Oatmeal Raisin Cookies :) Theme Four

I recently just moved into my first apartment and I absolutely love it. I love being able to do whatever I want, when I want, and how I want. I can definitely get used to this freedom thing. Last night I decided I would make my first batch of chocolate chip cookies all by myself. Being a poor college student, I didn’t want to make them from scratch so I just ran to the store to pick up a mix. As I started I couldn’t stop smiling because I was doing it all by myself and I also couldn’t wait to eat them. After baking for 20 minutes because I don’t have a timer and lost track of time. I burnt my cookies to a crisp. Being depressed by failing, I ran back to the store and just bought Oreo cookies.

I just recently moved into my very first apartment. I have fallen in love with the fact that I can do whatever I want, when I want, and how I want. I can leave my towels on the floor, come home however late, and eat cake for breakfast if I want. This freedom thing I can definitely get used to. Last night I decided to live on the edge. I was going to attempt to make my first batch of oatmeal raisin cookies, all by myself, to break in the new oven. After looking through my pantry I realized I had absolutely none of the required ingredients. So I walked down the street to the local convenient store. The prices were outrageous! $4.00 for vegetable oil? Really? Being a poor college student, I decided to settle for the Betty Crocker cookie mix instead. I ran home and got straight to work. I preheated my oven to 375 degrees, dumped the cookie mix in the bowl, and added 1 egg and a stick of butter. I was almost done and I my mouth was watering. I may have eaten a couple of bites of the dough…I mean I had to check to see if they tasted right. I quickly greased my pan, shoved them in the hot oven and waited. I watched the clock, anticipating the buzzer to go off. The cookies finally were done! Although the fact that they were not made from scratch, they tasted delicious.

I recently moved into my very first apartment. So far I have been experimenting with all the things I can now do. I have so much freedom. I can do whatever I want, when I want, and how I want. I love this feeling. I can throw my dirty clothes on the floor, come home at 4am, or eat rich chocolate cake for breakfast. The other day as I searched my pantry for something to satisfy my sweet tooth, I realized I haven’t yet made any cookies at the apartment. I wanted chunky oatmeal raisin cookies. So I decided I would attempt to bake my own from scratch. I found most of the ingredients throughout my kitchen; the only things I was missing were vanilla extract, raisins, and oats. I quickly walked down the street to Hannaford to grab the remaining ingredients and got into a rut. They only had the raisins and vanilla extract. I was determined to make my oatmeal raisin cookies, so walked back to my apartment, jumped in my car, and drove to danforths. And guess what? All they had for oats was individually packaged oatmeal, which I settled for.

Once I got home, I got straight to work. I preheated my oven to 375 degrees and started throwing in my ingredients. My electric beater decided to break half way thru so I had to mix by hand, which I really didn’t enjoy. By the time I put the cookies in the oven, my kitchen looked like a bomb went off. By the time I got done cleaning my first batch of cookies was done. My oatmeal raisin cookies came out beautifully and tasted amazing. Totally worth the hassle and 10 times better than store bought cookies.

"I said i think i'll go to Boston"- Augustana (Theme 3)

Road trip to Boston

Tiffany: “Hit the road Jack and don’t cha come back”

Me: “no more, no more, no more, no more.”

Starting out our trip to Boston, we sang. We left my parents house moving my sister, Tiffany, down to Boston. I knew before we even left that this trip was going to be one to remember. We didn’t leave till 5 o’clock so we weren’t going to get to Boston till late.

Me: “We need to get gas ASAP!”

Tiffany: “Yup, we can pick up some snacks for the ride also.”

Me: “Arnold Palmers and Charlton Chews are calling my name.”

Tiffany: “ohhhh yaaaa”

Our first stop was On The Run. We definitely stocked up on our junk food. Then we hopped on I-95 south, headed to Boston.

Tiffany: “You can have my heart or we can share it like the last slice”

I love how my sister is completely in love with Drake and knows all his songs. It made for an amusing ride.

Tiffany: “
'Cause baby, you my everything, you all I ever wanted. We can do it real big, bigger than you ever done it.”

Halfway there, we decided to stop for dinner. We thought that since we weren’t going to be seeing each other for a couple of weeks, so we would splurge and go to Olive Garden. The food was so delicious.

Then we had to hit the road. Only a couple more hours till we get there, or so we thought.

Usually it only takes 30 minutes to get thru New Hampshire, but not this trip. We hit the biggest traffic jam ever. We were backed up for over an hour. Although we were at a complete stop on I-95, we made the best of it. We jammed out with the windows down.

