Adventures in Cooking

Happy Halloween! During the month of October I found I have come back in touch with domestic Amy. I used to cook a lot--but I haven't been much of a cook lately. So--one of my personal goals recently has been to work more on cooking and learning to make more food from my mom. So--this post is all about FOOD :)
My friend Jill and I decided this month to have a Witches' Tea Party. We decided to make food and have a good time as Witches.

Here's some photos from the tea party:I also designed the invitations for our tea party--another one for the crafty Amy!

Jill and me in our witch costumes, which I designed my own hat too...what is happening to me!

Target had these cute little cupcake tins--and I couldn't walk past them.
So I made "Boo Brownies"

This one is a family recipe for haystacks, but I cutesied them up with mini candy corn pumpkins.

In all, we had about 25 girls show up with treats and witches outfits to our party. It was a success! Jill and I are currently planning another tea party for January--details to come later.

Today, my roommate and I decided to test my Thai cooking skills. Mindy and I worked together to creat Pad Kee Mao--my favorite Thai dish. A few months ago, my friend Larry and I set a goal that I would take advantage of the fact that my mother is an amazing cook and that I would learn how to make more Thai dishes from her monthly. So--I have been attempting to do so. This month, I learned how to make Drunken Noodles. Here are pictures from my first attempt.

It was delicious! And I usually am my worst critic! But--I actually thought I did a good job.

So--here's to October! I feel like I accomplished a lot!

What do you say?

I really don't know that anyone reads my blog or cares, but I just needed to write about this somewhere.

So I spent this weekend with my parents. I love them so much and they always give me the escape from my life that I seem to need--and this weekend--I just needed a mental one.

But--this weekend, my parents told me they have been working on writing their will with Uncle Joe and that they would like to ask me to be the executor of the will. What do you say to your parents when they put a trust of something like that on you? Granted...being the oldest sibling comes with responsibility. But...when I think of this happening--it makes me sad.

You see...I love my parents and I don't want them to leave me. They are all I have. And that is more important to me than things...

I am grateful to help them out with this. But--this change is not welcome at all. I hope it does not come for a while...

My Amazing Mother

October 15, 2010

I am awake late at night--and I have not written for a long time--so I decided to let my mind go.

The month of October is an important month to me. I love the fall and the celebrations of reaping in the harvest. As I was spending time today--the thought crossed me about how October is also the month we honor Breast Cancer Awareness. I have many women in my life who have been affected by breast cancer and they have been amazing examples to me of perseverance and hope. But--there is one woman who has made a major impact on my life.

About four years ago my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember how shocked I was at the idea of this happening to me. I could not believe how unfortunate this situation was. I love my mom and this was just unthinkable.

But--fortunately for us, her cancer was found at a stage 0--meaning that she was not that bad. I was so grateful that she was going to be okay. I remember driving her to her radiation treatments as they took care of her. I enjoyed the time I was able to spend with her then--and the chance I had to serve her and be there. I am so lucky to have this amazing lady in my life.


Mom--I love you. I am so glad you are there for me and an example to me in my life of what a woman should be. Thank you for being there for me.