this post might not make sense

I'm basically catching the 5 (woo! 5!) of you that read this up on life in general. Is it weird that every time I say general it's in spanish with a soft 'g'?

OK so observation: everyone and their mother has gotten engaged in the past month and a half. For the record none of the mothers I know has gotten engaged lately but just sayin. I'm also seriously considering making a, "Hey thanks for not inviting me to your wedding even though I probably wouldn't have been able to make it," card. It'll be along the lines of this. OO! but new neeews! I'm m.o.h in a wedding!! That has inspired me to look my best by next April. Watch for that... for now I'll say no more.

I have 2 jorbs! I LURVE IT! It wipes me OUT though haha. There's a lot happening with both and to write it would... be a novel no one would read.

Well onto my spiritual stuckness, which I said I would talk about... yaaay. Well, I figured out some things a while ago and then I didn't do anything, but I figured out the actual NAME of where I am right now. Apathy! I shout that out like it's the best word in the english language. No. No, no. Make no mistake this stage of apathy is um... a) stupid and b) really DUMB. But after the bright lights and awesomeness of being completely and totally on fire for God wears off then it's a choice you make. A daily choice and discipline of, 'who you livin' for?' I ALSO figured out that surrendering is not a one time, "Hey i surrender!...awesome... i did it... woo!" again it's a DAILY choice... for the rest of your life, which seems daunting but everyday we're livin' for SOMETHING. Living for the weekend, to get off work, to find that guy/girl, get some clothes, so choose to live for Christ! It's so easy! And... I'm... still here. So pray :0)  *exhales* moving on...

It's hard to really say anything after saying THAT but! Is anyone else really excited for the Cooking Channel to premier?! I know right! I feel like it's the best of Food Network and PBS cooking shows (they hold a special place in my heart) combined. Good things will come from this channel. Speaking of cooking my mom bought whole milk instead of skim (the colored tops really mess with the mind!) and it's got me in a baking mood. I need to bake before my birthday (*checks watch* my grandma should be callin' really soon!). Suggestions? Give up now and go straight to Joy the Baker? Eeeexactly.

granny smith theme song

This is the song I heard at my first day of work and I'm pretty sure I will forever associate this song with it. I think that's a type of psychological term anyone care to identify it? Cuz I sure don't know. Oh, well you can at least listen to the song and feel awesome with me : )

p.s. sorry my posts have not been so substantial lately. But for your viewing pleasure? Quick recap. - I'm busy! all the dang time! - Body-for-Life... I'll say no more - engagement EXPLOSION -M.O.H.! -STILL stuck in the same place spiritually! COME ON! I promise I'll elaborate on everything soon!

not really a point

There has never really been a point to ANYTHING I post but here I feel it's necessary to document for posterity. I lurve posterity.

This morning's conversation with my mom:

Me: *sleeeeeep in the wee hours o'the morning*

Mom: *opens bedroom door* Abby. Abby... Abby! Abby...

Me: *wakes up IMMEDIATELY freaked out that I overslept and look at the clock - it's 6:36AM* What?! what! what?!?

Mom: Aren't you working today?

Me: *groggily* Yes...

Mom: Aren't you taking your car in too?

Me: *slightly more mad, groggily* yes....

Mom: It's 7 o'clock why aren't you UP yet?!

Me: *looks at the clock... looks at my mom... looks at the clock... looks at my mom* It's 6:36!!

Mom: *pause.......* It's 6:36 WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?!

Me: *pause.....* WHAT?!?!?!?!

Mom: sorrryyyyyy.

Me: *sleeps for 8 minutes then wakes up for the day WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO at 6:45AM*

absolutely RIDONK.

JOYous occasions

Today I made these from Joy the Baker for my friend named Joy. It just worked out like that. You can't stop some things in life especially when they're awesome like THAT. I've also figured out I've made 7 things from Joy's site. SEVEN. I know there are so many other food blogs out there... but hers is so SIMPLE and funny that I can't even stop my fingers from traveling in her links direction. My fingers know quality when they see it. I'm on a quest to bake something from SOMEONE ELSE'S SITE so if on the off chance J the B herself travels over here she doesn't think I'm a) a filthy, low-down, dirty moocher of baked goods or b) downright, flat out creepy. I'm neither for the record. Just know.

So the dough was kinda crumbly but my shortbread/butter cookie dough always is... we just have a weird relationship, like I'm not yet worthy to make a butter cookie dough that DOESN'T crumble. It always turns out delicious though. So I guess it's more of a silent agreement between the baking angel and I. These are SERIOUSLY good! Train your fingers to go on over to Joy's site and bake these TODAY. ("Let's rock, let's rock, today.")




I used Alice in Wonderland inspired tags for her cookies and coffee card, except nothing but good things will happen when you eat these. No growing or shrinking in houses and rabbit holes. Much safer I think.

I also decided if I ever opened a bakery it'd be called Messy Shirt Bakery. There was a point last night when there was more flour on my shirt than in the bowl. There's a problem with that.
Would you come to Messy Shirt Bakery? No shirt? That's ok I got a messy one for you to put on. We'll serve you now.

happy birthday???

