excited!!!

I am really, truly, gigantically excited! Yesterday we finalized our plans to go to Michigan for a week this summer with my sister, her husband, and my mom. I get to see my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I don't think I've been back there since elementary or junior high school. My grandparents came out for my wedding two years ago, but I've not seen them since.

cousins in grandma's backyard

Can't wait for july to come!

my favorite recipe

I love this recipe! It's fast, easy, and delicious! I like to serve it with roasted asparagus, seasoned with lemon pepper and garlic salt.

Lemon Pasta

1 pound of pasta

2-3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1-2 teaspoons of red pepper flakes

salt and pepper

zest and juice of two lemons

3/4 cup heavy cream

parmesan cheese

Cook pasta.

While pasta is cooking, heat olive oil in a large pan. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, lemon zest, and salt and pepper. Add lemon juice, heavy cream, and a ladle of the pasta water. Bring to a bubble.

When pasta is done, drain and put in serving dish. Pour sauce over pasta and stir to coat completely. Sprinkle the top with parmesan cheese.

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work

Well, the hard part is over. No more tutoring for the rest of the school year. A good thing, too, since both the tutors AND the students are a little burned out.

For the rest of the year, our job will be helping with state testing. We'll mostly be reading tests out loud for those that have the option available to them. Those who are lucky enough to be Spanish speakers may even get to translate a few math and science tests for the kids.

Yay for the end of school! It's a much better time now then when I was a student. :)

daisies

Love them.

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piano

I have a cool dad. :)
He just came over to help me fix my garbage disopsal, and then he took a look at our piano. We bought our piano from Jon's family. It's actually a player piano, but the player feature doesn't exactly work right now. My dad said that sometime he'll come over to see if he can fix it. After he does, it will be able to do this:

Cool, huh? That piano is almost the same one as our is. I bet you'll all want to come visit once it's fixed.

Fablehaven

Yet another series of books that I love. I just finished reading the 5th and final book last week (thank you spring break)!

I just love it. That's all I have to say. :)

quotes

I'm a big fan of quotes. I have a document saved on my computer where I keep my favorites and add new ones whenever needed. It's about 13 pages long.

I was just reading through them and thought I'd share some favorites.

“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is…” –C.S. Lewis

“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” –JM Barrie

“To do well does not mean everything will always turn out well. The key is to remember that faith and obedience are still the answers--even when things go wrong, perhaps especially when things go wrong." –David E. Sorensen

“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

“Take a music-bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body.” –William Shakespeare

college reunion

I love all of my lovely friends that I made in college! This past weekend, some of us were able to get together for a small reunion. It was so awesome to catch up with everyone!

spring break

I love working at an elementary school!

Spring break!

No work until the 12th!

But....I will miss those kids a lot!