From a young age I have always had a knack for cookies...um, I mean cooking. I am a creative person, I like to do stuff my own way and create things and experiment...but I am beginning to learn it is hard to create without knowing the basics.

 When I was younger I decided to make cookies, my way. Thinking I was a prodigy in the kitchen I had no use for recipes, I figured they were more like suggestions than directions. Anyways, my mom always encouraged me and my siblings creativity and interests so she let me attempt my soon-to-be glory in the kitchen. I guess I thought they would be a sort of sugar cookie... Who knew that even though flour and baking soda are both white and powdery they can definitely not be used in the same way. I had thought it a good idea to supplement flour for baking soda. After my mom kindly refused to be my guinea pig, I made my way next door to my aunt's house who graciously tried my cookies... I believe her reaction was to spit the cookie out as fast as possible and put her head in her kitchen sink trying to drink quickly out of the faucet. I'm not exactly sure how long it took for that taste to go away because I never got the chance to try them.... #FAIL

As I said above, I like experimenting in the kitchen. I start to follow a recipe but have trouble staying on a recipe without being like "ohh I should use a little more of this" or "I don't need that" hey, it's more fun that way, at-least before you actually have to eat it...
I personally thinking chicken has to be cooked wayyy longer than what the recipes say, especially dark mean, it never fully looks cooked! Hey, I don't want salmonella! and FORGET about pork! 

Eventually I will have an actual knack for cooking, (Jeesh!! I keep typing cookies!) Once Mike get's back from his world travels I will attempt to make chicken, NOT overcooked this time :)

Suggestions welcome! 

xo
>>> M <<<

I am a 27 year old accountant, almost official CPA. I recently passed the last section of the CPA test and now am enrolled to start a 3 credit class to complete my license... THEN and only then will it be official. These last three years have taught me persistence and perseverance. It has been a very, very, very, very long journey. I started "studying" for my CPA license the summer after graduating with my bachelors degree. I thought that the raft in my pool, daiquiri in hand was the perfect place to devote my time to studying... I figured "why not??" Multitasking - working on my tan while working on my mind. It turned out I spent more time trying to keep my textbook from drowning then actually reading the book, and that I didn't want forehead wrinkles from squinting so it was better if I just closed my eyes, I figured if I at-least had the book someone in my perimeter it would work through immersion...FAIL. That August Mike and I got hitched! Best decision of my life! #scoreI still tried to study after our honeymoon, but it was half-assed at best, I wanted to learn how to cook and wanted to make our apartment a home... eventually I stopped picking up the books. I would feel guilty and bounce back an forth in my dedication to passing these tests. Mike always encouraged me and stayed positive even when I couldn't. My desire was to be a well-rounded wife and able to cook and decorate, etc... but I had those tests hanging over my head. I couldn't motivate myself, and would find myself studying out of guilt and just feeling like I would never, ever, ever pass. I thought that was how my life was going to be FOR-EV-ER (Sandlot style). Mike would tell me how I would be able to do everything I wanted after passing... So one January while with Mike and my family in Florida - Disney World no less, "where dreams DO come true", I reup'ed the review program and my parents helped back a tutor for me, and I passed the two hardest sections in 5 months, then I struggled for a few more months studying on my own, passed the next in the following January and the last one this August! On my mom's birthday :) Happy Birthday MOM! So, long story long.... I am going to start my journey on becoming a kick-ass homemaker :) And I'm super excited! So this journal/blog/whatever you want to call it is very exciting for me! :) Check out my goals/vision for this 'spot' at the home page!
***Never, never, never give up - W.Cxo
M