Me: “One, two, three, Not only you and me. Got 180 degrees and I'm caught in between.”

Tiffany: “Oh my god!!! I loveee this song!!!” she screamed with excitement.

As we started picking up speed, we noticed in the right lane next to us, a girl rockin’ out to I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry. She was getting right into it…or until she noticed us watching her.

We literally laughed about it the rest of the ride.

Finally we made it into the city.

Tiffany: “No, no, you were supposed to turn left there!”

Me: “SHIT! Now what do I do?!?”

Tiffany: “Take the next left, then turn around, and come back and take it.”

Me: “uhh..okayyyy?”

This was my first time driving in Boston so I was a little nervous. I made a couple wrong turns and cut a couple people off but eventually made it to the new apartment.

R.E.L.A.X :)

can it be? a day were i can relax? YES! Finally!

im completely moved into my new apartment...which i loveeee <3

this morning i was able to sleep in (which was good because it was my first night at the new place and i didn't get much sleep...I was a little scared all by myself.lol)
but since i woke up i have just been laying around watching tv and catching up on homework.
at some point today i do have to go buy groceries so i dont starve to death.

i am excited for tonight because my friend, Tonya, invited ashley& I over for a girls dinner date. im interested to see what she cooks because ashley & I are both very picky eaters.
Dislike-----> onions, any kind of peppers, mushrooms, black&green olives...actually all vegtables except brocalli (steamed only)
its gonna be a little tricky.
good luck Tonya! :)

Cuppycake song

A cute chubby boy singing cuppycake song, watch his eyebrows at the end... PRICELESS!


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My Mac is my Life

So listen. 

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TGIF

Today was another hectic day. I worked til 12. Then came straight home to finish up all the packing.
>As of right now the only thing i need to pack is my furniture. The rest of my life is tightly packed into my car.<

So now all i have to do is finish up some homework. 

Tomorrow will also be a hectic day...I guess my whole life is hectic... so i probably wont have time to bloggg.
Tomorrow is not only my move-in day...but its also the Jason Mraz concert! It should be a pretty eventful day.

Theme Week Two

Well we all survived the new millinum. The world didn’t end like everyone thought it was. To be honest I don’t really remember much this early on in my life but I believe they called it the decade from hell. When mass distraction and social networking took over. Starting off the decade with 2  planes flying into the world trade center isn’t really a positive start. Being only in the 5^th grade I didn’t fully understand the extent of how serious this event was on America. At this point, my life revolved around penny candy, slush puppies and the adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley. The following year, my papa died from ALS. He struggled through a lot his last couple of months, so I had a sense of calmness knowing he wasn’t in pain anymore. I know he influenced my life a lot.

In 2004, Facebook was created! This completely hypnotized the whole human population into talking in IM and entirely washing out the American English Language. Remembering all the abbreviations? I mean really PITA…{Pain in the ass}. During this time, I didn’t really spend my time on Face book…It was mostly just a pastime for bored college students. Labor day weekend 2004 wasn’t a good start to my freshman year in high school. My sister was crushed by the death of her boyfriend, Wayne. This was a devastating year but ultimately brought our family closer. Later that year, at the age of 14, Christmas was one to remember. Christmas is supposed to be about waking up at 4am and opening up 100 gifts in a record time of 5 minutes, BUT that wasn’t the case this year. Momma Gourley cracked under peer pressure the night before and woke up with the Asian flu. Buying me a new snowboard made up for fact we didn’t open gifts till 4 in the afternoon. Two winters later I was opening up my Ugg boots and buying my first car. It was a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer and it was love at first sight. I remember driving it for the first time…I was nervous I was going to get in an accident.

^ not her best look.

New Doggie? Yup I think so. OLLIE! Aka my dads pride and joy. Not really a manly dog. He’s like one of little dogs that nip at Ur feet when you walk and you can put it in your purse. Ya he’s pretty cute. But you know whats not cute? Britney Spears’ bald head. Hopefully this made people realize that blonde hair with black roots shouldn’t exsist. I believe this is the era when famous people would do ANYTHING (bad or good) to get in the magazines.

Okay, this is when things start getting raunchy.

