Get to know me???

A. Age:

Twenty

B. Bed size:

Queen

C. Chore you hate:

Making the bed

D. Day:

Wednesdays - half-way there!

E. Essential start to your day:

COFFEE & the Today Show

F. Favorite color:

It varies- red.

G. Gold or Silver:

Silver, or white gold.

H. Height:

5'6"

I. Instruments:

Piano, Clarinet, Violin, Percussion

J. Job title:

Host/Cashier. Soon-to-be cast member!

K. Kids:

Eventually two.

L. Live:

Scottsdale/Tempe, AZ

M. Mom’s name:

Michelle

N. Nicknames:

C.J., Cal Cal, Callers, Cali Swag, California

O. Overnight hospital stays:

Not yet!

P. Pet peeve:

Clanging dishes or smelly burps.

Q. Quote from a movie:

Say I'm a bird!

R. Right or left handed:

Right

S. Siblings:

One sister

T. Time you wake up:

Oh wow...during school 6:30 am. This summer 1:00 pm.

U. Underwear:

VS?

V. Vegetables you dislike:

Asparagus...not a big fan of mushrooms, either.

W. What makes you run late:

When my hair won't cooperate.

X. X-Rays you’ve had:

A MILLION of my mouth.

Y. Yummy food you make:

I prefer baking...anything. Cookies?

Z. Zoo:

Otters are the best! PHX zoo sucks, btw. Henry Doorly is legit.

Here's What You've Been Missing

A LOT. I'm sorry to say. Here's the condensed version.

Postino's.

Their salted caramel sundae with chocolate covered corn nuts.

Beer can chicken with Mom.

My birthday from the lovely roomies.

Birthday dinner with my favs.

The love of my life.

Wrangler.

Kayaking with Sean & Wrangler at the cabin.

Sophie, Kayla's baby.

The haboob at work.

Meeting Rob Dyrdek.

Making bread pudding.

Banana Foster's bread pudding to be exact.

Seeing the family in Nebraska.

Icing cupcakes with Aunt Bonita.

My dream house just so happens to reside in Nebraska.

Small town USA, Nebraska.

So those were the highlights of my summer. I only have 20 days left till I'm off to Florida. Hopefully I'll be able to keep ya'll caught up. I'm sure I'll have a lot to share once I'm there.

I'm Back

...I think so at least.
I have so much to tell all of you, I don't even know where to begin.
Sorry I've been gone for so long. First I blamed it on finals, then I blamed it on getting into that summer schedule where my days and nights are reversed...now I don't have much of an excuse at all.

Here's what I must tell you all about:
Wrangler
Banana Foster's Bread Pudding
Postino's
and many many more...

I'll try to stick to it this time. I really have no excuse. I'm just a summer bum now.

Older Men

Ughhh I hate that it's so close to the end of school! I feel like it's the weekend tonight and I really don't want to stay in. Unfortunately I do have classes tomorrow so I can't stay out late even if I was going out. :(

I'm in a super goofy mood right now so I'll rant for a bit.

I have the fattest crush on my periodontist (a kind of dentist)...sure he may be a lot older, but he's super cute! Even my roomie said so. Today was my last appointment till next year. Tragic. I won't be able to see his charming smile for quite some time. I might have to find an excuse to go see him. Like a toothache or something ;)

Totally kidding, but don't judge me for liking older men. You all know George Clooney is a gorgeous man.

Yummy.

And speaking of George Clooney, I may be starring in a film with him sooner or later. Tomorrow is my first debut in a film called Untitled Love Story. Hahah totally playing this up. My friend is a film student and has to film a short movie for school. I told him I'd help him out. I get to test out my acting skills I learned freshman year of high school. Oh dear...wish me luck!!! It should be fun, though. Especially since there's a party scene at our apartment. (Excuse to throw one!)

Who Knew I Could Read?

I don't think I've ever finished a book. Just kidding, that's a tad of an exaggeration. I think I might have finished a few the summer of my freshman year when we took all those road trips.

This semester I've finished two...shocking, I know.
The first was Ree Drummond's Love Story and the second was Water for Elephants.

