And I finished school! But I'm more excited about making pesto. It's actually super easy as long as you have a food processor and thanks to Kohls (Or, Mizz Kohls as Matt would say) we finally got one! So the great thing about making pesto is that it's super easy, super fast, and super tasty!
The bad thing about making pesto is that pine nuts are one of the main ingredients and pine nuts are stupidly expensive! The Kroger brand baggie of pine nuts is literally 1/2 cup and roughly $5.50. What's up with that? I haven't looked into where pine nuts are from or why they are so expensive, but my reasoning tells me that pine nuts come from pine trees and pine trees are literally everywhere but the tropics/ deserts/ the amazon... I think. Therefore, the supply of pine nuts should be plentiful and the demand... I'm not so sure about, but I'll tell you what I am sure about - pine nuts are way too freaking expensive. I realize I could Google it really quick and keep myself from sounding as ignorant as I am, but I'll save the real reason pine nuts are so expensive for another blog.
Anyway, I made pesto and after making my pesto I put about a tablespoonish of it on some leftover rice, along with a little butter, microwaved it for a minute and a halfish and garnished it with goat cheese. I finished off lunch with an orange. It was all very delicious. I wish I had the drive to create new foods everyday instead of sticking with the same old soup and sandwich schtick. Not that soup and sandwiches aren't delicious, but too often, I keep myself from making new foods because other things are more convenient.
Okay, I want to back up to the part of the paragraph where I was talking about goat cheese. Because I'm obsessed with goat cheese. I'm pretty sure goat milk would be even more disgusting than regular milk (I love all dairy products, I even have milk in my cereal, but I cannot drink white milk by itself without gagging), however, goat cheese is like the ranch of cheese. You can put it on anything and it makes food taste incredible. Put it in a salad with cranberries, use it instead of Parmesan on pasta, smear it on a Triscuit with a cherry tomato a basil.... There are just endless and wonderful things one can do with goat cheese. Too bad it's also more expensive than your average crumbled feta or blue cheese. Oh well.
In further news, I've finally come to the conclusion that I'm switching my major. Currently I'm doing Public Relations with a minor in history. But I've already re-registered for fall classes with the intention of getting my BA in history with a minor in Medieval and Renaissance studies. I'm EXTREMELY excited about this. I have a passion for history and if Matt can get a salary paying job with a BFA in musical theatre, By God, I can do something awesome with my history degree.
So yes, Matt did get an AWESOME job offer from the church we attend in Cincinnati. And he excepted (duh) and his first day is May 22. We're pretty excited about this. Crossroads is notorious for taking care of their employees and their families and it shows. We feel so absolutely blessed and its such a perfect confirmation that God works in mysterious and awesome ways. This time last year, we were wondering if I was going to make it out of Taji, all the while questioning why Matt wasn't getting the kind of work he had been told he would get. Well, I'm back from the desert and he's back from LA and I don't think either of us would change anything. We love Cincinnati, we love our community, and there is no doubt in either of our minds that we're right where we need to be. It's a nice feeling.
I'm jumping around a lot but I have to mention that I finished my first semester back at school and I feel pretty good about it. I ended up with all A's and one B+. I'm very pleased. Summer break couldn't have come at a more perfect time. I'll be ready for classes to start in August but until then, I'm going to enjoy myself!
Well that's pretty much all I have to say for the day. In a final summation of this blog - I made pesto. It was good, but the price of pine nuts suck. I love goat cheese. Matt got a job - Praise the Lord! And my first semester back at school was pretty sweet.
The bad thing about making pesto is that pine nuts are one of the main ingredients and pine nuts are stupidly expensive! The Kroger brand baggie of pine nuts is literally 1/2 cup and roughly $5.50. What's up with that? I haven't looked into where pine nuts are from or why they are so expensive, but my reasoning tells me that pine nuts come from pine trees and pine trees are literally everywhere but the tropics/ deserts/ the amazon... I think. Therefore, the supply of pine nuts should be plentiful and the demand... I'm not so sure about, but I'll tell you what I am sure about - pine nuts are way too freaking expensive. I realize I could Google it really quick and keep myself from sounding as ignorant as I am, but I'll save the real reason pine nuts are so expensive for another blog.
Anyway, I made pesto and after making my pesto I put about a tablespoonish of it on some leftover rice, along with a little butter, microwaved it for a minute and a halfish and garnished it with goat cheese. I finished off lunch with an orange. It was all very delicious. I wish I had the drive to create new foods everyday instead of sticking with the same old soup and sandwich schtick. Not that soup and sandwiches aren't delicious, but too often, I keep myself from making new foods because other things are more convenient.
Okay, I want to back up to the part of the paragraph where I was talking about goat cheese. Because I'm obsessed with goat cheese. I'm pretty sure goat milk would be even more disgusting than regular milk (I love all dairy products, I even have milk in my cereal, but I cannot drink white milk by itself without gagging), however, goat cheese is like the ranch of cheese. You can put it on anything and it makes food taste incredible. Put it in a salad with cranberries, use it instead of Parmesan on pasta, smear it on a Triscuit with a cherry tomato a basil.... There are just endless and wonderful things one can do with goat cheese. Too bad it's also more expensive than your average crumbled feta or blue cheese. Oh well.
In further news, I've finally come to the conclusion that I'm switching my major. Currently I'm doing Public Relations with a minor in history. But I've already re-registered for fall classes with the intention of getting my BA in history with a minor in Medieval and Renaissance studies. I'm EXTREMELY excited about this. I have a passion for history and if Matt can get a salary paying job with a BFA in musical theatre, By God, I can do something awesome with my history degree.
So yes, Matt did get an AWESOME job offer from the church we attend in Cincinnati. And he excepted (duh) and his first day is May 22. We're pretty excited about this. Crossroads is notorious for taking care of their employees and their families and it shows. We feel so absolutely blessed and its such a perfect confirmation that God works in mysterious and awesome ways. This time last year, we were wondering if I was going to make it out of Taji, all the while questioning why Matt wasn't getting the kind of work he had been told he would get. Well, I'm back from the desert and he's back from LA and I don't think either of us would change anything. We love Cincinnati, we love our community, and there is no doubt in either of our minds that we're right where we need to be. It's a nice feeling.
I'm jumping around a lot but I have to mention that I finished my first semester back at school and I feel pretty good about it. I ended up with all A's and one B+. I'm very pleased. Summer break couldn't have come at a more perfect time. I'll be ready for classes to start in August but until then, I'm going to enjoy myself!
Well that's pretty much all I have to say for the day. In a final summation of this blog - I made pesto. It was good, but the price of pine nuts suck. I love goat cheese. Matt got a job - Praise the Lord! And my first semester back at school was pretty sweet.
Your blogs are as amazing as you are...and that's pretty darn amazing!!! By the way, I have a pine tree in my yard. Just sayin....
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