Erin with an E

I'll make these short and sweet since I kind of went into blog overload today.

A dear dear friend of mine asked me to be one of her bridesmaids. I'm so super excited and honored to have been asked. I am turning 30 in a few weeks and have not once been a bridesmaid. I don't know if that's a record somewhere, but pretty random if you ask me. Can't wait to start planning!

Speaking of turning 30 I can't decide what I want to do. My first thought was going to vegas and seeing phantom, my second idea was this huge party with drinks (non-alc), a buffet of appetizers, and some good tunes. Unfortunately, I do not have a sugar daddy and I don't think either of these will fit my current budget. Maybe I'll have to scale back a bit. I was thinking of just getting myself a fancy hotel room and lounging around all day. I do know that it will involve dinner (I'm thinking Macaroni Grill this year) with the sisters and at least cake and ice cream somewhere with a large quantity of personages.

Speaking of sisters.. Janelle (my older, wiser, more beautiful sister) and Katelyn (my youngest, wiser, more beautiful sister) are on their way out RIGHT THIS MINUTE form Maryland to start school this fall (Janelle Grad school and Katelyn Sophmore year, both at BYU) This makes 4/6 of us Gordon Girls here in Utah.

Speaking of school.. I got accepted into UVU's Culinary Arts program. It's a two year program. I have mostly all of the prereqs covered, due to my 7 years of schooling there. I'm signed up to take two courses this fall and then it's on to the actual cooking courses in January. There's a slight hiccup with financial aid, again, due to my 7 years of previous schooling, but I'm hoping to get that sorted out this week.

Finally.. Speaking of this week.. I'm heading down to St. George tomorrow morning for our department planning meeting. I'm not sure how much planning we're going to be doing, or how much I'm looking forward to it. But I am looking forward to staying at a spa, in my own ultra-cushy king bed with a jet tub. all by myself. oh yeah and we're going to see grease.. and I'm getting reimbursed a large chunk of money for gas/travelling expenses and everything else is on the company's dime (minus spa treatments)

That's it. You should feel like you've known me forever. I'm a comment junkie. It makes me feel loved.

side note - I just hit publish post and it gave me an error. I may have had a slight panic attack thinking that this whole thing got lost. Thank you Blogger for saving it as I typed.

See's Chocolates has a recipe portion on their website. Of course each recipe calls for one of their products (not actual recipes for their divine chocolates). I make have drooled just a bit..

you should probably check it out..
http://www.sees.com/index.cfm/about_us/recipes/extra_dark_molten_mocha_dessert

and to give you an incentive to do just that:



Extra Dark Molten Mocha Dessert
•3 See's Extra Dark Chocolate Bars
•1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
•1/2 tsp Instant Coffee Crystals
•1 cup powdered sugar
•2 whole eggs
•2 egg yolks
•6 T flour
•Whipped Topping or Whipped Cream
1.Preheat oven to 425°. Grease 4 ramekins* (3/4 cup size). Reserve one square of chocolate for chocolate shavings.
2.In microwave proof dish combine butter and broken up candy bars. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in coffee crystals.
3.Stir in powdered sugar until well blended. With wire whisk whip in eggs and egg yolks. When well blended, stir in flour. Pour batter into greased ramekins.
4.Bake 12-14 minutes. Make sure sides are firm but centers are slightly soft. Let stand 1 minute. Unmold onto serving plate and top with whipped topping. Sprinkle with chocolate shavings. Serves 4. Enjoy!
*May also be baked in paper lined muffin tin. Pour batter evenly among 10 paper lined muffin cups. Bake at 425° for 8-10 minutes until sides are firm but centers are soft. Let stand 1 minute. Serve Immediately.

Heck I might even make these if anyone comments.

I had cake (from the retirement party, see below) before I ate my lunch today. It was okay cake.. but I wanted/needed something sweet after I ate my luch. Such a dilemma. So I kind of waited a bit and then hit up the startbursts. I have decided that in the future I should only eat half of my dessert first and then finish it after I eat my meal.. or just have two desserts.


(definitely not the cake I had at lunch, but a possibility of cake that I could have in the future)

I decided that it would be better to post here then to update my status on facebook every 30 minutes.. cause work is SO busy today (consider that sarcasm font)

We had a retirement party this afternoon for one of our secuity guards. That's two things that probably shouldn't be in the same sentence (security guard and retirement). Actually, if I saw any of our security guards in street clothes I would never guess that they're security guards. Now I'm not saying that I'm super athletic and could out run them, heaven knows that, but part of me thinks that security guards should be in good health/shape. Maybe they're "intelligence security guards" (I doubt it). Maybe I should start running stairs.

Current Security Guard (not exactly)



What would get me to work on time (and probably make me feel a little safer)