Duunh, Dunh, Dunh, Duuuuuuuunh!!!

I am officially a member of the quarter century club. I did a search for quarter century club and this picture came up....














Ha! I'm glad I'm not a member of THIS quarter century club!!!

Procrastination is not such a good idea after all...

You may remember my post a few weeks back about procrastinating on getting my pharmacy school application sent in. Well, don't worry, it made it there by the deadline (actually five whole days before). The bad news is that I've been notified that I'm lacking one of the required classes. Actually it's not a specific class. There's just this category of classes of which I have to have six hours, and I only have three. One of the options is a logic class, and I took a philosophy class in 2002 that was based in logic. I unfortunately made the mistake of thinking it was the same class when, yea, it really wasn't. The class that counts toward completing the pharmacy requirements is 2310 and the class I took was 2325. Long story short (too late, I know), it looks like I'll have to take one more class this summer. Luckily the class I want to take is offered during summer intersession (3 hours of class five days a week for three weeks), so if all goes as planned, I'll only be stuck in Conway until June 3. I guess it could be much worse.

Weekend = Boring...

At least for the most part. From about 3pm on Friday afternoon to 1 pm on Sunday I did homework/studying non-stop. No kidding! I finally decided to quit and take a little trip to LR to help Jillian accesory shop for her winter formal. Then Brooke took me out for a pre-birthday birthday dinner to Star of India. Indian food = good! It was my first time to go there, and I'll definitely be back sometime in the near future. Happy Monday!

What day is it again?

Um, Yeah, so have I mentioned that it is not a good idea to take organic chem 2, physics, and calculus all at the same time? It's only the second full week of classes and I'm already on the verge of a brain implosion. I'm so discombobulated that I can't even remember what day it is, everyday! To add to the pile, I now have this stinky part-time job too. Don't get me wrong, I love my work, I just remember now why I never had a job during the school time my first trip through college. My schedule is all screwy and I just don't like running willy nilly all day long. Thank goodness this is my last semester of undergrad, not that Pharm school is gonna be any easier, but, hey, at least I'll be back in the LR and will be able to de-stress every once in a while with all you guys who are there too.

Pizza and Cake!

I created the most fabulous pizza the other day and just couldn't resist sharing it. It is a chicken, bacon, caramelized onion, havarti cheese thin-crust pizza with garlic infused olive oil instead of red sauce. Blue and I have become pizza obsessed lately. He brings home thin-crusts from work and I create flavor combinations for the tops. Our first pizza was mushroom, artichoke heart, fresh basil, proscuitto, fresh mozzarella, and parmesan with a red sauce. We plan on creating a Mexican pizza next. Mmmm!

On the subject of food, all this birthday talk lately has me thinking of cake. My favorite birthday cake is white cake with cream cheese icing and raspberry filling. What is you favorite flavor combination? White on white, chocolate on chocolate, chocolate on white, chocolate on yellow, cream cheese on carrot, cheesecake, etc.???

Happy Birthday to two of my oldest pals! (and by old I mean I've known them for a long time)

Happy Birthday to Kristen and Elizabeth! (And Happy Birthday to JR tomorrow!)

In other news...

The weekend was quite busy, but not a lot of interesting stuff happened. I basically did massive amounts of homework each day and then by the time the evening rolled around, all I wanted to do was veg-out around the house in my pajamas. I did stop by my parents house on Saturday to practice styling Jillian's hair for her first formal dance ever (see below). She even has a date! (They're just friends, but still.) She's only in 9th grade. It's so weird. Her dress is totally pretty. I will definitely post pics of her when the actual dance rolls around.

Ballroomorama!

I'm only taking three classes this semester, but it feels like five. Maybe its because I have class everyday, where as last semester class was only on M, W, & F. Having a job this semester probably doesn't help either. Even with all my busy-ness, I did make time for one guilty pleasure this week. Now, I never mentioned this when the show was on this past summer because of the ridicule I thought I would face, but I'm prepared to handle it now. I'm absolutely in love with Dancing with the Stars! Okay, go ahead and say what you will. It just makes me so excited. Whenever I finish watching an episode, I bounce and spin around the house trying to get Blue to dance with me. If I had the spare time and the spare funds, I would totally sign up for private dancing lessons. I must have been a ballroom dancer in a past life. They should develop a new show called Dancing with Regular People. I would be the first one in line.

Which ballroom dance are you?
I am the Foxtrot! Yahoo!

Thanks MLK for a day of school vaca...

