Happy Pi Day!

Every March, there is the math nerd's dream holiday: March 14 = 3.14 = circumference/diameter = π = pi = an excuse to celebrate. There was an apartment in my complex who was having a pi party and asked if I would be able to make a pie. I was excited to try since I had never made a pie before. I ended up making three different pies: sweet potato pie, chocolate tart with a ganache and fresh raspberries, and a Tarte Alsacienne, a caramelized apple pie with a custard. The latter two recipes I got from a friend I met in the MTC who's a gourmet pastry chef in California and has even been on TV before (Thanks Sara!). My favorite was the Chocolate Tart. Hope you fellow math nerds out there will be able to celebrate with me next year in approximately 362 days 1 hour and 43 minutes... (sometimes I wonder why I don't have glasses)

Chocolate Tart

Tarte Alsacienne

Spandex Man

Last week I went to a birthday party and it was super hero themed. The super heroes did not necessarily have to be real so I came up with Spandex Man. I definitely turned a few heads...

Shout Out to Elizabeth

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!!! Hope you have a fabulous day!

A Little Home Making

The Reason:

The Result:

The Aftermath:

So my mom bought a new Kitchen Aid Mixer on Black Friday and her old one went to me! I have been baking a lot at my apartment and the bowl and wooden spoon were not cutting it. I was ecstatic to inherit the old one but there was just one problem: the 70s puke yellow. SO, I decided I was going to sew a cover for it. I am not a sew-er (I almost put sewer!), other than the windsock I made in 7th grade, so it was a big thing for me. A couple of cut up Asian pillow covers and two hours later, we see the results. I was happy with how it turned out. The aftermath tasted good too!

Pre-Halloween Party

So I get home from doing the open lab for anatomy at around 8:00 on Monday night and there was a ward Halloween party going down that started at 7:00. I didn't think there was enough time to change into a costume so I was going to just show up how I was and be the World's Biggest Nerd. But surprisingly enough everyone in my ward was festive and had a costume and me not wearing one was not going to fly. So this is the result of a spandex shirt, shorts, sock boots, a pumpkin, and 10 minutes:

Summer Days... Are Over... Sigh...

It's been awhile again but life comes at you so fast that some of the not so important things take a back seat... (not that blogging isn't important, just not a priority). So I finished out the rest of my summer with school which I was more than happy to be over with and then I took a vacation. In the two weeks I had off from the end of the summer term to the beginning of the fall semester, I climbed Mount Timpanogos, partied it up in LA (including Disneyland, Kayaking, the Beach, cool places to eat, etc.), and made my usual visit to Arizona. Since then I have moved out, been in school a month and a half, and sleep even less than I did before. I'm enjoying life and can't believe how quickly it goes by. Here are some pictures of my adventures during the last part of summer:

Finally!

I know. I know. It's been over two months. It's not that I haven't had anything to blog about but there are multiple reasons (excuses) for not posting. Mostly I don't have pictures to show my adventures and my writing about them can't be near as enjoyable as seeing them. Oh well. Hear it goes anyways:

A quick run through on my summer: School and work has been keeping me busy. School in the summer! I know. I'm crazy. I would very much enjoy a break but things had to get done so here I am being crazy. I have been able to do some pretty fun things, though, which include hiking in Zions National park, a trip to Idaho, a trip to Arizona, hiking with Tricia in Little Cotton Wood Canyon, a bouquet of weddings (No joke. There was one week I went to five wedding receptions. Three in one night. And the best part of it was I had a soccer game after that. I am proud to say I had completely changed from the nice clothes to my soccer clothes while going from the last reception to the soccer game before I hit the freeway. Good thing there was no high trucks driving by ;) ), and not to mention all my random adventures with my friends.

About weddings, I swear every reception I went to someone asked me when it was my turn. It doesn't bother me at all but I think to myself, "I'm only 22 years old. I'm way too young to get married." Then I see people younger than me getting married and already making babies. Crazy!! Totally not ready I guess. I don't balance my life very well because school and work pretty much sum it all up. But I have been on two dates this summer so watch out... =)

(One of the last least 10 receptions I went to.)