Dinner in the making

This is a picture of the beautiful Zucchini lasagna that I made for tomorrow's dinner that I will be having with Heather.

Recipe:

One box of gluten free Lasagna noodles.
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
1 1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup Parmaesan cheese
3 large Zucchinis-cut length wise in thin strips
Spaghetti sauce of your choice
1/4 cup onion chopped
16 oz Ricotta cheese

Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray 9x13 baking dish with vegetable oil stray or use butter
In a small bowl combine 1/8 cup mozzarella, 1 tabsp parmesan cheese and set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine remaining cheeses. Set aside.

Combine Spaghetti sauce and onion together and set aside.

Spread a thin layer of sauce over bottom of baking dish. Begin the layering with the noodles, then spread a layer of the cheese mixture over the noodles, then placed strips of zucchini over cheese mixture, then spread spaghetti sauce over the zucchini layers.
End the layering process with zucchini strips on top, then put sauce over that and bake.
DO not cover dish with aluminum foil until about half way through the baking process which is 40-45 minutes. At about 20 minutes, cover the dish with the aluminum foil.
This dish could take up to an hour to bake depending on the softness of the zucchini. Check the Zucchini with a fork.
After the dish is done, take the reserved cheese that was in the small bowl and sprinkle it over the lasagna.
You might need to place a cookie sheet under the baking dish as the sauce and cheese can boil over and spill.

The changing of the Rooms

Last weekend, Sarah decided that she wanted to switch bedrooms. Hey-I was getting a good deal. The master bedroom and bath.
The move commenced on a Saturday and by Sunday night at midnight all of the major items were moved.
The oddity is that I have my room almost exactly laid out as it was in the 1st apartment that Sarah and I lived in when we moved to OP.
I then began to wonder if the bad luck that followed me in that 1st apartment would now commence to fall upon me as I had recreated my old bedroom. I am holding my breath..but not for long.
The switching of rooms allowed me an opportunity to get rid of some stuff that I don't need anymore. I took the opportunity and began to go through my tubes. One tub had a lot of notes that were passed to me in middle school and high school. It has been entertaining to read about what was stressing me out, who I was gossiping about, who I had crushes on, etc. I even came upon some notes written by one of my guy friends who had a crush on saree waree at the time. He was so embarrassed to be talking to me about my sister. Then I found a candy gram sent to me from Sarah while we were at TWHS. And in it, saree waree talks about the guy she had a crush on. It sure brought back memories. In the candy gram, saree waree told me to get involved in theater cuz it was alot of fun. Now I wish I had been more involved in TWHS theater. I only helped out with "Fiddler" and then we moved to WRHS.
It is good to take a stroll down memory lane into your middle and high school days in your mind. However, I wouldn't want to actually go back in time to those days. As awkward and painful those years were, they are necessary to go through. They helped to mold me. It is good to be reminded of the "growing up" years.

Ramble on

Yes, I have neglected this blog.

Last Friday, Will and Krista came to Overland Park, so Krista could do some Henna for some Olathe ladies. Afterwards, Krista, Will, and I had pizza at my place. Krista and Will are wanting to open a Pizza Shoppe franchise in Topeka. The pizza was good, but the crust was too thin.
After the eating, Krista did Henna on the palms of my hands. My previous experience with Henna had left me disappointed. The Henna had always turned out too light. This time I left it on overnight. Krista and Will slept over on my hide-away bed/couch.
The next day, the Henna looked great. Nice and dark. Krista drove back here and we went to a Halloween dance/party at a Warehouse. It was a weird atmosphere. The weirdest thing of all is that a guy that is one of facebook friends, totally ignored me.
Krista and I left after about an hour and a half.
Krista went home and as I got ready for bed, the palms of my hands started to itch so bad that I wanted to rip the skin off my hands.
Don't worry, I didn't do it.
I could barely sleep. I tried everything to stop the itching. Calamine lotion, Hydro-cortisone creme, Benadryl creme, Aloe vera gel. Nothing helped.
The only relief I got was putting my hands in very cold water. Heat only made it worse. So, I would sleep with my hands outside the blankets. How annoying.
On Monday-I went to my Doctor's office's Urgent Care/After hour clinic.
I was prescribed some Steroid creme.
It worked!
I am probably allergic to Eucalyptus oil, which was in the Henna oil. I don't know 100%.
But now I have lots of cremes..if anyone has itching problems. You know, just in case.
Waree thinks I passed the itching on to her, as I have touched things around the house and her hands started to itch on Thursday. I don't see how this could be, since I had the Henna on for a week and it's pretty well dyed into my skin.
Now-on to Halloween.
I went to another Single's ward's Halloween Dance/party. They had a Mystery game too. You could win $250 if you figured out the mystery.
Here were the masterminds/authors: Gaston Leroux, Jim Henson, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien, Robert Louis Stevenson.
Here are the suspects: Gandolf, Eowyn, Aragon, Legolas, Phantom of the Opera, The Labyrinth, The Goblin King, Harry Potter, Hermonie, Ron Weasley, Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swan.
Here are the weapons used by the suspects to steal the money: Water, wood, glass and metal.
Here are the locations: A building, ocean, island, cave and the mountains.
Here are the clues: It is not water, It is not the cave, it is not the Phantom, the suspect has to have access to gold coins. There is a crystal ball, the suspect has to wield some sort of sword, and the suspect loves music, but can't sing.
See what you think.
To be continued...