I think I say this all the time, but I can't believe how fast time is flying! It's already September! I guess it's just that I'm having fun... and we all know how time flies when that happens :)
I have managed to squeeze in a smidge of scrapbooking. I went back to the safari mini album that I started in May (yikes!!!) and finished pages for all of the rest of the pictures that I have printed out so far. Time to print some more! In the meantime, here are the new pages (all the new pictures = 2ish pages. lol.)
And a glimpse of what it looks like if I flip the little mini page:
Man that was an awesome trip.
School is going well so far this semester and I'm enjoying my classes and spending time with the friends I've made there. I've also been on a cooking kick lately and I've hardly scrapbooked at all. When I'm home, conscious and not exercising, I swear I'm either watching cooking shows, cooking, or reading cookbooks. Or some combination of the above (IE tonight, I watched Master Chef while reading my newest cookbook.) I'm a nerd. I own it.
Speaking of... here's my latest special delivery from the Amazon fairy:
My latest crazy interest is Middle Eastern cooking. Which if you know me isn't actually all that crazy... I've long adored Moroccan, Lebanese and Turkish food and since I'm very likely to be heading back to the Middle East on my Foreign Business Excursion for school this coming spring, it's got me craving it more than usual. Add to that the fact that it tends to be really healthy food and I'm all over it. I just finished seasoning my tagine tonight and I can't wait to cook something in it! And this cookbook... I adore it. It had super high reviews so I picked it to start with. I'm seriously just reading it... she weaves the recipes (over 800 of them) in and out of anecdotes, history, travel highlights and other insights. Or is it the other way around? Anyway,it's super well written and just fascinating. Not to mention the recipes have me drooling... even the ones without pictures! This is the year I learn to cook artichokes. I'm going for it.
Finally, I've become obsessed with herbs and spices as a way to learn to add flavor to my food without using lots of fatty yummies (IE cheese. I miss cheese). Tonight I made quick, light samosas with lots of Indian spices. Can I just say, yum? So good. Anyway... back to the point.
So I'm attempting to grow a little kitchen herb garden. I got a bunch of different seeds and all kinds of special dirt and stuff. I looked up all different instructions and tips on growing your own herbs from seed and they all said something different so I just gave it my best shot. They've only been planted for a few days so I guess sometime next week we'll see if I did it right. If not, I've got more seeds! It's all good.
k... off to bed! I've got to present in class for my group tomorrow night in Leadership so I should probably get some sleep :)
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