oh snickerdoodle!

Strangely enough, snickerdoodles proved to be more tricky to make then one would think...I usually successfully make substitutions in recipes, but these ones were a little different. i used crisco instead of butter because the butter was frozen..and it totaly made my cookies weird. I also used whole wheat flour, which I didn't think would matter, but again it kind of did...oh yeah I accidently broiled the first batch (I have a bad habit of doing kitchen things in the dark...the temp was on broil instead of 300 degrees) it actually made an interesting texture on the cookie, the sugar on the outside kind of hardened into this crispy outside, but it was kind of a little too much, aka burnt. Interesting though. anyways I have about 15 weird cookies..lucky for me kevin will eat most things (although he claims to be picky..weird..) I made pho today, it actually wasn't that hard! Veggie pho of course, I dont really eat meat. The most labor-intensive part was the broth, when having pho at red pepper (best chinese food place around, yum!) I couldn't pin down the spices that went into it...turns out it was cinnamon and star anise..I used chinese 5-spice, which worked like a charm. anyways that was a culinary success, next time I'll pick up cilantro and lime to have as the garnish, really makes a big diff. My new favorite food are what we call 'cartoon mushrooms' which we first discovered in the pho, I guess the right term is 'straw mushroom' but they really do look like little cartoons. anyways. We've been lounging around the apt all day, watching a 'top chef' marathon, its quite entertaining. kevin has an interview at the restaurant right next to niagara falls, he's decided computers aren't exactly his passion. I say go for it, you have to be happy first and foremost in life. plus guys who can cook are HOT. I officially have all my numbers for the tri, so I'm just going to do as little work as possible this week and next, and then its time to go to maine!!! yay! I am very excited to show kevin around the state, we have big plans...well, plans to make plans I guess..I'm gonna shadow a few docs over the break to try to find a place to work when i finally gradumatate, I thinnk I've decided it would be best to go back to maine and see how i like it back there, and if I'm not happy, possibly relocate..one thing at a time...I would be happy living on a farm in the country somewhere, close enough to have a practice in a town that would pay the bills (I'm not exactly in the market to be rich, just happy..) plus i think if you are doing extremely well as a chiropractor, you're a bit of a shiester, or I guess very lucky..ahh I'm so not tired, had coffee a few hours ago and now I'm WIRED. I bought nutritional yeast to have over popcorn sometime, turns out its the secret ingredient in the popcorn I enjoy eating back home..I am hella excited. anyways I'm going to go run on my hamster wheel for a while (which I dont actually own, I feel like I need to run myself down though) right. thanks for reading, have a good nite