My family has the eerie ability to have birthdays 2 days apart from each other. Rissa and Randa (today and the 12th), my mom and my brother (the 17th and the 19th) and my sister and me (May 12th and 14th). RIGHT?! CRRRREEEP.YYYYYYY!!!

Subsequently my grandmother ends up calling me on my sister's birthday, my brother on my mother's birthday and don't get me started on the beginning of March. My cousin's birthdays are the 9th, 10th and 12th. She just calls all three people the entire week just to make sure she hasn't missed anyone. It's now a ritual we look forward to every year.

May 12th
G-Ma: Haaappy biiiirthdaaay toooo yooou
Me: Grandma it's Sammi's birthday *starts to hang up*
G-Ma: *fading* ooookaaaay...

May 13th
G-Ma: Haaappy biiiirthdaaay toooo yoooou!
Me: Grandma my birthday is tomorrow *starts to hang up*
G-Ma: *fading* ooookaaaaay...

May 15th
G-Ma: Haaaappy biiirthdaaay toooo yooou!!
Me: Grandma! My birthday was YESTERDAY. *starts to hang up*
G-Ma: *fading* neeext yeaaaar...

HA! I don't want it to seem like my grandma is senile (she cheats at cards... definitely still got all the marbles) or that I hate when she calls on the wrong day - I don't haha it just happens every year. That was just a small summary of 23 years of phone calls all from my awesome grandma.

This year I'm getting my nose pierced on my birthday! It's gonna be awesome. I will have to figure out how to tell Autumn that while her cool, artsy aunt has her nose pierced NO SHE CANNOT GET ONE. Yeesh. Being a role model is buh-freaking-TIRING. ;0)

the sounds of silence

I'm sitting in my house after working my first 46 hour week (well... technically after tomorrow) and I'm hearing the most wonderful noise ever.

Silence.

Not phones ringing, people asking questions, "Where is this?!" multi-task mastering, circus driving nothing... just silence, and the slow sleepy sunset outside my west facing windows.

Happy Weekending! (now an Olympic sport... Summer 2012.)

photo by leesure - I forgot to capture my sunset! :-P

get the cool shoe shine

I just wanted to show you these:

My sister made them! Don't they look like the best ice cream EVER... uh... on your hands? Blueberry Cobbler - whaaaat?!

OK i also had to tell you a story. Yesterday morning I woke up and decided I needed an ice cream sundae. And I made one - it was extra tasty for 9 am. Then I had a bite of a cinnamon roll haha and fell into a sugar induced little nap. It was actually pretty awesome. After I woke up the second time I called my mom and told her what I had for breakfast and was like, "Isn't that nuts? I'm so weird." She responds, "Noooot really..." and goes into this story about when I was 4, after dropping my brothers and sisters off at school we went to eat cuz we ran out of the house without eating. Apparently I was in my pajamas... no time for that either - fantastic haha. But I ordered a sundae... then ordered a hamburger and thought it was perfectly normal - and I guess my mom did, too, cuz she let me eat it haha.

So, YES, I AM weird, but somehow this weirdness is normal for me. Does that make sense? I know... I'm out of the box, but that's like 26% of why people like me.

work family

I never thought I'd be someone who has a work family. You hear about jobs where people end up becoming pretty much like family. I definitely have that at Eden/JK (you'll hear me refer to work as JK or Eden... roll with it) cept I didn't realize that until... it broke up a little bit.

Right now I'm just trying to keep everyone together and utilize people that I know can encourage other people.

It's tough but family is family.

sit back and wait through the daylight

I have the coolest job ever. I just thought you should know. I have the coolest job EVER.

...And you should be jealous. OK I don't want anyone to be jealous but! if you were I wouldn't stop you. In fact, I COULDN'T stop you.

*blinks*

that is all.

Every day the 14th!

Happy Valentine's Day :0) This Valentine's day I made COOKIES! specifically Red Velvet Black & WHITE cookies. They are delish. I think this will the last thing I make from a blog for now. I was halfway scorned for asking a question about the pizza dough to the original blogger? so I think I'm done for a bit until I find something else too awesome to pass up. (probably, like, tomorrow.)

I'd like to take a moment to explain the awesomeness of this cookie. As you very well know red velvet is the love child of chocolate and vanilla. Whenever I get a black and white cookie I eat both sides so no one feels neglected and I get the full effect. The combination of these two is pretty much mind boggling. Is your mind boggled? Would you like to play Boggle? It's my favorite game.

Isn't Facebook annoying on V-Day? It's like a war to see who will be the most bitter. Bitter about having a man and sick of the singles. Bitter about being single and sick of the paired up lovey-dovey fakes. It's nuts. I hope these pictures will administer love through your screen... or at least get you salivating and to Joy the Baker's website to MAKE THESE IMMEDIATELY. One last thing from me. If you REALLY need someone to do something for you on this day in particular... something is missing from your life and it's not a significant other.

do you feel the love? I do. Happy Valentine's Day everyone :0)