Tuesday, July 29, 2008

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make a Pie!

A Lemon Meringue Pie, no less. And if Life gives you limes, make Key Lime, or peaces, make Peach Pie. If Life drops a pumpkin in your lap, you could make a Pumpkin Pie, and I would give it away cuz that is the grossest kind of Pie EVER. If you get veggies and a chicken, by all means, a Chicken Pot Pie is a fantabulous response to that. Pie is definitely one of the best things ever, and I love to make and eat it.

I think Pie is a great way to handle stress. During Finals Week in April 2007, I made "Good Luck Pie"(s) for my friends and roommates. The Pies helped me, and I did great on my exams. Pie is also great for getting guys to adore you, especially if you make really good ones for them. They will love to get fat on your yummy pies you make for them, and that gives you time to reel them in in other ways besides your cooking skills. Pie also just tastes really good. Mmmm, pie. I love it. Much better than cake. Another fantastic thing about Pie is that it is funny. I think someone getting hit in the face with a Banana Cream Pie is hilarious, even though it is a waste of a perfectly good Pie, which is unfortunate. Basically, Pie makes life amazing and it needs to be capitalized cuz it is just that important.

I just made my first Pie of the summer on Sunday. I know, it is sad that I waited until July 27 to do it, but I'm a busy woman. It was my first time ever making a Key Lime Pie, and I used my Aunt Stacee's recipe and used real key limes. Here is a secret about juicing citrus that I learned from Rachel Ray: pop the fruit in the microwave for about 20 seconds and then roll them on the countertop before juicing them, and the juice just pours out of the peel so easily and there is a lot of it! The Pie was great. I should have used a mixer as opposed to a fork to make the cream cheese not chunky, and I think it could have used some more lime. But it was yummy. Good job to me, and I hope my Dad liked it.

Basically, the point is...Life gives you the ingredients to make Pie, so make one. Even if your Pie sucks, there are parts of the Pie that are good. Maybe it tastes good, maybe the fruit was perfect, maybe the crust is really flaky, and maybe the only thing good about it is that is looks good or you didn't burn down the house when you were making it. And that is my philosophy about Pie.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Foiled Again!

My brothers are stinkers. Because they had to be lame-os, I didn't get to go shopping. Yes, I am pouting, yes, I will recover, no, I am not overreacting. But, I am almost done sewing my new purple dress.

On a not so happy note, no luck yet in selling my contract. That one girl that I emailed cuz she posted something on Facebook saying she was looking for an apartment close to campus still hasn't emailed me. That makes me mad. She should let me know if she is or if she isn't interested. It will all work out, it always does.

Monday, July 21, 2008

I Like Silly Things


Yesterday, Me, Michelle, Tessa, and Melanie went to Idaho for Jordan's farewell. This is a fitting picture, I think. I just love it. I couldn't get on the tourist trap plastic horse. It was great. And we went to a playground a swung on swings, which is definitely one of my favorite things ever. I am so glad we went to Jordan's farewell. Not only did we get to say "See ya!" to a dear friend, but we had a great time driving together. Lately, I've been feeling really adventurous and have needed to do something crazy random. I think we now know how desperately I needed it if going to Idaho is one of the highlights of my summer! I'm also uber bored, cuz I distinctly having a dream about Iowa. Seriously, how sad am I? Actually, now that I've gone on an adventure, I'm pretty happy. And Saturday, Michelle, Leslie, and I went on a lovely hike, which was great. These adventures just reinforced the fact that I LOVE going places! It doesn't matter if I'm going to Idaho or a waterfall, as long as I'm not just bumming around, I'm good.

And I'm good. I'm lonely. But I'm good. I can't wait for school to start because it will be wonderful to meet new friends and learn things and get busy again. I don't know how life will work out, I just have to have faith that it will. I think that the rest of the summer will help me realize what I have and had and what I want for the future. I like to learn, so I have to remember to learn while I'm missing Tlr. I guess it sucks cuz he isn't here, and we broke up so I can't just talk to him all day long. It is sad to not have a good friend anymore.

On a lighter note...tonight I'm going shopping! We are preparing for our fun journey to Denver for Rachelle's wedding. So of course, we all need new shirts. I'm going to try going for a new dress, and since my Dad is taking me and my brothers, and Mom is at Girls' Camp, I think I might be able to remind him that he belongs on my little finger and get a new dress!

Friday, July 18, 2008

Lunch with the Accounting Department

So, my Dad is an accountant, and as much as I like my Dad, I always thought that the accounting department was supposed to be boring and stressful. I guess this still may be true, but because it is so extremely so, the accountants who make up the accounting department have to be extra crazy. And, since I know my Dad, I can attest to this truth. But now I know (at least in one way) that my Dad is not some freak accountant, and that spending an hour with the accounting department can be rather entertaining.

