what I'll use you for

Every morning that I didn't have school, but needed to read or study early in the day, I used Solitare to wake my brain up. I knew if I didn't play that game, I would immediately fall back asleep once I started reading. I've also been wondering how I was going to keep up with this blog thing on a regular basis, but I think I've figured it out! I can use this to wake me up! I possibly may have enough of my dream still with me to blog about it! Speaking of dreams, I just took a 45 minute nap in my chair after reading a couple pages of my med/surg book. The guy from SS501, Kim Hyun Joong was in it...and so was the celebrity Boom and....come to think of it...Peter was in my dream too! Oh wait! Brian's car was also in it. I had a dream that I was driving a car on the freeway with either my eyes closed or with my back turned, but I was amazingly not getting into any accidents. I would brake and slow down, half expecting to hit the car in front of me, but I came to a stop just fine! (I should have figured it was a dream from just that) 

Anyways, I woke up from my nap and went to the fridge to reach for something to eat. Unfortunately the first thing I saw was a chocolate muffin. I ate half of it and started to wonder why I was eating this. I didn't even like it! That's when I decided to throw the rest of them away...not before snapping of picture though...

I wondered why Hyun Joon was in my dream, but I did start watching a drama with him in it. I really liked him in "We Got Married". His quirky wit and humor really made him interesting to watch. I will surely enjoy this drama. I can already tell that his acting skills have improved. 

大きな箱とねこ。

Dear Zachary

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

Directed by Kurt Kuenne. With Kurt Kuenne, Dr. Andrew Bagby, David Bagby. A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.

Very sad and heartwarming at the same time...

dancing chezburger

Kitty ♥

I miss the kitty~

Glancing at the Friskies kitty food at the end of an aisle at Vons as I was picking up my butter yesterday, I thought how empty it felt not having Kitty around. She was quite a task with all the poo, but she still made me happy. Brian and I talked about the kitty like we would a child...updating each other on the new and cute things that she did. Good thing we didn't keep her another week becuase I would have really gotten attached to her. But she is in better hands now so I don't worry. She is probably bouncing her way around our neighbor's home, hopefully not pooping all over the place though.

What I made of my last day of vacation

(bruschetta with tomato-mango salsa and mozarella with basil)



Today is officially my last day of vacation, so I wanted to make it something more memorable than a day just sitting at home, watching TV. Last night I watched the movie Julie and Julia and I just about fell in love with the movie. It will definitely be one of those movies that I watch over and over when I feel down or want to snuggle on a cold rainy day. Anyways, watching the movie got me motivated to cook and blog. I was really into that a few years ago, but life got in the way. I guess that is good that I didn't feel like I needed to write in a blog to take up my time. So what am I doing now? Not too sure. I hope to keep this going though. I remember printing a whole book of my old xanga entries when I was living in LA. I wonder where it is...perhaps I will reprint them. In case anyone is interested, here is my old blog.

I really have a problem with tangents...

Back to what I did today.. So I made Chicken pot pie today. I got the recipe from simplyrecipes.com. I was just about to make boeuf bourguignon with Ina Garten's recipe, but I decided not to after I saw that the recipe called for cognac and whole bottle of wine. Maybe later. Well after a whole morning of looking up recipes, I left the house around 11:30 to go to Vons to get my ingredients. I tried Bed Bath to see if they had some ramekins, but they didn't have any that were big enough. Target didn't have big ones either. So I went to Ross, hoping for some good luck. That place is just great. I will have to go back there to decorate my home. Anywhoo, I found exactly what I needed. It always seems like I get the last ones they have! But it really was the last two sets they had...I think.

I had spent waaaay too much time walking around at Ross and it was already 6 pm. I needed to get started on this pie pronto! Well, all I will say is that we ate dinner around 8:45 pm...but I did learn to make my own pie crust from scratch!! I'm glad that I did it. I feel slightly accomplished~

(chicken pot pies~)

Brian and Steven enjoyed the pies. The pie top was nice and flaky~ ^_^

Strawberry Cream Cake

Made a French Vanilla Strawberry Cream Cake. Bought a bunch of strawberries for real cheap so I thought I'd make some cake with all the berries. Brian and I will be enjoying this for the next 4 days. Yuuuuum! It is the best after dinner with a coffee. I used whipped cream as the frosting so it's not really fattening. My ultimate FAVORITE cake!

Life in San Diego is going well. I'm getting used to living with just Brian. It's nice to be able to have my own space....to be able to do what I want, when I want. But I do really miss my family back home. I get to see them tomorrow...YAY!!!