February 14th, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day!!! (Yes I am aware that this post is late for the day)

I hope everyone spent the day with people they love, from your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, friends and family (maybe even pets).  You don't have to just spend the day being all mushy with someone.  You can spread the love to everyone.

So, for all those people out there who get all mopey and obsessed with the fact they are single on Valentine's day, I say let your family know you love'm instead.

In fact even though this post is later than V-day, I say go tell the people you love that you love them right now.  Today.  You don't need a silly day to tell them.  I certainly hope you let them know more than once a year that you love them.

February 13th, 2011

Sundays are always strange when you have a show in the middle of the day.  It was kind of nice to be up for the day, but had to suffer those consequences when I had work that night.

Random thought to put in this bloggety blog.  You know what I hate?  When you get a drink like an Icee or a smoothie and you can't get the drink off the bottom.  Try as you might all you can do is move the straw around and attempt to suck up what you can in tiny bits. It's frustrating, but so worth the effort at the same time.

Anywhos, back to my day.  I decided to do some baking in time for Valentine's Day. And the strangest thing happened when I tried to crack my egg.

I'm really not sure how it didn't break open all the way.  The shell kept flaking off but I had to crack the other side of the egg in order for it to get open.  It was strange.  I have never seen an egg do that in my years of cracking eggs.

I decided to make red velvet cake in honor of the whole red thing with Valentine's day.  When I saw the mix first I was confused about how it was brown.  I didn't understand how it became red...until! I added some liquid and bam! The red became to appear! I'm so easily amused, but I have never made red velvet cake before....

I have also never used one of these silicon pans.  To be honest they kind of scare me.  I'm just unsure how a floppy pan is gonna cook something.  While it was cooking it kind of let off a very weird smell.  I didn't like that smell, to say the least.  I'm just hoping that it doesn't cook into the cake and make it taste strange as well. Also, if I choose to use it again...doesn't make that smell again.

BUT, if the cake tastes funny I used some of the mix to make some beautiful cupcakes!  I haven't used my single cupcake/muffin glasses before, so that was a new experience for me as well.

They loooooook soooooooo perdy!  Yum!

I topped off the cupcakes with some cream cheese frosting that I dyed pink with food coloring.  I wanted them to be dark red but I couldn't get them dark enough.  Oh well!  They taste fantastic.  In case you wanted to know.  I have not tasted the cake yet though.  Soooooo I can't tell you what it tastes like.

I will show you a picture of the cake tomorrow for Valentine's Day. : )

February 12th, 2011

Didn't really feel like writing anything but I didn't want to get super behind again.

I saw this awhile ago but I always forgot to post about it.  One of my goals for my blog was to get a hit from Russia and as you can see I got one! I was extremely excited the day I noticed that I did.  I mean, who doesn't want Russia to be looking at their blog? Haha.  Now all I need is to get more than one and I'm on my way!

Also it is kind of odd to have views from Slovakia. Kind of amusing to see where people are viewing from.  Maybe I'm just easily amused.

February 11th, 2011

Dear Grandpa George,

Where do I even begin?  There is so much to say about you and so much I wish I could have said to you.  I think I'll just have to make it a combination of both.

First off there is no way I could come up with enough words to describe how incredible of a man you really are/were.  I may be a little biased being your granddaughter and all but you really were.  I can't even begin to count the amount of things you have built with your own hands.  For me alone I think you have built a beautiful desk, and headboard.  I can't count out the major hand you had in building my families house.

You are the hardest worker I have ever known. You have never stopped working on something, even as you got older.  Which also is probably connected to how stubborn you could be at times, but hey you passed that down to me through my father (and I wouldn't have it any other way).  I couldn't have asked for a better role model.  I don't think your four children, thirteen grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren (sorry if I got the count wrong) could have had a better influence in their lives.

All I can say is I'm so glad I had you in my life for 23 years and I doubt anyone else would disagree with me.
I hope you are resting in peace and enjoying the good life with Auntie Barb and anyone else who has gone before you.

There is so much more I wish I could say to you, but I'll end this with the most important thing of all.

I love you and will remember you fondly.  Rest in peace Grandpa.

Love,
Erin

February 10th, 2011

In case you didn't know....Joseph is actually Batman, or some sort of moth man.

At the end of the show we have a reveal of the big colorful coat and it got twisted in the pile before it was hung up.  Thus, it got tangled to make this kinda cool looking Bat/moth thing.  As cool as it looked, I really hope it doesn't happen again during the performance.  If we had raised it up higher it could have done some damage to the coat and probably how it was hanging.

Oh live theatre, always there for some interesting happenings.

February 9th, 2011

Ugh, I'm a terrible person.  I broke my streak of not having fast food for months.  I think the last time I had it was november.  I didn't want to eat it but I didn't have time to eat before rehearsal so I had to pick up a bite to eat or I was going to be dying by the time the rehearsal was over.

I was afraid my body was going to scream angrily at me for doing something like eating fast greasy food, but it actually didn't get upset.  In no way does this mean I'm going to start eating fast food again.  I can't afford to eat that all the time like I used to and what not.

Fight the power! Haha. Stupid fast food.

February 8th, 2011

So I don't think I told anyone this yet but I'm pretty sure Scuba Steve has died.  I don't see anything in his shell anymore...so I would assume he is dead, right?  I also have a strange feeling that he was eaten by G.P.S. (Giant Pink Snail for those who forgot the names of my snails)  Do snails eat each other?  I'm just really confused about where he would have gone... Strange.

Another day of rehearsal.  I will say it went better than the day before.  Found myself things to do backstage and stuff.

