Well once again I haven't made any posts in a while. Dan and I have been up to our normal routines: work for him and class for me. Nothing too special to report about last week. Last Friday night we ate at Chick-Fil-A (one of our favorites) and saw Toy Story 3. It was really cute! The Toy Story movies are classics in my family, but somehow Dan escaped seeing the first two. I tried to fill him in on what was going on with Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang. We both enjoyed it and I think Dan even cried a little at the end. (Just kidding.) I thought it had some funny parts and was a good ending for the trilogy. My favorite character was a new edition, Ken (yes, like Barbie's boyfriend...or whatever.) And once again, the animation was incredible.
I spent the rest of the weekend working on a school project. (**If you're not a teacher, you may want to skip ahead to the next paragraph. ) The assignment was developing my own classroom management plan including rules, guidelines for success, proper classroom procedures, etc. I worked hard all day Saturday researching and writing, and of course called my best resource, Karen Dean aka Mom, to read through my first draft. Who knew that teachers had to think about all of this?? Little things like how a student is supposed to ask a question. Growing up it seemed like all of these rules/procedures were common sense, but I guess it was the work of great teachers ingraining them in my brain all those years. This project is due tomorrow (Tuesday) so I will be sure and let everyone know how it turned out.
Today I have done a bit of baking once again. Tomorrow will officially be "Day 0" of my trip to Gulf Shores, AL with my family. (And yes, I'm going to try to blog at least every other day about the trip.) My mom, Micah, aunt Cathy, cousin Katherine, and Morgan will all be heading down to Gulf Shores for the next week. It just so happened that this week my class has time off, so I was able to go on the trip with them. We had a "girl's trip" to Gulf Shores two years ago and I think we're all looking foward to returning to relax at the
Last year while I was away with my family, Louisville experienced huge amounts of flooding, especially around our neighborhood and UofL's campus. My car was ruined and was towed away a few days later. RIP Contour.
So naturally I had to bake some goodies for the big trip. I decided to make the same cookie bars I made a few weeks ago (Dan's friends approved). I also decided to try a new take on banana bread. Because strawberries are in season I tried strawberry bread. I have a recipe that I think is excellent, mainly because it calls for sour cream, which makes for a very moist bread. I made the cookie bars first and then, after a minor setback, started on the strawberry bread. I got ready to cream together my butter and sugar, whipped out my hand mixer, only to discover that it was broken! "I have to go out and buy another one! Or maybe I can call my friend Sarah and borrow hers!" But like I learned in class today, I remained calm despite the little bump in the road. "No big deal, I'll just mix it the old-fashioned way...with a spoon." So I continued to mix all my ingredients "by hand," and the batter turned out just the same.
(Speaking of batter, I know that I could never be on my own cooking show simply due to the fact that it would be "improper" to lick the spoon or beaters I mixed with. I mean how can you resist licking the spoon when it is covered in batter full of fresh strawberries, sugar, and practically an entire carton of sour cream? Dan always looks at me when I do this, but I can't lie, it's one of my favorite parts about baking!)
Yummy strawberries ready to be chopped up!
I could have eaten all of it just like this!
End product!
Now off to start packing for the trip! Oh and by the way, like a good wife should, I left Dan with plenty to eat while I was gone. I baked a full lasagna today so he should be good for several days. Then when he's finished with that, there's always frozen pizza!
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