Focus on Maja.
Focus on Foutching Majie!
woop! I can do that :)
As most of you know, I am in my *hopefully-if-everything-goes-as-planned-even-though-I-will-have-no-life-what-so-ever*last year of my grad program. I love my program! It's so versatile and you can mold your degree into what you want to do and focus on. It pretty much rocks my socks. HOWEVER, school starts up next Monday. Holy hairy sasquatch Batman! That is tooooooooo soon.
Needless to say, I am not ready. I want more summer. I want to stay up late with Will watching movies. I want to stay up late and laugh with my husband. I want to stay up late and read magazines or my girlie books. I want to have my weekly Vixen (wine night/girlie TV shows/nails painting party) nights with Kelly. I want to wear jeans to work every day. I want to NOT have to do homework when I get off work.
I love summer.
So, I decided to make the most of my August so I can enjoy summer to the max and enjoy this awesome free time that I have only during summer.
Goal ONE for August: read for fun as MUCH as I can! Yee-ah! I have already finished one book and started on another. It was a fluff book and I freaking loved every silly-predictable-rom-com-moment of it. Every moment. I love losing myself in a book. It's an awesome escape from the real world. I just started a new book by another chick lit author whom I have never read before. So far....LOVE. Emily Griffin....we are insta-friends! If you like Jane Green or Jennifer Weiner or Sophie Kinsella she is similar.
Goal TWO for August: like last summer I am giving myself a Pinterest challenge. I started out thinking that I would do one (or at least one) recipe from my "Rockin' Recipes" board and one other pin from any of my other boards. As much as I would like to do this I am also plugging away on WAM's growing project to do list. SOoooooo I have altered this to be do at least one recipe a week from my Pinterest board. Guess who loves this goal more than I do? That's right, Willie G himself. Bless his heart that sweet little guy thinks I am a good cook. Ha! I have him fooled ;) I am no cook, but I am an eager learner and I get really lucky in the kitchen....not like newlywed bow-chicka-bow-ow lucky, but lucky as in I don't read the entire recipe and directions before I start cooking and sometimes I improvise. So far, everything I made this month was edible and most of it was actually quite tasty. Go Maja go!
Here is what I made and the links to the recipes:
Pesto Chicken: http://www.cookglee.com/2013/06/how-to-make-juicy-grilled-chicken.html
(*Disclaimer, this one didn't have an actual recipe, so I just did what the photos showed and my pesto chicken turned out great! I made quite a bit, so I had pesto chicken for a whole week to put into my salads too. YUMMY!)
Zucchini Parmesan: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=2718
Delicious!!!! Enough said.
Parmesan Crusted Tilapia: http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/rachael-ray-magazine-recipe-search/five-ingredient-recipes/parmesan-crusted-tilapia
(We LOVE Tilapia and eat it frequently. This was an easy recipe and so full of flavor!)
Crash Hot Potatoes: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/
(I could eat potatoes everyday of my life. Mainly mashed potatoes. These potatoes did not start out so well and we did not have high expectations...no offense Pioneer Woman....but we were pleasantly surprised! So good!)
Broccoli Bites: http://www.staceysnacksonline.com/2011/01/broccoli-bites-for-kids.html
(These are NOT just for kids. We loved them and devoured them. So tasty. So filling!)
So far I am loving August. Absolutely LOVIN' it. Tonight I am making another Pinterest recipe....pumpkin brownies. You're welcome co-workers ;)
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