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Mmm it makes me happy to cook again. I have made several things in the last couple weeks. Only some of them came out great, but I think it's just because I haven't been cooking much in a long time, and I'm out of practice. I need to keep making time for it, because when something delicious comes out, it is so worth it!
My favorite recent thing was this spring strawberry pie. It was very easy, and really yummy. I do need a better graham cracker crust recipe though, because while a little crumbly isnt bad - this one just fell completely apart. still tasted delicious, but I'd like to be able to actually get a slice on to a plate instead of just scooping spoonfuls of it up =P
I've been offered a new position at work, with our retention team. It's more of a lateral move than a promotion, but it's a positive move. I am a little nervous about sustaining a positive mood after spending day after day talking to people who want to cancel.. but I guess we'll see. I count my ability to sympathesize, ability to accurately read a given customer's needs and concerns, my persuasiveness while maintaining client advocacy and my ability to find solutions among my best work skills, so it theoretically should be a good fit.
I am back in the swing of climbing, and very happy about it. Between visiting CO and then getting majorly sick, I had been out of it for about a month. Been back a few times now and strength is returning. Can't wait for some outdoor trips as the weather warms up. We are headed out to Vantage this Sunday! Summer makes me really wish I didn't work Saturdays, so I could do more outdoorsy/campy trips. Oh well.
Had a wonderful Easter dinner this past weekend... probably the best one ever. Easter dinner isn't usually a big deal with my family, but this time everyone pitched in and it came out great. We had super yummy ham and turkey, green bean casserole, stuffing, pasta salad, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls and deviled eggs! We also had amazing desserts... Ashleigh made a delicious banana cream pie, I made the aforementioned yummy strawberry pie, and my brother Jason brought a turtle pie! Ashleigh and Derek also made a really, really good punch that we pretty much cleaned out by the end of dinner. Best part is I got to take home a sizeable amount of pasta salad and ham... yum :)
okay, outta time, off to climby climb. Hope everyone has a good night!
My favorite recent thing was this spring strawberry pie. It was very easy, and really yummy. I do need a better graham cracker crust recipe though, because while a little crumbly isnt bad - this one just fell completely apart. still tasted delicious, but I'd like to be able to actually get a slice on to a plate instead of just scooping spoonfuls of it up =P
I've been offered a new position at work, with our retention team. It's more of a lateral move than a promotion, but it's a positive move. I am a little nervous about sustaining a positive mood after spending day after day talking to people who want to cancel.. but I guess we'll see. I count my ability to sympathesize, ability to accurately read a given customer's needs and concerns, my persuasiveness while maintaining client advocacy and my ability to find solutions among my best work skills, so it theoretically should be a good fit.
I am back in the swing of climbing, and very happy about it. Between visiting CO and then getting majorly sick, I had been out of it for about a month. Been back a few times now and strength is returning. Can't wait for some outdoor trips as the weather warms up. We are headed out to Vantage this Sunday! Summer makes me really wish I didn't work Saturdays, so I could do more outdoorsy/campy trips. Oh well.
Had a wonderful Easter dinner this past weekend... probably the best one ever. Easter dinner isn't usually a big deal with my family, but this time everyone pitched in and it came out great. We had super yummy ham and turkey, green bean casserole, stuffing, pasta salad, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls and deviled eggs! We also had amazing desserts... Ashleigh made a delicious banana cream pie, I made the aforementioned yummy strawberry pie, and my brother Jason brought a turtle pie! Ashleigh and Derek also made a really, really good punch that we pretty much cleaned out by the end of dinner. Best part is I got to take home a sizeable amount of pasta salad and ham... yum :)
okay, outta time, off to climby climb. Hope everyone has a good night!