Sooo Busy....too much to do before Saturday....I know I'm getting coal in my blogger stocking, but I'll update ASAP!

I Just Woke Up...

Because my Christmas break has officially begun. Yahoo! No more class or tests for a month. I'm so pumped!

In other breaking news...

MY PCAT SCORES ARE IN! My composite score was 83. That is 3 points higher than the average score of applicants to UAMS last year. I'm so relieved.

I'm so ready for Christmas! My sisters from Colorado are coming to visit and we're gonna have tons of fun. On Monday I'll be starting the Christmas baking extravaganza. I'm working up all the plans right now. Since I'm on break I can do a lot of hanging out with you Little Rock folk too. Yea!

Busy As a Bee

I don't think I could have crammed anything else into this weekend!

Friday:
I started the day with off with a five hour super endurance Christmas gift shopping spree. It was hard, but I'm glad to only have 3 gifts left to purchase. Later on I met up with Brooke and company at Reno's Argenta Cafe (her cousin's new restaurant). I had a fabulous sandwich and some very tasty potato salad. Then we went back to her house to play card games and throw back some beers.

Saturday:
I decorated the mini-tree that I purchased while I was out on Friday. I think it is so cute. (It's color coded of course, cause that's just how I am.) I even bought two little stockings for Blue and I. Since we don't really have a real mantle, I just hung them on the tree.

Sunday:

Blue woke up with the worst flu ever, so I took care of him most of the day along with studying for my upcoming finals and cooking for the Survivor party. I made southwestern chicken salad in corn tortilla cups and a chocolate peanut butter tart (see below). The dessert turned out really well if I do say so myself. It was the first time I tried the recipe. It's definitely a keeper. Thanks again for hosting Karl and Kat!

As I mentioned, I've got finals this week. I have one on Mon. and two on Wed. (one of which is my cumulative Organic Chem final (stinkey to the max!)). I've been procrastinating on the studying, so I'm probably gonna get stressed out and am likely not to post again until after the tests on Wed. Till then...

Just a Taste...

Well it snowed here in C-town, but we don't have much to show for it (see pics below). To me, this is just a dusting of snow. I mean come on, the streets weren't even affected. I'm used to waking up to 3 feet of snow from my time spent up North. But hey, beggars can't be choosers. I'll take whatever I can get at this point. So, if you have snow where you are, go out and play in it!

Let the Baking Begin!

Now that the PCAT is over, I'm ready to dive into Christmas preparations. I'm in charge of baking the Christmas cookies for my family's celebrations this year. I'm planning on doing a big tray of several different kinds of unique cookies in order to create a fabulous presentation. The only problem is I have a list of 11 different kinds of cookies and I can't decide which ones to cut. I need your help. They are listed below with a photo of each. Let me know what you think looks good and what you think I should leave out. Yea for Christmas!










Maple Pecan Thumbprints....................................Cranberry Orange Cookies










Creme de Menthe Truffles..............Gingerbread Pumpkin Bars










Chocolate Vanille Creme Cookies.......................Fig Swirls










Elf Bites (shortbread squares w/
colored sprinkles in the dough)........................Cherry Rum Ribbons













Chocolate Peanut Butter
Shortbread.........................................................Almond Wreaths

Vanilla Walnut Shortbread Sticks

Ahhhhh! The PCAT (re-test, those jerks) is tomorrow!