I tried to do something creative tonight for a "finger food" get-together some friends had. As you can see from the picture below my plan did not come to fruition. I wanted to make mini- candy apples. After tonight I learned that there is a difference between candy and caramel apples. I burned the candy syrup and then accidentally stuck my finger in some of the syrup that dropped on the counter....the package said that the mixture reaches up to 325 degrees...I'm sure you can imagine the pain I' m in. To make a long story short, the apples ended their short little lives in the trash can. All this on top of me being in a terribly long weekend class that is turning out to be a HUGE waste of money...sleep is much needed. I WILL master candy apples!!!!

Birthday / Life in the Artistic lane

We just had Michael's 24th Birthday party. We had friends over to the house for some great BBQ (on our new grill!) and cake. Then we headed out for a fun filled night of Cosmic bowling. For those of you who know Mike, also know that few things make him as happy as a good game of bowling!

Well, I am officially an Art major at University of Oklahoma. So far things are going really well, I'm enjoying my classes and my professors are great. It is only the 6th week of classes but I am already feeling the benefits of being surrounded by such creative people. On the first project I turned in, I got one of the highest grades in the class, and my project is being displayed in the hallway of the art building. I don't mean to "toot my own horn", so to speak, but after having such amazing trouble all my life in school it feels so good to have found something I seem to be good at! Next semester I turn in my portfolio for actually getting into the Photography concentration, so we will see how that goes. While I'm doing well in school, the house is in shambles, the laundry is spralled over the couch and the dishes crowd the sink...it's taking some getting used to for Mike. Over the last year I havent worked, I've been the stay at home wifey that keeps the house pretty much spottless and keeps the food in her husband's stomach...the last few weeks have been a slightly different story. Of course we talked about him having to pick up the slack around the house while I'm in school for the next few years (the amount of slack being picked up still remains to be seen), I'm not so sure he expected the cold hard hand of reality to fall so heavily!! OK, I'm being dramatic, but really things are going great right now.

Mike should (the key word here being SHOULD) start flying early next month, but you never really know with the AF. He just finished his second masters class this last weekend and he cant wait for it to be over. He hasn't been so sure about this career path the last few months, so we have been discussing other options. But we both just started school so we are stationary for now!