At this point, if you don’t have your collar popped and aren’t enrolled in rehab…you’re a nobody. Working my summers at the bangor mall, I definitely got my share of overly skinny guys wearing overly skinny jeans. If they think that looks good, their on crack. This is the year that I grew up…well kinda…I graduated! Class of 2008 Baby! Obama was elected as the 44^th president or also known as the first African American president. His moto: CHANGE. Hopefully this meant the end to tramp stamps and tube tops.

In June 2009, America came to a stop. Michael Jackson had died! This was pretty much the end of the music industry…or at least until Lady Gaga took up all the space on every ones Ipod. My mom finds it weird that things that she had when she was younger is coming back into style. Old fashion kind of stuff like bright red lipstick, shirts with ugly patterns, and high waist skirts. So I guess what this means is I should of kept my Tamagotchi.

  

In my opinion, the first decade on the new millennium went pretty well. I’m sure there is a lot to look forward to…and some not to. I think overall this decade was a major learning experience. I look forward to many more decades to see what my life throws at me.

not to eventful :(

well lets see...

today i had to work all day. which wasn't really the way i wanted to spend my wednesday. i had so much on my mind about school and packing for the big move. so as of right now that is what i am working on...ya real exciting...not.

i do although have most of my homework done and most of my things packed (only some odds and ends left), so thats a plus!

tomorrow is going to be a busy day. i have to work at the mall 9-1 and then i have classes 2:30-6:20. actually speaking on classes. i just remembered i have a quiz in psychology...sweet. so i guess i have to go study that. k. bye

Countdown til the weekend: 2 Days.

Past&Present

Yesterday was a fantastic day! A couple of friends and I went out on the motorcycles, and the weather was perfect. My butt kind of hurts now, but it was totally worth it. :)

So far, today I have been working on some homework and getting myself ready for classes later on. I worked on my week 2 theme :You don't have to be old to do week 2...and I think I am getting the hang of it. It felt like it took me like 2 hours just to get it started.

So tomorrow I start going back to work, which I'm not looking forward to. I have to be there at 6:30AM...NOT COOL>. I will be only working monday, wednesday, and fridays. Then on Thursdays I will be working at Abercrombie til I go to classes. Im going to be one busy girl.

Busy Bee

I've been so productive today! I got home this morning from my friends house and went right to work. Today was primarily a painting day. I painted all kinds of things for my new apartment...such as 2 bar stools, a nightstand, and a bench. They all came out beautifully. exactly how i wanted :)

Now that I am done painting, Im going to start on some homework... ugh... :(

If you want my auto, want my autobiography.

primera personaMy confidence is lacking. There's so much to say and tell all but can't write it out. Writing is not my strong point nor is it my favorite thing to do. It makes me sick to my stomach. My mind is racing with ideas for this assignment. I can't seem to get my thoughts in order. Getting started is the hard part.
<What should I say? How should I say it? Am I even doing this right?>
Im hoping this course helps me become a better writer or at least be more confident in what I'm writing.

segunda persona
You come to class, hating life because you have to attend two english classes. There are so many other things you would rather be doing. Do you really have to sit down and write for 45 minutes? eww.
You hope this class is better <English101> because all you did in there was write long essays that really didn't help you expand as a writer.
     Bonus: Although your words are your weakness, your determination is booming.

tercera persona
Outside of class, she's a social butterfly that isn't scared to speak her mind. She's a positive girl who's witty and fun. When English class begins, shit hits the fan. Her insecurities take over. If only she could express her comical personality throughout her writing. Really... Why can't she do it? She can't seem to concentrate on this writing assignment, she's only thinking about how hottttt it is outside and going swimming. Hopefully by the end of the semester, she will be able to breakout from her writing shell.

The goooood stuff.

Waking up at 9am= feels good! I couldn't of asked for a better school and work schedule. I have so much free time to do the things I actually want to do, rather then things I have to do.

Heat Broadcast: Today is said to be the last day of this dreadful heat. The rain is scheduled to start later on tonight. Thank godddd. Although I am completely relieved that I wont be sweating profusely anymore, I'm kinda bummed it has to come on the weekend. :( :(

Hurricane Earl is coming!!! 

Not ready

I hoping and praying this upcoming semester flies by. Is is bad that I'm already counting down the days til Christmas break?!?! I am pretty nervous for this semester considering i saved all my hard classes for my last semester. English and Science are definitely NOT my strongest points! I am talking my first online class and its been a rocky start.

Besides me dreading my school life, my social life is at its peak. My life is finally turning around, and I'm excited for what's to come. I'll be moving into my new apartment soon, 21st birthday is coming up fast, and going to Vegas to party in the New Year!