Day 98:
Today I officially passed my job seeking skills class! I was given my certificate of completion. It was awesome!
I also spent the day in the computer lab and did the entire Outlook section from start to finish. That means I only have access and power point left and then the final test that includes all of the programs. I'm slowly getting closer!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Day 97 - February 24, 2010
Day 97:
Today I went and took my Excel test and passed with flying colors. This test only took me 21 minutes. After that I spent a minute talking with Adrienne and then Mart came and picked me up. I spent 6 hours at home doing bookwork for my job seeking skills class and finished all the bookwork, videos and writing assignments!
Today I went and took my Excel test and passed with flying colors. This test only took me 21 minutes. After that I spent a minute talking with Adrienne and then Mart came and picked me up. I spent 6 hours at home doing bookwork for my job seeking skills class and finished all the bookwork, videos and writing assignments!
Day 96 - February 23, 2010
Day 96:
I finished my soup chapter and took my test. I also went into the kitchen and made my huge batch of cream cheese frosting for Nanan's cake. After that I spent the day doing job seeking skills bookwork and talking to Adrienne
I finished my soup chapter and took my test. I also went into the kitchen and made my huge batch of cream cheese frosting for Nanan's cake. After that I spent the day doing job seeking skills bookwork and talking to Adrienne
Day 95 - February 22, 2010
Day 95:
Today Kace came to school and baked all the cake for Nanan's 50th wedding anniversary in Arizona next weekend. She also made a batch of chocolate mousse. We planned out exactly what we are making and our plan for the cake.
After we finished, there was nothing else to do so Adrienne, Kace, Mart and I went to lunch at Firehouse
Today Kace came to school and baked all the cake for Nanan's 50th wedding anniversary in Arizona next weekend. She also made a batch of chocolate mousse. We planned out exactly what we are making and our plan for the cake.
After we finished, there was nothing else to do so Adrienne, Kace, Mart and I went to lunch at Firehouse
Day 94 - February 19, 2010
Day 94:
I spent the day doing more computer work in the kitchen computer lab. This is getting to be so ... much .. fun. I can't wait until I'm finished with this class.
I spent the day doing more computer work in the kitchen computer lab. This is getting to be so ... much .. fun. I can't wait until I'm finished with this class.
Day 93 - February 18, 2010
Day 93:
Today I took my word test. It's supposed to be about an hour long test, and I finished in 27 minutes! Wahoo.
Today I took my word test. It's supposed to be about an hour long test, and I finished in 27 minutes! Wahoo.
Day 92 - February 17, 2009
Day 92:
My feet hurt pretty bad from yesterday so I spent the day doing my computer class
My feet hurt pretty bad from yesterday so I spent the day doing my computer class
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Day 91 - February 16, 2010
Today was Elle's lunch. I got to school and started cutting out my individual cakes and did a test plate. When I was happy with the design I got to work plating 12 desserts.
Here is the design we came up with for the plates:
Plates with cake, cream cheese frosting and the first layer of lemon curd:
Finished product:
While I was plating desserts I had a high school student (I think her name is Aubrey) dice my potatoes and I walked Elle through how to plate salads for lunch. As it got closer to the time we needed to start plating lunches I fried my potatoes (I was making cottage fries) and tossed them with sauteed onions and the roasted red peppers from Tuesday. They looked pretty good. They were served with Elle's barbecue rubbed flank steak.
Kami helped us serve as I'm a gimp and didn't want to hobble back and forth and chance dropping something and halfway through she came in and told me someone wanted a lunch to go. I switched it all over into a to go box when she came back and said they wanted a salad and the dessert to go as well. I made a fresh salad and then we came to the dilemma of how to box up my dessert. . . Amy came to the rescue. She went searching the storage room and came back with what I lovingly call ... the ghetto cake to go box:
Yes, it is taped together. :) Way to go Amy. I think I laughed for about 10 minutes.
I was extremely happy with what I accomplished today and I thought my desserts turned out really nice, especially for me.
