My Cookin' Skills

Well, I'm pleased with my cooking skills these days. I have been really busy in the kitchen. I made pumpkin bars this weekend, that were to die for. I brought them to work and gave them away to my co-workers and Mark and I have been munching on them all week (If you want the recipe, look further down on my blog.) And tonight I made a potato, Cheddar, and leak casserole, I kinda followed a recipe, but made up the rest. I will post it on my blog so you can try it if you want. It's not done cooking yet, but I can't wait to eat it. I'm so hungry and it smells so good. Also, I still have like 20 pounds of apples that I collected from this weekend. I plan on making Heidi's amazing apple sauce and canning it and maybe a pie or two.

I think cooking has been a really good activity for me lately and I find that I'm always more interested in cooking when the weather is colder and have someone to cook for (not just myself) Further more; I enjoy being creative in the kitchen and having a direct outcome to my creative efforts. It's nice because I enjoy the process as well as the meal that I've created. I use to be an visual artist growing up, but haven't done much visual art since college. I got kinda discouraged from the visual art world when I applied to art programs for college but didn't get in. So, I feel somewhat discouraged from creating visual art, but not from cooking. Also, I haven't been doing much acting or teaching any theatre these days so it's nice to focus my creativity into an activity rather then just let it go dormant. In general I'm feeling better and more motivated, and I can tell because I'm excited about using my creative energy.

In other news, Obama was going to be coming to Madison on Thursday, but cancelled his trip so he could be with his sick grandmother. I wish he would have come so I could see him speak, but I'm glad that he chose his grandmother first. Also, I just talked to Rylin tonight and she said my absentee ballot arrived at my old apartment and she is going to send it to me. Yes, I haven't been this excited about voting in a long time.

Ok, I'm off :)

Sarah