Life, Love, and Faith

I'm going on an adventure in exactly one month. For the first time since I was 15, I will be in New York City! I usually don't even count the trip at 15 as I was part of a Christian touring company and only got to see Times Square and one Broadway show (Beauty and the Beast) before being whisked away in the tour bus to another performance.

I'm going mainly for a class on Haircutting techniques offered through my work at TiGi. They're the amazing company that does Bedhead, Catwalk, Rockaholic, and many other amazing products that I'm starting to love more every day that I get to work with them. I'll be learning haircuts directly from the top of the chain, and I can't wait to get more skills and learn more about haircutting, my first cosmetology love. :)

I'm also SO excited to finally get to see where my NYBF lives! I'll be staying with Zachary for a total of five days, four nights, and I plan to get in as much hanging out, guitar playing, cafe visiting, tap jamming time as I can. I have to check a bag for this trip as I'm taking my shears and razor, so maybe I'll throw in my tap shoes as well! I also can't wait to meet his lovely girlfriend, who I've heard nothing but amazing things about.

In other news, I've completely fallen in love with Charlotte. Not only is the weather here gorgeous this week (60's and sunny every day!) the people also reflect the weather. In the past 4 months, I've had the blessing to make more friends than I had in the past 4 years! They are lovely, talented, beautiful, God-blessings and I'm so excited that I've found my Charlotte "family." The church and homegroup Ryan and I attend is amazing and awesome, and it's the highlight of my week. The girls that I work with are also so incredible and talented and I'm finding myself loving my job more and more each day. It's so nice to work somewhere with no drama and where everyone has each other's best interests as heart. I'm truly blessed (you know I'm becoming Southern now, everything thing here is blessed, or bless you, or bless it!) to live here and to have such a clear path at the moment. :)

Did I mention I'm going to New York? I have a minor happy dance for that every day.

Last night Ryan, Joe (the housemate) and I celebrated St. Patrick's Day by having Irish Whiskey marinated steaks. I found the recipe online, but tweaked it enough to call it my own! Here it is if you're interested!

2/3 cup Irish Whiskey (I used Bushmills because I had it)

1/4 cup Olive oil

2 Tbs. Soy sauce

Pepper

Rosemary

Thyme

Garlic Salt (I just put some in, not real scientific on that one!)

Mix above together in a large plastic bag and shake. Add steak (we used NY strip steaks) and marinate for about 3 hours (you could probably get away with more or less time, this is just what I did)

Grill and enjoy!

I also boiled down the rest of the sauce, threw in a little flour to thicken it, and drizzled it over noodles and homemade croutons. Yum!

So anyway, that's what's new with us. I went through another Facebook purge, and was delighted by the responses I got from people that are still friends with me on there, esp. the ones that like reading the blog! I'm happy to be able to share with my friends back in the midwest. :)

Love,

Jesi