New Blog!

For the love of food and all things Holy, Kevin and I have started a blog on our love of food.

Eating out.

Eating in.

Making up new recipes.

Follow us.

Please.

http://foodiesontheroad.blogspot.com/

~Krista and Kevin

I'm Moving

It hasn't been officially announced to too many people yet, but I am moving. My boyfriend, Kevin, has accepted a job in Sandpoint, ID starting June 1st, so we will be loading up a moving truck and making the 16 hour drive to Northern Idaho in late May.



I'm practically every emotion over this endevour. Happy, sad, excited, anxious, nervous, worried... Packing up my life and leaving my family and friends is going to be, by far, the hardest thing I'll ever have to do in my life to date. But I am looking forward to living in a smaller community and in a part of the country that had captured my heart at a young age.

One thing I'm not looking forward to... snow.

I've never, ever, ever, driven in the snow. I can count on one hand how many times I've actually seen snow in person. Yep, I've lived less then two hours away from snow my entire life and I've been less then five times... and now I'm moving to snow country! Lord, have mercy!

I don't know, maybe I'll learn to snowboard or something... maybe...

Stay tuned for the trials and tribulations of packing up California and heading to Idaho and how well I acclimate to small town life.

~Krista

A Time For Change

I can feel it.

The weather is changing for the better.

The plans for my house improvements are coming together.

Hell, my outlook on life is getting better.

It's a time for change and I feel like something great is about to come my way.

And I didn't just get that from a fortune cookie!

I mean, really?!?

While I'd like to try and post only "happy" posts, I think this just needs to be said into the vast web of the internet...

Why does it feel like I'm stuck in the same spot without hope of every getting relief?

Same job, still in school, still barely scraping by...

I've tried changing my situation.

I've applyed for jobs only to find a rejection letter in my mailbox without so much as an interview.

One class at a time is taking forever.

Getting paid my weak paycheck only to be out of money by the 10th.

Yes, I know I'm lucky to have a job. To have a paycheck. Don't think I don't appriciate it because I do. I'm lucky to have a roof over my head, food on the table and a pillow to lay my head down at night.

I'm tired of scraping by.

Something needs to change. New job; new surroundings; new something.

Thanks for letting me rant.
~K

The Pioneer Woman: Cookbook

Okay, I'm a little obsessed right now so bear with me.

Blog Post 3 Re: Pioneer Woman.

I have to say, hands down, I love (LOVE!) this cookbook! I've already made the BBQ Jalapeno Poppers - easy and delicious!

All the recipes seem very easy and use common pantry items. Unlike some cookbooks that require japanese ingredients that can only be found in specialty stores and cost an arm and a leg.

Real ingredients = Real food

And if you don't have, say, buttermilk, she trys to give you substitutions. I love that.

The only thing you have to watch is sometimes the recipe serves a lot more then you might need to cook for. One example would be the yummy looking cinnamon rolls. There are only two of us in my house so using the recipe as-is, would yeild 40-50 rolls. Good Lord! I don't need an abundence of cinnamon rolls hanging around. My midsection is already crying for help. So I adjust.

I didn't get a chance to take pictures last night before the poppers were gone, but next time I make them, I'll try to share (at least visually).

Buy this book. Trust me, you'll thank me later.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Pioneer-Woman-Cooks/Ree-Drummond/e/9780061658198/pwb=1&

Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

I was reading Pioneer Woman's blog last week (shocker!) and I came upon a post about her book that was coming out. It's called "Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story", the story of Pioneer Woman and Marlboro Man (pet name for her husband).

I'm only a few chapters in but I find the book hard to put down. In fact, she's such a great story teller, I've already had dreams about cowboys and wranglers. Mmmmm...

I'm already recommending this book and I'm only on chapter 6.

Go for it. Read it. You'll love it.

That is all.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?EAN=9780061997167

Making Peace

I have come to terms with the fact that I cannot nail down a single topic to blog about consistantly. I will be taking the advice of my new found love, Pioneer Woman, and writing about...whatever.

I've made peace with that. As much as the OCD wants things planned and orderly.

Really.

So, with that, I'm just going to write about whatever.

~Krista