I can't believe this one.

Every semester I receive countless emails from students, most of them asking if they can add my class, a lot of them are excuses why they weren't at class. Then there are always students asking strange questions - just some really funny stuff. Joe says I need to save them all and publish them some day, you really can't make stuff up like the things people write to me. Today after I read this particular one, I thought, "A new idea for my blog" I am going to post this stuff because it is just too funny to keep all to myself. Don't worry, I will omit the last names to protect the innocent and extremely stupid.

Here it is:


My name is Aubrey xxxxxx. I would love to take your ESS 100 class for the summer semester but none of the times work for me. I know that you are very busy but I thought I would ask anyway. I was woundering if maybe you can teach another one on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Thank You

Aubrey

Mesa falls and Bear Gultch tunnel

Mesa Falls

Scott and Sarina came for a short visit this week-end so we went snow machining, it was snowing but it was so beautiful. I have never seen Mesa Falls in the winter. I thought the pictures turned out really cool because everything looks black and white except for the clothes everyone has on.

Me and my true love!

Idaho roads

Joe took us to see some snow piles up on the bench here in Rexburg. I tried to get the pick-up in the picture so you can see how high the piles are. Holy cow!

Healthy Recipe

Fiesta Quesadillas with Black Beans
This recipe serves: 4

Preparation time : 20 minutes Cooking time : 10 minutes
Ingredients,

For the salsa:

1/2 cup chopped tomatoes

3 tablespoons chopped red onion

1 teaspoon minced jalapeño chili pepper, or to taste

3 tablespoons diced red or green peppers

1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

salt to taste

freshly ground black pepper

hot sauce (optional), to taste

For the quesadillas:

4 large whole wheat flour tortillas

1 cup low-fat Monterey jack cheese

1 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves

3/4 cup chopped red onion

3/4 cup chopped tomatoes
Cooking Instructions

For the salsa:

1. In a mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients. (This can be made up to 2 days in advance and stored in the refrigerator.)

For the quesadillas:

1. Preheat the oven to 200�F.
2. Lay the tortillas out on a work surface and arrange the cheese, beans, cilantro, red onion and tomatoes on half of each tortilla. Fold the tortilla in half to cover the filling.
3. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Carefully cook one quesadilla at a time in the skillet until lightly browned on both sides. Transfer the browned quesadillas to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven while cooking the rest.
4. Slice each quesadilla into 4 wedges and serve with salsa and sour cream.

Nutrition Facts:

Serving Size 1 quesadilla

Amount Per Serving

Calories 356

Protein 19 g

Total Carbohydrate 55 g

Dietary Fiber 6 g

Soluble Fiber 0 g

Insoluble Fiber 1 g

Sugar 10 g

Total Fat 8 g

Saturated Fat 4 g

Monounsaturated Fat 1 g