Politics - I know that politics is necessary and I do have my opinions on certain things, but when someone starts arguing over politics I'm outta there! I've never been interested and I can't really say why. It's just not me I guess. I've never really taken the time to get fully educated and to really know what's going on. I try to be educated about elections and candidates and all that, but really I'm not that interested. I apologize if that's not your view or you think I'm wrong, but that's how I feel and (i'll say it again) this is my blog. :)
7. Fights - I don't like being in them, being around them, or hearing about them. Inevitably, fights will happen and I will be a part of some of them, I know that. But still, dislike.
8. Public Speaking - Oh, this is a big one! I hate, hate, hate speeches, presentations, anything in front of people. I failed every speech I did in high school, and I took speech online in college to avoid speaking in front of people. (I know what you're thinking "How do you take speech online? Doesn't that defeat the point?" Yes, yes it does and that's why I loved it. I had to videotape myself giving a speech and send it to the teacher. My kind of speech.)
9. Snow/Cold - I live in Wisconsin...how'd I get so lucky?? The only think I like about snow is that is makes everything look pretty. Although, that rarely lasts more than 5 minutes. Then it looks dirty and gross and it makes you cold and soaks through your boots (and then your socks) and makes you even colder. Once the first snow fall comes everyone forgets how to drive. If I could move somewhere where it was warm all the time, I would. In an instant.
10. People who can't/don't know how to drive - Having to get on the interstate and drive to and from work every day really irritates me, not because I have to drive or because I could still be sleeping a bit longer if I didn't live that far away (well that's kinda part of it), but mostly because people are dumb. No one knows how to merge, no one understands to switch lanes ahead of time when you are planning on exiting the freeway, no one understands which lane is the slow lane, and no one understands what the speed limit is. Everyone is always in a hurry and everyone always needs to be first. Just leave your house 5 minutes early (really, that's all you need!) and we can avoid all these problems. Be patient and stop being so selfish. I'll stop ranting now, but I could go on - be warned.
Now that I'm in a thoroughly irritated mood, I'm going to think of all the things that make me happy:
1. Shopping - something I've grown all to familiar with this past weekend. I love shopping, getting great deals, and most of all new things. I love getting new clothes. I love when I get jeans that fit just right (doesn't happen that often), when I find shoes that fit and are not going to tear apart my feet (really doesn't happen often).
2. Warm weather - Summer is my favorite season because it's warm. The best feeling ever is being warm. I love curling up on the couch with a huge blanket, sitting next to a fire, heck I'd sit next to a radiator if it was warm. I love laying in the sun on a hot summer day.
3. Food - I love everything about food. Eating, cooking, watching TV shows about food, you name it. I just started learning to cook, which you would know if you read my first ever blog post! I'm better at baking, but I'm slowly learning and trying new things. I hope to share them with you as I get going here.
4. HGTV - I'm addicted to this channel. I could watch almost every show on HGTV, and I've seen so many episodes that there's rarely a rerun that I haven't seen. I love getting new ideas for decorating, inspiration for my future home, and looking at different house styles from all over the world. I love to dream about my future home, and maybe a vacation home someday (someplace warm!).
5. Crafts - Since I was introduced to Pinterest, I have had about a million craft ideas running through my head. My first project was a scarf made out of an old t-shirt. Then I covered some bottles in yarn and made floral arrangements for my fall decorations. I also made a ornament wreath (super easy!) and two wreaths for my mom and grandma for Christmas presents. The last thing I made so far is a wrapping paper holder, which I designed and built myself (and I am particularly proud of it!).
6. Family and friends - they mean so much to me, and I am thankful for everyone in my life!
7. Blogs - A new love and I'm enjoying it so much!
8. My job - I love my job right now and it is such a blessing to me. I'll just give a quick snapshot of why I'm so thankful: About a year ago I was working room service at a hotel and while the money was amazing, the job was horrible. I quit half way through January, I couldn't handle it anymore. Because of what I was able to save during the time I worked at the hotel, I was able to go the rest of the semester without working. Then it was almost summer break and I was going to need to find a job again. I was really hoping to find an internship in accounting, because the only jobs I ever had were in food service and I needed out! I applied to a LOT of places, I had interviews with a handful of them, but I didn't get any of the positions I applied for. I was getting pretty discouraged by this point and school had already been out for a couple weeks. Then out of the blue I get a call from my current boss. She said she got my resume from the school and wanted me to come in for an interview. I went in the next week and it went pretty well I thought. She said she would call me the next day and let me know if I got the job or not, they needed someone ASAP.
