Busy Times

I have been busy. I had a birthday. We played pool. I lost but we had fun.That is me drinking a chocolate stout. It was good. I also planted some soybeans with some help from M.

They are growing up so fast. The next one is for J.Y. I hope this makes you proud.

I made this cherry cobbler in the slow cooker. It was lovely. It was pretty simple. Dump in some fruit. Add some thick cake batter on top. Turn on the slow cooker. I went with cherry for fruit and nibs in the cake portion to give it that little something extra. I also decided to not add any sugar to the cake and let the fruit do its thing. I think it turned out pretty well for a 5 minute dessert.

Icebox Pot Pie (Solution for a Full Freezer)

If you have a full freezer and need to make room for things, make a pot pie. My freezer was full and I needed to rotate through some frozen vegetables. I made an icebox pot pie.

Icebox Pot Pie
Some chicken-I had leg meat
Some vegatebles-I had soup medley and green beans
Some gravy-broth or whatever you have in the cupboard.
Topping- 1c. milk, flour, some butter, 1.5t baking powder, salt
Add your favorite spices-I used poultry seasoning, parsley, cayenne pepper, and paprika (also trying to use some older spices).

Bake at 350 until golden and bubbly. Around 45 minutes to a hour. Enjoy!!

If you want to go the even easier route then you can use Bisquick. Just watch the trans fats. Regular bisquick has quite a bit.

Spoiled by God

I suppose that you could use the word blessed rather than spoiled. I chose spoiled because I feel that it better reflects how unworthy I am. I have been chatting with friends lately and this topic has repeatedly been discussed. I screw up and make mistakes all the time. The thing is, most of the time I have not had to suffer the full consequences of my actions. For example, I let an experiment stay up in the air for too long and almost completely lost it. The key word there is almost and it appears that everything is going to work out. That scenario is the story of my life. You could try to just explain these things as life lessons and completely omit God. For me personally, I think that would be committing a serious error because God has used these times to remind me of the fact that I do need Him and I can't do it all on my own. My life here on earth will never be perfect but my Savior is.

I also feel blessed in that my father made it through his medical issues and is still here with us today. I really do feel that every day with him is a gift from God. Add to that all of the wonderful people that share their lives with me and I am one lucky lady.

I have been thinking about these things as my birthday approaches. My birthday typically is a time where I focus on failed hopes, disappointments, and unreached expectations. I know that sounds horrible but I really don't like my birthday. According to a popular study, I will get over that in my 40's but I am not sure that I can wait that long. So my goal is to focus on my blessings and not things such as, umm, the fact that I am still in school.

Rock Band Rock Star

So after playing Guitar Hero a few times I decided that I really liked the game and I was ready to try Rock Band. I played it with a friend last week and I might be in love. The guitar was fun but then I tried the drums. It was awesome!! I dabbled with the quads in high school so I was used to the format. I did feel bad because as I was getting in to the songs I started pounding on the drum set. I hope that I didn't break it.

Does anyone else think that the Rock Band levels are easier than the Guitar Hero levels?