In response to Peter's concern...

Peter commented with immense concern over my bookcase organizing system, by color. You can read the comment on that post, which I think is two entries down. There he writes that organizing by color is "barbaric" and wonders how on earth I can find any books at all and ever.

Peter, calm yourself. Let me quiet your fears by explaining.

I am a Literature major, therefore I love books. I have purchased hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of books in my lifetime. If I were to keep them all around, my whole apartment would be a library. So I only keep books around that I like, and since I've read them a couple times, I tend to know the colors of them, and usually search for them by color because who on earth has time to organize alphabetically?

For example, a sampling of my books, and, without looking, their colors:

• The Undomestic Goddess - Yellow
• Calico Palace - White
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Blue
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Green
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Orangish
  
• The Holy Temple - White
• The Five Love Languages - Purple
• Dictionary - one Red, one Blue
• Harry Potter books in French - Black
• The Secret Garden - Green

Is everyone feeling a little more peaceful about my decision? ;-)

I <3 <3 <3 Fried Zucchini

I made my fried zucchini last night!!! It was so yummy! I dip them in Ranch dressing... Divine.

The recipe is as follows (found on Cooks.com):


FRIED ZUCCHINI

3-4 lg. zucchini
3 c. flavored bread crumbs
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 c. grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper
Oil - vegetable for frying
2 eggs
1/8 c. milk

Wash (do not peel) zucchini. Slice in circles or lengthwise approximately 1/4 inch thick. Beat eggs and milk together in bowl. Dip zucchini in egg mixture, add crushed garlic, cheese, salt, and pepper to bread crumbs in large bowl. After egg mixture dip zucchini in bread crumb mixture coating both sides well. In large frying pan, place oil and fry zucchini until golden brown. Lay on paper towels to absorb oil.

Recipe for Deliciousness (Fried Zucchini) + Goal Update

I love the internet. So much free information, and so easy to find. So I guess I also love google.

Driving home after an EXTREMELY LONG day during which I was increasingly tired and grumpy, I had a sudden urge to sit on the couch and eat fried zucchini, which is one of my all time favorite comfort foods.

We just happen to have one in the fridge, so I googled a recipe and came up with one from Cooks.com (which I think is also the place I found out how to make chocolate waffle syrup).

Goal Update

Since Krystle is adorable and has started her own goal list, I thought I'd give you an update on my own progress.

First of all, there are two new list items:

8. Read 22 books (one for each year I've been alive... I swiped this idea from a friend)
9. Learn to play piano

I have been doing pretty good at my blogging goal (6) and have made more of an effort to take a camera with me so I can practice taking photos (1). I'm working on making some neat envelopes (7) in which to send mail. The other goals... not so much. Except that I am practicing my sewing. Hooray!

Also, I think I have read about 4 books already. I will try to think of which ones.

Games

It has been a busy, crazy, exhausting week. It seemed like everything that could go wrong did, and I have to say I am happy to be able to start a new week. Hooray for the weekend.

My brother Tyler came down to visit Friday night, so we hung out with him at Balboa Park and chatted at home until he hopped on the train Saturday afternoon. Then I went to the temple, which was lovely, and Steve did the shopping (sooo sweet of him, he has pretty much taken over the groceries now), and we invited the Sorenson's over. We (ok, Steve) cooked them hamburgers--including grilled pineapple for the burgers, which is DELICIOUS--and they brought over some games so we played after dinner.

The Sorenson's always have really cool, unique games (like Allana!!!), so they have become our source for finding new ones. Last night we played a game called "BANG!" which is Italian, but they have also introduced us to Carcasonne (we've already bought this one, plus an expansion for it), St. Petersburg, and Bonanza, which I think are German. They are here (except I couldn't find Bonanza... I might have spelled it wrong):

Steve and I woke up late this morning and then just lazed around reading books. It was supremely nice. Now its time for church, and then of course Waffle Night. :-)

Couple Dating

Just a thought...

Making friends as a couple is a lot like dating, only you both have to like both the other people. Sometimes you luck out and two of your friends start dating or get married. Other times, its just plain difficult.

Seriously, we get so excited/nervous about new couple friends that we dress up to go on a double date, we get nervous "asking them out," we even worry if we are being broken up with. Seriously. You'd think that kind of thing would end once you got married.

:-)

On a tired note, thank goodness for Fridays. I'm exhausted.