No, really, it is an important holiday, and because I'm sure you all know that, I'll forego the tribute speech. Blue and I had a fabulous day, relaxing and (wait for it, wait for it) SHOPPING! I'm know, you don't believe me, but somehow I convinced him to go clothes shopping. It turned out to be a successful trip. He scored a new pair of jeans (he hasn't had a new pair since 2001!), a new button-down, and a new khaki jacket. Yea! It took some eloquent convincing on my part to get him to purchase the stuff, but he finally caved in. He just doesn't like spending a lot of money on himself. Anyway, look for a stylish new Blue coming soon to a theater near you!
When we got home I decided to make some banana bread and apple crisp. I love baking. It's like therapy for me. Whenever I need to chill, I go bake. I wish I had more people near by to eat all this stuff though. Needless to say I'm looking forward to getting back into Survivor potluck night. I got some hip new serving pieces for Christmas that I can't wait to use. Yahoo! February 2nd isn't that far away!

Back to school, back to school...

...And busy as ever! Yeah, that's my sorry excuse for not updating for a week. I plan to not make this a habit, I swear. I even woke up early this morning to blog before I started my homework, but, alas, blogger was not working. Anyway, this semester is going to be jam packed even though I'm only taking 3 classes. This is because these three classes are Organic chem. 2, Physics 1, and Calculus. I've prepared myself as best I can for the tough road ahead. We'll see how it progresses.

On another note, if you haven't seen King Kong yet, go out and see it right now. I took my brother to when we went out for a farewell lunch before he headed back to St. Louis. It is soooo good. Peter Jackson totally live up to the name he created for himself with the Lord of the Rings movies. Jack Black, Naomi Watts, and Adrien Brody among others give stellar performances, and the special effects are beyond fascinating. I'm planning on buying it as soon as it comes out, which says a lot because I never buy movies. Go see it!

It sure does make you wonder...

I'm by no means a conspiracy theorist, but I stumbled across this documentary of sorts that looks into 9/11 this evening and thought it was worth sharing. It really has made me think, and it has kind of creeped me out too. If you have a chance, watch it (warning: each part is about 30 minutes long, it can be paused if you have to take a break) and let me know what you think.

PART 1

PART2

I Am Embarassed...

...to live in a city where something like THIS happens. You know, I don't know a whole lot about the show. I don't even know whether or not it is going to be that good, but I am very angry that I don't even have the oppurtunity to choose whether or not to watch it. And don't even get me started on the First Ammendment. If these right-wing conservative religious zealots don't approve of the show (even though they haven't seen it yet!) then maybe they should simply not turn their televisions on to channel 5 at 8pm on Friday evening. Problem solved! Organized religion, Arrrrrgggghhh!

Is there anyone out there who doesn't procrastinate in some way, shape, or form?

Check out my project (I'm mean procrastination tool) from the
last few days. I've been cataloging all the loose recipes that I have. Oh, and this also involves typing them all by hand from the magazine pages or newspaper clippings that I found them on. I also cut out any accompanying photos and paste them on the page. (Am I insane, or what?!) You may be wondering what it is I'm trying to avoid: it's the pharm school application. It's not that I don't want to do it. I really can't explain my procrastination. It's not like I wait until the last minute to do it either. I'll probably finish it up tomorrow or Saturday. (My goal was to have it sent before next Thursday when school resumes.)

Since I'm on the subject of recipes and to satisfy the request, here is my infamous cookbook collection. I haven't counted in a while, but a year or so ago I was at 107. With 10 new additions this Christmas alone, who knows what its up to now! (Yes, the shelves are sagging.)

Back in the Saddle

Whew! What a busy last couple of weeks it has been. Things are starting to get back to normal and I finally found some spare time to blog. My Christmas was spectacular (see photos below). I hope yours was too. My sisters were in from Denver, so we had lots of family time all week. I received some great gifts and had lots of delicious food. We saw The Chronicles of Narnia too. It was pretty good but not as good as The Lord of the Rings. (This was a huge argument among me and my siblings.) 2005 has been a great year. The best moment for me was quitting my job with Stephens and going back to school. I am so happy where I am right now and can’t wait for what is coming next. Happy New Year to everyone!

Oh yeah, I also have a new part-time job (to help pay the Christmas credit card bill). I’m the new baking assistant at Stoby’s Restaurant in Conway. As most of you know, I’ve worked here before. I used to bake the desserts for the restaurant. The old women that I trained is still there, but she is slow so they’ve hired me to come in on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings to try and keep the desserts fully stocked so she doesn’t get behind. We’ll see how it works out!

The Cookie Tray to end all Cookie Trays!

It only took me two days to make it. I also made a cranberry cherry pie and a German chocolate cake. I think everyone in my family gained five pounds!

Sister Pic

Me and the girls (Katie, Jillian, and Ashley) modeling the scarves I gave them.

Dogs love presents!

Abby and Mozart enjoying their gifts! Mozart got a pork femur (it is so stinky!). Abby got one of the those hard biscuit bones with the delicious meat filling. Yum!