Yesterday mum decided to take a different route home, and we came upon a part of town that we'd never seen before. It was along the lake, and it was awesome. It reminded me of San Francisco, of Monterey Bay, of fishing, of the ocean. But there was no salt in the air (which made me a bit sad; it's not the ocean without the salt). But the mist, the cold, the water, the grey; I love it, and I've realised that I will live on the coast. But not somewhere where it snows.
The houses there were awesome too. This place was an entirely different world compared to what I've been seeing. It made me wish that we lived there. It made me wish I were back in California, fishing on the pier with dad, catching crabs (it was so fun) and catching fish that were too small, but we were proud of them nonetheless. Walking in the sand, making footprints that last as long as the next wave. Visiting the tide pools, peering into the few inches that make up a universe. Hearing the incessant (but necessary) noise of the seagulls. Finding seashells. Sand in your swimsuit. Freezing in the water, but it is fun. Body surfing on the waves. Making sand castles of a quality that can't be obtained with any lake sand. Visiting all the shops. Having clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls. Looking across the water into a grey infinity.
I miss the ocean. My dad's family is having a reunion in August, and I'm going, and so is my family, so maybe (maybe) I can persuade my family to go to the ocean. Although it's two hours or so away. But oh, how great that would be!
The counter still smells like onion and I just made some AWESOME cookies. Wanna hear the story?
There's this recipe for chocolate-covered chow-mein noodles that looked cool, but instead of using chocolate-chips, I made the recipe for fudgies, and used the noodles instead of oatmeal. It tasted weird. So the noodle-fudgies have been sitting in a covered bowl in the cabinet for a few days, and I got it out and tasted it again yesterday. Yup, still weird-and now the noodles have gone soft. But it did taste nutty-hmm....peanuts! I'll use it in a peanut/peanut-butter recipe. And what better recipe exists for peanut-butter than peanut-butter cookies! So I processed the noodle-fudgies and some chunks were left in there (which was okay) and used this powder stuff instead of peanut-butter in a peanut-butter cookie recipe. But I used, like, 2 1/2 cups of the noodle-fudgie powder whereas the recipe called for 1 cup of peanut-butter. So I just added a bit of oil, and less flour. And it worked. Not only are these peanut-butter cookies, they're chocolate peanut-butter cookies....AND I didn't waste the noodle-fudgies! (I hate wasting as much as I hate things sitting in the pantry)
And that's that. I turned a gross thing into an awesome thing.
The weather's deciding to be stupid and has gone down to the 20s and is flaking and has 45 mph wind after its streak of perfect grey mist rain 35-45 degree weather. But it's going up. But then I'll go back to Berg and it'll be cold. I'd rather be there than here, though.
BERG
DId I say already that I'm switching my minor? I don't remember.
Well, I'm switching my minor. From chemistry to music. PIANO!
It's not like I'm going to be able to get a job anyways, since I have to be a mother.
Which, supposedly, is a good thing.
Alright. I need to finish these galletas, then go practise piano, because I have definitely NOT been practising as much as I should, especially with how much music Music Teacher has given me and with how not-easy it is. Cor.
ADIOS, my nobodies!
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Hey, I'll comment on your blog when you comment on mine. :P I'm absolutely, sickly green with jealousy of you memories of the ocean. I've always wanted to visit the ocean. The REAL ocean. The only ocean visit I remember was at one of those tourist beaches that is covered with people and trash. No sea shells, no crabs, no nothing. Well, there were like two seagulls, of course. But I've seen more of those in SLC really. I got signed up for classes this morning. EARLY early this morning. Got my minor changed too. Now I'm an art major, english minor. YAY! I'll become a photographer, illustrator, designer, writer. I want to do book covers! But then again, this is today. And, like I said earlier, my mind is always changing. The rain stopped her too and it's gone chilly. It stormed, like STORMED for three days straight, and I loved it, but I guess good things always pass. Hopefully for better things, right? I'm ready for spring! Ok. If you want to know more I'm going to my own blog to type... stuff. See you there.
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