Random Thoughts by Pina

sometimes...I am really serious...      Sometimes I look like sarah palin...I was a bride's maid in my dear friend Erica's wedding...

For mother's day this year, my husband and I decided to gift my mother-in-law with a night at her house. We would provide the food and we would just hang out. My mother-in-law LOVES to have people over to her house and it doesn't happen very often because she lives about 1 hour from all of her kids. Recently I made a Mexican casserole made out of mostly leftovers. I just threw a bunch of crap together and it was very delicious (I am pretty confident in my cooking skills :). While we were eating I asked my husband what he wanted me to make for dinner and he said he wanted the leftover Mexican casserole .  So today I tried to recreate the yummy dish...except using all fresh ingredients, instead of leftovers...I really have no idea how is is going to turn out. I couldn't remember everything I put in the last one. I also made a peanut butter cream pie with an Oreo cookie crust. I got the recipe from pioneer woman and it looks sooooo good. I am sad because my camera batte...

Couscous...is my new true love...

study group today! I am so excited to get this final over and done with so I can enjoy life with my husband again...haha...it sounds like I have such a hard life. I dont, I am just being dramatic :) Seriously though, it is hard to be stuck inside the house on such a beautiful day. Everyone else is outside getting a tan...I want a tan!! I start work this week. I am going to work at Butte's assessment office again for like a month and then hopefully I will be able to get a job as a CNA. They told me at the assessment office that if I cant find a job as a CNA then I can continue to work for them throughout the summer. I feel so lucky...so many people out there cant find work...I am blessed. God is so good and ever since Sean and I both started back at school full time He has provided perfectly for us (not that He didnt provide for us before, it is just different now because we work less but still can afford everything we need and then some). We havent had to take out any new student l...

I got sick this week. Sean had a sore throat and cough and I caught a much more severe version of it. This always happens. I guess my immune system is just weaker than his. So I feel alright now, except my ears are plugged and I have no sense of smell (which effects my sense of taste). Today is the last day of clinicals and we are supposed to bring food for the nurses. I made some spanish rice and I cannot smell it. And when I try to taste it all I can taste is spice. I asked Sean to taste it and he said that it tastes tomatoey (I know tomatoey is not a word!). I hope it tastes alright... I am really excited for the semester to be over. I have totally lost all my motivation to study which sucks because I have a 100 question final worth 200 points on tuesday. I just need to be more disciplined...and I need my ears to be unplugged...that would help :) Btw...have I mentioned that I love this man very much! He is amazing.

So, I made my version of chicken tortilla soup today and I thought it turned out pretty yummy. Then I overheard my teenage brother in law and his friend talking while they ate it...this is what he said, "oooh man, this is so good, it is like taco bell soup!"  Is that a compliment?

So...one of my guilty pleasures is watching this show called Bothers and Sisters. It has some really great dialogue and the way the family interacts with each other is so realistic. I watched it today and I am mad. ONe of the main characters started cheating on her husband...they just adopted a baby...and she started cheating on her husband. Honestly, I know it is just a tv show...and I shouldnt get so involved...but it made me feel physically sick to my stomach. I am mad!!  That is all I have to say about that... On another note, The Amazing Race is the best show ever...I want to be on it someday!!