My roommate let me borrow Water for Elephants and I told myself I'd finish it before the movie came out. Surprisingly I reached my goal! Finished it yesterday. I really enjoyed it, if you like cute love stories, you should definitely check it out. Now I can't wait to see the movie! My prostodontist just sent me movie tickets in a thank you note, too so I don't even have to pay to see it! Only one problem, it comes out Friday and I already agreed to play a part in a friend's short film that day. Saturday I work a double and Sunday is Easter. Guess it'll have to wait. :(

Now I don't have something to distract me from school, which is a good thing with finals right around the corner, but it's kind of depressing at the same time. Hahah

So busy, busy weekend coming up. Most likely won't have enough time to bake anything and cross it off my list. :/ I'll try to keep ya'll posted, though!

Lady Luck

It seems that she has my back again. Lets hope it stays that way!

Ahh what a beautiful day, I just have to share it all with you.
Started out with an overall wonderful day at school including a meeting concerning the Disney internship. Then I came home and ran an errand with my mom before an appointment. Right after, I headed to work and got cut about an hour in.
The fact that I called today beautiful might seem sarcastic to you all, but I'm being completely sincere. It's the little things that add up and mean the most to me.
For example: I couldn't find a paper for my com class and my friend happened to have an extra. I got an a on my speech outline. Got full clicker points in accounting. Went to the Disney meeting and found a potential roommate. Got a new phone at the Verizon store when I went with my mom. We stopped and had a cookie at Paradise. Had my final appointment at my periodontist (this one means the most to me.) And finally, although I would have really liked to earn some money tonight I have a really big stats exam I must study for.

So everything worked out perfectly and I couldn't be more thankful.
Other than that, nothing too exciting is going on. Birthday's coming up and school's just about out, but I have a lot of work to do before hand. :]

Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese and Cake Batter Cinnamon Rolls

Finally some catchin' up on my Bake-It List!
I updated it, too :D

Saturday was specifically reserved for baking and gluttony with Ali, which ended up being the perfect day for it since it was wet and dreary out. Extremely chilly, too!

We started off the festivities with a stop at In&Out. Ali hadn't tried the Neapolitan  shake. So we each grabbed one of those to hold us over till we started on our intense grilled cheese.

We learned a few lessons from cooking this weekend...you really should read through the entire recipe before you decide to start it. The jalapeno popper grilled cheese recipe wasn't terrible, but we didn't realize we would first have to roast the peppers which takes approximately 40 minutes (we cut the time down to 25 by sticking them in the freezer to cool.) Also I thought I would try to be gourmet and buy a bakery loaf of sourdough that I could slice myself. Turns out there was a huge air bubble in the center which is a bit of an issue when making a grilled cheese. Long story short I had to slice up the entire loaf before I could find four decent slices.

Let me tell you though, the trouble was well worth the flavor. It tasted pretty darn close to a popper. Just spicy enough with the creamy texture and crunchy crust of the sourdough.
I added my own little addition of roasted red pepper jelly as well for dipping. Perfect combination. I got the idea from Arby's, who have the best jalapeno poppers and always serve them with bronco berry sauce.

Pictures courtesy of Ali and her Iphone...I forgot my camera at the apartment.

That's the jelly next to it. Looks a little gross.

About four hours later, we finally regained our appetites. I never would have guessed a grilled cheese and milkshake would leave me so full. Normally I'm a bottomless pit.
It was almost midnight and we decided it was time to take a stab at the cake batter cinnamon rolls. We're both obsessed with cake batter. Ever Coldstone trip: Birthday Cake Remix. No reason to try anything else and be disappointed.
The problem with this recipe is it used PW's cinnamon roll recipe. I've always wanted to try her recipe for them, but unfortunately midnight is not the time to start when you're using yeast and waiting for dough to rise. We agreed that we'd substitute a recipe for quick dough online.

Not very pretty, yet pretty delicious.

Didn't drink that brandy. I SWEAR.

Definitely not nearly as good as they could have been, but the cake batter filling and icing made up for it. We just had to make sure we ate them warm so the dough was nice and soft. So sweet and satisfying :)