Molly Crowe

I tried my first recipe from the 500 cupcakes book that I bought when my mom and I went to Chicago. Now that I think about it I don’t remember writing about either of those things on here, so you probably don’t know what I’m talking about. My mom and I went to Chicago a few weeks ago for my uncle Gary’s 60th birthday party. We only went for one night, but it was nice getting to see her family. On the way there we stopped at Borders to get some books about tea, and I bought a cookbook with 500 cupcake recipes in it. The recipes look amazing, and I am really excited about trying some of them out.

So, last weekend (I think) I was at my parent’s house and decided to try out one of the recipes. We chose “whole wheat peach muffins”. These aren’t cupcakes at all, but I was in the mood for something more muffiny, so we went with that. They turned out to be a big disappointment, but I can’t really blame the recipe because we only used half of the amount of peaches that it said to use because we didn’t have enough. Lesson #1 in baking: you can’t just change the recipe like you can when you are doing other types of cooking. This is a concept that is a little hard for me. I like to be able to change ingredients or measurements a little according to what I like, but in baking that just isn’t a good idea. It never really turns out right. Next time I’ll run to the store and get more peaches.

I got my hair cut, and if I had a camera I would post a picture of it, but my camera is still broken. I like my hair though, and I have seemed to get lots of compliments on it so it probably looks alright. My hair stylist told me that she is pregnant with twins and she will stop working in January, which is great for her but horrible for me! I don’t know how I am going to find someone as wonderful as her, but I guess the search will have to start. If anyone refers me to someone who I end up loving they win 3 trillion points.

Tomorrow Brian and I are going to the circus, and I’m really excited about it. I’m probably more excited than I should be. I have never been to the circus, and it just seems like one of those things that everyone does in life so I should experience it. Brian is great about taking me to experience new things. So far we’ve gone to the fair, camping (I’ve done that before, but not in a long time), a crazy scary night at Oktoberfest when the tent fell down, a 3-D movie, and soon we will go to the circus, Branson, and Shreveport Louisiana where we will go to the Independence Bowl. I’m excited.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.

Is there a point in everyone’s life when they decide candy will not spoil their dinner? I think I believed that this afternoon. I ate 4 little pieces of candy and now I don’t feel like eating. I didn’t think about the consequences of my actions; I simply ate the candy because it looked good. I’m generally not a candy or sweet-stuff person, so I’m not used to the way that candy makes me feel. Right now, I feel thirsty, full, and like I need to brush my teeth, but that Heath bar was really good.

I’m getting my hair cut one week from today, and I think I’m going to walk into Elon Salon, sit down in front of Heather, and tell her to do whatever she wants. I’m even tempted to bring a blind fold or to tell her to turn my chair around. I think in order to really feel alright about giving her full control I will have to establish a few ground rules. For example, none of this:

Other than that, I think I might be safe. I’ve been going to Heather, my hair stylist, for the past 5 years or so, and over that time I have developed a good amount of trust in her and her ability to make my hair look good. I’ve never walked away feeling sad about my haircut, and I’ve often walked away feeling great. Hopefully next week I’ll walk away happy.