My Favorite Things?

For those of you that know me well, you should know that ironically enough, one of my least favorite songs in the whole world is "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. I really just can´t stand anything about that movie. Maybe the only song worse than that one is any song by Kenny G. I LOVE music but i also feel very very strongly about some songs. Anyways, here is where my situation gets to be more complicated. The dilemma is that in my jazz band rehearsal last week, we were talking about the new songs we are going to start rehearsing, and one of them pulls out "My Favorite Things". I thought, for sure he is joking, but oh no. He was serious. And so i start trying to explain the fact that that song makes my skin crawl, but i think they just thought it was funny or that i was exagerating and definitely did not pay attention to my cries that we not play that song. So, what am i supposed to do?!?!?! I don´t want to be devisive in the group, but I really don´t think that i can play that song. Suggestions??

On a more positive note, we did get a package this week from Tyler (getting packages is definitely one of my favorite things!!) She had sent us a whole bag of those chewy Halloween pumpkins!!!! MMMM my fave!!!! Last year we almost went crazy going to all of the grocery stores, looking for candy corn, or any hint of those flavors so familiar to my childhood, but to no luck.

Keeping in line with the theme "my favorite things", we have also been experimenting in the kitchen lately. We usually like to try cooking ethnic dishes from around the world that we have never cooked before (Elvis´s specialty is Thai food!) But recently, we have been trying to actually use recipes and cook my favorite recipes from my mom´s kitchen. Elvis loves Southern cooking just like I love Salvadorean food, so it works out nicely. Most of our dinners turn out to be a southern/Salvadorean hybrid. I was really excited when my first quiche turned out well (broccoli, spinach, and cheese), and my first key lime pie also, using fresh limes from the patio behind our church. We were also really excited when we found Bisquick in the grocery store for the first time (and surpringly enough, it wasn´t overpriced!) so we made homemade biscuits and some oh-so-yummy chicken and dumplins!!! maybe it was just because i havent had chicken and dumplins in a long time or maybe it´s my pride getting in the way, but i feel like it was right up there with Cracker Barrell. =) We did add some salvadorean squash in there to put our personal touch on it. Now, Elvis really wants to try to make homemade ground sausage....people here eat lots of sausage, but only the sausage links, not ground sausage patties. We really want some good ol´sausage biscuits, so Elvis is on a mission to make homemade sausage. We just aren´t sure yet of the herbs and seasonings that they put in it. Any ideas???

My first key lime pie:

Elvis got artistic with the chewy pumpkin picture:

P.S. Marcie's comment was so witty that i decided to just go ahead and put it on the blog. Her suggestion was to sing these different lyrics in my head while i play that song whose name we won't mention...

Thai food by Elvis and fresh limes for pie,

Cool, breezy evenings and papusas to fry

Chewy Halloween candy good friends will bring,

These are a few of my favorite things

When there’s carrot pizza,

And no Chick-fil-A,

When I have to say goodbye(s),

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don’t want to die.

Thanks Marcie!! You've already got me humming =)