I had also had an interview with another firm the week before and I was supposed to know within the week if I would get that job as well. I really wanted this job because it was mainly tax focused and that's what I thought I wanted to do. So I emailed them and I was honest and told them I had another interview and I was going to know the next day if I got it. I told them I really wanted the internship with them and didn't want to give it up for this other place. They responded and told me I didn't get the job, I was really disappointed, this place was going to be a great fit for me I thought, but I'm so glad now that I didn't get it.
Later the same night of my interview, I got a call and was told I got the job at Steins. In one day my whole job situation changed. I was excited and nervous at the same time. I have been working there since June and I absolutely love it! I love my boss, I love everyone I work with, and I love what I do!
9. Traveling - Traveling is one of the greatest things! I love seeing new places and experiencing new cultures. I hope there is a lot of traveling in my future. I won't go into too much detail because I have another post coming up about where I want to go and such. Stay tuned :)
10. Getting mail - I think this is something that every college student likes, maybe even everyone! Snail mail is used so rarely these days that it is always so exciting to get a real letter in the mail. I'm not talking bills or junk mail, but letters from real people talking about real things. It just makes me smile. My grandma sends me cards and letters sometimes, I love reading what she's up to and she always has the nicest things to say! I think I'm gonna make it a goal of mine to start writing more real letters. I sent out Christmas cards for the first time this year and it was so exciting!
Whew! My apologies for how long that ended up, I haven't learned how to be short and to the point...yet! :)
Happy Monday!
Today's topic: 10 Likes and Dislikes
Now, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to do 10 likes and 10 dislikes or 10 total, but it's my blog and I can do what I want. So, I'm going to do 10 of each. I like and dislike a lot of things, but I've never really sat down and made a list of them. I'm actually pretty excited to see how these lists turn out.
I'm really not sure which one will be the easiest, so I'll end on a positive note and start with dislikes. (The following are in no particular order.)
1. New Car Smell - I know this is controversial and many people love it, but it makes me want to throw up. Not awesome. I really want to get a new car because my little neon seems to have a new problem every week, however It's going to smell and I'm going to have to deal with it, but I will not like it.
2. Candles, Potpourri, Air fresheners, and other smelly things - This could be grouped with number one, but I really can't stand anything smelly so I feel it deserves two categories. I will say there are a very few scents that
I could tolerate, but literally very few (probably 3-4 out of all the scents in the world). They make me sneeze and normally give me a headache. If I ever have candles in my house, they will be unscented (and probably never lit only for decoration).
3. Fake People - I really don't think this needs an explanation.
4. Fishing - boringgg. I used to like fishing a lot when I was little, but I just don't have patience to sit still for hours and be quiet. Being quiet is the worst part, actually. I just couldn't it.
5. Getting up early - I've never enjoyed getting up early, my freshman year in college I would sleep til 1 or 2pm if I could. I love sleeping. Now that I'm working a "real job" I have to be to work at 8am. In order to be there on time I have to leave my house by 730...in order to be ready to leave I have to get up between 630 and 645. This is just too early. As much as I'm excited to graduate and work, I am not looking forward to being on a schedule where I have to get up early every day.
6. Politics - I know that politics is necessary and I do have my opinions on certain things, but when someone starts arguing over politics I'm outta there! I've never been interested and I can't really say why. It's just not me I guess. I've never really taken the time to get fully educated and to really know what's going on. I try to be educated about elections and candidates and all that, but really I'm not that interested. I apologize if that's not your view or you think I'm wrong, but that's how I feel and (i'll say it again) this is my blog. :)
7. Fights - I don't like being in them, being around them, or hearing about them. Inevitably, fights will happen and I will be a part of some of them, I know that. But still, dislike.
