I have realized that I can bake bread! It is in a bread maker, though. All I had to do was put the ingredients in the baking pan and turn it on to the settings I need it and it mixes, kneads, and bakes the bread for me. I love it! I baked my first loaf of basic white bread yesterday. It turned out soo well. I'm so proud of myself!
I have also been knitting like a crazy woman. The women's expo is three weeks or so away, but I want to definitely have everything done before hand so I'm not freaking out about all that I have to do last minute. I have several scarfs and almost four baby blankets (I'm almost done with the fourth). I have to finish the blanket I'm working on, complete another blanket, and I have two more, possibly three, scarfs left to do. I am worried that I may not have enough stuff, but it does take up so much time to do the blankets and I think that those are what will sell better. The scarfs don't take long at all to do; I have a scarf for a man and a women, and a boy and a girl each. I'm not really focused on selling the scarfs, but they are easy to make. So I'm scrambling to finish all this before my school work load gets to bogged down and I have no time to do anything.
I started class today for the fall semester. Theology class this morning went well, just an intro to the course. He sent an email out this evening that the class room has been moved so now I have to hunt down the new room. History of the Ideas, on the other hand, was interesting. He emailed us a link for a personality test to do before class and to print and bring in the results to discuss in class. He also brought us coffee, which was AWESOME! He said he roasted it earlier this week and it was delicious, for it just having sweetner in it and not creamer. I like my coffee wayyy blonde!! Overall, I'm excited about this semester. Tuesday is my first day in spanish class, but that shouldn't be too overwhelming. There is just a butt load of reading to do this semester, which I'm not so stoked about. Although I know that this semester will be great and I will love it. I really need to cherish and enjoy the time that I have here on campus. Yay for the new semester!!!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
My Thursday night blog session
The only time I get on here is on Thursday nights while I am watching Project Runway. Tonight they are making clothes from items in a party supply store. It's hilarious! The lastest in my life right now is work, mostly. I have been working a lot this week. Next Thursday classes start and I'm super excited about it! Gracie only has the rest of this week and next week before she tracks out for three weeks. Time is flying by ridiculously fast. I mean, it's already August. Pretty soon it will be Christmas. I am excited about the kids birthdays though. There is a place here where you can paint pottery and they have packages for birthdays and I think we may have Gracie's party there. It's just different from the skating rink or anything I did when I was growing up. Our house isn't big enough to have a party so I think we may do the pottery painting party. She loves art and is very creative so I'm pretty sure she will love it. Is it absolutely crazy that I'm already thinking about Christmas presents. We don't have a huge income and buying things over a span of time really helps us out. I don't want to keep getting them the same things every year so thinking ahead will benefit in the long run. Will being 15, is kind of difficult to buy for. Gracie, however, is a 10 yr old girl and will probably love anything. And I was a 10 yr old girl at one time, so it's a lot easier to buy for her.
And my birthday is coming up in the next month or so. I will be 22. Wow...old...j/k!! I know that 22 isn't old, in fact I do still feel like a kid sometimes, but I also feel very much like a long time mom, ya know? Not like I have been a mom for a year, but have been a mom for a decade or so. I love feeling like that, but I am only 21 - 22. I don't know any one my age who would say any of this. I'm the odd ball in the group. In fact, I am soo ready to have a baby. I know that right now isn't a good to have a baby, but I know that Billy and I will eventually have a baby. I think about it all the time, will it look like me or him? what will it look like? I know that no matter what it looks like I will love it to death, but I just want to know if it will have my blue eyes or Billy's honey green eyes (I think they look honey green, he thinks they are brown, they're not!). I wonder what color hair it will have or what it's coo or laugh or voice will sound like? Will it have my long thin toes or Billy's short stubby toes? I wonder at all the different combinations of characteristics it could have. Whether it's a boy or girl doesn't bother me. I would love to know what it's like to be pregnant, not just the enjoyable moments but all of it, the miserable last few weeks where you can hardly breath and the unglamorous bouts of nausea. I want all of it. Like I said, now is not the time for that in my life. I know it will happen and when it does I will be ready. And not just me, but Billy and the kids and the rest of our family. It will all happen on God's timing, not mine or what I consider God's timing that is secretly my timing, but His timing. I just have to wait, which is always the hardest thing to do.
