November Videos

This is Halloween

I'm really cheap when it comes to Halloween costumes and I think homemade is way better than store bought.

The first year I taught school, Halloween came about a month after I cut off all my hair, dyed it red and realized I had a cowlick that liked to make me somewhat resemble a bird.

Instant costume idea!  Bird!

So I went to work in 2009 in this costume...

 I was trying for a generic bird.  What my students thought was that I was a devil...with yellow legs.  I confused the crap out of them.

This year, still being cheap and sporting the same-ish hair, I decided to reuse the costume but add some more bird qualities.  Enter the painted on beak.

Everyone understood I was a bird but they were convinced I was the red Angry Bird.

Do you see any angry eyebrows people?  No?  Oh, that's right...I'm just a bird...that's it.  At least the three-year old that lives across from me understood. 

Next year, full on bird makeup like this:

Happy Halloween!

Vocabulary According to 6th Graders

Veterinarian: a person who does not eat meat
Dictator: a person who listens to evidence and decides if a defendant is guilty or innocent
Octogenarian: a person who believes in different religions
Dictator: a person who knows how to cure different sicknesses
Governor: a person who is taking over the USA
Translator:

 My favorite part of this picture is how angry the translator looks.

One Year Ago Today...

...I said yes.

Best decision EVER.

Sissy Pants Meets the Castle

It's been said that I'm a huge sissy (see #2).  For real.  If there is a chance that I will wet my pants from fear/break a bone/die/receive a head injury/need stitches/etc., I just don't do it.

Haunted houses fit into the "I'm not going because I'm a huge sissy" genre.  Earlier in my life, they were avoided for the "wet my pants from fear" category but after tonight, they go in the "head injury" category.

Husband, Jaynee, Ryan, Brandon (aka Bear Grylls, aka Brandon Full Bodied), Heidi and I went to Castle of Chaos.

As we stood in line, I was freaking my freak.  I was nauseous, sweaty, and super anxious.  Let's just say I AM NOT A FAN.

We finally got in and I was still unsure about going in.  I contemplated feigning illness and waiting in the car or pushing my husband and 4 other friends out of the way to run and hide in the PetSmart.  None of these things happened.  I went in.

The waiting was the worst part.  I was freaking myself out because I was just imagining all the people that could jump out from behind corners.  It was not fun.

It's much easier to not be scared when you have a husband to walk in front of you and hold your hand.  I made it through easily with only a minor head injury...yes, one of the characters hit me in the head with a blunt axe.  True story.  Ask Ryan, he was right behind me.

As we were leaving we noticed the chain saw guy.  What do we decide?  Slow clap.  Slow clap the chain saw guy.  Epic decision.  I advise everyone do it.

I'm pretty sure it made our day and chain saw guy's day.  He probably went home and told his wife about the epic kids who slow clapped him.

Slow claps...always a win.

Glimpse in the Marriage

Husband: "Your nose is cold."

Me: "That's why I'm rubbing it on your face."

We're Crazy About Biscuits!

Seriously, folks.  This may become an obsession.  We may need a 12 step program.

I made the biscuits again for dinner and they were even more delicious.  Want to know why?  I replaced plain yogurt for the sour cream.  They were awesome! 

Bonus.  We saved a ton of calories.  Here's the break down:

1/2 cup of plain yogurt (I used Lucerne...it was cheap at the Winco) has 60 calories.  0 calories from fat.  5 grams of protein, 22.5% of your daily calcium, 20% of your daily Vitamin D and 15% of your daily phosphorus. 

1/2 cup of regular sour cream has...wait for it, you should probably sit down...480 calories!!!  360 of those are from fat.  8 grams of protein, 16% of your daily calcium and nothing else that's really great for you.  I knew sour cream wasn't the best for you but holy bologna!  That's a butt load of calories.  I guess we'll be using plain yogurt from now on.

Also, Husband said, "This could be the only type of bread you ever make again."  I think this will be the new go to bread...as long as I have 7up on hand.

And Sometimes Full of Sooooo Good Ideas

After the first epic failure of Pinterest finds I was a bit hesitant to make anything else I found on Pinterest.

Today I decided to make two things. 

First, 7Up Biscuits.  Holy Hannah Montana!  These are so freaking easy and freaking delicious.  They're moist and flaky and everything a biscuit should be.  Did I mention they're way freaking easy to make?

Second, I made Copycat Chuy's Jalapeno Dip.  I have no idea what Chuy's is but this dip was labeled as "...like crack.  You can't stop eating it."  So I thought it must be awesome because we all know how awesome crack is...wait...scratch that...crack is whack.  But anyway, it was as delicious as described.  I'm pretty sure Husband and I ate a whole bag of chips...then we had nothing else to dip.  It was a sad time.

Then inspiration struck...dip the amazing biscuit into the amazing sauce.  It was AMAZING.  Go make one or both of these recipes then follow me on Pinterest.

Lesson Learned

Next time, don't unload the freezer onto a hot stove top.

Tomato Extraordinaire

My mom has a garden so obviously she has butt-loads of tomatoes.  She sets these tomatoes on the counter and they usually are eaten pretty quickly.  However, the recent onslaught of tomatoes has made it difficult to use them quickly.  This has lead to some pretty interesting tomatoes.

What the...? I realize there are seeds inside a tomato but I have never seen this happen and I've seen a lot of tomatoes in my life.

You're probably wondering (much like I was) what it looks like inside.   Well, here you go.

Looks like bean sprouts.

Up close

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are the adventures I'm having right now.  Are you jealous?

Word!

My Brain Replaced MTV

Remember how I always wake up with a song in my head?  Well, I do...true story.  I thought it might be fun to keep track of the songs I wake up to this month.  Here goes.

Saturday October 1, 2011



Sunday October 2, 2011



Monday October 3, 2011



*Sidenote: Husband was singing this as he left for school.

Tuesday October 4, 2011


 

Wednesday October 5, 2011



*This included a live performance from Adele in my dream.  It was pretty sweet.

Thursday October 6, 2011



Friday October 7, 2011

Pinterest...Sometimes Full of Not So Good Ideas

Pinterest is my new favorite thing to do when wasting time.  While looking around I found a bunch of recipes for Homemade candy bars.

This made me say, "I need to pin that.  Maybe I'll do something with it (but I probably won't)."

Then came church on Sunday and I realized I needed to plan an activity for my girls for Thursday.  "How about we make homemade candy bars?"

"Yes!"

Good plan...psyche!

So not worth it.

They didn't taste like the actual candy bar and were so difficult.

*Ash, remember this disaster when you feel like making crazy things again.