Sorry for the delay!

Good evening again!

Tomorrow is the last day of Skills I and then we're on Summer Break for 3.5 weeks! We had the written final today and I feel pretty good about it. I know I got at least 2 wrong, but there are a lot of points out there. So here's hoping.

7/11/10 10:30pm

This page has been sitting on my laptop for days, and I have yet to finish and get it posted. But in my defense, I've been busy jumping on projects and getting errands done. Gracie is all groomed, as well a princess should well be. ;-) My baby comes first! But I just want to get this up before it gets any later.

To finish up what was in the beginning of this post, I DID finish Skills I and I got another A! Well, A-, but I'll take it! I got a 90% on the written final for brains farts, honestly... And on the cooking final, we were to, in 3 hours, make consomme (my nemesis!), Espagnole Sauce (one of the 5 mother sauces), Hollandaise (another other sauce) , green veg (broccoli), white veg (cauliflower)--there are specific ways to cook veggies (heavily salted boiling water for green, boiling water w acid w/ lid on for white)--, and mayonnaise. Mayo is soooo easy!!! But damn the consomme! It was cloudy, AGAIN, so this time I tried to re-clarify. Successfully, I might add, but in the process, I lost my yield... Instead of a quart, I only got a bowl! And in my panic to get it right, I forgot to reheat... so it wasn't up to temp. BUT everything else for the day was perfect! So I got a 90% for the day. Again, I'll take it!

So there's finishing that stream. We're on summer break now and I've been enjoying the time off, relaxing, getting things done. but tomorrow it's back to business--transferring to the NY VA, moving forward with my blog, getting things done. thank you for bearing with me! And I humbly as that you become a friend to my site! Thanks! :-)