8. Public Speaking - Oh, this is a big one! I hate, hate, hate speeches, presentations, anything in front of people. I failed every speech I did in high school, and I took speech online in college to avoid speaking in front of people. (I know what you're thinking "How do you take speech online? Doesn't that defeat the point?" Yes, yes it does and that's why I loved it. I had to videotape myself giving a speech and send it to the teacher. My kind of speech.)
9. Snow/Cold - I live in Wisconsin...how'd I get so lucky?? The only think I like about snow is that is makes everything look pretty. Although, that rarely lasts more than 5 minutes. Then it looks dirty and gross and it makes you cold and soaks through your boots (and then your socks) and makes you even colder. Once the first snow fall comes everyone forgets how to drive. If I could move somewhere where it was warm all the time, I would. In an instant.
10. People who can't/don't know how to drive - Having to get on the interstate and drive to and from work every day really irritates me, not because I have to drive or because I could still be sleeping a bit longer if I didn't live that far away (well that's kinda part of it), but mostly because people are dumb. No one knows how to merge, no one understands to switch lanes ahead of time when you are planning on exiting the freeway, no one understands which lane is the slow lane, and no one understands what the speed limit is. Everyone is always in a hurry and everyone always needs to be first. Just leave your house 5 minutes early (really, that's all you need!) and we can avoid all these problems. Be patient and stop being so selfish. I'll stop ranting now, but I could go on - be warned.
Now that I'm in a thoroughly irritated mood, I'm going to think of all the things that make me happy:
1. Shopping - something I've grown all to familiar with this past weekend. I love shopping, getting great deals, and most of all new things. I love getting new clothes. I love when I get jeans that fit just right (doesn't happen that often), when I find shoes that fit and are not going to tear apart my feet (really doesn't happen often).
2. Warm weather - Summer is my favorite season because it's warm. The best feeling ever is being warm. I love curling up on the couch with a huge blanket, sitting next to a fire, heck I'd sit next to a radiator if it was warm. I love laying in the sun on a hot summer day.
3. Food - I love everything about food. Eating, cooking, watching TV shows about food, you name it. I just started learning to cook, which you would know if you read my first ever blog post! I'm better at baking, but I'm slowly learning and trying new things. I hope to share them with you as I get going here.
4. HGTV - I'm addicted to this channel. I could watch almost every show on HGTV, and I've seen so many episodes that there's rarely a rerun that I haven't seen. I love getting new ideas for decorating, inspiration for my future home, and looking at different house styles from all over the world. I love to dream about my future home, and maybe a vacation home someday (someplace warm!).
5. Crafts - Since I was introduced to Pinterest, I have had about a million craft ideas running through my head. My first project was a scarf made out of an old t-shirt. Then I covered some bottles in yarn and made floral arrangements for my fall decorations. I also made a ornament wreath (super easy!) and two wreaths for my mom and grandma for Christmas presents. The last thing I made so far is a wrapping paper holder, which I designed and built myself (and I am particularly proud of it!).
6. Family and friends - they mean so much to me, and I am thankful for everyone in my life!
7. Blogs - A new love and I'm enjoying it so much!
8. My job - I love my job right now and it is such a blessing to me. I'll just give a quick snapshot of why I'm so thankful: About a year ago I was working room service at a hotel and while the money was amazing, the job was horrible. I quit half way through January, I couldn't handle it anymore. Because of what I was able to save during the time I worked at the hotel, I was able to go the rest of the semester without working. Then it was almost summer break and I was going to need to find a job again. I was really hoping to find an internship in accounting, because the only jobs I ever had were in food service and I needed out! I applied to a LOT of places, I had interviews with a handful of them, but I didn't get any of the positions I applied for. I was getting pretty discouraged by this point and school had already been out for a couple weeks. Then out of the blue I get a call from my current boss. She said she got my resume from the school and wanted me to come in for an interview. I went in the next week and it went pretty well I thought. She said she would call me the next day and let me know if I got the job or not, they needed someone ASAP.
