My new blog

I have started a blog about recipes and new things I am cooking. I am a novice cook, but some of the recipes I will be trying in upcoming weeks are interesting nonetheless. Check it out! Culinarycarusos.blogspot.com!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my mom's 50th & 365th Birthday :-)

I love you mom. I can't wait to see you on Friday and spend the entire week on the beach together! Happy Birthday!

Politics

So, as we all well know I am a political nerd. Anyway...here's a funny youtube video I just saw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=201pgTaEseQ&feature=popular

I am still grinning about it :-)

And my final grade for the semester is......

an A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Up to date

I think that my blog is now up to date! But just in case you wanted more, here are a few random bits of information.

~I am going to Panama City Beach again this summer with my mom, dad, aunt deb, uncle mike, grandma, grandpa, aunt deina, aunt becky, and uncle mike h, in about two weeks.

~Michael cannot get away from work, but has encouraged me to go with the rest of the family.

~Templeton is growing like a weed and is a great companion

4th of July

Before Michael graduated we made plans with his two good buddies, Stacey & Randy to spend 4th of July together. Stacey moved to Chicago for work, so we all went and stayed at Stacey's for the weekend.

It was great seeing them, and as always Chicago was a blast. I hope that we are able to keep up with these two for years to come!

My mom's first train ride into the city!

On Thursday July 1, mom and Aunt Nancy came up for a visit. Not only did they get to see the new place, meet the cat, and eat our food, but Friday we rode the train to Chicago.

We spent the day shopping (what else?) and had a blast! I took them to Michigan Ave, and we had pizza at Giordano's. I think the most memorable part of the day was running for fifteen minutes to get to the train station! We made it, and had fun running through the city like lunatics!


Unfortunately, Aunt Nancy had the pictures of us, so I wasn't able to load those!

An interesting article

For anyone that knows me, or has ever had dinner with me, you know that I am a picky eater. I eat a very small number of foods. People have often said, "Just try things, you'll like them." That never really worked out so well for me. You see, if I put a food item in my mouth that I don't like there is no just forcing it down. It comes right back out in a most unpleasant manner.

Anyway, my mother-in-law, Debbie showed me this article about people that eat almost exactly like me to a "T". You can read that article here. While I am not ready to jump on the bandwagon just yet, I am relieved to know that there are others out there like me. I am not just super weird! It does give me hope that one day there may be a treatment, or means of help for picky people like me!

School's out for Summer!

While for Michael school is out FOREVER, for me school's out for summer.

I'm not sure if I let everyone in on this or not, but I started back to school this summer. I only took one class, Spanish 2. I anticipate a VERY high grade since my two test scores were both A's.

I am so glad to be getting back into the school thing for two reasons:

1. When Michael & I got engaged, and subsequently married before my degree was finished I kept getting these looks of "She won't go back." I kind of am excited about proving that stereotype wrong.

2. I love learning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel so blessed that I am able to go back to school! I will continue in my pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. I am a little more than halfway through right now. YAY!

Shout out to Grandma Patty

This blog post is especially for Grandma Patty aka Pat Brown.

Grandma Patty has long been one of my favorite people. Her granddaughter, Alyssa Brown & I are friends although we rarely see one another. However, it seemed that during mine and Alyssa's middle school years that we were inseparable. Nearly every weekend Grandma Patty, Grammy Hammy aka Doris Hammond, Alyssa, and I would go shopping together.

Naturally, since we shopped together these two ladies stole my heart :-)

I love you Grandma Patty, and hope you enjoy the updates to come!