Desserts. Photographs. ASL. Awesome.

So, generally, every weekend I search Pinterest and find a recipe or two that seem like they would be really fun to make. And generally, they are desserts, wait, they are always desserts and generally, they turn out great! That is one career path I can see myself going down is opening a bakery, but instead of just having breads and cakes, I would have all kinds of innovative desserts. Just in the last few months, I have made chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes; brownie rollups; cookie dough covered brownies; peanut butter cups; oreo stuffed brownies; and cinnamon rolls. I just love desserts, and that may be why I have spent so much money on food in the last few months. I haven't bought real food, I've bought baking food. And it's just so much more fun than real food. Anyways, I have about 4 more weeks left of school, and while school is in session; I think I'm going to make a recipe book. And since I've made that decision, I've been really excited about it. If I make it good enough...I may even be able to sell it. Fundraiser for China....Dessert cookbooks, with tried and true dessert recipes. Yes!

I have also recently discovered a love for photography. I have a cousin that does photography, and she got my mom interested in photography, and I have a couple of good friends who do photography (and when I day 'does photography' I mean that they have cameras worth a couple thousand and get paid almost that much to do what they do). Except, I don't that nice of a camera. And I really don't like, bordering on hate, photographing people. I love, love, love to photograph scenery. And I have a pretty decent camera. Somewhere between a point and shoot and a nice camera. It takes awful indoor pictures, but pretty amazing outdoor pictures. So, last weekend, I went on a walk around BYU's campus and took some outdoor pictures. And it was so fun! I spent a couple hours this week editing them and then posted them on my facebook page. I can also see that as a potential career path.

 Waterfall on BYU Campus

Children's toys 

Brick path on BYU Campus 

NYC Buildings Jan 2012

NYC 9/11 Memorial 

Beautiful flowers on BYU Campus 

Match Factory in Bellefonte, PA 

 Boutineer from Rachel on brick wall of Southridge Apts

Talleyrand Park in Bellefonte, PA 

Wall Mural in Provo, UT on Freedom Boulevard

On the topic of career paths, I have also rediscovered my love for American Sign Language. Sometimes, I really don't like it, but it's not because of the language itself, it's because of the teacher. I don't like being taught one way and then getting in trouble for signing it that way, when the teacher thinks it should be a different way. But, I guess that's what you get for learning a language that is not universal and isn't even the same in most households. Anyways, I get so excited now, because when I watch ASL movies or I see people signing, I UNDERSTAND THEM. I understand most of what is signed, and the rest that I don't understand, I am able to fill in with the help of context clues (maybe my 4th grade teacher was onto something). It is just so exciting. Now, if I could only sign like I understand, I could pass the exam right now and become an interpreter. But, alas. It's not that easy. Nothing's ever that easy.