Almost a month... And a juried show

Hey,

My name is Taylor and I've been a bad blogger. Trust me, I would love the energy to sit and write about the great things my students say, but alas I have none. I am at the elementary level right now and it is amazing. Amazingly tiring. They are great and I am learning a ton from my new coop teacher.

So what is new? Well... I got into the 24th Annual Juried Show at Texas Tech! I was so thrilled to be selected again. The picture below is the piece that I submitted that was picked!

It is a 3x5 foot inkjet print for a project I did for a multimedia class. We were instructed to incorporate text into some sort of project. This is the largest I've ever worked and I have to tell you I didn't hate it. The meaning behind it is that we as a society tell each other "I'm Sorry" for the weirdest off the wall things to where now I feel like it has almost no meaning at all.

The show runs from March 23?-April 3rd. The closing reception is on the 1st. For me and I don't know if this is the same for everyone, but it makes me feel good to be selected for something like this. Such an honor.

On another note this week is spring break, my last one as an undergrad ( I am going to go to Graduate school) and we are having a staycation. Where I sit and watch movies all day and Matt works. It is nice to sit around and watch tv, movies and clean and get some real things done. This staycation is wonderful because we really aren't doing anything.

I hope everyone has a great week! Take care.

Sick

So once again, I am sick. I swear I have no immune system. I woke up on Wednesday morning running 101.1 fever. I tried to put my big girl pants on and deal with it, but by the time I go to the doctors office later that morning, it was up to 103. Scary deal.

This is my last week of student teaching at Idalou, which has been an adventure. High schoolers are scary. No lie. But I am excited to start teaching at Slaton soon. So close to graduation. May 14th is my big day and I couldn't be more excited.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I rested for most of mine, which was greatly needed. Anyways a few post to come this week if I can get my act together.

Salmon pasta

I love to cook. My Nana and Mom have taught me quite a bit. For the wedding we got some cookbooks and now that is my main request when we are out. On Monday night I made Salmon pasta from scratch. Well everything but the noodles. I am not that well versed, but I want to get the attachment for my Black Kitchenaid mixer. She is one of my loves. Anyways, back to the pasta, you start out by boiling your water and add your noodles

That is another one of my loves back there, my yellow Le Creuset kettle. Best kettle in the world. The next step is to put your cream on to heat. The recipe calls for 2 cloves of garlic, but I happen to be a very big fan of garlic so I usually add probably 4. Too much? If it is wrong, I don't want to be right. Add salt and pepper to taste. Also a big fan of pepper. The silver thing behind the Calphalon is an espresso maker. I got that for Matt for Christmas and he has used it everyday since. You could say we are tea and coffee snobs. Maybe a post about that later.

The next thing to do is to cut up your salmon. You want to get smoked salmon. Smoked salmon is also good just on a nice cracker by itself.

The wine back there will be another post for later. Great wine, amazing! The end product will look something like this. the sauce is not a thick sauce at all, so it is great for any time of year. Matt loves it and you can make enough to have leftovers for a few days. Also add some chives. It calls for fresh, but much easier to have some freeze dried in the cabinet that doesn't ruin in a few days time. Also add some fresh parmesan cheese. The fresher the better. It is worth it to splurge on this item for sure.

Enjoy!

Things to come

Sorry about the lack of post, I've been sick the past few days. I was told it was a cold, but I am not quite sure about that anymore. That is me when I was probably two. I am so cute. Just wanted to share that with everyone.

Here is a list of things to come in the next few days

-hand thrown teacups by moi

-my butter LONDON nail polish

-what I've been cooking and drinking

Just a few things off the top of my head. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!