Culinary Catch-up!!!

I have been very bad about updating about my culinary life because I have been busy with school and work and friends. And then I have a bunch of hw that I have to type out and do so I haven't felt like writing more about it all....well now is the time.

I am currently taking an Artisan bread Class...that is art-i-san not ar-tee-sian...and I love it. I like learning about the different types of bread and how to mix, score and bake them. There isn't always a lot of ingredients that go into bread but there is a lot of effort. We have made just plain baguettes, German breads, Italian breads and last week was laminated dough. We made croissants. It was really fun...one of my favorite weeks.

We take dough and roll it out...we roll out butter to just about the same size in height and then fold the dough over the butter. Then it gets put into the fridge. After 30 min it gets taken out and rolled out thin. Then it get folded on top of itself and put back in the fridge. This happens a few times and when the final product is baked it has many layers from where the butter and dough have been layered on each other and is very flaky. I had so much fun doing this. Next week is more laminated dough! YAY!

Here are a few things from past weeks!

Bread in a mixer

This is my friend Justin playing with dead dough

Baguettes waiting to be baked
Finished Baguettes...we burnt the short mix...oops

Friend Weekends

Happy #6
Spending time with my friends!!!

I am a person who hates being alone. Yes having time to my self every once in awhile to do what I want, when I want with no one else's voice in my ear is nice every once in awhile. But for the most part I don't like being alone and I am afraid of dying alone. So the fact that I spend more than 90% of the life I currently lead alone kinda sucks and bums me out. Right now I get up, alone, drive to school, alone, attend school, drive home from school, alone, and go to bed, alone, two days a week. The other 5 days a week I am not in school...and right now I am not working. I have nowhere I have to be and not much I HAVE to do...so I spend my time in bed doing nothing. If I don't go anywhere I wont spend money right? Well spending almost 3 weeks in bed all day besides the days I go to school has really put a damper on my mood. I have been very down, my sister was out of town, my friends are busy with stuff to do and I have...not much. So I think you could see how this might affect me. Well my sister came home and had a party so I went and I had so much fun. I spent the night and the next day with my sister and her two amazing roommates! These weekends...and there have a been a few that I just stay at their apartment all weekend and we have fun doing random things, are so much fun and just what I need. So this is my 6th happy of the year because without these people I would be sitting in my bed this weekend doing nothing...probably sleeping. I know that on Thursday this week I will stay in bed probably all day again until there is something I HAVE to do...but at least it's one less day this week...and one less weekend this month! Thank you H8! I love you guys so much!!! ♥

And thank you Ashley for your Japanese Party! I had a blast!!!

♥Harajuku Girls ♥

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Feeling a sense of job well done :-)

Best Wishes Stephanie and Alfred ♥

That "New Car" smell

Happy #5

♥♥♥Melodie Elise Ard♥♥♥

I make a joke called oh how I love that new car smell...but I mean that new baby smell. Remember that friend I mentioned in a previous post? Sure ya do! Well if not you can read about her here.

One of my best friends had a baby a few days ago and I didn't believe in love at first sight until I saw her for the first time. Her mother was glowing and as beautiful as ever. I only hope I can be half that put together and beautiful right after I have a baby. And then when I went in to see her she wanted to know how I was and how things with me were going. I love her. She is so selfless. Nothing makes a day more than a new baby...but this new baby...so perfect with all that hair...it was a perfect day.

I love you Brie and Melodie!!! ♥

The second they met...Melodies cord isn't even cut yet!

Me holding Melodie Elise

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Leaving a cake I made too close to the edge of the table when I have tall dogs!

Before:

After:

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Sleeping Pup

Now I wish this could be a Wordless Wednesday but I feel as this is my first one I must explain...

I have a friend from Angry Julie Monday who has Wordless Wednesday. She posts a picture instead of a whole blog post. I love this thought and I am going to try and do this as well. So this is my first one...next week it will be Wordless!

Kindle App

Happy # 4

The Amazon Kindle App for the iPhone

I love reading but I don't have a lot of time or money for books. I used to be in my car twice as much as I am now so audio books were nice but it just isn't the same as getting to read the book myself. As much as I love turning the pages of a book, holding it in my hand and feeling that satisfaction as I look to see how far I had read, I put the Kindle app on my phone. For Christmas my mom got a Kindle. She loves it. The first book she bought for it was Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. This is a book that I was also interested in reading so I thought since the app was free for my phone all I had to do was go in and download the already paid for book to my phone.

Well I am so glad that it works that way. I am able to read the book whenever I have some free time and because I am not carrying a book or anything extra it is VERY convenient!

Thanks Mom for letting me sponge off your amazon account! Oh and so far I am halfway through the book and it's sooooo good!!!