I had also had an interview with another firm the week before and I was supposed to know within the week if I would get that job as well. I really wanted this job because it was mainly tax focused and that's what I thought I wanted to do. So I emailed them and I was honest and told them I had another interview and I was going to know the next day if I got it. I told them I really wanted the internship with them and didn't want to give it up for this other place. They responded and told me I didn't get the job, I was really disappointed, this place was going to be a great fit for me I thought, but I'm so glad now that I didn't get it.
Later the same night of my interview, I got a call and was told I got the job at Steins. In one day my whole job situation changed. I was excited and nervous at the same time. I have been working there since June and I absolutely love it! I love my boss, I love everyone I work with, and I love what I do!
9. Traveling - Traveling is one of the greatest things! I love seeing new places and experiencing new cultures. I hope there is a lot of traveling in my future. I won't go into too much detail because I have another post coming up about where I want to go and such. Stay tuned :)
10. Getting mail - I think this is something that every college student likes, maybe even everyone! Snail mail is used so rarely these days that it is always so exciting to get a real letter in the mail. I'm not talking bills or junk mail, but letters from real people talking about real things. It just makes me smile. My grandma sends me cards and letters sometimes, I love reading what she's up to and she always has the nicest things to say! I think I'm gonna make it a goal of mine to start writing more real letters. I sent out Christmas cards for the first time this year and it was so exciting!
Whew! My apologies for how long that ended up, I haven't learned how to be short and to the point...yet! :)
Happy Monday!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Day 1: Me, Myself, and I
Day 1's post is supposed to be about me.. this is probably going to be the hardest post. I never know what to write about myself so... here goes nothing!
I'll start with the basics. I was born and raised in Wisconsin. We have the happy cows, not California. I love cheese now, although I didn't really like it that much when I was a kid. I just started watching football this year because of my boyfriend. I always thought football was boring, it's not as bad as I thought. And I'm kind of enjoying being a Cheesehead, especially with how well the Packers are doing! I'm currently in my last year of college and will be graduating in May of this year with a degree in Accounting and Finance. I can't wait to graduate! I will hopefully have a great job and move into the next chapter of my life and I couldn't be more excited! A little scared...but mostly excited!
I'll start with the basics. I was born and raised in Wisconsin. We have the happy cows, not California. I love cheese now, although I didn't really like it that much when I was a kid. I just started watching football this year because of my boyfriend. I always thought football was boring, it's not as bad as I thought. And I'm kind of enjoying being a Cheesehead, especially with how well the Packers are doing! I'm currently in my last year of college and will be graduating in May of this year with a degree in Accounting and Finance. I can't wait to graduate! I will hopefully have a great job and move into the next chapter of my life and I couldn't be more excited! A little scared...but mostly excited!
30 Day Blog Challenge
Happy New Year and Happy New Blog! Well.. first blog really, but it's still new. Recently I've been introduced to the world of blogs and I LOVE it! I've been following a few blogs for quite a few months now. It started while I was searching online about couponing and ways to save money. I found a great blog that gave me great tips, links to giveaways and freebies, and so much more. Check it out here.
Then I was introduced to Pinterest (if you don't know what Pinterest is, or you want an invite, comment and I will send you one!). This has been one of my many internet loves from the start and my source of inspiration for everything from fashion to food. Pinterest sparked my love of cooking! Before Pinterest I could cook noodles and cereal and that's about it! Now my boyfriend and I cook all the time and I'm getting a lot better! So naturally I started looking for food blogs to get more recipes and ideas.
I was introduced to this next blog by a good friend. Eat, Live, Run has been another internet love for me lately. Jenna has some great recipes and I love reading her posts! I dare you to check it out, you won't be sorry!
So anyway, I wanted to start my own blog, but didn't really know how to get going. What better day than New Years Day, January 1st 2012, to start! I adapted the 30 Day Blog Challenge from Tumblr to come up with the following list. I hope I can stick to it...
Happy New Year Y'all!
30 Day Blog Challenge
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