One Month Down!!

Wow! I can't believe it has been a month already since I started this adventure.

We have been working in the community garden for the past few weeks, and I'm not going to lie, I was a little hesitant at first with this project, but I have been having a blast. We made a raised bed. (see picture below for example) And to do so, we used some power tools!! Yeah!! It was fun working as a group to complete this and to work on something so hands-on. And now we have completed it and delivered it to Ecofest in Arlington. It has inspired me to garden, but we were given basically "invincible" rose plants and mine have already died, so maybe that green thumb of mine isn't going to come out any time soon.

(we did something like this)

(look at me go... haha) ;)

(growing lemon thyme on my porch, look at that thing grow!)

This past week we FINALLY had our big Scholarship Event that we have been working on since day one of school and I am so glad it was successful and it's over. My group was in charge of the recipes/menu and during one of the prep days in the kitchen I was just joking around when someone asked me if I wanted anything to drink and yelled out "VODKA!" forgetting my professor was in the room (i turned lobster red in about 2.3 seconds).... whoops, now my group jokingly labeled me "CP Lush" awesome... ;) mind you, this was also about 10:00 AM

(yes please!)

Overview of some of the other projects I've been working on the past few weeks: taught a Nutrition Lab on protein, Education Workshop on nutrition in the garden, and working in the TCU Kitchen. Working in the kitchen has been fun and we get free lunch after lab! Woohoo! Currently I'm in the baking department and I want to eat everything we bake, thanks dad for my sweet tooth. ;) It all looks and smells incredible. One of the employees there made a swan out of an apple!

In a couple of weeks we will be switching up our rotations, I will be working in a school system, still at meal delivery program and I will be working with an after school education program.

It's been a little hectic trying to make sure I'm at the right spot, at the right time, on the right day, with the correct materials because we are working at so many locations this semester, but I can guarantee it does not get boring!!

Stay tuned!

~Brittani

" 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.' " -Jeremiah 29:11