Nine/peppermint bark

Christmas is only nine days away. Nine!!! I completely missed the boat if I wanted to do any kind of 10 day countdown. Speaking of Nine, I am SO excited to see that movie! It looks like it will be uber-dope, because with all those Oscar winners and singing and dancing, how can you go wrong?? Plus, I hope to see it with people I love. Plop me down in a theater with some peanut M&M's and Daniel Day Lewis, and I'm a happy girl.

In the spirit of the holidays, I chose to make peppermint bark today. I've been craving it for a while, and haven't had any for two years. I found a pretty simple recipe for it here, and made it even more simple and cheap by using chocolate chips instead of chocolate bars. I put on Love Actually in the background and spent my afternoon cooking.

And if you think I didn't make this a big part of my dinner, you are sorely mistaken. SOOO good!

updates on my life

A lot of things have gone on since my last serious post (before Thanksgiving), so here's a little catch up.

Thanksgiving was everything I was hoping it would be, and since I had been looking forward to it since FOREVER, it had a lot to live up to. I got a chance to see my family and friends, relax, and eat some amazing food. Some of the highlights:

My uncle burnt the sweet potatoes, which resulted in a hilarious two minutes of everyone panicking in the kitchen.

My dad and I made this killer chocolate pie.

I kicked everyone's butt at Apples to Apples (what what?!).

Plus, it gave me the chance to bake a pumpkin pie for the first time in my life, which I've been dreaming of for a while. It was without a doubt the best pumpkin pie I have ever tasted. This is not a joke. What made it so good? Toasted walnuts on the bottom layer, cream cheese mixed with the pumpkin, and cute leaves that I designed myself, with my dad's help. Take that Martha Stewart! Here's the recipe if you want to try it out.

And a couple of weeks ago, I got to go to San Diego to see my lovely friend Amanda who I haven't seen since Spain.



And here I am, almost done with the semester and taking care of some holiday business before I go home. It's flown by, as usual, and I can only thank God that I've gotten through it. On to make some Christmas goodies (coming soon)!

really quick...

Finals are coming up, so of course I've been doing everything I can to put off studying. Currently looking at WeHeartIt, and here's what I've decided...

In my dream life, I'd live here:


and my boyfriend would be this guy:


and I'd be this cute all the time:


and I would be able to incorporate this into every meal: