The Awesomeness of Gmail

So last night I was wondering about April's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. A random thought, yes. But with Marvelous Monday Meals being a new tradition for Lea and me, we are always thinking of yummy dinners, desserts, side dishes, and vegetables. And so far, we have mostly come up with only winners. Granted, she didn't like the ultimate chicken fingers. Well, she did like it, but she didn't like making it. And granted, my chocolate layered dessert looked more like chocolate marbled dessert (since it was pretty much ice cream soup when I put it in the freezer...). But we really haven't been disappointed taste-wise at all. This past week we had sloppy joe casserole, which was yumm-o. We had baked beans from a can, and we had parmesan crusted asparagus. And that was really really good! And I don't generally like asparagus. And for dessert, Lea made a taffy apple pizza. Which was bomb. Anyway, so that's why I was thinking about April's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Because I was telling Lea about them. And so I wondered if I had ever gotten the recipe from April. And so I did a search through my gmail. What a cool feature! To be able to search all my emails. Well, I didn't find the recipe, but I did find a conversation between April and me wherein I mentioned said cookies. And so I proceeded to read this 2 and a half year old conversation. From back in the day when April and I were suffering through Research Methods at UA. And oh my gosh how I laughed as I read that email! Made me miss those days. Not the school part. Definitely not the school part. But the memories of sitting in class and making friends with April. Of monthly sleepovers at either April's or my place that was full of yummy food. Of taking pictures around Tuscaloosa with Bear Bryant and at Vulcan in Birmingham. Of driving to April's and racing the massive storm that was brewing -- and conjuring up the kind of weather from which tornadoes are born (we even had hail coming into her house while we were safe inside). So yeah, sometimes it's fun to delve into the archives of my email -- and my past. And to laugh.

And that's all I have to say about that :).