my superpowers

1. I can make almost anyone laugh (usually it's not on purpose, though)
2. I swear I see the light turn green before anyone else
3. I can "feel" stuff happen before it happens.
4. Sometimes, I know what you're going to say before you say it...even if you don't end up saying it.
5. I can whip up a pan of brownies faster than anyone you know.

loving summer

1. warm nights...the ones that make me feel guilty for not going to a drive-in movie

2. canyon extravaganzas

3. family vacations and bbqs

4. Bear Lake season

5. evening walks with C1

6. frozen treats, thank you Vita Mix

in the kitchen

1. cute aprons

2. delicious foods

3. no dirty dishes

4. the smell of freshly baked anything

5. pandora radio

thinking about red

1. my walls

2. my nails

3. university of utah

4. berries

5. my wedding get away vehicle

Anticipating Fall

1. starting school is always exciting (i miss that part)

2. baking becomes easier in a cool apt

3. foods like pumpkin and apples find their way into everything

4. the leaves, of course

5. it's sweater weather

Favorite ways to eat a hot dog

1. at costco

2. with a honey crips batter around it on a stick dipped in the perfect ratio of mustard to ketchup (1 to 2)

3. with relish

4. at a baseball game

5. right off the grill (do the black marks really cause cancer?)

favorite things about chocolate chip cookies

1. They remind me of my mom

2. They remind me of my dearest friends in the world...and in heaven

3. I have made them so many times it's really hard to mess them up

4. They please almost anyone--Who in their right mind doesn't love a chocolate chip cookie?

5. They're perfect even when they're not--sort of like the way a flower grows...

Favorite Easter Foods

1. cadbury mini eggs (does anyone disagree?)

2. mom's rolls 

3. cardamom bread 

4. potatoes--usually some kind of cheesy baked goodness

5. peanut butter eggs

Favorite things to make in the kitchen

1. BBQ chicken pizza

2. anything citrus-y

3. a new recipe

4. casadillas (so easy and delicious--you have to use the right kind of tortilla, though)

5. dinner for two

Favorite Guilty Pleasures

1) Twilight--the movie--sorry, this movie is SO entertaining

2) My Dough Girl cookies

3) I take snacks to eat at church (who doesn't need a pick-me-up after Sunday School?)

4) Listening to my high school madrigal group CD

5) I get a treat every time I go to Costco (well, almost every time)

Favorite things I inherited from my Mom (Part I)

1) being a food snob

2) a priority list with practicality on top

3) the "Cristie Sneer" (this thing works wonders)

4) an ability to be a peacemaker (when I so choose, of course)

5) a fearlessness/love of people