the art of mac & cheese

after our dinner last night, i felt the need to help those who are culinarially challenged (don't get me wrong, i'm not a great cook myself, but i have learned a few things in my 24 years). not to mention any names, but i thought mac & cheese was a pretty easy meal to make until last night. so...here are some pointers when making mac & cheese:

*use a normal pot - not a double boiler pot (they look similar, but are NOT the same)
*start with warm water, not freezing cold water (it tends to boil faster)
*COVER the pot with a lid (it too helps it to boil faster)
*after water boils, add pasta and set a timer for 7-8 minutes as indicated on the side of the box. other pasta may take 20 minutes to cook, but not mac & cheese
*drain pasta
*return to pot with appropriate portioning of milk, butter, and powdered neon orange cheese

if not done correctly, you'll have mushy, burned pasta that takes about an hour to make! i love you mattie :o)

christmas in nyc!!

i can't believe it! matt & i get to celebrate christmas with amanda & jasen and matt's mom in nyc! a & j just booked their tickets today, so it's official! we can't wait! i told matt i wanted to take a carriage ride in central park and he laughed at me. i suppose we can't have everything we want for christmas.

AND TIMMY'S COMING TOO - YEAH!!!!!

weekend with mom

my mom came last weekend to hang in boston with us and we had a fabulous time. it was short but sweet.

saturday we went on a hike and at the top there is a beautiful view of boston.




(i work in one of the buildings that are behind the green tree on the right)

sunday we went to church and then out to lunch at red robin and went to the historical town of plymouth. we saw plymouth rock, but man - i thought it would be a lot bigger. it was nothing more than a small boulder. the rest of the town was gorgeous and we had a wonderful time.





(thanks mom for the pics)

thank you Jesus!

today I officially received a job offer! thank you Jesus! I will be working for a company called gensler which is an international architecutre and planning company. I will be the executive assistant working for mr. gensler (the son of the owner), the operations manager, and the markting director in downtown boston. I officially start on monday and I'll be off and running! I can't wait :o) check out the company at gensler.com

just a side note: the company built the biola library and hope hall and re-built horton hall for those who know what i'm talking about.

other things that I'm thanking Jesus for:
*my mom comes to visit on friday
*I didn't have to pay $3.25 for the train to work today
*a restaurant in the mall gave me a free diet coke this morning

more to come...