Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

I finally baked it and it is delicious !! The smell the taste the everything !! I didn't have a bread pan but i decided to use a casserole dish instead and it worked perfectly. Maybe my next kitchen purchase will be a bread pan since homemade breads are just wayyyy yummy !! I decided to make it full calorie and full fat but next time I am going to cut it down and try something different. Thank goodness I decided to go to the gym today and burned 400 calories so I could enjoy a slice of bread. It is important to treat yourself every once in awhile right ?

I am really enjoying living in my new apartment despite our dumb neighbor who thinks we have been partying for 3 days straight and decides to call the cops on us at 8:30 on a Friday night. Like who does that ? She should man up and come over and say hey could you guys please quiet down rather than screaming at me from the sidewalk. And she thinks we are the immature ones. Good one lady ! Other than her I think we are going to have a great year ! Amen to that !

one saturday afternoon

I didn't realize that re-finishing a piece of furniture would be so much work ! Sanding it takes forever and my fingers are all scratched up and nasty ! Hopefully tomorrow I can finish sanding the last door and then prime it and then paint it. It is going to look cute once it is finished. Now I realize why I have never done this before but I think I will want to do it again once I see the finished product.

I want to bake something but I do not know what I want to bake. I want to make some sort of bread . . . I think banana bread sounds good maybe with some chocolate chips. Of course I am craving something not healthy. That's typical ! We will see what happens. The problem is is that healthy sweet things are just not as good as the real thing and I really wish they were.

I think it is time for me to start packing up all my stuff because next weekend it is APARTMENT time ! yay i am so excited and I can't believe we get the keys on my birthday ! yay !

August is just so exciting I love August !

The Simple Things

I love the simple things in life. A friendly smile, a cozy hug, a sweet kiss, a pleasant conversation all make me feel loved. Today was a relaxing Saturday filled with love and simplicity. I got the opportunity to look at old family photos, have a lovely brunch with my mom, dad, and boyfriend, go get starbucks with my mom, and bake some homemade cookies ! And tonight we are going to have a nice dinner at Larsons and go see Inception.

I love being surrounded by the people who love me most. They make me feel special and loved and fill my heart with warmth and comfort. Today has been a perfect day and I see and feel nothing but love around me.

The Beginning

Well . . . i figured i would start a blog. A place where i can write my thoughts and share my stories. A place that will always listen and be open to my internal ideas. And a place to simply reflect on my everyday happenings.

Today was just way too hot for me. I like the heat but when i am literally sweating every second of the day i get a little irritated. My perfect day is a temperature of 75 with clear sunny skies. Today was not one of those perfect days but i started my day off with a quote. "A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition." I live by this quote because I truly believe that I could be having the worse day of my life where everything goes wrong but I will strive to keep a sunny outlook and not let the bad things chew me up and spit me out.

I decided to turn my grumpy mood around after my class this morning and my day keeps getting better ! Maybe i will try harder to make every day a good day and only focus on the positives. Like: I am lucky to have the opportunity to go to college and get an education (even if it is at 8am during my summer). I am lucky to have a job that is truly life changing and makes me appreciate everything I have. I am lucky to have a loving mom, a loving dad, and a loving brother. I am lucky to have the friends I have who will always be there to support me no matter what. And, I am lucky to have a wonderful and loving boyfriend who appreciates me and loves me just the way I am.

My goal: to focus on the positives and eliminate the negatives. Whether it be thoughts, people, or things.

And by the way, Despicable Me was one of the cutest movies I have seen in awhile. I left the theater with a smile on my face. It would be awesome to have by very own minion ! They are just so cute !