>>Did you know I basically live for music? I’ll admit I like love that pop junk, but my heart beats for independent artists and singer songwriters. But in all honesty? I can find inspiration in pretty much any song if I listen to it in the right way. Have you seen this yet? Chase Holfelder has started a youtube channel devoted to taking songs in major (which typically sound happy) and changing them to minor (which sound sadder). His rendition of Girls Just Want To Have Fun is hauntingly beautiful.
>> No one warns you for this crap. You spend all this time developing friendships when you’re young that you just kind of bank on staying strong into adulthood. Isn’t that kind of the point? You do all the young and stupid stuff together so that you have someone to reminisce with when you’re too tired old to do all that young and stupid stuff. But what people forget to prepare us for is that sometimes we change. I don’t know exactly who’s to blame, but it’s always a sad thing when you wake up at 28 and realize the people you once relied so heavily on are people you hardly know anymore.
>> Campbell has their first football game tonight!
>> I’ve been watching Last Man Standing on Netflix the last few weeks. It’s definitely not a show for everyone (especially if you’re easily offended), but I just love it! It’s fun and light and kind of makes me feel like I’m hanging out with family at the end of the day. Okay. I might be a little crazy. Whatever.
>> One of my favorite snacks is homemade guac. Have I ever shared my recipe here? It’s easy and certainly not original, but here goes:
- 2 avocados
- a few slices of a yellow onion
- 1 jalapeno (remove ribs if you’re not into spicy. I usually remove the ribs from one side)
- Juice from 2 limes
- a little cumin (like, a teaspoon or less but varied for your taste)
- salt to taste
Alright friends. I think that’s it for today. Happy Thursday.
I really want to try making homemade guac again, but I had a bad experience and it turned out gross the last time i made it 4 years ago. How do you know that an avocado is good for guac?
I know you weren't asking me, but if you squeeze an avocado and it's squishy, it's not good. Also, if you squeeze it and it's rock hard, it's not good. You want something that has a little bit of give, but is still firm. Not bright green, but not black either. (It takes some practice!)
Ahhhh! That guy is INCREDIBLE! I'm now on a mission to watch all of his other videos! 🙂
Oh mannn… your guac recipe. I'm drooling. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I will be making some shortly.
I love guac, I should make some soon.
I think some people are meant to be with us for a reason or a season and some forever. Sometimes the forever people are not who you would've thought, but it all works out in the end.
Ohhhh homemade guac!!! I need to make some this weekend for watching games, so thanks! I will try yours!
It makes me really sad to think of all the people who I thought I would be friends forever with that I no longer speak to. It is one of the hardest things to understand as an adult!
I wish I could eat guacamole, but I am severely allergic to avacados. Womp womp.
You hit the nail on the head with friendships you make in your young years, and how we all assume they will still be there well into adulthood. But we all change, we grow, and we turn into different people.
Good luck Campbell!
Give me all the cumin in my guac. It's my favorite part! Letting people go from life is hard. Who knows, maybe there will be a time and a place that will bring you back together, if that helps?
I enjoyed Last Man Standing, too! I hope they put the last/latest? season on Netflix soon! I was a big fan of Home Improvement back in the day, so this show was right up my alley.
I'm with you on the friends thing, it's so sad not to know someone we once knew so well.
Bring on the football and tailgate food! You know what was so crazy and eye opening to me when I got into a serious relationship a lot of my single girlfriends went bye…..definitely tells you about character right?
If you take the ribs out of jalapenos they aren't spicy?! I never knew that!!!
Avocados are nature's perfect food.
Is that the show that used to be on Fox?
I don't even talk to people from my teenage years. That's why it was crazy to me that Scott's friend came to visit here. Scott is still so close to his friends from high school!
Umm, your guac sounds AMAZING! I have to make it. Like, now. And that youtube channel sounds like it would be right up my alley. I'll have to check it out!
I don't care for guacamole, but my husband loves it so I should keep that recipe in mind! Having friends as an adult is rough, especially when everyone moves away and is different stages and places in life!