say hello to your kitchen's newest addition.

ME.

i went on a baking rampage today.

i guess that's what happens when you work 3 days a week,

and all your friends are unavailable for one reason or another.

however, 

no one in this family is complaining.

because my latest hobby took over my life this evening,

and the end products were quite tasty to say the least.

a little something called pumpkin pie bars.

and these little suckers in the oven are called oatmeal cranberry white chocolate chunk cookies. 

and yes.
they are delicious.
all 24 of them.

so maybe i'm a baking machine.
but we're okay with that.

coming to a kitchen near you.

xoxo.

me and you.

taner and i finally did a song together.
gosh i sure do love him.

just call me chef miller.

so i've been baking a lot lately.

i couldn't tell you why,

but for some odd reason, i've recently decided i am the next iron chef,

or cupcake wars champ,

or some other food network up-and-comer.

these days, 

i'm operating my own in-home bistro, pastry shop &
 up-scale restaurant. 

i've suddenly got this urge to spend all of my time in the kitchen and on stumbleupon hunting for new recipes to add to my ever-growing collection of favorites.

not to say that every one of my food creations has exceeded expectations

(the chili gruel concoction i whipped up the other night was less than okay)

but for the most part,

i must say i am quite impressed with myself. 

for example,

the other night mother and i made homemade cinny buns.

(and just so you know they were DAMN good.)

and if you were to ask me if we made our own bread, i would say
heeeelz yea we did!

so check it out.

absolute perfection.

and because i like showing off so much,

here are a few of my other successes. 

so you should look at them.

bre and i made these the other day.
i can't take all the credit because that would be cruel considering how delish they were.

steamed asparagus.
who cares if it makes your pee smell funky?
uhh yeah. not me.

so i like food and i like making food.

have i put on 10 lbs in the past 3-4 days?

maybe.

IN OTHER NEWS:

GUESS WHO'S HIRED BITCHES?!

HEJ!!

(that means 'hello' in swedish, aka the native language relative to my new place of work.)

i'm bi-lingual and bi-cultural now.

get on my level.

xoxo.

this is what i call webcam fun time.

you can't tell but my freckles came out today :)

 

it is clearly time for bed.

feliz cumplianos a mis perros.

cutesy little white daisy look-a-likes we saw on our walk today :)

birthday boy #1: benjamin button.

birthday boy #2: owenski. 

which translated means happy birthday to my two darling puppies,

who coincidentally turned two today :)
(today being June 1st, as of course, i am up late writing this, and haven't slept yet, so today, in my case, could still be considered the 1st.)

we went on a lovely walk this morning,

which at one point resulted in a minor leash rope burn injury on my left pointer and middle finger,

and played fetch for a good part of the day

(although their version of fetch usually consists of me throwing the ball, and them semi-returning it to me about 3 or so feet away, so i am actually fetching the ball to throw it for them again).

they feasted on a few lovely gifts of meatball and doggie brownie treats,
 and enjoyed their Cesar selects fancy dog dinners.

overall, i'd say it was a successful day.

happy birthday boys :)

dedications:

- to owen: it's okay that you accidentally destroyed my fingers this morning. and thank you for always being the calm puppy that i can rely on when senior spaz-attack benjamin is busy having social seizures.
you're as sweet as pie. <3
- to benjamin: i'd say we had quite a lovely time today, except when you semi wanted to attack the horse we saw on our walk. but you were super verbal today and i really enjoyed that.
never change. <3

- to the grandpa in the garden: i apologize for the out of  control cursing that occurred right after the rope burn incident.
i could tell you were just horrified. 

be sure to wear flowers in your hair..

if you're going to san francisco..

like i did sayyyy,

about two weeks ago.

p.s. post title refers to my theme song for the trip to touristy sanfran.

-- a.k.a. San Francisco by one Scott McKenzie --

i realize i am terrible at keeping up with my bloggity.

so i will now rant.

as previously stated

i recently went/returned from the ever-so-crafty
 (and cultural)
city of San Francisco.

boy was it neat.

and not just neat but like frkkn awesome.

and not only frkkn awesome,

but it also made me feel like shit about myself,

which i believe is sometimes necessary to remind myself to stay humble.
it was a slap in the face and a punch in the stomach,
and i totally loved it.

i realized and/or learned a few personally valuable lessons while in this beautiful city.

1. it is not okay to just live comfortably.

2. stepping outside your comfort zone and broadening your horizons is healthy, and i highly, highly recommend it.

3. love does not care about your sexuality.

4. poetry does not have to be a drag.

5. it is possible to be 100% honest with people you have known for only a week.

6. walking 13 miles in one day is not easy on the right hip.

7. listen.

8. you can't love both God and money. you just can't.

9. i may hate politics, but Jesus was at least informed, so maybe i should be too.

10. appreciate and give.

11. "to be unforgiving is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die."

12. ethnic food tasting such as filipino delicacies can be totally disgusting but the locals just love it.

13. if you participate in something called bay to breakers, you will see lots and lots of penises.. like probably a hundred or so.

14. the castro district has the best bakery in the world.

15. the GG bridge is the coolest part of sanfran.. jk. it's def not.
but it was kewl :)
16. hostels are gross but also fun, and part of the experience.

17. it is possible to find beauty and light in even what may seem to be the most devastating of places.

and yes. while in san francisco,

i met some gentle people there.

dedications:

- to my fellow sanfranners: i totally love you.

xoxo.

strawberry swing.

so here i sit.

once again, at a ridiculously late hour, 4:00 a.m. to be exact.

the only difference between this time and every time before is that i don't have somewhere to be tomorrow,

and that somewhere being class.

summersummersummer

is FINALLY here :)

it's about time if you were to ask me.

however,

the seasons seem to be a bit confused this time around.

i have a feeling we'll be skipping right over spring during 2011.

a short list of things i will be doing over the next few lovely summer months:

- traveling to ye old san franciso with a small group of people from the church i've been attending. can't. wait.

- traveling with the fambam to beautiful mexico. cabo san lucas to be preeecise. kenz is coming with us :) i love when i'm allowed to invite friends.

- house hunting!

- enjoying myself.

yeah.

it is about damn time.

dedications:

to my freshman year of college: you had your ups and downs, 

but i can't wait to see what you've got up your sleeve for next year.

let's try to keep the majority of it on the positive side.

xoxo.