January 2012
14 posts
The Difference (in which I bore you to tears)
A friend asked me about the differences between Art History graduate studies and Elementary Ed graduate studies.
Ha.
Let me clear my schedule. I’m going to have to take off work to answer this appropriately. Are you sure you have time? Go ahead and tell your husband to pick up pizza on his way home. Are those your comfortable pants from college with the elastic waistband? You might want to...
Good And Good-For-You
I’ve been kind of obsessing about the whole job hunt thing lately. One second I’m doing fine, taking care of paying bills and packing lunch like a normal person, and the next thing I know I’m watching youtube videos about a charter school in downtown Philadelphia. (No, I’m not moving to Philadelphia right now or anywhere outside of Arkansas, cool your jets). But still.
I...
Can I Just Say...
You guys are incredibly ambitious when it comes to preparing desserts contained in cute things.
And I love all of you for it.
More Cake/Pie Wedding Thoughts:
Stacey texted me to say:
Ridiculous idea for your (friend’s) wedding pie baking: glass jars. All the rage.
Yes. Pie-in-a-jar is a total raging thing right now, like bunting, striped drinking straws and diy bouquets made of vintage brooches (don’t think I don’t know my wedding blogs). But the pie-in-a-jar thing is something I can totally get behind. Stacey pointed out that I...
Things I Wish I Could Catch Up On (TV Ed.)
*And by catch up, I mean actually watch.
Downton Abbey
Parenthood
30 Rock (when season commences)
Parks and Recreation (see above)
The rest of Felicity (Ben or Noel, I need to know this.)
Game of Thrones (curious, that’s all)
…and yet I’m reading books. See what you did, MOM?! All your fault.
Anything I need to add to the list?
New Year's
The weekend. Oh. The. Weekend. Last week as parents picked up their babies, several asked politely, “Plans for New Year’s?”
“Yep. Flight to Pittsburgh.”
“Cool! To do what?”
“To visit my… um… someone.” (because there are no terms that are appropriate.)
So I went to see Tyler and at the last moment, stars aligned and he needed to...
Tuesday Night
I had a rough day today. The kind of day that reminds me that I really should look up someone in the LR area who would like their mortgage to be paid by listening to me talk about perfectionism.
But until I can make those phone calls, I decided to bake quiche, paint my nails purple and wasted time catching up on my Google Reader (guilt-free). Oh, and finish that trilogy I started on Friday.
That...
This Ranks Right Up There
Today I ate a peppercorn-crusted dry aged wagyu burger with aged gruyere cheese, toasted shallot aioli, brandied peppercorns, caramelized onion marmalade, jalapenos and bacon. There was some truffled gorgonzola fries action, too.
It was magical.
The End.
ps. Thank you, Pittsburgh, for the five pounds I gain every time I visit.
December 2011
25 posts
Things My Eyebrow Guru Says:
“Has it been more than two weeks since you came to see me last? Because your eyebrows are a lot bushier than before.”
“Hold this mirror. You see this? Your eyebrows are uneven. Who did that? Don’t go to her anymore.”
“Does it hurt? You’re crying.”
“Did you tweeze a few hairs on your own? You shouldn’t.”
“Oh my god your...
Cake (Pie) Questions:
I’m thinking maybe pies would be fun to do for Faith and Jeff’s wedding (along with cupcakes). Faith is from Wisconsin so I’m thinking one pie could be an apple pie with a Wisconsin cheddar cheese crust.. wouldn’t that be kinda fun? Or at least I could play around with that idea. But here are questions that I have:
-Are pies more cost efficient than cake? I read that...
From the Trenches: (Gross x 1,000,000)
Ever wonder what it’s like to work at a daycare?
Yeah, me neither. Until they offered great pay and all my nights and weekends free to watch How I Met Your Mother on Netflix, I mean, go to grad classes.
Things are pretty calm around here. Much calmer than you’d think. There is some crying and some sleep training and oh my good lord, the teething. THE TEETHING! But that’s just...
My Father's Favorite Holiday Joke:
Q: What are Santa Clause’s children called?
A: Subordinate clauses.
You’re welcome.
WatchFamily Christmas: Danny, the exchange student, teaches Kimble the Finnish word for jump- yppy
Staying Put
I haven’t even been here four months and lots of people ask me, “Are you going to stay here in Akansas?”
Maybe…?
I’m going to teach here for a while.There are amazing teaching opportunities here (public, private, charter) that very few cities in the south can boast about. Once I get involved with a school I will be very committed to it and the families there.
...
Zero to Insane in 20 Seconds
Me: I think I misplaced a pacifier clip for one of the babies. As in lost it. Can’t find it.
Roommate: Is that a big deal?
Me: Um, not sure. But I do feel pretty bad about it.
Roommate: Did the parent seem mad about it?
Me: No. She said she had others at home.
Roommate: Then why are you worried about it?
Me: I don’t know but I just googled around and found it for $10 on Amazon....
10 Points for Little Rock
I just looked out my window and everything is covered in white. That never happened in Tampa.
I guess I liked snow more than I thought.
Cake Update:
Faith said I could bake/make whatever for her wedding: cake, pie, cupcakes, anything.
When I asked her what she wanted things to look like, she said I could make a cake in the shape of my own body and she would be okay with that.
And that is why she is my kind of people.
Ya’ll….a cake sculpted in the shape of my own body at someone else’s wedding? DONE.
In the Works
I have volunteered my baking services for a friend’s wedding. Cakes, cupcakes, pie, marshmallows, whatevs homegirl wants. I’m making it.
So excited.
Ridiculously excited.
Because there will have to be tastings.You know… I would hate to make something that wasn’t thoroughly tested.
I am lazy, therefore I craft not.
As an adult, there are a million things that I think back on from childhood and realize how absolutely bizarre the experience was. Everyone does this. In sixth grade, a squirrel ran loose in the school hallways. The problem was quickly taken care of when the principal took the shotgun out from his office and shot it. In the school hallway. HAD A GUN IN HIS OFFICE.
And somehow that wasn’t...
Why I should write for magazines:
You know how magazines and tv shows have the whole daywear-to-nightwear transition thing down pat? Yeah, I’d love to see that feature when the “daywear” involves a daycare worker and poop. I imagine it would go something like this…
…”and then you simply slip off your fake uggs and slide into a nice wedge. You can totally dress up that hoodie by
Throwing on a...
November 2011
22 posts
Visitor in My New City
Tyler and I have a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy. If you don’t ask us what the heck is going on with us, we don’t have to tell you an answer. Which is good, because we don’t have one.
With that being said, we had a fantastic weekend. Tyler flew in to explore Little Rock with me which meant that we ate at every favorite place in town and then some. Because that’s...
Let's be honest: No one actually has a lot of...
It’s starting to really feel like I work full time and go to school full time. At the same time. All the time. Time time time. Can I say time again? TIME.
I am incredibly fortunate that my job right now is to feed squishy babies and then not take them home (the best part of my job, I might add). Not taking work home really helps with the amount of work I have for graduate stuff. I know a...
Thought:
Never underestimate a baby’s ability to make abstract art out of their own spit-up.