February 7th, 2011

Sorry. It's Tech week....That's my excuse for being so far behind on my blogging.

I started Tech week for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.  It's always great to be working on theatre work. : )  Considering that it is my passion in life.

Work is work, and hopefully they will start giving me the hours I need.  I am missing the money cushion in my pocket.

(These posts I have been super late on are probably going to be super short and really boring.  Sorry, but I just didn't have the motivation to type them up.)

February 6th, 2011

SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!


It's always sad to be away from my family when it is super bowl sunday.  Grew up watching the super bowl every year with them and even when I have years of college under my belt away from home it doesn't make you not miss those things.  It's kind of like a holiday, but not. Haha. I don't know.

All I can say is, nothing like a super bowl sunday to inspire you to make foods you usually wouldn't. : )  Trying to keep with my own traditions I made a homemade pizza again.  I made one last year so I thought it would be neat to make another one.  Maybe one of these years I'll go so far as to make my own dough instead of buying it premade.

I only took a picture of it before I put it in the oven, but if I do say so myself, it looks just as good before as it does after.  It is mushrooms, olives, and turkey pepperoni with a three cheese blend.  Yummy!

I also made velveeta and no beans chili dip.  I made waaaaay too much.  I'll be having leftovers for days.  Anyone want some dip?

February 5th, 2011

Lack of postage.  I'm so terrible. Forgives me!

I had a long day today.  Woke up at around 8 am and made some breakfast.  I seem to be a fan of frying potatoes and then scrambling eggs into them.  It's tasty.

After breakfast made a visit to the library to see if there was any interesting free passes for museums.  There were a few but none were too exciting or appealing.  In the end decided to go to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

That place was much larger than I expected. Trudged around the place and saw some neat things.  Those places can kind of be like a maze.  Today it was more of a maze because they were blocking off some areas for a show later on.

Oh I forgot that I had soup for lunch at Eddington's before I went to the museum.  I had forgot about that and I'm not sure how!  It was super tasty.  I really like that soup.  No lies.  I haven't tried many of the flavors but all I know is I enjoy the boundary waters wild rice soup.  Yum yum.

Speaking of more food, I had dinner at Pei Wei and saw this funny sign in the bathroom.

Why thank you bathroom door.  I was really unaware that I needed to lock it in order to ensure my privacy.  That would have been great to know years ago.  I have just been living this world of paranoia not knowing for sure if I was going to be private while in the bathroom.

So, I must spread this message to everyone.  Lock the door if you want privacy.

February 4th, 2011

Mrrr.  Pretty sure I slept away most of my day.  I accomplished maybe three total things, if you really count them as accomplishments.

I can't even figure out what I did.  Gosh, I believe I watched a movie and took lots of naps.  I'm such a lazy bum. Laaazzzy.  So lazy that I have been slacking off on these posts.  Which is my bad.  I just haven't had the urge to get online lately.  I think it's because I'm so lazy and sleepy.

I'm such a bore.  Haha.

February 3rd, 2011

I bought the best thing ever.  In case you can't tell I bought one of those fancy smancy eye covers.  It will serve to be a great investment I believe.

Hard to fall asleep with light in the room that some how sneaks in past the blanket I have covering my window.

I wasn't feeling tip top today.  I was pretty close to not coming in for work, but I made a great choice of taking a 20 minute nap instead of showering before work.  (Oh no, ew gross, I'm all unclean. Pfft.)  It was an interesting time at work too.

I think I'm just mostly excited for this eye cover.  Haha.

February 2nd, 2011

One of the worst possible things that could happen, exploded oatmeal.  Well it didn't quite explode, but it did overflow.  I literally went "awwww" when I opened the microwave.  Apparently 2 minutes is too long for it, eh?

Lets see.  My day was highly uneventful.  I think I spent it laying in bed napping trying to keep my chest cold from getting worst.  I don't think it actually helped because I still have it, but maybe.  It sucks getting sick and feeling poopy.

I'm hoping to get better soon.  I need to feel better so I can work on my sewing project again.

February 1st, 2011

I think it is time to throw away these pants...Massive hole in the crotch and I seem to be growing one in the rear that I didn't notice until I got home.  I mean I could sew on a patch or something, but I don't know if I'm that desperate to save these pants.  I think I can survive without them.

Sat in Joseph rehearsal today and got a taste of the madness I'll be working with.  Should be pretty interesting.  I'm probably going to be doing more people wrangling than anything else, or so I think.  I'm sure I'll have some other duties, but there is a huge cast to keep in line.

I gained some hours at work so tonight wasn't my last night this week.  Which is very nice for my wallet.  I don't like this whole not having hours game.  It gets frustrating.  Speaking of hours, lets hope I can get back up to a good amount or it's going to be pointless for me to sign up for benefits if they don't give me the hours to keep them.  Silly work.

Oh p.s. Welcome to February.  I got offered the job at the big red store a year from today.  I have to figure out my actual start date though so I can feel bad for myself...I mean celebrate. :P

January 31st, 2011

I have my sewing center set up!  I some how managed to dig my desk out of my bedroom.  It was covered in papers and had my desktop on it (that I never use).

I have begun trying to decipher the cryptic pattern instructions.  I'm not all that impressed with the kwik sew patterns.  They leave out a large amount of information that would make it 'sew' much easier to do.  For example: using some sort of labels for the pattern pieces so you know which piece they are talking about instead of trying to guess by the picture.  The pieces are not all that different.

Ah well.  I start work on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat tomorrow at Lyric Arts.  Should be fun.  I hear the show is a ginormous cast.  I'm going to be ASM for the show.  Yay for theatre work. : )