My feet were beyond mad at me by the time I left the kitchen. I'm worried that I am overworking them and I think I might want to take it easy so that they don't take longer to heal. I think I'll rotate out between computer class/job seeking skills class and the kitchen so I don't have to be stuck in a boring one too long but I'm not killing myself in the kitchen either.
All in all I was happy with what I accomplished today and loved being back in the kitchen, regardless of the pain. I'm pretty sure that's a good sign that I'm where I want to be at the moment. :)
Here is the design we came up with for the plates:
Plates with cake, cream cheese frosting and the first layer of lemon curd:
Finished product:
While I was plating desserts I had a high school student (I think her name is Aubrey) dice my potatoes and I walked Elle through how to plate salads for lunch. As it got closer to the time we needed to start plating lunches I fried my potatoes (I was making cottage fries) and tossed them with sauteed onions and the roasted red peppers from Tuesday. They looked pretty good. They were served with Elle's barbecue rubbed flank steak.
Kami helped us serve as I'm a gimp and didn't want to hobble back and forth and chance dropping something and halfway through she came in and told me someone wanted a lunch to go. I switched it all over into a to go box when she came back and said they wanted a salad and the dessert to go as well. I made a fresh salad and then we came to the dilemma of how to box up my dessert. . . Amy came to the rescue. She went searching the storage room and came back with what I lovingly call ... the ghetto cake to go box:
Yes, it is taped together. :) Way to go Amy. I think I laughed for about 10 minutes.I was extremely happy with what I accomplished today and I thought my desserts turned out really nice, especially for me.
My feet were beyond mad at me by the time I left the kitchen. I'm worried that I am overworking them and I think I might want to take it easy so that they don't take longer to heal. I think I'll rotate out between computer class/job seeking skills class and the kitchen so I don't have to be stuck in a boring one too long but I'm not killing myself in the kitchen either.
All in all I was happy with what I accomplished today and loved being back in the kitchen, regardless of the pain. I'm pretty sure that's a good sign that I'm where I want to be at the moment. :)
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Day 90 - February 12, 2010
Day 90:
Today I was back in the kitchen prepping for Tuesday. I started off by making raspberry coulis. About halfway through that process, Rex asked me if I wanted to use the beef bones they had for stock so I browned all those off. By then my feet were starting to ache so I assigned some of my tasks out so I could get some help and get done as fast as I could. Adrienne made my lemon curd and Elle roasted and diced the red peppers for my potatoes on Tuesday. After that I made some cream cheese frosting and called it a day!
By the end of the day, my feet were crazy sore, but I managed to stay in the kitchen all day!
Today I was back in the kitchen prepping for Tuesday. I started off by making raspberry coulis. About halfway through that process, Rex asked me if I wanted to use the beef bones they had for stock so I browned all those off. By then my feet were starting to ache so I assigned some of my tasks out so I could get some help and get done as fast as I could. Adrienne made my lemon curd and Elle roasted and diced the red peppers for my potatoes on Tuesday. After that I made some cream cheese frosting and called it a day!
By the end of the day, my feet were crazy sore, but I managed to stay in the kitchen all day!
Day 89 - February 11, 2010
Day 89:
I got to school today and headed to my computer class for an hour or two. I did half of the second Word section and then got bored with the super quiet room and so I headed back to the kitchen to watch Adrienne assemble Skyler's wedding cake. I was also assigned potatoes and a dessert for Elle's lunch on Tuesday. I had the option of making a dessert out of chocolate cake or lemon cake that we already had and needed to use. Adrienne and I looked up ideas for a lemon cake dessert. We found one that looked super delicious. It was a mini triple layered lemon cake with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd. On the plate there was raspberry coulis (sauce) drawn into designs. It looked good, fancy-ish and pretty easy so I decided I would do that for Tuesday.
