Learning to Cook

I really like the idea of cooking. Food is great, and cooking is fun, plus it is an important life skill. The problem is, I never do it. And, since I've started Pinterest-ing, I've found even more recipes that I want to make! Gah!

Source: http://cookinginstilettos.com/2009/08/09/julieandjulia/

 I really want to come up with some cooking challenge type thing that will help me improve my cooking abilities and keep me accountable. I don't need to be the next Julia Child or anything even remotely close to that. These meals will not be gourmet, but they also will not come straight out of the freezer. At one point I was going to make dinner for my family once a week... that lasted about two weeks. My current thought is that maybe my goal will be to will make a recipe (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert, whatever) once a week. Unless I have a realllly good excuse not to do it one week. But it would have to be at least twice a month.

I think this would be realistic and allow for lots of freedom while still challenging me. What do you think? Also, if you have any delicious (and fairly easy) recipes to recommend, send them my way!

Talent Show

In case you didn't know already, people are really talented. It's so cool to see some of the things that different people are able to do! Seriously. It blows my mind.

Here are some super cool and gifted people I've discovered within the last week or so that I think you should know about too!

1) Jenny & Tyler.
Jenny & Tyler are a married couple who love Jesus and have a band. They are fantastic musicians, and their lyrics are pure truth. Check them out at jennyandtylermusic.com. If you like what you hear, sign up for their email list and get some songs for free! P.S. If you live in or near Newberg, they're gonna be performing at George Fox in a couple weeks.

2) Blimey Cow
Two brothers, Jordan and Josh, make funny (yet so true!) youtube videos. And there's a new one every week, so if you become obsessed with them and watch all of them in a day, no worries. There's more to come :)



If you like this one, I strongly suggest that you go watch some of their other ones on youtube! If you don't like it... well... God likes people with bad senses of humor too. :)

What great talents have you recently discovered?

Decisions, decisions

People say that your senior year of high school goes by fast... and they are right. Seriously, there's only one more week left of this semester. I am halfway through my last year of high school! It's actually a really unbelievable, overwhelming, and yet exciting feeling.

In August, I'll be heading off to college. Where... I'm not sure yet. I have applied to and been accepted to two great schools. It's not too long until I have to commit to one of them. The thing is, decision-making is not my strong suit. Actually, I kind of hate making decisions. It's hard, and scary, and I don't want to make a mistake!

The problem I'm having is that these schools are really similar, and I think I would do well at either one of them. One of them is quite a bit more expensive than the other... but that one is also much closer to home.

If you wouldn't mind taking a second to pray for me, that I would make the right decision, I would be really grateful. Also, if you have any advice about choosing a college, please let me know!

Thank you so much! :)