Just a quickie for Julia

Julia Child- Yeah, I think the reason I started blogging again is because of that wonderful movie (Julie & Julia), so I thought I'd let you in on one of the wonderful recipes of mine and good ol' Sams club. :)

Heaven Salad:
(Found at Sam's Club)
1 portion of spinach
1/2 cup or so of Crasins
1/4 cup or so of Sliced Almonds
Carrots
1/4 cup or so Feta cheese
Some kind of yummy vinaigrette
(Mine)
As much as you want of:
California Avocado Slices
Oven roasted deli Turkey
Baby cherubs (Cherry Tomatos)

Yummm- Bon Appetit Julia !

Four Weeks

They have been quite an amazing four weeks. Recently our travels have brought us through Oklahoma City and St. Louis which have both had their ups and downs. Oklahoma City seemed to be a nice enough place, but we weren't really there long enough to notice too many wonderful sights, but there was a Moe's so it made everything okay. St. Louis, for what we saw was a gorgeous city with a ton to offer anyone who goes to visit. Citygarden was the neatest park that I think I have ever been to, with many fountains and pools for kids to play in, and multiple professional statues for the older people in the group to enjoy. Wow. I feel like I'm writing for a magazine or something, but, I promise, I'm not. We got to Cincinnati today and began our weekend of silly games and hanging out with my amazing family.
Sadly the trip is coming to a close and we only have about a week left. I know I miss home, but I have a feeling I'm not gonna want to leave this entire trip behind. It has already made me sad leaving the cool places out west, but now I'm going to be leaving every thing behind except for the pictures, souvenirs, and the memories, oh, and the car of course with its 100,000 mile-age.
Gotta go, its getting pretty late and I know I'm going to have another full day of excitement ahead of me. Au revoir. :)

Bye west coast

Some how we've made our way to Oklahoma over night and I'm loving the smell of cows and billboards still up for Miss America 1981. New Mexico was nearly perfect in every way, but that its too far from home. My older sister is wanting to go to college in Santa Fe, which for my mom and I, is over a thousand four hundred miles from home. The topic of moving to NM if/when she is accepted is a bit frightening to me since I'm loving my high school & I'm just getting started.
Now to awkwardly change the subject, my favorite thing about writing... Mexican food- wow. Soooo good. The flavors are so powerful and fresh it left m wanting more until my lips burnt off.
Yet again, here I go changing the subject, awkwardly. The thrift shops out west are pretty wonderful. My mom an I really appreciate the shopping aspect of the trip; my sister though would rather read. Buffalo exchange has been my absolute favorite shop that we've discovered since we left home, with a delicious new interpretation of consignment. At Buffalo exchange you can find many of the latest styles at a low price. You can also find homemade pieces of clothing, which you can easily mistake it with designers pieces. Then finally (I feel like I'm finally writing an essay I can enjoy) they have little 5 cent tokens which you receive instead of receiving a plastic bag for your clothes, which you can then place the token in a bin near the exit if the shop for any local charity of choice.