Seriously?

I need to get it under control. The waterworks keep coming out of nowhere. Case(s) in poing:

Last night during Gilmore Girls when Lane asked Rory to be her "Lorelei Gilmore" I sobbed

Tonight during Will and Grace when Grace's daughter and Will's son met I cried

Tonight during American Idol when a girl sang "shut up and sing" by the Dixie Chicks- welled up

Last night during A.I when some guy dedicated a song to his grandma- welled up

I was also in a really bad mood all of a sudden when I got home tonight and I cried earlier this week too! WTF

No, its not pms..its def hormonal, but pms is not my m.o

So much has happened...

I'll start with the Soup Swap:

Awesomeness. Around 10 people showed up, we laughed, drank champagne cosmopolitans, we played Cranium, and swapped soup. There was Gumbo, Ginger Yam, Squash, Cream of Pot, Cream of Tomato Basil, Cream of Brocoli, Borsch, and a few others. YUMMY!

I've got a fabulous new job. I'm the transportaion coordinator for Road Rebel. I know, I just can't get away from the road. Sort of symbolic, me be a wayward traveler and such. The company is awesome, I really have a good feeling about it. I was waiting for the right job, one where I truly enjoyed going to work. I see a bright future at road rebel.

And the most important:

Scarlett Eve Valdes was born on Saturday, Feb 17. She's amazing. I've had baby fever for awhile now, it just intesified 10 fold. I'm definately feeling the pressure, brought on by society, my family, and my body, to have a baby.

Sometimes I really am impressed with myself

I can't really take all the credit, I got the recipe off soupcache.com. I altered the recipe slightly to make it my own, but the original idea, sadly, is not mine.

Yam-Ginger soup

4 large yams, diced
4 red potatos, quartered
1 squash (any variety will do)
olive oil
1 yellow onion
3 cloves of garlic
approx 4 knodules of ginger root (pressed)
approx 2tbs white sugar (brown would be good, too)
2tbs salt
1tbs pepper
6cups of water

Slice squash in 1/2, place on cookie sheet face down, with about 2tbs olive oil, lightly salted. bake @350 for 40 min.
In large metal pot, sautee onions, garlic and ginger in olive oil.
Add water, potato, yams, boil until soft.
Strain yams and potato and puree in food processor until mush. Do same with baked squash.
Place all ingredients back in pot, continue to boil until all ingredients are blended.
Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
May need additional water depending how thick you want it.

SO YUMMY

I'm kind of a big deal

This is the view from inside the hummer limosine I was riding in all night last night. It was part of the job, I was escorting a bunch of middle-aged electronics convention goers to their exclusive party at Confidential downtown. I got $100 making small talk and making sure no one fell out of the limo. Tough gig.

Ok, sometimes he IS cute

TGSS

The Great Soup Swap has officially been scheduled for next Sat, Feb 10! What is a Soup Swap you ask? WELL, a SS is the perfect opportunity to show off that famous soup you've been bragging about. Everyone makes 4qts of their favorite soup, separating them into 1 qt containers. Numbers are drawn and we take turns picking out soup 1qt at a time until there are no soups left. The 1st and last soups chosen get prizes! The whole night will be decorated with wine, cheese and a whole lot of fun! At the end of the night, everyone leaves with new and exciting soups to try!

YAY SOUP!

And the beat goes on...

I know, you're right, it HAS been a while since I last posted. Cookies, really, THAT"S what I choose to blog about? To my own credit, they were phenomenal cookies:)

The wait has finally ended, my perseverence has (at long last) paid off. Monday, Fed 12 I start a new chapter of my life working for Road Rebel as the Transportation Coordinator. YAY! RR is a touring logistics company that contracts with various touring groups (ballets, opera, etc). My job will be to arrange transportation between airports, show, hotels, etc, negotiating the lowest rate possible for our clients.

Last week (Feb, 23rd) I started a part time job working for Quantum Productions as operations staff. So far I've had alot of fun with this job, it's easy, no pressure and no responsibility. Here's a peak at some of the events I've worked for Quantum so far:

* Airport pickup- basically just holding a sign and making sure the right people get on the right shuttle.
*Dinner cruise - I made sure everyone was on board and acted as the "go-to" person had the client needed anything.
* Hotel-Seaworld transfer- After the driver and I dropped off the clients at Sea World we spent the next 5 hours hanging out at Balboa Park and Seaport Village!
*Awards Dinner- I made sure the band went on break. We got paid for the whole night even though we were release early!

It's fun, good money, and completly non-committal. A great part time job.

Oh, I've also been crafting. I know I keep promising pictures, but I just cant seem to remember to take them! Sorry Shana! Eventually they'll get done, I swear!