Babystep #3

Well today's babystep was even easier than the first two. All I had to do was do the first two again. No prob. I almost forgot mysocks, but remembered when i hit the cold kitchen floor. Brrr!

So today was fun. Since I went to bed at 11 last night I was awake nice and early (9am). So I did babystep #3 and got downstairs and had some breakfast. After that I was just antsy since I didn't do much of anything on Friday. So I im'd Mya and Kayleigh for some fun outside.

We decided on a hike, which was great! We went to this river near town and just follwed the path. It was the perfect day for hiking, warm enough for short sleeves, but not too warm that wearing jeans (a must during tick season...ew) was uncomfortable. We saw at least 3 falls and were able to walk down near the bottom and feel the spray...aaaamaaazing! I love water. Its so powerful. Expecially when its moving like that. I mean this stuff was just chuggin' along. I can't wait until the lake water warms up just a tad more so I can go swimming again. That's a ways off though yet since it's been so darn chilly lately. Ugh, I can't wait for summer to get here.

In other news:
1) I went whitewater rafting. See above notes about loving water + getting tossed out of a boat and going down a falls on my but = awesome!
2) I lost my cell phone, and guess who has no insurance...me! This is a sucky thing no matter how I spin it. I'll have to extende my plan, lus pay a bunch for a phone and yada yada yada.
3) I'm taking my first summer classes. Pro Cook II and Intro to Film. Both are awesome, with awesome profs. I've had both professors before and they are awesome. Deb I had for Cook I. Austin was my professor way back when I was a freshman for Mythology. Its hard to believe, but its the summer before my senior year at college..eee! Anyway, I'm uber stoked for both of them.
4) Paul and I are happy. We had a fight on our rafting trip that resulted in me telling him that he needed to look into getting some professional help about his "talking/opening up" issues. It kills me that he would rather push all the bad feelings about whatever he's in the middle of, down into himself. I know its not healthy. I also know that I just cause him to feel them more often than he would like. So far he hasn't even looked into it, but eventually. I don't want to nag...but I'm getting fed up with being shut out. He either talks to me, or he talks to someone else, but he's gotta talk to someone.

Well that's my life in a nutshell right now. Daily updates to come!

Lots of Love,
~*ery*~

Dinner!

So I've decided that it is silly for me to continually make and eat food straight out of a box with only one ingredient added. I mean, I know how to cook, and I'm a decent hand at it too. I want some good home made gravys and stuff, and I can do it! So this week is the experimental week. I found recipes for dinner every night this wek and created my shopping list off of them. I have so far managed to make chicken stew (more on that to follow) and homemade macaroni and cheese. I'm quite proud.

So the chicken stew was originally chicken and dumplings. Unfortunately I messed up the dumplings/they tasted like flour. So I took them out. Well I was trying so hard to get my gallon of chicken broth to reduce/thicken up that the chicken started just falling apart. And that is what is holding everything together in a stew like consistency. Everything tastes really good though. Woot!

I just finished the mac and cheese. This has been my first try with not out of the box stuff and I'm still not impressed. The thing I dislike about baked mac and cheese is that it gets dry in the oven. I think if I add some cream and bit more butter it might come out the way I like it. I think its a personal preference, but I like it to ooze when I cut into it.

Tomorrow I'm making Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf. I really hope it will turn out ok. Paul didn't really like the chicken stew too much ("the texture is funny" oy, its just chicken!) and he hasn't tried the mac and cheese yet, but I have a feeling he won't like that either. I'm trying really hard to find things I think he might like, and he finds reasons to not really liiek the things I come up with. Its a tad frustrating. Some of the problem might be that I really like a variety of things and he's pretty particular. He's a momma's boy and likes what she makes. Personally I think she's pretty good too, but I also know there is so much more out there as far as foods go. Why close out all those other amazing food options because its isn't something you've had a thousand times before?

Lots of Love,
~*Ery*~