Day 6

Today my escapade took me to Lowe's where I found some really cool herb garden kits. I've always thought it would be fun to have an herb garden (and cheaper), but have never done it before. No excuse now though. It is done. Now I am just needing to have faith that I planted them right, and that it will be able to get enough sun to actually grow. I'll keep you updated.

I was able to plant - Lemon Basil, Oregano, Italian Parsley, Genovese Basil, Catnip, Mint - Spearmint, and Peppers (Santiago Fi, Hot Portugal, and Sweet Cayenne).

Day 5

Today has been a busy day with work. Sometimes I wonder if I have a life outside of work. But that is why I have taken on this project of doing new things. Unfortunately the new thing I did today, also coincided with work :( But this is a cool new thing.... I figured out (independently I might add) how to rip music off of an ipod and put it on an external hard drive.

I think I'm ready for a new adventure in life now though.

Day 4

I woke up this morning to the sight of snow on the ground! It was a fun sight to see. But not really the type of snow you can make a snowman out of.

This evening, I attempted to make a house out of a deck of cards. I've never done this before, nor seen anyone do this. I've only seen pictures. So I tried all sorts of ways on doing this.... yeah, an hour later this is what I was able to successfully come up with.
But I don't think I'm going to give up with trying to get my house built. I foresee that one day you will be able to see a really cool card house posted on this blog, built by me :)

If you have any suggestions, tips or tricks though on how to successfully do this, please share!

Day 3

I spent my Saturday at an Orff Workshop in Salt Lake City. It was nice as I learned new activities and games I can use with my work. After I spent some time with my grandparent's. I always love spending time with them, and hearing stories about their life. On my way home, I decided to go a way that I have always wanted to take, but never did. I'm sure my family has driven this route with me in the car, but I rarely pay attention to where we are going if I'm not driving. But today I was adventurous and took Redwood Road all the way down to the Bangerter Highway. I thought I had missed it a few times, or was lost. But I eventually was able to find it (it's a lot further than I thought it would be), and was luckily protected well enough to be able to be safely home, writing about this new thing I can add to my list of accomplished tasks :)

Day 2

I decided to do something today that I have been wanting to do for awhile, but really haven't had the courage to do. Which now seems odd to me, as it really isn't that crazy compared with other things I have done in my life. I thought it was funny how I was continually talking myself out of doing this at the store. Luckily my personality over ruled these thoughts, and I went through with it. So the courageous new thing I did today was ..... paint my nails black.

This is completely new for me as first I rarely paint my nails, or even take care of them as my other friends tend to. My nail upkeep generally consists of when I see white nail, I cut it off. I prefer short nails due to the easiness in playing instruments. Also when I do paint my nails, (which really is rarely) I tend to go for a really light color that you can barely see. But I have to admit it has been fun to have for the day. It makes me feel like a different person, and therefore has given me courage to try other new things.

Tonight I went with some friends to a carnival that was being thrown in Provo. It was fun, as we played various games (which I had discovered I had no sense of ability to do any of them correctly that night), but they were fun.... and I didn't hurt anyone. They even had a face painting booth, where I was able to get a rubber ducky painted on my check. It looked really cool... according to others. Here is a picture of all of us. You can kinda see my courageous black nail polish I have on :)

The Rut... Day 1

I read an article online last night from someone who decided to do something new everyday for 366 days. Some of the things were big, others were very simple and small. This past week, I have been realizing more that I have gotten myself into a "rut" with life. This is not good! I see how easy it is to get into this, especially when you work full time. I see other co - workers who get into their routine and are content with that life. But I don't see myself finding happiness in that long term. I could be wrong.... but I am still young and many adventures still await me :) So I have decided to take on this challenge as well. I am going to try something new everyday for the next 366 days. (I chose to keep the same amount of days so I end on my sister, Sarah's birthday *Happy Birthday Sarah!*) So now all the things I "thought" would be fun to do, I am going to work on actually accomplishing and finding new things about myself.

Today for Day 1 I came home from working 12+ hours and was just exhausted. I decided to try a new way to de-stress and relax from the busy work week. I found my box of crayons, retrieved some blank paper, put on one of my Sesame Street CD's, and drew pictures. This was a lot of fun, and actually one of the best relaxation techniques I have never really done before. I also decided that it would be no fun to keep this joy to myself.... so I will be mailing them to my dad and mom. It's been awhile since they have been able to have one of my drawings displayed on their fridge.


The first drawing was a blue cow on a farm. After I drew it, I realized that I haven't seen a cow for a long time. My next picture was a small depiction of what I did today... me playing a tubano drum. Than I created a superb picture of my family. I think this one turned out better than expected.

I also drew another picture, but will not reveal it, as I don't want my dad and mom to know everything they will get in this letter.

I have to mention, that it has been awhile since I had listened to this Sesame Street CD. I was surprised how I could sing along with all of the songs. I guess that's what happens when you listen to it everyday on the drive to high school for a month.

Enchilada - kathryn's style

My 6 year old nephew has been sending me recipes that he has just been creating without actually trying. This has inspired to get out of my comfort zone of 'following a recipe' and creating my own concoction. I was talking to my sister, Lindsay, last weekend and she was telling me how they made enchiladas last weekend. That sounded so good, and I couldn't even remember the last time I had an enchilada. But a lot of the things she had used, I am unable to eat at this time. But together we were able to create an enchilada recipe I could have. I tried it out over the weekend, and I have to tell you that they are REALLY good! I made them really spicy, but then I really like spicy food. I was thinking though that these aren't really enchiladas as much, but more of a really fabulous 'lettuce wrap' (but with cabbage instead of lettuce).

Here's what I did though:

Cook chicken breasts or tenders. Cook in a pan onion, peppers, and any other vegetable (I added cut up broccoli to mine). Add the chicken cut up. Add a small can of green chili's, can of diced tomatoes, and then water down a bit hummus for the sauce. Mix together. Clean leaves of Chinese cabbage (the long cabbage). On one side add a bit of the mixture and then roll up and place in baking pan. After all the enchiladas have been made, poor over sauce (I got an organic green chili sauce that had ingredients I could have). I baked it for 10 minutes, but then took it out realizing that I was going to eat this throughout the week and didn't want to reheat it and make it go really soggy. It actually isn't too bad like that, as the mixture is already cooked. But I will heat it up for a minute. This makes them perfect!

"enchiladas" after being wrapped.

"enchiladas" after sauce is poured.