Learning How to Cook: 9-23

Free day! So today when we woke up Leann was feeling sick. Julie and I ate breakfast (feeling fine) and got ready to go. Then, Mary informed us that FAME was coming over for dinner. Tonight is our night to cook something and we were planning on spaghetti and meatballs. We discovered that we would need to make a small feast. Mary suggested that we take the day off to shop for food and cook.

I agreed that it was a solid plan. We decided to go shopping at 10:00. This left us with about 2 hours to kill. We decided to do a Bible study together and I worked on memorizing the Beatitudes. It was a very pleasant morning. We went to Nakumat in the mall (that we went to last Friday). Julie drove us there and we all helped with directions. In Nakumat we got all the ingredients we needed plus some snacks. I got a large container of strawberry yogurt. It rocked my world!

I got to drive us home. It is pretty fun to drive – a lot more exciting than at home. The back roads are a blast to drive on. I am getting used to driving on the left side of the road. At home I ate two thirds of the yogurt. It was SO delicious! I felt awesome after eating it. Then for lunch, we made a trail mix with pecans, chocolate chips, and craisins. Elizabeth cooked us some chips. Chips=the best fries in the world. Julie and I ate two large containers of them. Basically 200 fields of potatoes.

I did some laundry and hung my clothes out to dry. Then we cooked for a large portion of the day while jamming out to some sweet tunes. I feel so relaxed here. It’s fantastic. Julie and I made some meatballs while Leann made the pineapple upside-down cake. We needed bread crumbs for the meatballs, so we toasted some bread and crunched it up. It was a blast.

The FAME team came over and ate some of our tasty food that we prepared and then they left for the airport. They will be greatly missed.