Not much of an update :/

I have been getting nowhere fast on this list of things to accomplish.  Turns out the spring has been busy and stressful and hasn't presented much free time for anything :(  

I did read another teen book.  I read Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green (everyone who will listen to me blabber on knows he's my favorite author) and David Levithan.   It was just ok for me, but I will forever judge every John Green book against Looking For Alaska which I loved deeply so perhaps I judge too harshly? 

Other than that I haven't accomplished a whole lot on the list... I'm working on cleaning the house of clutter for a yardsale we are going to participate in on Saturday (if it doesn't rain!) and I have been doing a little bit of knitting and crocheting (I've found it much easier to make things that go in circles - like hats- by crocheting).  I'm thinking of ammending my list so as not to limit my yarn/crafty ideas to knitting only.  I'm also thinking of selling the old sewing machine instead of trying to make sure it still works.  Seriously- I have not sewn anything in the last 15 years.  I tried to sew a toga for a party but fought with my machine so much that I would up hot gluing most of the thing together!  So I think I may just add the machines (I now have two in the house as mom just sent me home with hers as well) to the yardsale pile and buy a new basic machine if I ever get the itch.


I think that's all for now.  I hope to have some more exciting updates in the future full of adventure and excitement :-)

Over a month with no updates :(

Well I had every intention to update this blog at least once a week (but my list only said "start a blog" so I'm not in trouble !) but life gets in the way sometimes. My mom has been in the hospital or rehabilitation facility since March 29th so a lot of my energy has been with my family. I'm happy to report that her spirits are good and that she is hopefully over the worst of her illness.

I haven't made fantastic progress with my list but I've been able to check off a few things.

I have certainly been visiting my family a lot and did some cooking for my dad while he has been home alone. I discovered an important fact though, dad doesn't like my cooking. I tried making barbecue, baked chicken and vegetables, a chicken casserole and homemade coleslaw only to find each of these still in the fridge barely touched when I would return. He did enjoy my sliced and sugared strawberries, and the "mush" I made him (which is really more like polenta). So in the past week or so I have stuck to taking him groceries that he can make himself and am leaving the cooking up to my Aunt Eva who lives next door to my parents and who is an extraordinary cook! I would choose her cooking over mine any day too!

I did manage to clean out the file cabinet (I know - contain your excitement) and I have read three teen books (OK - I didn't "read" all of them... but for the purposes of this project I am going to count "listening" to them as well). I listened to Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson, Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey, and read Fat Cat by Robin Brande. Hattie Big Sky was fantastic, it reminded me of my love for the Little House series that I have read and reread over the years. I recommend it to everyone, young and old!

My most exciting (at least to my taste buds!) accomplishment was ordering fish in a restaurant. I had the Crab Rock (sautéed crab over blackened rockfish) at Jules Restaurant in Ocean City, MD. I've never had rockfish before and it was DELICIOUS!! I highly recommend this restaurant, a friend that I was dining with told me it was the best rockfish she had ever eaten and I trust her, it melted in my mouth. I should have taken a photo! I will learn.

I hope to update more regularly in the future...but I make no promises!
Carol Jen