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Ok so if you’ve been following my blog, you know about my list of 101 goals in 1001 days (if not, I just added a spiffy new link to it under the “links” tab above.) So far, I love this list. My brain can be scattered sometimes and writing down tangible goals really helps me get what I want out of life! All thanks to Ryan and his crazy love for all things sports (although I do love my Cardinals!) I got to cross two things off in one day!
Ryan came up with the idea to take a weekday road trip to Flagstaff (goal number 1) to go to Cardinals training camp since neither of us had been before and part of that wonderful plan included waking up at 5am to drive there…which means I got to cross see the sun rise and set in the same day off my list! (goal number 2)
It was a great day and I ended up meeting a few of the players which was really fun. I like them all but I’ve got to admit my three favs are Larry Fitzgerald (who doesn’t love him?!) Jason Wright, and Darnell Dockett (mainly because I’ve kind of “gotten to know him” through his twitter and because he rocks at defense.) Can’t wait for this season, but Kurt Warner is greatly missed already!!
Why don’t you go out and make a list of goals of your own?? The feeling you get from crossing one off is great. :)
Proof that I was actually awake before the sun:
I caught Dockett staring at me before practice ;) Ryan and I couldn’t figure out why exactly he was looking at me for so long!
Ryan got this awesome shot of Fitz doing his thing.
My shirt with all of the signatures from the day :) Now I just need Fitz and Dockett to sign it! (and maybe Beanie Wells and Hightower too)
Finally the sunset on the way home! There was also a big double rainbow but it was really hard to get a photo of it from the passenger seat on the freeway.
I’ve decided to start a new monthly feature on the blog called “A Day in the Life.” Every month, on the ninth day of the month, I’ll take nine photos of what happened in my day and what I did. No matter how boring or exciting my day is, I’m hoping that you’ll get to know me a bit better by getting a glimpse into my life. This is also just as much for me as it is for my readers. I’ve never been good at keeping written journals so I’m hoping this can be a little photo journal for me to look back on one day and remember what my days were like.
I hope you like this little glimpse of what it’s like to be me. :)
1. I started out my day with the most scrumptious Ecce Panis foccacia rolls ever. Yum.
2. Drove out to apply for a job with a second company to be a respite caregiver.
3. Got motivated to work with some Vitamin Water! My favorite flavor is XXX, but we were out. :(
4. I am in Spanish for summer school and every Monday I dread the HOURS it takes for me to do my homework.
5. I got my new macro lens this weekend and I was playing around with it for a little while today. Can’t wait to use it at this Fall’s weddings!
6. Started on my second biz book of the month, The E-Myth Revisited. I’ve started it twice before but I’m really going to finish this time!
7. My fav pizza is from Domino’s – cheese with pineapples. I’m allergic to pineapples normally but not these for some reason!
8. I was super excited to get new chip clips for my apartment because I’ve been using small paperclips for way too long.
9. A late-night quick snapshot of where I had to spend most of my day! Thankfully I had a little lap buddy :)
Today wasn’t the most exciting of days, but it was part of my life so I will embrace it for all of its worth!
This summer I’ve been trying to expand my cooking skill set (it pretty much didn’t exist before!) One of my favorite foods is bread and when it comes to frozen dough and bread recipes I love Rhode’s rolls and loaves. I found this recipe that uses Rhode’s loaves (I doubled it to make two) and loved it so I thought I’d share! It’s super easy to make for the cooking-challenged and doesn’t take much time at all once the bread is thawed.
I wasn’t at home when I made it and only had my small point and shoot camera for these pics, but I did the best I could with what I had. :)
Here are the ingredients I used, it’s modified a bit from the original recipe:
Servings: 8
Skills: Intermediate
Prep Time: 20 min (not including thaw time)
Bake Time: 30-35 min
Ingredients
1 Loaf Rhodes™ Bread Dough, thawed to room temperature (this takes way less time than the bag says, maybe 1.5 hrs total)
1/3 cup light Italian cheese salad dressing (go light on the dressing, otherwise it spills out when baked!)
1/2 pound thinly sliced pastrami (I used one container of meat per loaf)
1 cup mozzarella cheese (the recipe called for swiss but I prefer mozzarella)
A few chopped up green olives (optional)
1 egg white, beaten
Instructions
Spray counter lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Roll loaf into a 12×16-inch rectangle. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest 10-15 minutes. Remove wrap from dough and pour dressing lengthwise in a 4-inch strip down center of dough. Top with pastrami, mozzarella cheese and green olives. Make cuts 1 1/2-inches apart on long sides of dough to within 1/2-inch of filling. Begin braid by folding top and bottom strips toward filling. Then braid strips left over right, right over left. Finish by pulling last strip over and tucking under braid.
Lift braid with both hands and place on a large sprayed baking sheet. Brush with egg white. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. Let it cool a bit then serve! It makes pretty good left overs too. :)
This is the inside before braiding and baking:
The final product:
I’d love to hear if you try the recipe and if you’re interested in me posting other recipes I find and love in the future!
