recipes and ramblings

Man, I was up early today! I was reminded how much I despise waking up when its still dark out to an awful alarm clock, so thankful those days are (currently and hopefully forever) behind me. I've learned a lot about pre-schools/school since arriving here in Waco, and I still feel too young to be dealing with/worrying about where my daughter goes to school! How am I this old already and dealing with these issues?! Anyhoo, since Brennan will be starting her third year of pre-school in the fall she needs to start going 3 days a week rather than just 2. Her current school doesn't offer this option so I was on the hunt for one that did. I found it, but apparently its "the" school to get your kids into so registration is c.r.a.z.y. The doors opened today at 8am but I got there at 7:05am. I waited, it was cold, and early. BUT, hopefully it was worth it b/c I was the third person in line and was the first person for the class I wanted. This doesn't mean B is in though, I have to go back at noon today to find out. Seriously?!! Its pre-school people!! Anyway, we'll see how that all goes down. In other news, I haven't been cooking much this week since I desperately need to go the store and haven't yet, and I'm still recovering from St. Patrick's day cooking. But, I did make a couple things in the past month that I haven't shared yet. I tried this pasta primavera recipe recently and it was sooo good. I used bowtie pasta rather than penne but that was my only change. I will definitely make it again, we loved it. The other day I had some blackberries in the fridge that weren't being eaten (so bizarre), so I made these blackberry muffins. The batter was so tasty! I think I could've baked them about 3 minutes longer, they were a little too doughy for me but it wasn't the recipes fault, I'd say they are probably worth repeating. They only take a few minutes and are a little treat. That's the haps round here today. I don't really do birthday shout outs any more but today is my dear friend Izzy's birthday and tomorrow is Katie's birthday and I love them both a lot and they read my blog so, since its a random blog post day and I feel like it, HAPPT BIRTHDAY sweet friends!! Okay, that's all for now. Happy Thursday! xo (P.S. I'm having serious formatting issues with blogger, any other blog spot bloggers out there also having these problems?!!)