I'll be out and about all day with Andy, so I won't be posting much if at all. Have an excellent day, whoever is reading this!

I JUST ORDERED A LAPTOP CHARGER ON AMAZON SO IT'LL BE ALL MINE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS YAY!

I JUST ORDERED A LAPTOP CHARGER ON AMAZON SO IT'LL BE ALL MINE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS YAY!

Okay, so I have to head out now, but I will try to come back later tonight to blog some more, at least after I get back from the shoe store. Thanks for bearing with me!

Homemade Mac & Cheese Recipe

Yay a new recipe!!!!!!!!!! This is my all- time favorite thing to cook ever, and I love it so so much. It's cheap, filling, flexible, and great as a side dish or as a main course. So here we gooo!!!!!!

Ingredients:

• Elbow Macaroni pasta (make as much as you need!)
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1/2 stick of butter/margarine 
• 1-2 teaspoons of flour
• CHEEEEEESE!!! (It's best to have a blend of cheeses when you make this. I like to use a few slices of processed cheese like Velveeta or Kraft Singles because it makes it smoother, gives it color, and adds flavor well. On top of that I'll shred in Monterrey Jack, provolone, mozzarella, cheddar, Parmesan, Romano, whatever I have! The more cheese the better)
• Salt and Pepper for flavor

Procedure:

1. Boil water and cook the pasta for 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain the pasta and keep a lid on top to preserve heat while making the cheese sauce. 
   
2. Melt butter into pan used to cook pasta. And flour and stir until there are no lumps. Keep on the lower range of medium heat. Pour in the milk and add the salt and pepper, stirring until a creamy base has formed.  
   
   
   
   
   
3. Melt in various cheeses, stirring until even mixed in the sauce. Add more salt and pepper and cheese as needed, until the flavor reaches what you desire. If the sauce gets too thick, reduce the heat and add milk. If it becomes too thin, add more cheese and slat and pepper. If adding in any extras (some examples are further down in this post) add them now and fold them into the sauce mixture.
4. Pour the pasta into the cheese blend and fold the sauce in until everything is evenly mixed. Stay on low heat for this.  
   
5. SERVE YOUR TASTY MAC & CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, for my dad's reelection campaign we are having a big fancy-shmancy Flag Day picnic which I was put in charge of finding music for. My basement sounds like a veterans' club with all the 'Merican music playing.

6-12-14

So here's everything that's been going on with me the past week or so that I've been MIA.

• I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED SWEET JESUS YAAAAS!!!!! 
• I was hired by the shoe store in the outlet mall where I interviewed, and today I go in for an orientation. I'm super excited, especially since I'll be making more than I did at Starbucks. I won't be getting any commission though, but I'm just happy to have a paycheck. 
• Andy and I celebrated our first anniversary! Yay for love and stuff!!!! Tomorrow is also his birthday so look out for a recipe coming up in the next few days for peanut butter filled cupcakes!
• I worked my aunt's garage sale which was a torturous experience all-around.
• I've been doing yard work at my grandparents' house the past couple of mornings to get some cash, and the great outdoors was not meant for this girl!
• I've been trying to eat better and exercise more because 1.) I want to live a long and healthy life and 2.) My body really needs that work, and I'd greatly benefit from losing a couple of pounds. So I've been incorporating more fruits and vegetables into my daily diet, especially breakfast. I have been cooking more and more stuff in an effort to add more and more recipes here.

I AM SORRY!

It's been a pretty long absence from me and it's been bleh. I still haven't managed to find a new laptop charger which has been really frustrating because it's harder for me to blog sans laptop, and every time I try posting from mobile it just never works out and I don't really know why! But I'm here now, and I'll flood you all with posts in an attempt to compensate for my absence!

OH MY GOD I HAVEN'T POSTED IN FOREVER I AM SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY!!!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!

Job Hunt Update!

So the other night I got an interview with the shoe store, and that happened today. It went really well, and I am super optimistic on how that's going to turn out. Fingers crossed, nonetheless!

The first *PROPER* Recipe- SpaghettIDGAF Stir-fry

Here we go! I made this today with leftover spaghetti. It's a really flexible recipe and it's a great way to use up leftover spaghetti and vegetables in your fridge. It takes like, 5-7 minutes to make, so yay!

Spaghetti Stir Fry:

Tools:

• Skillet, sized based off of how much you need to cook

• Stirring prongs/small spatula, whatever helps you mix it all together

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti or other pasta
• Oil (Canola or Vegetable, I wouldn't recommend Olive Oil)
• Chopped Vegetables (I used carrots and orange peppers, it was all I had)
• 1-2 teaspoons of soy sauce or stir fry sauce
• 1-2 eggs

Preparation:

• Heat oil in the sauce pan, chopping up your veggies if they aren't chopped already.
• Saute the veggies in one half of the pan, while frying the egg on the other half.
• Add the spaghetti and fold the eggs and veggies into the pasta.
• Pour in the sauce and make sure it is folded evenly into the pasta blend, stirring to make sure everything is heated evenly.

It's an easy, filling, and delicious meal, and I really enjoy it a lot!

In other news...

My boyfriend and I are going to be hitting our one year anniversary next Monday, yay! We will also be penning an erotic romance novel about Otto Von Bismarck. Get your loins ready....

Sorry I got bad about posting the past few days. My laptop is still out of order, and I'm not sure when I'll be getting a new, working charger so that I can use it again.

Look what just got dropped off at my house....

I am just so so thankful that it's finally summer break. This year was very hard, work-wise, and I'm so ready for a break and time to decompress. Next year will be even harder, but I am determined to make the most of it. Phew. I could definitely go for a nap...

Job Hunt Update

Lat night while I was at Andy's shindig (which was super fun, by the way!) I got a call from the shoe store where I applied and was asked to fill out an additional survey. It was a lengthy process, but I finished it. There was a section with questions on math and word analogies that was timed. I didn't finish it, but I feel like the work that I did was perfect and that I didn't miss any questions. After that there was a super long survey where literally all the questions repeated themselves over and over and over again. It was annoying to fill out, but I was honest and kept on trucking through it. Now I just want a nap! Hopefully a job will be on the way. I'll have an interview sometime next week.

5-31-14

I thought that today was June 1st but it wasn't so there's that. I had to get up really early and garden so I'm super out of it right now.

I'm really excited for everything when I'm done with my exams today. I'm getting lunch with my sister and our neighbors Olivia and Julia at Chipotle, I'm getting called by the shoe store people about a job, and then my boyfriend is having his friends and I over for a movie night. It'll be a great way to start the summer.

I'M ALMOST DONE WITH SCHOOL AHHHHHHH YAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!!!!!!

Goodnight, my angelic readers and my favorite NSA agent. You guys are great.

In case you haven't guessed, I'M REALLY FRICKIN' EXCITED!!!!!!

JOB HUNT UPDATE FRICK YEAH!

I SNAGGED AN INTERVIEW WITH A SHOE STORE THAT I VISITED WHEN I WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR AT MY MALL LAST FRIDAY YAAAAS OH MY GOD I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET A JOB THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY I AM LITERALLY SO SO SOOOO SOOOOSOOOOOOOOOO BROKE IT'S ABSURD THIS IS WOOOOONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ironically, the second I posted the "When will my car return from the war?" post, my grandpa came back with my car.

Cat GIF of the Day

When will my car return from the war?