Day 7:

a photo of someone you love:

my favorite cat - (shhhhhhh don't tell the other 2!)

my youngest seester two summers ago in Germany

my other seester - youth group ski trip my junior year of high school

my cousins - I love my extended family

kindergarten

one of my longest friends, Stephanie - after high school graduation

my roommate and best friend in college, Hannah

and last but not least, my best friend since 3rd grade - Lacey!

Day 6:

A photo that makes you laugh:

I can NOT find the picture I was looking for, but I came across this one - it's my sisters and cousins at my grandparent's lake house when we were little (I'm in the middle)! I'd say our relationship hasn't changed much...

Day 5:

a photo of you:

Haven't they all been of me? Well, I'll share this one. I was in New Mexico on a goat farm, and on my day off I decided to take a hike. I was at the top of a hill/mountain thing, and the view was so amazing that I wanted proof I was there. And then, right after, I found a lost baby goat.

Molasses Cookies for the Co-op!

I make desserts on Fridays for the dining co-op I'm in on campus. We each have to do 3 hours a week of work for 20 of us to eat dinner on week nights.  So I'm signed up to make bread once a week and dessert once a week.  I needed something fairly easy and quick to do on Friday, and something I could easily make a lot of because we had guests (from the Real Food Challenge - check out their website!)

So I decided to make one of my favorite desserts, molasses cookies.  I have a tried and trusted recipe my family uses at home, but I decided to trust Pioneer Woman and use her recipe.  Plus, I had already bugged my mom to send me several bread recipes.  For the most part, I followed the recipe, so I won't copy it. I realized we didn't have shortening or butter, so I used vegetable oil. I also used fresh ginger instead of ground.  It was a good recipe, and I like the texture - I love the taste of the recipe I normally use, but the cookies can turn out flat. I didn't take pictures, either, but they actually looked just like this!

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I doubled the recipe so I had enough to share a few with some friends who aren't in the co-op. And don't worry, there was plenty of dough for me to sample! We had a wonderful Friday dinner!

check out the co-op blog here, and our facebook page!

Day 4:

a photo of the last place you went on holiday:

depends what you count as holiday. I was in Wolfeboro, NH for Christmas with me extended family.

my cousins Becky and Josie, me, and my sister Laura

I was in India for 3 months and travelled for several weeks. I wasn't really doing any school work, so it can count as holiday.

picking off leeches in Honey Valley

And before I did that, I went to Germany for a week! That was purely holiday

Alte Brücke in Heidelberg, Germany 

Day 3:

A photo that makes you happy:

San Diego travel meet 2006

There are so many pictures that make me happy! I chose this one because it was a good year of my life with some really good friends doing something I loved. and it always makes me happy.

Day 2:

A photo of yourself a year ago:

pole vaulter picture!

All my pictures from last year got deleted from my computer when it crashed, here's a picture from the spring break track trip (which was at the end of February but close enough).