Boredom Induced Blogging

Today, as I was trying to come up with something else to fill my time ( other than the pool, books, searching the bargains at Roses and my garden) I realized that the Internet could use one more blogger. On top of that, my writing skills have gotten very rusty since becoming a reluctant housewife (so please excuse typos and stylistic errors). So here is my first blog entry:
Last week was my graduation marathon, first my sister's on Thursday and Brian's nephew on Friday. I am so proud of Betsy(my sister) I know she is going to be very successful as a music major at Young Harris College in the Fall. This week is a packing marathon, today was the first trip of picking up the necessities. I got some packing space bags, more on how those work later. I leave for 10 days in Jamaica a week from today, and Brian is off to MN for a work conference on Sunday. (nerdy side note- this will be the first time we have been away without each other since the wedding, i think we should have ripped this band aid off a LONG time ago) In addition to the 1500 trips i will take to Wal Mart in the next week, I have been trying to get things ready around the house. My biggest molehill is the pool. Looking back, if we covered it, it wouldn't be hard to open up. lesson learned. Mix that up with laundry and grass mowing, and it makes me want a full time job again!
Tonight is a Utility Club Board meeting, the last one before I take over as president! This year has flown by and I am ready to see what the next has in store for the club.

Here's a favorite recipe to finish off the post:

O'Quinn Strawberry Cake (This recipe came from my mother in law, and I have put my own twist on it)

1 Box Cake Mix (white or yellow, make sure it calls for whole eggs and not just the whites)
3 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1 small carton frozen strawberries
1 small package strawberry jello

Split the carton of strawberries in half, heat strawberries and syrup in saucepan and dissolve jello in strawberries
mix and bake according to package directions incorporating the strawberry mixture into the cake batter

Icing
2 sticks butter
splash vanilla
2 lb bag powder sugar
strawberries

mix first three ingredients, add strawberries until it reaches your desired color, taste and consistency

Enjoy!