1 down... 4 to go.

Well I took my first exam today... Psychology of Gender. It wasn't too bad, but it wasn't cumulative and the material wasn't excruciating.

Next up: Sports Ethics Monday, Sensation & Perception Tuesday (really NOT looking forward to this one), Accounting Thursday, and Philosophy Friday.

I realized the other day that this will be first first final exam in Accounting ever. In high school I exempted both Acct 1 & 2. And the professor I had for ACCT 203 & 204 allowed you to exempt if you had an A. This is very rare in college, and I was lucky. I guess it's good though that this is my first final (ironically my next to last exam ever). The problem is... I'm not sure how to study for it. Ugh.

Happy Earth Day

Well today is Earth Day, I've never really done anything for Earth day that I can remember. Maybe in elementary school we planted trees? When did I plant "Angel Oak"?

Anyways, I figured maybe I'd start to try to recycle more. And by more I mean actually starting. I don't know why we don't... but it's easy enough to put the cans and bottles in a separate bin and put it out every other Monday.

Something else I struggle with is the plastic bag issue. I wouldn't mind bringing my own canvas bags to the store. I understand that plastic bags take up room in the land fill and create a lot of gasses and whatnot to produce. But then what would I put in my little trash cans? I figure that's recycling, right? So I'll continue to get plastic bags as long as they are offered. Until they take over the house like they tend to do.


PS, Steven has a third in-person interview/test/observe what the other customer service analysts do on Friday. Woo hoo!!!

Fingers crossed!

Well tomorrow is Steven's second interview with Blackbaud for the customer support analyst position. It's another phone interview, this time with the hiring manager. I think it'll go well, but I'm sure he'll be nervous.

Think good thoughts around 10:30 am.

My First Plane Trip

As I was loading pictures from my camera onto my computer I realized I hadn't posted pictures from San Diego. I'm slipping!

This was my first plane trip and while I was a little nervous, I was also excited. I had always wanted to fly and even though I heard it can be a hassle, I also heard it can be fun. I wouldn't quite describe it as fun as I would uneventful... in a good way!

This is Mama and me on the plane in Charleston. It's hard to tell but we had enjoyed a big glass of wine just before boarding. I wasn't too nervous at this point, but I think what helped was knowing I got to see Connie and Alexis at the end of the trip. And the wine.

I really like this picture. This is somewhere near Atlanta. We were really high up there!

Alexis sucking her left thumb. We woke her up a little earlier than she's used to. Whoops. What can I say, we were on Charleston time.

I love this video, it's Alexis doing her low crawl.

This is the view near Connie and Josh's apartment. Look at those mountains! It really is beautiful out there.

More mountain views on "the 5". I don't think I could get used to that. I just don't see myself saying, "yeah and then you get on the 26 and go x miles until you get to exit whatever."

This is downtown San Diego, as seen from the tram. That is a fun excursion because you go all around the city and they tell you neat facts. You can get off on any stops and just hop on the next tram. We did this in St. Augustine and really enjoyed it. The bad thing is that we didn't have enough time to do or see a lot since we were only there 1 full day. I guess we'll have to go back.

This is the front of the San Diego Zoo. We didn't go in, but it is a stop on the tram. I thought this tree republican was so cute! Mama said, "oh take a picture for Jackie!" So here you go, Jackie Wacky!

Alexis having fun on the plane going back to Charleston. She does travel well and only got sort of fussy a few times.

The bad thing about the trip was actually a good thing to experience. Our flight was delayed leaving San Diego, but the flight from Atlanta was not. We got there with maybe 10 minutes to board. Oh did I mention we had to go from gate A to gate B? Gah!

The guy was slow getting the stroller to us. He was very apologetic which was nice, but it didn't stop the plane from leaving. Even the flight attendents from our flight missed the connecting flight to Charleston.

Luckily there was another flight... at 7:15... 3 hours later. We actually boarded around 7:45 and sat.. and sat.. and sat. Then a flight attendent came on the overhead saying they couldn't find the pilot. Seriously?! Isn't he the first one on? I mean really. So 45 minutes later we were off and got home close to 11 pm. We should have been home close to 5 pm.

Oh well, I experienced just about all the things that can go wrong in one fail swoop so next time I'll know.

All in all it was a good trip and I'm glad I went. Steven is ready to fly somewhere too. Maybe to Los Angeles when the Mariner moves?

Show plug: Barefoot Contessa

Barefoot Contessa on Food Network stars Ina Garten cooking for her friends and family. Connie and I tend to snark that her friends must be lazy because she's always hosting. But really, it is her show.

The thing I like about the show is that you can tell Ina really loves to cook and spend time making a wonderful meal for those she loves. That's how I feel too.

At first some of the things she makes seemed complicated, but when I want to put in the effort to make a great meal, her recipes are great. With that in mind I'm still a fan of Hamburger Helper and all-in-a-box meals, but you know what I mean.

Ina makes some awesome cakes, pies, and tarts. And what I like is she gets flour all over her kitchen. I don't like shows that don't get kind of messy because, well.. cooking can get messy. I mostly watch for her desserts, but there are some other dishes that look good. For example, Chicken with Forty Cloves of Garlic.

Thirsty Thursday

A drink I like to get when I'm out is the Seabreeze. It's very good and cheap because it's vodka, grapefruit juice and cranberry juice. If you want something sweeter a Baybreeze is the same, but with pineapple juice instead of grapefruit juice. I haven't tried it, but it sounds tasty.

I actually started to get that because during Jackie's company Christmas party we planned to go out to shoot pool. I told Erich I didn't know what drink to order since I don't drink beer. He said, "get a seabreeze... it's good and cheap". lol. So I did... and he was right!

I want to learn to bake too...

Not only am I wanting to learn to cook better, I also want to learn how to bake. Cooking and baking are two totally different animals.

With cooking it can be okay if you don't follow the recipe exactly or add more or less of something (with some exceptions like rice, it has to be 2:1 ratio no ifs, ands, or buts). With baking, if it calls for 1/4 teaspoon baking powder you better add 1/4 t... not 1/2 or 1/8. It is exact.

A few weeks ago Steven and I made cookies from scratch. They were very good.. and fun! I also want to learn how to bake a cake and make frosting from scratch. I'm sure it's not very hard. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with box mixes, but I'd like to try and make a cake myself.


So I'll get out my mixing bowl... but where did I put the measuring cup?



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