Steak, Eggs, Mini-Eggs, and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies.

For lack of exciting subjects to put on this post, I just put a list of the things I ate yesterday. I have always picked on my mom and older people about this because often times their conversations seem to be about what or where they ate. Funny. I had some great fried eggs for breakfast yesterday. I didn't eat lunch, or maybe I did but I can't remember. Then for dinner I grilled some steak for my librarian friend. It was sure good. Throughout the day, I had Cadbury Mini-Eggs as well and at about eight p.m. I decided to bake pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. They are fantastic. Thanks to Anne for giving me her wonderful recipe.

Have you ever noticed that recipe is a funny word? I just tried to type it with two Es at the end but that is wrong even though when you say the word it sounds correct to spell it with two Es. This could become a random post, if you haven't noticed already. I really don't have much to tell you. The weather is changing though. It is supposed to rain here the next few days. I think a few of my friends are worried that it is going to snow, but I have heard it is only supposed to rain. I am okay with rain. I like it. It reminds me of home. It also brings pretty flowers. My little crocuses have started to bloom. I guess it is truly spring. I love those flowers. They are kind of metaphoric, seeing they blossom where my dirty neighbors live. It is as if they spring up through the trash that surrounds them. I guess this can happen for people too, if they decided to change their situation. I think trashy behavior breeds trashy behavior and if people don't realize that the way they were raised is not quite normal they too will just be the same. But if they decided to rise above their circumstances, they can bloom through the trash. Nice huh?

I am almost to the point of being tired of Kelly Clarkson's new CD. I love this CD, by the way. If you want to have a good CD, buy it. I think I will review it on here one day. I listen to it all the time: in my car, on walks, while cooking, and while cleaning. It is good for all things! :)

Ok. I will quit the randomness. Have a great day. Bloom where you are planted.

Happy Friday!

Well, I have made it to another Friday. I like Fridays. Today is the end of the term. I was at school until after seven last night trying to get caught up. Go me! I figured if I got caught up, finalizing grades would go a bit faster on Monday!

We don't have kids on Monday either so that always makes it feel like a three-day weekend. Meetings aren't my favorite but at least I don't have to be prepared for teaching!

Not much else has been going on. The weather has been great. I have gotten out and played catch a few times. I look forward to some fun weekend walks as well!

Enjoy the Friday; I know I will!

I hope you like the pic too. Some of my co-workers put that together for my birthday. I always thought I would be a professional basketball player! :)

The First Slurpee of the Year!

I play tennis with a friend from work frequently. When we do play tennis, we always go to get Slurpees from Seven-Eleven after we play. Today was officially the first Slurpee of the season. That is a big deal. Playing tennis in shorts and a t-shirt in the sun just felt so good. I am enjoying the warm weather, even though I am being a realist and think it will probably get cold again.

Have you seen the Geico commercial with the stack of money that has eyeballs on top of it? Supposedly this is the money you would save by switching to Geico. Anyway, this got me thinking about how I have this pair of jeans in my closet that just keeps staring and vexing me. Basically, these are the pants I could wear if I would lose ten pounds. I really think that those jeans are just about as annoying as that stack of money! :)

Good, quick day. Tomorrow the NCAA Basketball starts. I am so excited. I love March Madness.

Happy Birthday Bro!

Today is my brother, Erich's birthday. He is quite amazing. I have always looked up to him and hope he knows how much I love him.

Sorry for not writing much the past week. I guess there hasn't been a whole lot going on.

I did have a good lunch with a good friend on Saturday. I then got to see Alisha, who lives in Logan. That girl sure makes me laugh. I think people think we are pretty crazy whenever we are together because we giggle and giggle and giggle.

Crazy that March is going so fast. Also crazy that the third term ends this Friday at school. Whoa, time is flying. I really need to get caught up on grades. Good thing I have laundry to do. I seem to get lots done while at the laundromat.

Well, I am off to school. It is supposed to be 65 degrees today. I am planning a bike ride in the canyon. Exciting!

Highlights

Sometimes there aren't really any big things that happen throughout the day. Sometimes there are just highlights. I had two such highlights today.

The first highlight was having a catch with my new baseball glove(Thanks MOM!) and another one of the teachers, Tom, from my school. We had a blast just playing catch and talking for about an hour. It is very comforting to know that there are good guys out there and it is also good to just have a chat with a good man sometimes. I also was very glad to be breaking in my new glove. I am pretty excited about it.

The second highlight was getting a call from my friend, Melanie, and then being able to go and visit with her. She is a good friend and helped give me a little perspective on something I have been a little pensive about lately. It is great to have good friends. What would we do if we had to just wander this world aimlessly alone? It was also nice to visit with Melanie's little 7-month old, Mable. Man those kids grow fast, don't they?

Well, other than the highlights, it was just the same old same ol'.