MOM

My Mom flew in yesterday, first time I have seen her in a year and a half! She spent some time with the "grandkitties" and took pictures, and then we went to Jack's Urban Eats for salads and Urban fries (amazing homemade crispy fries with bleu cheese dressing [homemade], bleu cheese crumbles, spicy chilli oil, parsely and a pinch of hot pepper flakes- IT IS AMAZING!!!!)

At the last minute my Mom asked me to go to Novato with her- where I was born, and lived until I was 5 in the Bay Area, and where all of my siblings went through school to stay in a hotel, see my Godmother, and go to the Rouge et Noir Marin French Cheese company, which we did and it was great. But I spent $110.00 on cheese and souveniors... Oops. But there were Christmas gifts in there too! And the cheese will last me a long time. ANd I really needed that magnet!!!

I know, I know, I am ashamed. I need to save my money for a rainy day. But at least I am not buying shoes or purses like I was last year when the money finally came in! Be glad for that, that was alot more expensive!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEENIE FROM THE HEIZER'S!

Tootie has the orange spot on his nose and Amelia has a clean white face. Amelia is on the left, and Toulouse on the right.

Don't ask how long it took and how many outtakes there were..... (raised eyebrow)


I am leaving tomorrow for Oakland to take my Baby Bar exam, which I am not going to pass and am ok with not passing. I was actually wonderiing today if it was too late to cancel my test... I haven't prepared at all, so there doesn't seem like much of a point in actually taking it. (Although I would still go to Oakland because I agreed to share a room with a friend, so I can't stick her with the bill) But I dont know it seems like it is too late to back out, so I suppose I will have to take it. This really is just not the right time for me to be in law school and I am finally realizing that, regardless of what I wanted or thought I wanted or what I planned on doing.

Some extras, because my family is so, so cute!!

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I'm going to Utah in 7 days. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going to make doughnuts. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to force Kristin into taking pictures with me. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to Utah! Yay, yay, YAY!

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

SUCCESS! I am a BONA-FIDE CHERRY PIE BAKER!


Voila! Success! Baby cherry pies for my "man friend" YAY Aren't they pretty???

So you roll out the pie dough super thin, and then I used a cupcake liner to cut the pastry to the right size. then I cut a little triangle out of the circles so they fit better. Then I squished them into the pan.

Then I put the cherry filling in, with a little bit of flour so the runny part wouldn't leak out of the pie.

Then I made the lattice tops, which is super easy, popped them in the oven, and VOILA! All done.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

CAN SHE BAKE A CHERRY PIE, BILLY BOY, BILLY BOY? CAN SHE BAKE A CHERRY PIE, CHARMING BILLY?

My first attempt at cherry tarts/turnovers. Ugh. Not so pretty. I am not a fan. I am going to have to try again. I want to make something that is mailable, as this is for my "man friend" for his birthday.

LOL LOL LOL! Man friend? LOL LOL LOL!

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

I DONT KNOW WHAT I WANT!!!

Ahh! I don't know what I want to do with my life! I am so frustrated! I am good at photography and make quite alot of money doing with with repsective little effort. (It's alot of work, but it doesn't feel like it in comparison to the pay) And I could make alot more if I crossed over and became a "professional" including the licenses, insurance, shooting more technically, upgrading my equipment, etc. But I just don't like the chaos of it. The schedule is irregular, I work every single weekend and at home isolated during the week. I thought about the idea of baby photography like Skye Johansen, but there aren't as many babies here in the market for fabulous pictures like that and I don't have a knack with photographing children yet like I do with couples.

I am really frsutrated with law school and everything that has happened since I have been in it. I have had like the endless stream of bad luck ever since I first got my acceptance to Western and it has been downhill from then, people died, pets died, people having nervous breakdowns, huge amounts of weight gain, relationship problems, friendship problems, work problems, financial problems, being harrassed and stalked! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Is this is the universe's way of telling me this is the wrong path for me, or has it just been a really crummy 3 years??

A thought that occured to me today was getting a Master's in History, and I could enroll as soon as Spring and I wouldn't have to take the GRE... honestly the idea was this HUGE relief. The thought of just reading in a more relaxed way and not having to take notes and just writing term papers- WHAT A RELIEF that would be!!! Doing research.... hanging out in the basement at sac state going through the periodicals.... So nice! AHHH Something I know how to do and isn't that hard!!! And I used to love it until I had this huge issue with a particular professor my last semester which totally killed my dreams of teaching high school history. I wanted nothing to do with the history department whatsoever the exerience was so negative.

But now I am wondering... and then now I am wondering, but if I did that, what kind of a job could I get when I graduated?????

I am still sick and have been sick for a week and a half now. YUCK

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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

EVERYONE should be reading my favorite blog, THE MEANEST MOM, which is a hilarious take on every day life with three kids close in age (She had her daughter Camber, and then twin boys 8 months later.... all in the same calendar year!!! She also just had her 4th child, a little boy who is in the hospital and is very sick.)

I also updated my blog list on the right. My Sweet & Saucy is GREAT reading and awesome pictures!!!

I am in Orange County visiting the fam and hopefully going on a date. We will see now, won't we.

(Oh and I updated the links that weren't working on friends too.)

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