Almost.....There..!

This week has been more of working on the research paper. I still have a lot to go because I haven’t got to work on it as much as I would like to because I have had a lot to do in other classes this week. Unfortunately thanksgiving is going to have to be a working time for this paper. I am so ready for it to be over with so I can really get back to cooking. I really miss it and am so excited when I will actually have time to do it. As the year progresses, I have figured out that the board was right , I had way to much to do. At first I though that was untrue and kind of crazy but now I see all that has to be done and I have not even done everything on the timeline. I’m not sure what happens when I haven’t finished those task…..but hopefully I can get a lot done next week. I want to take another cake decorating class probably in January when a lot of stuff calms down and college applications are done. I have four to do by December 1^st, yay! But I think before the break if all possible, I would like to help Mrs. Halla or bring the hospitality group to the soup kitchen so we can help others during the holiday season especially. Once again I am counting down the days until this research paper will be over so I can start cooking more! I cant wait :) 

Veggie Tales

This week during senior project we got our research papers back. It was kind of brutal but it was expected. I got back a lot of comments and suggestions which is helpful and I have a whole lot of work ahead of me. Also during class, we went over how to do fancier blogs or what not. I am not very computer savvy but hopefully I can figure it out. Since I still have not got to cook anything this week, I cannot include any cool pictures. Also, I am going to get the video for the cooking section I did for the Update. Later when my mom can help me, I am probably going to add the pictures that have been taken so far of my cooking and cake decorating class. But something I do want to try to cook is sweet potato soufflé. I saw it in one of my healthy cooking magazines I get in the mail and I really want to try it. I like sweet potatoes and they are healthier so I definitely want to try it out. Since thanksgiving break is coming up, I am hopefully going to get a chance to cook a lot of things. My mom is also doing this fundraising thing for Nicaragua where she is cooking a lot of different types of cakes for families at Oakbrook to order for Thanksgiving. I am going to help her cook for that so I can provide a service this month and plus, I can just help my mom. Last year she had more 14 pound cakes to make in one weekend. So I want to get past my research paper I get on to what I really like doing. The sweet potato soufflé looks like this:

Relief

This week for senior project I continued to do and work on my research paper. The cooking segment I did for the update I wrote previously about was shown in chapel this week. It was very awkward to embarrassing to watch myself, but I got a lot of encouraging comments afterward. I unfortunately have not got to cook anything in quite a while because of school and the paper and I miss it greatly. Cooking is one of those things that collects my complete attention and distracts me form everything else but for the past month I simply just have not had time to do the fun part of my project. But this week during senior project, we sate down with Mrs. Zion about all the stress and anxiety we have been experiencing and why we have not particularly had a super fun start to senior year. It was very helpful and reliving to know that our teachers care and want the best for us. I am very thankful to have them. They are going to work it out so everything wont be due all on the same week and other things like that. Since we do not have our rough drafts back yet, I am hoping to take advantage of that time and try some new recipes for thanksgiving!