I am the Iron Chef

Hi

It's been awhile

I have been so extremely busy with the holidays that this little blog has been neglected

It also didn't help that I didn't have access to an actual computer for the past two weeks

So here we are and I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday

My cousin came home for a week over Christmas 

Her 30th birthday was the 20th so we had a surprise party for her

It was a chef cook off

Now let me tell you, I am a wonderful cook

From mac n cheese to cereal, I have it all mastered

So naturally my team put me in charge of the big stuff like cutting up the vegetables or preparing the pecans to be baked for 10 minutes

You know, the important stuff

 They had the kitchen all set up and ready for us

 All of us cooking and preparing our food

 

 On the left is Team 1 (my team) salad. 

It consisted of: basalmic vingeratte dressing, fried goat cheese and baked pecans

On the right is Team 2's salad.

It consisted of: tomatoes, onions, some kind of dressing and artichoke heart

On the left is Team 1's main dish.

It consisted of: lamb, baked veggies and lobster mac n cheese

On the right is Team 2's dish.

It consisted of: tenderloin (I think), horseradish sauce, lemon asperagas, and lobster twice baked potato

Obviously my team won.

And obviously it was because of my amazingggg cooking skills

It was a lot of fun and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys cooking!

26 Acts of Kindness

So ever since Friday my heart has been a little heavier than usual

I went to bed the night before so excited that I wouldn't have to set an alarm to wake up

I told myself that no matter how many times my phone buzzed, I was not going to wake up for it

So that morning my phone buzzed a few times like it always does in the morning but I ignored it

*Side note: I get all the breaking news updates sent to my phone from USA Today

So at one point when my phone buzzed I decided to look at it

It wasn't a text message, or a Facebook post, or a tweet

It was the USA Today update telling me that there had been a school shooting in Conn.

I'm not from Conn. nor do I know anyone from there

But as soon as I saw that on my screen I couldn't go back to sleep

I just layed in bed with a heavy heart and a feeling it wasn't good

As the day went on and more details started to come out I got more sick to my stomach

As a future teacher it made me wonder what I would have done

How I would have reacted

Now I don't have children, but I have two nephews and a niece and I have a lot of little cousins

So to think that this could have been one of them scares me

And I hurt for those families and those friends who lost their children and their friends and their wives or mothers or aunts or sisters

I have not stopped praying since that morning

As the week has gone on I have wondered to myself "how can I help"

What can I do

Then I found this Facebook page and I knew that was it

I am going to do 26 Acts of Kindness in memory of those sweet children and those brave faculty members from Sandy Hook Elementary School

I know this doesn't directly help the families that are suffering but I am hoping by doing this that I will help to show people that there is still good in this world

I hope this will brighten someones day and maybe make them smile a little more

And I hope it will make them stop and think about those innocent lives that were lost that day and maybe send a prayer up to the Big Man asking for a hand of blessing over those directly affected by this horrible tragedy

This is the little list I am using and attaching to every act I do You can either save it from here or download it from here  

I have decided to make this a link-up because I would love to see what you all do!
I think it would be a great way for us bloggers to show people that there really are good hearted people out in this world still. 
I will be posting my 26 Acts of Kindness post on December 27

So if you would like to link-up please do so on that day!

Adult Work Weeks

I would like to know what genius came up with the idea of a 40 hour work week

Maybe someone who actually enjoyed getting up before the sun is even awake

Or maybe someone who thought they would rather spend their life at work instead of home

Whoever this person was ... I despise you

 

I am currently in the middle of my first ever adult work week

That's right people, I have never worked a full 40 hours in my life

Now I do go to school full time and I work 20 hours but this is totally different

This whole waking up before 7 am thing and being at work until the sun sets is stupid

I hate it

I am so tired and the week is only half way over

I'm not even thinking straight

(This will be me on Friday)

Hell I wasn't even thinking straight on Monday...

That's when I knew this was going to be a long week

Now don't get me wrong, it's not like my job is that hard

I mean I sit at a desk staring at a computer monitor for the whole day

But listen to me when I tell you that the Internet gets boring after about a half hour

So what am I supposed to do for 40 hours hmm?

In two days I will be on Christmas break and I cannot wait

10 glorious days off

But then it's back to work

And then it's back to class

And it's a never ending cycle

But seriously, who thought 40 hours a week was a good idea

I would like to speak to them

I know, I know, all I am doing is complaining

But I'm sure at least one other person on this planet agrees with me

(My job)

I never want to work full time in my life

Do you think I can start applying for rich house wife now?

Or should I wait?

Where do I apply for that anyways?

Do you think they have an application on the Internet?

I'm thinking that might be too much work too.

I may just be a stay at home single woman living with a million cats

Who knows where this life will lead me...

I know where it will lead my

Straight to the movie theater to see this!