What I do here when I need something to do

Rarely does my life demand that I fill empty time.  However, I have recently begun to think about my original reason for bringing life to this blog, and that was to inform those friends and family of what goes on in my life.  Whether you live far away, or whether you live nearby but Western Seminary has robbed you of our friendship,  hopefully this blog helps fill you in on my life, my wonderings, and presents you with the opportunity to embark on my journey.  The reason I say this is because much of my time is required to be in front of a computer, and due to boredom, I frequently have time to moderate my cyber life.  Don’t be afraid of the word cyber, it’s really a fine word.

Every few months, I come upon some solid gold pictures in Reid’s cell phone.  See, when I have the option, I take pictures with Reid’s phone, an iPhone4, because the camera is far superior to my 3G.  But, I don’t believe he ever uploads his photos, so they sit around on his phone until I discover them and send them to myself.  Here is my recent discovery, a dinner out in Puerto Vallarta over the holidays with the Volk side of the family.

Sorry for the poor quality, I think I failed at transferring this file.

A favorite lately: cooking.  I’m not even sure its the process, just the fact that within one day, I can create something so fabulous that multiple people can enjoy.  My friend Julie and I (Mom, you remember Julie, who went wedding dress shopping with us) decided to conquer donuts.  Ok, we didn’t necessarily conquer them.  In fact, it was the donuts that conquered us.  We didn’t have a candy thermometer so keeping the oil the correct temperature was a total fail.  That failure resulted in 8 beautiful donuts with thick dough in the middle, and dark brown (just about burnt) donut holes.  Blech.

After this realization (about 80% of the way through our dough), we worked harder on adjusting the temperature of our oil, and were able to produce a large handful of cinnamon and sugar donut holes.  Observe.

Fairly Scrumptious

Hanging out with Julie is always a thoroughly enjoyable experience, and fairly intimidating in the kitchen considering she is going to cooking school, or whatever you call it.  I must say I was only moderately satisfied with our first efforts at donut creation.

 

Well, I must get back to my class.  It appears we are talking about something important.  Although, I am supposed to be working on my paper thats due today.  Bah.

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