Break Em' In!

This past week I bought new boots for my new digital camis (which will be ready tomorrow!) and spent all day breaking them in. Within the first 30 minutes of wearing them, I could already feel my feet starting to go numb. To ease the expected pain I doubled up my socks and put foot cushions inside. I've been told many ways on how to break in new boots which consisted of water or Vaseline, but I didn't want to make things messy. So I strutted around my kitchen in my adorable black and white pocket dress and steel-toed boots and life was good.

What's Cookin'?

To pass the time and simply because I will miss it once I go to the Reagan next year (I'll be in San Diego next June!), I have taken up cooking in my kitchen. Here are a few things I have learned along the way: 1) The easiest most delicious meal I've made is French Onion soup in a bread bowl 2) Instant mashed potatoes will NEVER be as good as homemade mashed potatoes 3) Pancakes are really hard to flip when the pan is cheap and way too hot 4) I make too much food for only one person. Tomorrow I'm going to make my first attempt at lemmon pepper shrimp!

Home on Leave!

After what seemed like years, I finally took some time off work and headed back to the grand state of Ohio to see the family. It was so nice being able to relax and spend time with my grandparents, parents, siblings, and friends. I was pretty upset when I found out that I am shorter than Cody and Kelsey, those kids are growing too fast! Cameron was mighty happy to see me, I'm not so sure Carter knew who I was but he's just so cute it didn't matter anyway! Dad was so busy when I was home, but I'm glad we were able to share some time together. Michael gladly showed me around his apartment and downtown Canton. Mom was happy just to be with me, and me and her and the grandparents all spent a relaxing day together. All-in-all, it was good to be home... See you at Christmas!