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Winter Ta da! This is where I work! In the same building as President Samuelson ! Perhaps you are thinking that this: Does not seem as magical as this: And you are probably right, but it is pretty fantastic. The people I work with are so friendly and helpful, and I love riding to and from work with Handsome Bryce, (especially because the roads are so icy, and he is a much better driver than I am). I also love that we get to eat lunch together every day. You know what else I love? Peanut butter and chocolate. I made this recipe for peanut butter cups . And I think it turned out head-explodingly-delicious! Mixing peanut butter with the chocolate is the secret to success in this recipe. yum yum yum Yum yum YUM!

Mrs. Beakley As you know I have been working at a new job. It has been really fantastic so far. BYU is definitely the best place I have ever worked. I have been trying to adjust to my new schedule. It's a little stressful learning the ropes and meeting a lot of people at once, and suddenly feeling like there is no time to shop for groceries or write on a blog. I think I have finally figured out a schedule though and I am feeling pretty good about it. To celebrate becoming gainfully employed I decided to make duck. (Duck in the crock-pot of course, I have a job now guys.) I made this recipe for crock-pot duck , except I didn't skin my duck. People skin poultry to make it less fatty, and I am of the opinion that if you want something less fatty you should just eat something that is not a duck. First I mixed up my spices, coriander, anise seeds, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. then I washed the duck (which Bryce named Mrs. Beakley). I also washed some leeks (because I like those bett...

Welp, I Guess I Won't Have any Competition. Seriously internet, who is going to be my nemesis? Justin Jimenez has turned into a normal nice person and is too busy with his fancy job to be a proper arch enemy anymore.

Celebratory Purchase You may have heard, I am now gainfully employed at Brigham Young University, which I must say is EXCELLENT! To celebrate this happiness I decided to get some new shoes, specifically Mary Janes, which my closet was lacking. So I went to a fancy store in the mall. I was looking at their shoes and deciding "no" to all of them. Suddenly a saleslady swoops up from behind asking, "Do you know what you are looking for?" This caught me off guard, usually they say "Can I help you with anything?" and I say "No." but I actually did know what I was looking for. (Sales technique: Give them a question they don't have a pre-programmed answer for.) I said "Mary Janes." She led me to these bad boys: She had a toady there who ooohed and aaahed and said that these shoes were "So unbelievable!" I said, "I was looking for something a lot less practical than that, I want a heel" So she led me to these: The toady...

Oh the Snowmanity! I found this adorable tutorial for melted snowman cookies . (She has a cook book filled with other ideas of unprecedented adorableness.) I wanted to make them but I am way too lazy to make fondant. I found these little cookies and decided they might be the perfect pre-made snowman head! I got some Starbursts to use as noses. I was able to get about 4 noses out of each Starburst. When I opened the cookies though, I realized I had grossly overestimated the size of the cookies. I mean really, those have got to be the world's tiniest flamingos! So I trimmed a little bit off of each nose. Then I used frosting to glue on the noses and mini-chip eyes. Then I traced out the body outline for for the snowmen, just like a policeman with chalk. (Or NOT like a policeman with chalk !) I filled in the outline, stuck the heads on, and added spaghetti arms. It turned out that the cookies were actually the perfect size, if they had been bigger the snowmen would have had giant he...

No Mysteries Here So Thanksgiving is over and I now look like this: (The one on the right, I didn't grow a beard.) Perhaps you are in the same situation and you are thinking, "How in the name of Paula Deen did this happen?" Well here's how it happened to me: Cupcakes with a lump of cookie dough inside Fresh buttered popcorn Cream cheese frosting with a bit of cinnamon roll underneath potatoes and dip In'N Out animal style cheeseburgers and fries and chocolate shakes... My mom's "secret stash" of candy Thanksgiving (I only got pictures of the carnage afterward.) Thanksgiving Oh the Thanksgiving. I gave special thanks for these See's candy chocolate turkeys. So much thanks...

I'm Back! From Outer Space! Just kidding, I was only in California, but now I am back in Utah and it is snowy everywhere. Naturally it is time for Christmas decorations! I was hanging out with my beloved Steffy on Monday and she said "Look at this awesome felt wreath tutorial !" (Mom, be careful when you click that link because there are swears.) We decided to make it. Steff made hers a bright Christmas color just like the tutorial. I made mine burgundy: It was so pretty I decided I didn't want to hang it outside, so it is inside our door. It matches our stockings which my mom gave to us. My mom also gave us these melty snowmen. hee hee Also big news! I got a job!! Yay! I am working at BYU now, my favorite place besides Disneyland!