as told by eryn: cooking adventures

So the last two nights Mark and i have been trying to cook dinner. Surprisingly enough, dinner hasn't turned out too bad.

Saturday night we made spaghetti which is always a little easy to start with but if you know me well enough, you know i can't cook to save my life. But we did it. Tasted pretty dang good and we had enough left overs to feed all of Canada. Last night we decided to try enchiladas which are easyish too and they turned out good as well. We

attempted Mexican rice and for some reason rice and i just don't mix. i don't think i have ever made rice that tasted great. I ended up not cooking it long enough so it was a little crunchy but still tasty. We had enough left overs to feed Canada and Russia this time. I like learning how to cook. It stresses me out but it's still fun and i like eating whatever it is that i made. Makes me feel accomplished! If anyone has any recipes they would like to share with me i'll attempt to make it!!

Second week of school has started. I only have one class mondays so its really handy. I practically get a four day weekend! so today i have to get quite a bit of homework done...but i have all day. so its not a big deal.

so today is kind of a big deal for one reason...IT'S MY COUSIN CARLY'S BIRTHDAY! YAY!

Happy Birthday Cousin (I'm definitely NOT grabbing my boob so don't even think that!)! I love you! I'm so glad we are such close friends! I just wish we were physically closer :[ We've

been best friends for 19 years now and i've loved every minute we've spent together! We've been through so much together and i know that you know almost if not everything about me and visa versa. Grampy was so important to both

of us and im glad that we could go through that loss together beacuase not many people understood how great he was. All of our matching outfits were amazing. I wish that my mom would have kept them so we could dress our kids in them...even if they are boys haha! I miss you every day and i wish that we lived closer together. It'll happen one day i swear it! I have a pile of blankets that we've made over the years in my closet. I wont ever get rid of them though, i mean...how could i, or you? They kick butt for one, but they have stories. Vermont stories and new years stories! I love all of them! I just hope you know how much i love you and you know that im always just a phone call away if you ever need anything at all! I strongly think that Grampy would be so proud of me and you and Hannah for everything we are doing right now. Miss you cousin!! Happy 19th Birthday! Glad you finally made it! ;)