November 11, 2013. That is the date of the first snow in Ann Arbor for the 2013-2014 winter season. Boy, did winter start earlier this year! There was snow in the forecast but no one actually thought it would snow, which made everything quite a surprise. I saw a few flakes falling amongst the raindrops just around sundown and thought that must be the snow they were talking about. A few hours later, however, I looked outside to find all the plants on the ground dusted in white and all the cars were essentially coated in snow. Molly's car even saw the snow for the first time! I guess we are in for a long winter out here. Maybe I should finally go downstairs and get all of my warmest clothes out of the storage unit so I have a nice warm jacket to wear when I have to walk outside! The snow is pretty much all gone now, leaving only a few patches behind to remind us all that winter has come. I am now extra ready for Christmas as I see the 70+ degree weather in California.
On a different note we are now in the Neuroscience sequence and have a 1,106 page course pack for three weeks of material. It is crazy! The first quiz went well though and the subject matter is mostly interesting, so it is one of the more enjoyable sequences thus far I must say. Our final is right before Thanksgiving so I get some time off for the holidays without any studying to do at all, yay! I also signed up for a weekly food delivery thing called
Plated. Basically you order a few meals from the menu each week and they deliver you all of the fresh ingredients. You then follow the recipe and cook the delicious meal and its wonderful! Such a nice way to get some new ideas and have a few new things to eat. I'm going to have to use it sparingly because it's expensive, but boy is it delicious! I just got my second box today to try out some new yummy recipes! Woo hoo! It has also encouraged me to make some other new and creative dishes which is nice. I used some leftovers to create a delicious stuffed baked tomato the other night, and I also made some amazing sundried tomato and goat cheese stuff chicken roulades wrapped in prosciutto! Yay for eating delicious foods!
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| Another beautiful afternoon in the Big House vs. Nebraska… we lost :( |
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| My chicken roulades (copied from MasterChef Junior) |
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| My first meal from Plated: Polenta pizza crust with ricotta, brussel sprouts, and cremini mushrooms |
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| Another Plated meal: Steak with homemade pilaf and Swiss chard |
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| Molly's car dusted with snow |
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| Snow this morning on my walk to class |
Hey send me your polenta pizza recipe, please! Sounds wonderful and since we are now somewhere that we can get some of the ingredients we could try them!
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