I got to school today and headed to my computer class for an hour or two. I did half of the second Word section and then got bored with the super quiet room and so I headed back to the kitchen to watch Adrienne assemble Skyler's wedding cake. I was also assigned potatoes and a dessert for Elle's lunch on Tuesday. I had the option of making a dessert out of chocolate cake or lemon cake that we already had and needed to use. Adrienne and I looked up ideas for a lemon cake dessert. We found one that looked super delicious. It was a mini triple layered lemon cake with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd. On the plate there was raspberry coulis (sauce) drawn into designs. It looked good, fancy-ish and pretty easy so I decided I would do that for Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Day 88 - February 10, 2010
Day 88:
Today I went to my computer class for 2 1/2 hours. I completed the entire first section of Word. Went to the library and passed off more stuff in my workbook and chatted with Adrienne for a little while and continued on with computer stuff. On my way out talked to Jon and Rex about maybe getting back in the kitchen soon. They want me to help Elle with a lunch party she has going on next Tuesday. It would be her first one and I've done quite a few. It would be pretty fun to get out of the computer lab and back into the kitchen!
Today I went to my computer class for 2 1/2 hours. I completed the entire first section of Word. Went to the library and passed off more stuff in my workbook and chatted with Adrienne for a little while and continued on with computer stuff. On my way out talked to Jon and Rex about maybe getting back in the kitchen soon. They want me to help Elle with a lunch party she has going on next Tuesday. It would be her first one and I've done quite a few. It would be pretty fun to get out of the computer lab and back into the kitchen!
Day 87 - February 9, 2010
Day 87:
Today sadly was just more book work. I did finish my first of two workbooks for my job seeking skills class though which is something! Halfway done! I also came home and spent an extra 6 hours working on homework. What a LONG day.
Today sadly was just more book work. I did finish my first of two workbooks for my job seeking skills class though which is something! Halfway done! I also came home and spent an extra 6 hours working on homework. What a LONG day.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Day 86 - February 8, 2010
Day 86:
You guessed it. Another fun filled day of workbooks and writing assignments ... and chatting for that matter. I'm 6 or 7 assignments into my workbook, only 3 or so to go until I move on to the next one. At least I'm making progress.
You guessed it. Another fun filled day of workbooks and writing assignments ... and chatting for that matter. I'm 6 or 7 assignments into my workbook, only 3 or so to go until I move on to the next one. At least I'm making progress.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Day 84-85 - February 2-3, 2010
Day 84-85:
Once again . . . workbook. Boring.
I also finished reading chapter 7 after about a month of working on it and took the chapter test. I think I got 100%. Yahoo! That's probably the most exciting thing that's happened to me since I broke my foot.
Once again . . . workbook. Boring.
I also finished reading chapter 7 after about a month of working on it and took the chapter test. I think I got 100%. Yahoo! That's probably the most exciting thing that's happened to me since I broke my foot.
Day 83 - February 1, 2010
Day 83:
Today I woke up with crazy sore and swollen feet. I think I was on them for too long yesterday picking up my house. Again... more with the workbook.
Today I woke up with crazy sore and swollen feet. I think I was on them for too long yesterday picking up my house. Again... more with the workbook.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Day 80-82 - January 27-29, 2010
Day 80-82:
Jon and Rex put me on medical so I am out of the kitchen until my foot is better. I can use all that time to do the things I don't normally want to do, like job seeking skills class and computer class. Boring.
Anyway, both of these days I went to school and just played catch up. I wrote all the rest of my evaluations and continued plugging on with my job seeking skills workbook.
Jon and Rex put me on medical so I am out of the kitchen until my foot is better. I can use all that time to do the things I don't normally want to do, like job seeking skills class and computer class. Boring.
Anyway, both of these days I went to school and just played catch up. I wrote all the rest of my evaluations and continued plugging on with my job seeking skills workbook.
Day 78-79 - January 25-26, 2010
Days 78-79:
From here on out until my foot is better, all my posts are going to be rather boring. I'm positive not very many eventful things will happen, but for my own records:
These two days I didn't go to school again. I stayed home and continued on with my job seeking skills workbook.
From here on out until my foot is better, all my posts are going to be rather boring. I'm positive not very many eventful things will happen, but for my own records:
These two days I didn't go to school again. I stayed home and continued on with my job seeking skills workbook.
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