I GOT A JOB!

That's right! After months of watching my bank account slowly dwindle away I can now start to live again!
I was offered the job of a peer mentor on campus. I'm so excited about this position... It's pretty much my thing:)
It was great news to start off the weekend! Joe and I decided to take a trip to St. George Friday afternoon. He had some errands to run down there and after we hung out with Megan. It was really fun to see her and talk about how crazy things are! Lots of changes in apt 206. We ate at Jimmy Johns and it was soooooo goooood.... so good. And also got cupcakes at the Sweet Tooth Fairy. A night of delicious food means a Saturday of working it all off. (this probably means my oreo chocolate chip cookies are a no go.. cause we know I'll eat all of them) There were lightning storms last night and we saw 3 fires start on the mountains where lightning struck. They were burning so fast it looked like lava... it was really cool to watch!

My kitchen stories

Last week I decided to be adventurous and make pretzel bites like the ones from Pretzel Maker in the mall. Joe really likes these little pieces of deliciousness and I thought it would be a nice trick. I used a recipe from dineanddash.net (click if you want the recipe) I usually get intimidated when a recipe uses yeast (it's probably because it's alive) but I found that this was pretty simple. I used my moms kitchen aid to make the dough and the cutting of the dough was easy peasy. But as usual, I screwed up along the way. The recipe called for 2 quarts of water and a 1/2 cup of baking soda. I, not really understanding anything I read, decide that I'm going to boil my pretzel bites in about 2 cups of water to a 1/2 cup of  baking soda. In my mind it seemed liked a lot but that didn't stop me! Away I go boiling my bites and prepping them for the oven. They looked soooo good by the time they came out! Then... I ate one... blech. My mom's response was they tasted like soap and Joe liked them until he had to stop chewing. Needless to say my hopeful pretzel bites were a disaster.
I'm debating on what I want to bake for this weekend... something simple right?
These chocolate chip oreo cookies are looking mighty delightful.
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