Day 6

This was taken from the floor of my "office". Aside from being a student, I also work as a babysitter (or child care specialist, if you will). Today is a long day of work, so I felt the need to document it, plus that kid is pretty adorable.


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Day 5

This, ladies and gentlemen (all 3 of my readers) is a stroopwafel. This particular confection warranted its own entry in the photo-a-day section of the blog because of how many I ate when I was in Amsterdam this past June (I blame Ashley for introducing me to them). I highly recommend that you get yourself to the nearest starbucks and pick up one or a dozen. You won't be disappointed.


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Day 4

Today's photo will slide in just under the deadline.





This is the logo of a project that I have been working on all quarter. Tomorrow morning at 930, I'll be handing this project in. Thus bringing me one step closer to the end of the quarter.


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#15 : Day 3

Today's photo comes courtesy of this week's running route. For some reason, I get lost really easily while out running (plus, I change routes every 2 weeks), so I've taken to writing the route on my hand in permanent marker. It looks pretty silly, but it decreases my chances of getting lost, again.


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#15 : Day 2

Today's photo is just strange. That's whipped cream. On a table. I spent a fair amount of my afternoon shooting whipped cream thought bubbles that had been drawn on a table. I won't even try to explain further.


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#15 : A True Test of Wills

#15 on my list is to take one picture a day for a month.

Today is Day 1.

This is some killer Korean BBQ that I ate.



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#32 : Oh how you taunt me.

#32 on my list of 101 Things has been taunting me for the past year (ever since the ill fated peach pie and blueberry buckle incident). I originally put it on my list because I feel that since I already kind of know how to bake (cupcakes) this would be an easy thing to accomplish. Oh, how wrong I was.

At this point I will mention that I am not just learning to bake pies, I am learning how to make pie dough, roll out said pie dough and then fill it with delicious fruits and/or other fillings. I think I've got the third thing down, it's items 1 and 2 that are killing me.

So, because it's summer and I live in a state renowned for its peaches (it's on the license plate for heaven's sakes), I decided that this past weekend would be a good time to (re)attack pie. Bourbon Peach Pie to be exact.

Bourbon Peach Pie filling. Just peaches, flour, sugar, vanilla and bourbon (I used whiskey because that's what I had "lying around" ... and we all know that bourbon and whiskey are basically the same thing).

The aftermath of rolling out the dough. Rolling things out has always been befuddling to me. I always feel that I am using waaaaay too much flour. However, this is where I learned that there is no such thing as too much flour. Ever. I will also share that during this process it was 90+ degrees in my kitchen. Don't ever roll out dough when it is 90+ degrees in your kitchen. You will regret  it.

The pies after the oven. Thankfully, by this point, the a/c had been fixed and it was a chilly 85 in the kitchen. Much better.










While normally I would count a recipe's completion as a success (and cross it off my list), I just can't do that to #32 just yet. I think that it's something about the dough ... or that the pie wasn't pretty ... or that I just want to bake more pie. Whatever it is, pie ... we will meet again.



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