songbird says stuff...

i cooked dinner tonight. i cooked dinner yesterday night, as well. :) i am slowly getting back into the swing of cooking and exercising. its probably a good idea that i'm easing my way into being more active and getting things in gear. i've started eating breakfast every morning and going on walks with my nephews every morning (weather permitting). this week i've started cooking healthy food, lots of veggies and grilled meat rather than fried. its fun and i love it.

whenever i hear the theme song from the newer rendition of the movie "little women" (the one with claire danes and wynona ride), i can't help but tear up and think of amazing times with my mom. its pretty much our movie. i think i may go over her house, cuddle up and watch it with her. when the day comes and she is called to be with the LORD in heaven, it will be one of the movies i watch when i'm thinking of her. i'll hear the music and i know it will bring back all the lovely memories. i remember going to see that in the movies with her... *sigh*

okay, lets stop the sad thoughts!

i'm tired and it was ridiculously hot today. tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter! i love east coast summers. they are actual summers where you can truly complain about the heat, where you long to be in an ice cold pool or ocean. and then all of a sudden, some day near the end of august or the first couple weeks of september, you'll get that one cool day. the one that reminds you of the amazing beauty that is the season of fall. oh yes. fall. oh its lovely.

julie and johnny come to visit in 3 days! i'm so excited i could scream. there is so much that needs to get done though... its kind of intense. pillows. i need to remember to get pillows! hmm... what else. vacuum bags. meant to get them the other day but couldn't find them. boo! at least the dishes are done! thank you, bud.

i guess i'm done for now... i think i'm going to go reminisce some more. i'm kind of an emotional person right now... it was either the video i just watched about a korean man, the little women song, or maybe i'm close to a certain cycle i'm waiting on. kind of hope it doesn't come, so that it can mean that i'm pregnant. but i'm not holding my breath. i've kind of accepted defeat... or at least i've come to the point where i don't take pregnancy tests anymore. if i don't start by saturday, maybe i'll take a test. we'll see... anyway - sorry to end on such a... not popular topic. love to you all.

blueberry oatmeal cookies! i made these with my nephew the other day and they turned out awesome. there are a few things i'd like to change and see how it works out but here is the initial recipe:


1/2 c. butter
1 c. packed brown sugar
3/4 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. quick cooking oats
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. fresh or frozen blueberries

Cream butter until soft and fluffy.
Gradually stir in sugars.
Beat in eggs.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Fold in blueberries.
Drop dough by heaping spoonful onto a cookie sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.

NOTE: Frozen berries are easier to work with.

should look like this:




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what i'd like to do is maybe add in some grated lemon peel or some lemon extract, and replace the white sugar with honey and see how that works out... i'll have to try it sometime. :) :)

anyway - that is all for now. love to you all. sorry this is not a very detailed blog but i wanted to write anyway!

don't know why i thought of mandrakes. who knows...

bud's sister julie and her fiancée come to visit in less than 5 days! i'm so very excited to see them. its been almost a year since i've seen them and i can't wait to sit and talk and just enjoy them. it should be an amazing time!

lets see... so much has been going on and really its not even truly noteworthy. i'm sorry. i've been watching heaps of tv when i'm not thinking about school, planning for school, working, thinking about working, thinking about cars, trying to figure out how to clean up my apartment to be nice for when johnny and julie come and when i'm not trying to spend time with the husband. his schedule has been weird and you combine that with his youtube videos and school schedule - i am itching to spend time with him. thankfully, bud and i had an amazing time last night. i'm not one to sit and squeal about intimate things like that, but it was truly a beautiful evening. candles, amazing music by explosions in the sky, and just the two of us, enjoying the beauties of matrimony. God is so amazing to have blessed me with a husband who i can cherish until death do us part. i just pray that God will bless us with a baby soon... that would be an amazing gift.

oh man. babies. everywhere. so many people i know are pregnant, thinking of getting pregnant, just having their babies, onto their 2nd or 3rd, or have had babies and are enjoying life with them. it gets a bit overwhelming. i am so happy for everyone i know who has a child and has been blessed with such a gift. i am truly happy for them. its the weirdest feeling to be so happy and at the same time, have your heart ache and long to hold a child of your own in your arms. its a lot...

anywho - i guess i'll go. i'm gonna try to read some more of my book and maybe i'll update y'all tomorrow about what i read. we'll see how far i get, i'm pretty tired. love to you all! goodnight.