Please excuse me if this blog post seems scattered. I’m lacking focus at the moment. . . I blame it on the fact that I’m overwhelmingly excited about my trip to Arkansas on Wednesday!! The Arkansas High and Collegiate Pageants will be held on Friday and Saturday, and I am heading down to help out and spend a bit of time with my pageant family. I look forward to meeting all of the contestants and catching up with Amanda Patterson, Inez Freeman, Laine Berry, Summer Priester, Carina Romero and Kyndal Hayes!! It’s going to be so much fun!
After a very busy seven days last week, things have slowed down a bit. I’ve spent the past few days preparing for Maine’s Academic Pageants (which will be held on August 6th), adding new songs to my repertoire (never know when I may be asked to perform!), planning my sister’s send-off party (she leaves for MAOT on August 12th), catching up on the progress of several film projects (I’ll be playing a role in an educational short about tobacco prevention next month, and the Project AWARE mental health movie that I blogged about in May is moving right along), and getting a liiiiittle relaxation in. I’ve been reading, “Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert M. Pirsig and, although I’m only about 1/3 of the way through, I can already tell it’s a great read--very engaging. It’s been recommended to me several times and served as the official Honors College read the year before I started up at UMaine.I have a feeling it'll be finished before my plane lands in Little Rock.
After a very busy seven days last week, things have slowed down a bit. I’ve spent the past few days preparing for Maine’s Academic Pageants (which will be held on August 6th), adding new songs to my repertoire (never know when I may be asked to perform!), planning my sister’s send-off party (she leaves for MAOT on August 12th), catching up on the progress of several film projects (I’ll be playing a role in an educational short about tobacco prevention next month, and the Project AWARE mental health movie that I blogged about in May is moving right along), and getting a liiiiittle relaxation in. I’ve been reading, “Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert M. Pirsig and, although I’m only about 1/3 of the way through, I can already tell it’s a great read--very engaging. It’s been recommended to me several times and served as the official Honors College read the year before I started up at UMaine.I have a feeling it'll be finished before my plane lands in Little Rock.
I’ve also done a bit of leisurely raspberry picking this week. The raspberries in my backyard are growing like crazy this month, and my taste buds couldn’t be happier about it ;) I’m uploading a picture of the berries that I picked on Saturday—I just can’t resist!
Yum!
And while we’re on the topic of food (it’s one of my favorites)—I’ve been working diligently on putting together a personal cookbook for the fall. It’s a combination of family recipes, Cooking Light recipes, rotary recipes, personal recipes, and recipes that I’ve borrowed from the food blogs that I’ve discovered via two of my favorite websites, www.tastespotting.com and www.foodgawker.com ---Just a warning, don’t set either one of these as your homepage. . .You’ll get very distracted---Anyway, this will be my first year of off-campus living and I am beyond excited to have a kitchen again. I have set a challenge for myself: This school year, I plan to prove to others that eating healthy doesn’t have to be expensive. I hope to make use of sales and coupons, plan weekly menus, create yummy & healthy food, and blog about my budgeting and cooking successes (and failures).
Now, it’s time for me to get back to packing! I’ll update everyone on my trip to Arkansas upon my return and I’ll leave you with a picture. This is the Maine High School and Collegiate opening number dress, which I’m SO impressed with. It’s a Christine Blake Design. The Collegiate dresses are blue, the High School dresses are Red and the current titleholders’ dresses are white :) Can’t wait to see them on stage!
Now, it’s time for me to get back to packing! I’ll update everyone on my trip to Arkansas upon my return and I’ll leave you with a picture. This is the Maine High School and Collegiate opening number dress, which I’m SO impressed with. It’s a Christine Blake Design. The Collegiate dresses are blue, the High School dresses are Red and the current titleholders’ dresses are white :) Can’t wait to see them on stage!
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