Well, we've lived in our little apartment home for almost 10 months now, and I thought it was time for some greenery. I this article in Better Homes & Gardens, and I thought I'd give it a shot. I planted this little maidenhair fern in a hurricane, and it came out really pretty. The gravel at the base is to let the plant drain. Pretty?
I went to the bookstore the other day and felt like a hungry person in a grocery store. I wanted to buy everything. I'm dying for something good to read. I finally had to force myself to leave because I knew I was going to buy something just for the sake of having a book, and it would have subsequently disappointed me for sure.
Graduation is coming this weekend. I'm excited to see my family, and Steve's family is pulling an all-nighter to drive down after his sister Jessie's graduation the day before. It will be so fun to see them. We get to see my family a lot but the Waltons live a lot further away.
I'm trying to get things in order. Like our whole life. Steve will be starting med school applications after finals, so I'm on the look out for anything that will help him get in. Tips, tricks, scholarship opportunities, everything. I think I'm beginning to understand what being a mom must be like. I'm learning to juggle things, but also to prioritize. I want to do anything I can to support Steve, because I'm so proud of him for working so hard and taking such big steps. He's so brave.
Yesterday was both my Dad's and Steve's brother Kevin's birthday. I am still in the process of making my Dad's gift, so I'll post pictures of that later. Steve and I made a music video for Kevin's birthday, using a song he really likes called "Snails" by The Format. So here it is for your enjoyment:
Sooo... what's up with me? Well I recently joined a neat little website called goodreads.com (click there and you can add yourself as my friend and join me!) which is fantastic. You basically review books and see what your friends are reading & etc. Very neat, especially for a bibliophile like myself. Steve got on it too, but so far all he's done is rated all the books he was forced to read in high school as 1 star. He makes me giggle. I love that husband.
What else? I baked!!!! And I mean SUCCESSFULLY!!! Last time I tried to bake something, I messed up the breadmaker and it just baked a pile of ingredients without mixing them. AT ALL. Like so:
So I'm pretty proud that I found a recipe and actually baked these beautiful cinnamon rolls!
Check out the hi-tech cup-turned-rolling-pin I'm using!
Cut the long roll into mini-rolls using floss (you're supposed to!) and then placed them gently into their 8" pan.
Mmmm. Ready to bake. The brown sugar + butter on the bottom of the pan caramelizes deliciously.
