i am the chili princess!

entered the central tech chili cook off on friday. me and mom's chili. actually my chili recipe. anyway, we got 2nd place! i'm so happy! out of 23 entries and i get 2nd! this just adds on to my happiness with the county fair wins.

been teaching the ebay class at tech on tues and thurs. nights. last week and this week. 11 students! the last thing i taught was a small photography and darkroom class for my art teacher senior year. i was the head photographer and darkroom editor for the school paper and yearbook. i should have just moved into that darkroom second semester of my senior year i was in there so much. even after i graduated, i was in there for another 2 days finishing up for the yearbook, developing film and printing pictures. it was a lot of fun! now it's all digital... black and white photography is an art. i love ansel adams!

this last week was such a blur! on class nights i'd come home, cook dinner, and leave so i could be at the class 1/2 hour ahead of time to get everything going. tuesday night was the eureka season finale on scifi, so i had to stay up until 11pm to see it. i got to bed at 12:05am. yes, i do own a vcr, no i didn't feel like messing with it. i think it's time to get one of those dvr things. directv has them built into their boxes. maybe it's time to upgrade, we still have the basic box we got back in 1998. yes, we do have a dvd player, a nice phillips one. i can change the region code on it so i can watch the catherine cookson movie "the round tower" i've got in region 2. it's the only way to get that movie on dvd, i sure wasn't buying another video tape! i got it off ebay. anyway, i googled how to change the code back and forth, found it pretty easy. we have 2 vcr's too. one is about 7 years old, got it when my uncle died in 2001. the other is the vintage 1985 RCA, tank that one is! still works great! had to miss survivor too. for 2 weeks. i'll live, it's the last bit you have to make sure you watch anyway...

i might do an e-book. i've got a great bunch of recipes i've come up with, most use what i like to call "dump cooking". dump in the cans, and instant dinner. no real measuring required. i've got my chili recipe, 2 pasta sauces, and a mexican lasagna that use this principal. i've probably got about 15 or so recipes i could put in it. i'll have a picture for each recipe too. they've got a pretty good set up over at lulu.com.

here's a picture of my baby dog, jack! (see above). this was the pic i got 4th place for.

well, guess there's not much else. stay tuned...