And I am moving again...

I am moving to Fort Worth next weekend! Why? To be a teacher! I am not giving up on higher ed, but I want more career options (the plan is to go back and forth for the next 30+ years). And this opportunity in Fort Worth is perfect. It will likely be the hardest thing I have ever done thus far (but when have I ever taken the easy road?), but I believe I am ready for it. And so I have to move. Again. I have moved almost every single year since I left for college in 2000. Dis-gust-ing. At some point soon I hope to stop. It is expensive...and I want to put down some roots!

PS Don't you love my Sedro-Woolley bag with my name on it? I believe I got it in grade school. I coveted it. It was the thing to have. Just like LA Gear sneaks, CK overalls, white Steven Madden platform sneaks, Adidas jackets that were two sizes too big...

Bread

Dang! Look at this loaf of bread I made! It is massive! 

So proud.

5/16 Update: And it is gone.

Pretzel Rolo Turtle Thingys

Pretzel + Rolo + Pecan = Jade's Favorite New Snack!

They are so easy to make yet so delicious. 

S'mores have some competition for the title of Jade's favorite sweet (AKA food that makes Jade do her happy dance and/or noises of joy)...

How do you make them? EASY!

Ingredients: Pretzels, Rolos, and Pecan Halves
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Arrange pretzels on cookie sheet. 
3. Place one Rolo (hardest part of this whole process is unwrapping them...) on each pretzel.
4. Bake for 4 minutes to make Rolo soft and sticky. 
5. While Rolo is warm, press a pecan half onto each Rolo pretzel goodness.
6. Let cool and devour.

Gonna need a new recurring dream

I have had this dream about twice a year for the last few years: I kill Osama bin Laden.

It is a straight up AWESOME dream. Some people would probably disagree, but I get the bad guy!

How does this dream work?

It starts with me infiltrating Al Qaeda and getting into Osama's inner circle. I do not know how this is possible considering I am an American woman...but I do. Anyway, during a meeting in a remote area of Afghanistan or Pakistan I take a massive gun out and shoot him and others around him! I know this is a bit violent, but this is what I am dreaming. Of course I miss a couple people and they are pissed and thus I have to flee in a Toyota truck (the four door ones that the Taliban always seem to use...) and race off into the mountains.

But it does not end there.

Flash forward, I end up in a car chase in Philadelphia. I am driving a red Mercedes and I am being chased by the Al Qaeda dudes in other cars. It is straight out of one of the Bourne movies or something. Lots of speeding, weaving, and crazy turns. However, I always wake up before it concludes, but I always have a suspicion I end up victorious. I, Jade from Sedro-Woolley, got Osama and lived to tell the tale.

However, we got word late last night that the U.S. killed Osama bin Laden during a super stealthy raid in Pakistan! This is AWESOME news! While this does not mean Al Qaeda is no more or that terrorism will cease, Osama bin Laden was a rotten, rotten man who pushed for the killings of people around the world and thus I am happy he is khalas.

But now I need a new badass dream.