My Cooking Wishlist

Even though wishlights are usually reserved for big holidays and birthdays, I have a year round wishlights. My cooking wishlist is really becoming quite extravagant, and I'm hoping to come into some money (summer jobs, eh) and purchase a few of these beautiful future additions to my kitchen.


1. APRON.First off, and so I've been told, a woman in the kitchen is a beautiful thing to a man. Not that I'm basing this item on that at all, but who wouldn't want to feel pretty while preparing a beautiful meal?


I find this apron DARLING, and would love to rock this around our precious little kitchen.


2. BIG GIRL BOWL.Another pet peeve of mine in the kitchen is that regular bowls are too small. I don't want two huge bowls of cereal, soup, etc, but one bowl is just never quite large enough. My bowls of soup are always almost overflowing, and this is a disaster waiting to happen. I love these OVERSIZED bowls from Anthropologie for their size, and the fact that they are my favorite color is just an added bonus.



3. THE REDI-SET-GO cooker.The next item is my guilty pleasure of the list. Now I first saw this on an infomercial on TV, and I know it wouldn't be an impulse buy since I still want it. Bad. The Redi-Set-Go cooker is PERFECT for a single lady like myself who enjoys cooking, but doesn't need to use a whole recipe when I'm usually just cooking for one.

This cooker just so happens to cook, bake, steam, fry, and grill ALL IN ONE. Impressive. It's dual side cooking mechanism helps food be ready in just about 5-10 minutes, which for a busy girl like myself, is so helpful considering I want to cook every night, but just don't usually have the time necessary.


4. The final item I will share with you from my cooking wishlist is the biggest and BY FAR the most expensive. These items/cookware set is so far away in my mind that it's more like a dream than a reality. This 15 piece cooking set is probably the best a cook could ever hope for. I'm talking this is what all the big dudes use. It's kind of like that car that you've always wanted, but you could never bring yourself to really spend that much money on a car. Well, this is how I feel about this cookware. i want it so bad, but I would hit myself in the face for spending over 1k for cookware. It sucks, but it's okay because I don't really mind being the little girl at the candy shop looking in the window drooling. Even though in this case it's outside Williams=Sonoma instead of a candy shop.





ENJOY.

The Sky

Incase you don't already know, I am obsessed with the sky.


Especially at night.

Los Angeles

These days, I seem to be quite the globetrotter. At least for the months of March and April.

After returning from Honduras, I was only in Nashville for 4 days before I took off to LOS ANGELES for work. While the trip wasn't all play, I did get to at least see a good amount of the area. We stayed in Santa Monica with my friend's cousin, and both were equally beautiful. I can't wait to go back in three weeks to finish up our work there!

On Thursday I am departing on the evening flight with three of my favorite girls to celebrate KARA BRILEY'S 21st BIRTHDAY.

Kara has been one of my dearest friends for quite some time, but she is quite the baby princess. We're going to have an incredible time, and plan on coming back Monday morning (as long as we don't miss our 7 AM flight).

Happy 21st to my love, KB! It's been a good ride, and I can't wait to see what memories we can make from here!





**ON A SIDE NOTE,

It's also my other best frandz 21st birthday - Sarah Elizabeth Berry! Here's lookin' at you kid!

Recap: Honduras is my home

Had an awesome week in Honduras. Built a house, handed out more food and clothes than I could imagine, spent two awesome days at Jovenes en Camino (the orphanage in El Zamborano, Honduras for abused and neglected boys), and many other things. Most importantly, I got to spend time with some of my best friends who I unfortunately get to see only once or twice a year.

I've learned that while it is fun to have friends who go on the trip with me, I can hang out with them in USA. I don't spend thousands of dollars every year to go to Honduras and hang out with them. So this year, every chance I had, I spent with the Hondurans. What a difference those extra fifteen minutes made three times a day. Whether we were goofing around before heading out for the day, sharing a meal together, or actually having a (somewhat) serious conversation, I can't express the joy it gave me to simply be with some of my favorite people in the world.

I want to take a second to talk about a man who means the world to me. Marco (mi osito, which means my teddy bear) is a basically a single dad with two incredible children. Antonio is 18, and Amanda is 12. Several years ago, Amanda was standing too close to the stove when a pot of boiling water fell and burned over half her body. Because of finances, Marco's wife went to the US to bring in some more money to help pay for their hospital bills. She has never come back, and probably won't. She has also stopped sending money home. Now Marco has spent the past few years taking care of his two beautiful children, and you can tell he doesn't regret one second of it. Not only is he an amazing dad, but he brings joy to the people he's around. Joking and light-hearted, Marco and I are always joking and laughing.

We stay in pretty constant contact through texting, and he has easily become like my Honduran father over the past 3 years. He is protective, funny, caring, giving, and anything a great dad needs to be. Marco is probably dealing with a lot inside, but he carries himself in a proud way. He is proud of the kids he has, and he should be. They have grown up extremely well because of the incredible example they have as a father. I am so proud to have him in my life and so grateful to have spent my week with a man of such greatness.


In my opinion, this is what a real man looks like.

My Dream Bed

I think I could daydream here forever.

Countdown

I leave for Honduras in 4 days.

The weather is currently around 98 each day.

I still have much to do.

Therefore, here's a picture of some little boys I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE.

Is this real life?

Inspired by my favorite blogger

These are the main reasons I decided to start blogging.

1. I enjoy writing.
2. Jordan Rutledge
3. I have lots of different interests, and I find it fun to talk about them.
4. Jordan Rutledge's blog


So check out her blog on the link above, because this post was inspired by her as well.


I have been known to have many girl crushes, and usually they stem from how high a woman might be on my personal "SHE'S AMAZING" scale. Looks, for me, only have a small affect on a my crushes, but talent is definitely my #1 most important characteristic.

This is why my girl crush of March is Kiersten Holine.


A youtube discovery by my brother, I have been eerily stalking her for the past year or so. She finally is on iTunes, and I'm super psyched. Although her covers, for me personally, are better than her originals, I think that is mainly because we share lots of favorite artists. From covers by Bon Iver, Ray Lamontagne, Fleet Foxes, M. Ward, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan, Kiersten's got a raw talent. In my opinion, you can't make your voice "sound better" on youtube.


So here's one of my favorite covers she has done, so I hope you all enjoy her as much as I do. Cheers.