I'd never had Greek food. I will blame my inability to be a connoisseur of cultural cuisine on my family, the ever convenient place to lay blame. For example:
"Let's go out to eat tonight! Where do you want to go?" asks my Dad.
"Happy Sumo!" I suggest hopefully.
"Wendy's!!" exclaim four voices.
I try again, "I'd really like to go to Costa Vida."
"McDonald's!"
One last effort. "Olive Garden?"
"Arby's!"
Finally, we settle on Applebees. I have nothing against Applebees or Wendy's. They are both yummy places to eat. I just am saying I've never had Greek food. Or Japanese. Or Indian. Or Thai, British, African, or even Southern (as in Georgia or Louisiana or Texas). And going out to eat does not mean we go out to a fast food restaurant.

Tonya and Eric, two silly accountants here at work, were on their way to get Greek food for the accounting department, and wondered if I'd like some. I explained that yes, I would love some Greek food, but I didn't know what I wanted cuz I'd never had Greek food. And then I had to explain why I'd never had Greek food. Opa. So they said they would just get me some. And then I waited. What if my lunch time came and my food hadn't? Then what would I do? Just sit around? I would have to go out and find my own food like I had been planning on all along cuz we didn't have any leftovers from home for me to eat. And then it came. And then I ate.

"How do you eat it?" I asked, staring into my kabob, rice, and fat tortilla bread thing.
"Just dig in!" encouraged the accountants.
Silence for about ten minutes while we devoured the Greek food. The rice was yellow and definitely NOT healthy. Since I try to be aware of what I eat, I noticed that. I lifted the rice and checked out the oil on the bottom of the box that the rice had been cooked in; it was pooling in the bottom. It was delicious. I usually don't like pork, but now I like Greek pork, which I had to rip off the stick with my teeth, making me feel like a monstrous minotaur chomping on a fair young Grecian. And the fat tortilla bread thing was so yummy! It had something kind of sandy on it, but it didn't taste like sand. Greek food is good, I will most definitely get it again. And there was a salad, but those are just blah and not Greek. It reminded me that I was in America. But, it was swimming in oily Catalina dressing, so I guess it fit in with the oily yellow rice. I ate pretty much the whole box, and now, three hours later, I am still stuffed. I just can't waste food. I've been a college student for two years and I know that if you don't want to take it home, you eat it all. I felt like a pig, but probably wouldn't have been as good to eat as a Greek kabob.

Then the crazy, not-so-ravenous-anymore accountants talked, and I joined in every once in a while. Eric jokingly said that his pants were from 1987, and I didn't tell them that his pants would therefore be older than me. They talked about the clothes they wore in high school. I pretty much dressed the same then as I do now. Back in the day, there were two types of jeans: Lee's and Levi's. Weird. And then came the new Hash Pants (or something like that). What in the heck are those? I've never even heard of them! Apparently, there are two ways to get them on, first by laying on the bed and putting your knees up and sucking in your stomach and zipping, or secondly by standing and leaning over and dancing into your pants. I also learned that without lycra in your jeans, you oftentimes had to use pliers to get your pants on and off. They talked about their undefined sense of "style" in elementary, how cool their high tops were, and about haircuts. I also learned that probably the most hideous thing in one of their closets are some woven suspenders, and when they were worn, the owner thought he was hot-stuff. And I didn't really join in cuz I didn't know what to say. The youngest accountant's high school styles were in when I was in elementary. I don't remember the 80s, which they would say was very fortunate for me. :) Who knows? I don't. So that is my adventure. I had to go back to work, which was boring, but now I have some new Facebook friends from the accounting department.

What happens in the accounting department stays in accounting. At least until you invite the receptionist to eat lunch with you.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The First One

Wow! This is my first blog...ever. I must admit, that I've wanted one ever since I learned the Creed from the Office had a blog. And it was a lot easier to make than I thought it would be! I guess I'm not as computer illiterate as I seem. Hooray hooray. I rock at technology.

So, have I had any loco adventures lately? Probably just missing the train I'm supposed to catch. It was dumb. I was just sitting there on my bike, waiting for a train to pass, and I watched the passenger train go by too. I was mad, but I'm OK and finally got to work. That was crazy. You shouldn't get stuck behind a train on your way to the train! Maybe I should leave earlier? I was running a little late, but I rode really fast. Maybe it would help if I didn't have to hold my skirt down so I stay lady-like on my bicycle, then I could steer with two arms. Do arms really have that much to do with the speed of your ride? I don't really think so, but maybe it does.

What are you supposed to do on a blog? Just ramble? I guess so. So there it is. My first rambling, loco, adventurous (sort of) blog. I rock at blogging. :)