V-DAY

So for V-Day I made Mike the chocolate vase. 3 bags of chocolate chips later. I filled it with candy and things that I love about him. He was very excited to open each one. I should have gotten a picture of him while unwrapping them. Then there were the roses. After the excitement we decided to go plant shopping (the house needed color) so 15 plants later we bought pots and new soil and spent all day repotting them. It was quite fun actually (I didn't even mind getting my hands dirty)

So needless to say it was eventful. I honestly think the plants were my favorite. I can't wait for the big move so that we can do more projects like these. I really need to be more adventurous. Wish me luck on that upcoming quest.

making of THE chocolate bowl

so i was at work the other day and all excited about my newly founded blog so i was spreading the word for everyone to go check it. well i told them it was chrishansen.blogspot NOT chrislhansen.blogspot so i forgot about the L, cause i apparently started a blog in '05 that i never ever started to write in. so anyways moral of the story is that everyone said it was empty and i had an emotional crisis. but then i found it, and it was good, and it was funny!

So I saw the food channel the other day and they made bowls out of chocolate. it's really fun! get a bag of chocolate chips, wax paper, and balloons. melt some chocolate chips in the microwave for 1 min. stir till smooth and let cool while blowing up a balloon. carefully spread the WARM chocolate on the bottom of the balloon with a spoon. about 1/3 to 1/2 way up the balloon and throw a gob on the wax paper to form a base. set the balloon in the gob and let cool for 2 hours. snip a small hole at the top by the knot and let it deflate (on it's own or it'll shatter) when it is done carefully pull the balloon out. now comes the fun part of my first experience with these. i forgot to let the chocolate cool before i put it on the balloon. so in my mom's new kitchen i popped a chocolate covered balloon. it went everywhere. the ceiling, the stove, my coat across the room, even on the white dog (poor sadie). funny thing is that i was wearing a white shirt and it was unscathed! (???)

so for v-day i'm making a chocolate vase for mike and filling it with candy and a list of things that i like about him. what do ya think? not too bad for a broke v-day present.

by the way since i'm on a tangent i'm gonna spill my heart. i invited my extended family to follow my blogs and i don't want them to be offended by me talking about mike but i don't want to offend myself either. i love you all and i hope that you understand. i can't post about my life without mentioning that i am in a relationship. i'm not going to post anything mushy or whatever but i'm not going to avoid it either, as i hope you'd do the same. you can't keep up to date with a family member without hearing about the significant other every once in a while.

Thanks for following the tangent. my pillow is calling my name... more like screaming it. goodnight!

So I finally decided to get one of these blasted things. I saw my sisters' pages and decided I'd give it a shot. So I'm not exactly sure what to write in here but I'm bound and determined to write about my life at least once a week.

So starting off. I'm 19. 08/10/1989. I have three sisters: Kellie (married with three kids), Lindsay (married with one), Michelle, and then there's me... In order of oldest to youngest. So being the youngest has goods and bads. Good is that I'm spoiled, bad is that everyone likes to have an input on my decisions (probably comes from having 2 strong willed sisters-who I secretly love.)

So I'm totally head over heels in love... with music. It is my reason for living, I'll probably die because of it too. I want to get a degree in music teaching and performance (piano and vocal). I'm in the process of starting a male quintet (kinda like the King's Singers. [youtube them!]) So in addition to working on an extensive performance repertoire, I'm also starting to teach piano students. YAY! If you know of anyone needing lessons I charge $10-15 depending on the level and time requirements.

In addition to music I am fond of a very special guy named Mike West. He lights up my day. Mike works for Flying J driving a double tanker from North Salt Lake to Duchesne and back every day...kinda boring but it pays the bills. :)

So I think I did pretty well for my first time on an actual blog. Go team! :) Till next week... or possibly sooner