I'm kinda proud of my self

I clean my apartment (I'm still behind on my laundry) and made tacos / had people over for dinner. Because my apartment is so small I have no space for a table we put two boxes in the middle of the floor and used them as a table and had a picnic.





Mom is going to come over on Sunday and I'm going to make chili (or at least try) so wish me luck on that. I'll snap some pictures of my place this weekend so I can show you all what's going on with it.





Oh, I did have a small, blank wall that was facing my kitchen that I wasn't sure what to do with. When walking the dogs a few weeks ago I came across a large black picture frame that was missing the glass or any backing. Naturally, I took it home. This is the result of that project.

That's a dinosaur cake pan that I picked up at CCA (community christian action), a discounted charger from world market that I spray painted red, the small circles are coasters that say "book" and then have a picture of a worm, there's a song bird, a trophy wife, and a black sheep. They make me happy.

My next project is my every growing mountain of laundry and putting up my "art" wall. I'm excited about that.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Mucho Love <3

Results so far

I can make spaghetti...woot! But I haven't made anything healthy. In fact I ate an entire package of oreos in four days. Anyway, I'm planning on making tacos and chili this week. Maybe something else if I can figure out something tasty.

Along with cooking, I need to learn how to clean. Or rather, keep my place clean. Because it takes me about a day to ruin all the good I've done. Most of my stuff is clothes and books...and random clutter. But as much as I devise a plan that sneaky little jerk called Nap Time sneaks up on me.

I think I would cook more if I had a cleaner place. So much random mail and things everywhere. Not to mention Quinn chewed up some colored pencils and got them everywhere. YAY. oh wait, BOO! Any way, the plan for tonight because I am not going anywhere or seeing anyone is to clean my kitchen, do three loads of laundry and move my bed. Oh yeah, I moved my bed at an angle to make it more "dramatic" and all I got was a crick in my neck because I lose my pillows every night.

Lent and Learning how to cook

So for Lent my family and I are going to give up going out to eat. This is going to be difficult because I'm at work at 6am so cooking breakfast is a bit hard for me and I normally get food in our cafeteria. Then lunch is getting some thing out about half the time, dinner is the same way. Then, when I do cook something it's super simple. Grilled cheese, mashes potatoes, etc. So for the next 40 days/nights I'm going to be teaching myself to cook.

One of the first things I want to try is hollandaise sauce and artichokes. I've never had either and I think it would be interesting to try that. I'll need to make super tasty dinners so I'll want the left overs at lunch. I also want to try to make mostly healthy things so I don't want to make too many horribly delicious things.

So, the thing is now figuring out what I going to cook!

48 New Year

OK, so, it's 2010 and I'm still trying to figure things out. What I want to do with my life, where I want it to go, etc, etc.

I'm going to be 25 this year and all I have to show for it is a "useless" degree, a dead end job, a messy apartment and one large amazing dog. That's 3-1 and I'm looking to even the odds.

So, things I want this year:

-To learn how to cook. I have grilled cheese down and I believe I could do more.
-To keep my apartment clean. It's really starting to annoy me.
-To craft. Sew, paint, mold, write, I need to do something.
-To meet someone new. I need a snuggle partner, but I could also use some more friends.

I think that's it for right now. I'll let you know how that's coming a long.

PS: I deleted all of my old posts. That's two years of random thoughts, sadness, and angry that I have just gotten rid of and I'm a bit sad. I did that because I didn't want to be stuck there any more. I want to move on.

I'll leave you with a cute picture of my dog.