This Week

I wasn't sure how often I'd feel like updating this, the xanga gets every few months if that... but I'm back, and it's been less than a week so I'll call that a good thing. Still not too sure what I want to write about, but I guess just things that happened this week.

Chad and I bought a ps3 game that was something I would hopefully like, little big planet, and so far.. so good. I'm awful at it, but the characters are cute so I have fun.. we only played maybe half an hour, but I think it will be fun for us after we figure it out a little better. Definitely a better spent time than me trying to learn Madden, or black ops, which really don't interest me at all...

Speaking of electronics/technology things... Chad bought a HUGE new tv. It makes me want cable, but aside from that it's still just a tv to me. A slight annoyance, because it's too big for our old entertainment center, so that and the old tv moved into our bedroom, right in the way of the dresser. We both always have something we'd rather do than rearrange it all.. it's all heavy stuff so it's going to be a lot of work. but I think the bedroom will look really nice after we have everything moved around. Just in time to move back to Kansas City in a few months, haha.

I've been a bit lazy with cooking this week, even after a normal trip to the grocery store for more things than what I wanted at that moment alone (bad habit, I know). I tried to expand upon my ingredients norm, and have a few new recipes to try.. so I'm kind of excited about that. Sausage and cabbage, though I havent found a very good recipe for what I'm trying to make, but I'll figure something out, I hope! I have a feeling that will be a garlic-y recipe (Chad's favorite...It's really hard cooking for someone who thinks the presence of garlic in a meal will poison him, but we are both working through that!) Also going to try a green bean-bacon-cheesey casserole I saw on picky-palate, a recipe that combines all of my favorite things! I'll let you all know how that goes.

I made fried chicken breast the other night, which turned out really well. I saw on man v. food a while back a place that mixes hot sauce with the egg they used to bread the chicken, I gave it a try and was pleased with how it turned out! A little bit more flavor, and I want to say more moisture but I might be wrong about that, haha. I made green beans with onions as a side, which is a stand by for me, that I didn't realize I could mess up.. they tasted kind of funky for some reason, I think maybe it was the brand of canned green beans I used.. (wal-mart brand, I might be a snob) The boyfriend and his friend enjoyed though, and I had no left overs. I finished this meal with mashed potatoes and gravy.. Another thing I'm not proud of this time. I should have let the potatoes cook a little longer, and I never have luck with gravy, any suggestions? Not my most successful recipe, but it got ate, and didn't kill us so I'm not too upset.

Today I got off work early, so  I had time to come home and make an early dinner before chad went to work. I did a Chicken Tortilla soup type of recipe, which turned out pretty well, though not exactly the flavor I was going for. Not sure what was missing, I'll have to compare some online recipes and see what was different from my free handing it.. I cooked the chicken in broth with some cayenne pepper added, so that was basically the base, and I warmed all my vegetables (today it was onion, pinto beans, corn, and a can of rotel..) in a skillet before adding them to the soup, though I guess that could have been all together, oh well, I'm learning! I cut up some flour tortillas and fried them in veg. oil to put on top of the soup. This turned out okay, I think smaller pieces might have been better, but they were yummy once they soaked up some broth!

I think this is all I have for today, suprisingly, a lot.. I'll try to have more to say soon!

new

So I started a new blog, I guess. A first blog, maybe? Not sure if the xanga I've had for 8 years counts as a blog... anyway.

I feel somewhat inspired about life as of lately, and that always makes me want to write. I'm going to start doing more with my life so I have something to write about. That's the plan, at least. I think I'm going to start with a lot of cooking stuff, because that's my interest lately, and something I think I can talk about without complaining so much, which is basically all I've used my xanga for, for the past couple years, at least. So--new start. Exciting!

So today I had dinner with Jeinny, hadn't seen her in months and months, which is crazy since she's the friend who lives closest to me, basically walking distance I think. It's crazy how different our lives have became.. but I'm glad we still find a way to have an interest in each other, if only because it's so different from our norm. Now I'm waiting for my sweet boyfriend to get home from work, I should probably walk Monty, or do the dishes, or make a load of laundry, but I just downloaded coloroid on my phone and I'm semi addicted.. I'll start cleaning soon.. :P I just stopped typing this to play a level... crap. haha.

Okay, I think that's all I have for today--I promise to be back at some point, soon!, with something more interesting. I also promise to keep it positive on this site. I think it's something I need.