Been doing some cooking

So I have been meaning to write here more, it doesn't keep an accurate record if you don't put anything down. So I have been cooking more. So far i have made 3 things out of the how to cook everything book, I made some stur fry with beef, sauteed some pork, and made some carmel. The Carmel was the only thing other people tasted but i got good reviews. I also made some chili in the crock pot. Getting better but still need to keep it up

I am thinking about changing one of the list items to going to some number of festivals. On Monday Domsky called me and told me he was going to Festival 8 and I should go, at first I just laughed, I mean its in Indio CA, I am in Arkansas. Then I realized that pretty much every time I want to see someone now a flight will be involved so why not, I will give Domsky credit, if he hadn't called back Monday after work to try for a second time I might not have switched over. Tuesday morning I went online and bought a plane ticket. I still don't have a ticket to the actual show but I'm sure I will find one of those once we get out to CA . I will have a costume for Halloween, i was informed I would be the only one without a costume at the entire festival. Heather has a camera so I will wait for the pictures when we get back to let you know what I choose. One thing i didn't pick but would have been awesome if i had thought of it before I committed to the one i did choose, is Michael Phelps. just get either a speedo or a warm up suit, dangle a bunch of gold metals around your neck and walk around the Phish festival asking people to smoke pot. too bad, it would have been a good one

I will be back with pictures

Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure & updates

I have been in AR for almost 3 months now, It has been interesting to say the least. I have had my car totaled (some moron backed out of a parking spot w/o looking), bought a new one( 08' Camry SE, see pic), both my power and water shut off at different times, the water was my fault the power was not, I made a payment, they told me after they shut off my power 3 weeks later that it didn’t go thru, but no notice before than.

Above all else I have struggled to become part of the area, so yesterday I volunteered at the Susan G. Koman Race for a Cure. It was something one of the diversity groups at work was doing and I figured if we want them to participate in our YEN events we need to do there's. They had a fundraising goal of $500 for the HP team, I personally raised $205, I would like to thank those who helped me in that effort, Steve & Katie, my parents and grandparents. Because of you guys I raised a little under 1/3 of the $650 we raised as a team. Yesterday I was in downtown little rock at 5:45 to start handing out Yogurt at the Yoplait truck for 4 hours. This works nicely for my volunteering hours since I have been slacking on them. I have done some helping putting up a tailgate for the UCA Bears but that doesn't really feel like I should count it. Again I don't have pics cuz I don't have a camera (which is also why their is the cheesy car pic above cuz i need something to break up the words) but I know there were a bunch of pics taken so once I can get my hands on a few I will post them (Just for the record that is 6/101)

I have also been working on cooking more, my parents were here last weekend and my mom did an unbelievable job outfitting my kitchen, just to name a few things I have now that I didn't before: Crockpot, coffee maker, cheese shredder, large baking pans w/ tops, mixing bowls, dish drying rack, and a ton of spices and all of those other things that I need to season which I never would have thought of on my own. Which brings me to the fact that I am currently making Chili in my crock pot right now. This will be the 1st non hunk of meat and one side meal that I have made on my own

A final note of updates, I am going to join a Racquetball league soon, I have looked a couple up and just need to make a call and get signed up