So I have obviously been slacking off on my Memorable Tuesday blog writing. I haven’t been slacking off on having Memorable Tuesdays though. So here’s a brief rundown of Memorable Tuesdays #11-15.

Memorable Tuesday #11: March 17, 2009 was memorable because of a Bible study I attended with some of my new friends at the Granny White church of Christ. The Bible study was over Psalm 42 and was very enlightening. This Tuesday was also memorable because my fiancé, Adam, finally finished reading all the Harry Potter books! Now I can talk to him freely about the books without ruining any of the plots for him (like how Neville and Professor McGonagall get married)!

Memorable Tuesday #12: March 24, 2009 was memorable because I had a last minute change of plans. I was going to attend another Tuesday Bible study, but I got sick and stayed at home instead. My friend Ashley and her dog Tootie Pants came to visit my sickly self. We watched the Twilight movie because Ashley hadn’t seen it yet. We both agreed that the book was better. Adam, who was forced to watch the movie for the second time, decided he had seen the movie two times too many and that they used too much “spinny cam” in the movie. Adam did however discover a very yummy pizza place called Jet’s Pizza! When he went to pick up the pizza he sent me a text message that claimed the pizza weighed at least 15 pounds! It’s our new favorite pizza place!

Memorable Tuesday #13: March 31, 2009 was memorable because I got to celebrate the previously mentioned Chrystina’s birthday at the Cheesecake Factory (she’s a cheesecake queen!). This Tuesday was also memorable because I got to unfortunately file my first ever insurance claim for a car wreck. The previous day I caused a fender bender after dropping a Taylor Swift CD and briefly looking down to see where it had gone. Everyone was ok and I have good insurance coverage, so it all turned out ok in the end!

Memorable Tuesday #14: April 7, 2009 was a memorable Tuesday because I met new people and ate at a new restaurant (well, a new restaurant to me). I accompanied my friends Ashley and Kylie to a dinner with a couple other girls at Davinci’s Pizza. It was nice meeting new people, and the food was good. Jet’s Pizza is still my new favorite pizza place, though.

Memorable Tuesday #15: April 14, 2009 was a memorable Tuesday because my car hates me or cars in general hate me. While driving down I-65 to an appointment for work my check engine light came on and my car began to jerk (or as a friend suggested it started to “dry heave”). Luckily, I knew what the problem was since Adam and I had the same experience only a couple months ago. So, I pulled the car over and ended up right under the Demonbreun bridge. I attempted to call Adam, but he was impossible to wake up since his phone was on silent. I then called Giana, my friend/co-worker, who picked me up and took me to where Adam was. After waking Adam up and explaining to him the predicament he helped me take care of the problem. There’s obviously a leak in the car’s transmission since the exact same thing happened to me only months ago and it was because the car was low on transmission fluid. Of course, by the time we got back to my car its battery was dead because I had left the lights on (that’s such a me thing to do!). We gave my car more transmission fluid and Adam and his dad are going to try and fix the car this weekend. It’s just one more car issue to add to the many I have had in my life. Maybe my resolution for next year should be to go to car mechanic school.

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This is my friend Chrystina. She is an expert cheesecake maker. She has made cheesecakes for family, friends, weddings, and even royalty (ok…not really on the royalty, but they would enjoy them if she did!).

This is me. I am an expert at doing the robot; however, I have never made a cheesecake.

Tuesday March 10, 2009 was memorable because my friend Chrystina, the expert cheesecake maker, came to my apartment and taught me how to make Oreo cheesecake. Chrystina informed me that the Oreo cheesecake was the first cheesecake she ever made and she has never had a complaint about it. Here is the Oreo cheesecake recipe:

What you need:
1 pkg Oreo cookies
¼ cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, melted
4 pkg. (8 oz each) PHILADELHPIA cream cheese, softened (I was told by the cheesecake expert that it does make a difference which cream cheese you use. You must use PHILADELPHIA cream cheese if you want a good cheesecake. MUST.)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup sour cream
4 eggs

Directions:
Heat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Line 13×9 inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. (We used a springform pan and did not put foil in it.) Process 30 cookies in food processor until finely ground (Chrystina did this for me before she came over.) Add butter; mix well. Press onto bottom of pan.

Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each. Chop remaining cookies; stir 1-1/2 cups into batter. Pour over crust; top with remaining chopped cookies.

Bake 45 min or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Use foil handles to lift cheesecake from pan before cutting to serve (since we used a springform pan we ran a knife completely around the edge and then opened the pan).

Being the cheesecake expert she is, Chrystina also gave me some general rules one must remember when making cheesecake. They are as follows:

1. After you put the cheesecake in the oven DO NOT open the oven until it is done baking or evil flying monkeys will be set upon you.
2. Bake the cheesecake 5 minutes less than the directions say (i.e. 40 instead of 45 min for above recipe).
3. Let the cheesecake cool 100% before refrigerating or you’ll have the Grand Canyon of cheesecakes.
4. Cover the cheesecake but not too tightly when it’s refrigerated. If you do not cover it it’ll taste like other things in your refrigerator (i.e. almost spoiled milk, pickles, old spaghetti sauce, etc.). If you cover it too tightly you will cause lots of cracks to occur in your cheesecake.

This is the cheesecake I made with assistance from Chrystina. It was very yummy!!

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I remember when Micah announced the beginning of our revolution he said that we would all have successes, struggles, and even failures in the attempt to reach our resolutions. Tuesday February 17, 2009, was a struggle for me from the moment I woke up.

The previous night was spent doing Pilates and staying up too late reading a book, so I was beyond exhausted all day long. I struggled all day to think of something I could do to make Tuesday memorable, but honestly all I wanted to do was go home and crash (which is basically what I did after work).

Fortunately, a memorable moment arose in the early afternoon. A coworker challenged me to a game of Connect Four! It’s been a very long time since I’ve played Connect Four, but I gladly accepted the challenge! One game turned into three games. I had forgotten how much strategy is necessary to succeed at Connect Four, and that’s probably why I only won one of the three games.

Even though this Tuesday was a struggle, I look forward to my next Memorable Tuesday! I actually already have a good idea of what I’m going to do to make it memorable, and I’m super excited to tell you all about it!

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