And my birthday is coming up in the next month or so. I will be 22. Wow...old...j/k!! I know that 22 isn't old, in fact I do still feel like a kid sometimes, but I also feel very much like a long time mom, ya know? Not like I have been a mom for a year, but have been a mom for a decade or so. I love feeling like that, but I am only 21 - 22. I don't know any one my age who would say any of this. I'm the odd ball in the group. In fact, I am soo ready to have a baby. I know that right now isn't a good to have a baby, but I know that Billy and I will eventually have a baby. I think about it all the time, will it look like me or him? what will it look like? I know that no matter what it looks like I will love it to death, but I just want to know if it will have my blue eyes or Billy's honey green eyes (I think they look honey green, he thinks they are brown, they're not!). I wonder what color hair it will have or what it's coo or laugh or voice will sound like? Will it have my long thin toes or Billy's short stubby toes? I wonder at all the different combinations of characteristics it could have. Whether it's a boy or girl doesn't bother me. I would love to know what it's like to be pregnant, not just the enjoyable moments but all of it, the miserable last few weeks where you can hardly breath and the unglamorous bouts of nausea. I want all of it. Like I said, now is not the time for that in my life. I know it will happen and when it does I will be ready. And not just me, but Billy and the kids and the rest of our family. It will all happen on God's timing, not mine or what I consider God's timing that is secretly my timing, but His timing. I just have to wait, which is always the hardest thing to do.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Yes I can...can!
So in my spare time I have started to can. As in canning food. I started with a jar of pickles. Yes, I said A jar of pickles. I didn't want to buy all the cucumbers and cans and other stuff to make 12 jars of pickles and them turn out bad, so I bought the stuff to make one jar. So far so good. The recipe recommended for them to sit for 4 - 6 weeks to absorb the juices. So, no I haven't actually tasted them yet, but I will. And they will be wonderful...I hope. I have also canned salsa...with fresh tomatoes and peppers. I learned that skinnig tomatoes is the ABSOLUTELY most disgusting thing I have ever done (and I have cut up a chicken!). I do not like tomatoes. Never have and now I stand firm on that statement. Anyway, the salsa was a big hit. My husband really like it. I have also canned strawberry jam. Very tasty. But my strawberries floated. It is kinda frustrating, but I don't care about it enough to have it make my world fall apart. There is a local fresh farmer's market in downtown Wake Forest on Saturday mornings. I'm hoping to be able to get some cucumbers this week for more pickles, but since it has been so hot I think it has ruined the cucumber crop for now. But hoping!!!
I have signed up as a vendor for a women's ministry event for my church in September. It is a women's expo where women in the church can sell items from a home business or from crafts and things that they make for some extra income. I'm super excited! I'm wanting to sell some of my canned foods. I also learned how to knit with a loom and have made scarfs and baby blankets. I want to sell some of those too. I have a super cute idea for tags for the things that I want to sell. I found a stamp at Michaels that says "hello darling" and I think I may call that my lil business. I'm going to stamp tags with that logo and script write what the item is on the front and on the back I'm going to stamp "homemade by" and script write my name. I know that it is superficial, but I'm so excited about this coming together that the little details are making me overjoyed.
Until next time...
I have signed up as a vendor for a women's ministry event for my church in September. It is a women's expo where women in the church can sell items from a home business or from crafts and things that they make for some extra income. I'm super excited! I'm wanting to sell some of my canned foods. I also learned how to knit with a loom and have made scarfs and baby blankets. I want to sell some of those too. I have a super cute idea for tags for the things that I want to sell. I found a stamp at Michaels that says "hello darling" and I think I may call that my lil business. I'm going to stamp tags with that logo and script write what the item is on the front and on the back I'm going to stamp "homemade by" and script write my name. I know that it is superficial, but I'm so excited about this coming together that the little details are making me overjoyed.
Until next time...
Friday, July 30, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)