Thanksgiving

We got back last night from spending Thanksgiving with Tyler's family in Monticello. It was so nice to get out of the house and away from our worries, if only for a few days! It's kind of sad to be home again. The kids played with their cousins, and were excited to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa! Here's the pictures!!!

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Oh, and those truffles? They were chocolate chip cookie dough truffles! They were SOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy (and FUN) to make, and so good! You can find the recipe HERE. What have I said before? I'm obsessed with her site! Sorry such a short post, but I'm exhausted. Just got home from grocery shopping and I'm gonna go hang out with the kids and watch a movie! haha

The joys of stress

I'm always fascinated with how stress manifests itself in people. For me, well, the list is pretty long. BUT I didn't realize how stressed I must be (subconsciously) until I developed a canker sore. A big one. A REALLY REALLY BIG ONE. It's at the bottom of my gums, right in the crease of my mouth and gums. Make sense? A few inches above my left jaw bone. It is about 1/2 inch long. And (according to the dentist) DEEP. So deep, in fact, that the pain is radiating into my jaw bone. And it hurts to even brush the skin over my jaw. Pathetic! Here's hoping this Thanksgiving trip is stress-free and I can lose my canker sore before it swallows me whole.

Grown up

Cameron was talking about playing with a dog and what the dog would do when he threw a frisbee to him. Cameron said, "And he run as fastest as his legs could carry him!" When on earth did my child start saying adult things like this?! So fun!

Crazy 8's

8 Favorite Foods

• Hash browns
• Avocados on toast
• Domino's pepperoni pizza
• Cafe Rio (pork tacos & pork salad)
• BIG SALAD! (only with buttermilk ranch dressing)
• Cheese fries!!! Although I can't eat them without getting SO sick. But sometimes it's worth it!

8 Things I Did Today (yesterday, since it's early!)

• clean
• read books with the kids
• clean
• cooked
• clean
• read more books with the kids
• clean
• clean

8 Favorite Restaurants

• Joe's crab shack (best crab EVER!)
• Spaghetti Factory
• Sampan
• Thai chili gardens
• Z'Tejas

(these aren't really 'restaurants')

• Kneaders
• Taco Bell (I LOOOOOOOVE TACO BELL!)
• In & Out

8 Favorite Stores

• Target
• Hollister
• Plato's (thanks Helen!)
• Famous footwear
• Gap Kids
• Urban Wear
• Pier 1
• Trader Joe's

8 Things I look forward to

• eating breakfast
• going to Monticello for Thanksgiving
• playing games with Tyler's family
• going to Festival of Trees
• trying Coconut Chicken Curry
• making a homemade gingerbread house
• Tyler finishing his cabinet job
• seeing Kung-Fu panda (random, I know but I can't wait to see it!)

8 Things on my Wish List

• rectangular pizza stone
• silicone bread pans
• Brian Regan "Standing Up" & "Epitome of Hyperbole"
• Tickets to Brain Regan in Feb.!
• Take a photography class
• Have more time to experiment with cooking WITHOUT my kids!
• Tyler to get into the radiology program this year
• A rec. center across the street so we could go play & swim all year round!
  

8 things I love to do with my family

• singing songs
• playing games (I just taught Cameron 'pictionary'!)
• reading books with my kids
• playing outside/having water fights
• going swimming
• watching Tyler wrestle the kids
• having some peace while Tyler wrestles the kids!
• FHE

I'm supposed to tag 8 people, but I hate that. So do it if you want, and if not, whatever!

WOW!

I just got home from the premier of TWILIGHT! YES! My sweet friend Tammy scored us a couple of tickets and treated us to one great night! First we went to IHOP (since it was the only place open that late!) I felt bad: we only ended up ordering a drink at first, and then later had some fries. But the waitress was so nice and didn't make us feel like crap for sitting there 'wasting' her table. Hey, we tipped her good! It was funny because there were at least 2 other groups of fellow Twilighters eating too! One group had these shirts on that I FELL IN LOVE WITH! I've seen A LOT of Twilight shirts, and haven't like any of them. But these? I love how simple and classy they were. So I risked looking like an idiot (hey, it's nothing new, so why not?) and asked them if I could take a picture of their shirts! One girl in the group confessed to designing and making them. UGH! SO JELOUS!




Luckily our seats were reserved so we didn't have to worry about getting there way early to just get any seat! When we arrived, there were people dressed as Alice (she had a freakin' cardboard box-of-a-yellow-Porsche around her waist like a ghetto Halloween costume) and long hair. Boo! If you're gonna dress up, do it right! I know, I'm harsh. Whatever, I'm a Twilight purist. Someone else dressed as Victoria with leaves in her frizzy hair. That was kinda funny.

"So anyways, let's get down to the nitty gritty" (<--- Anyone?)

I really liked the movie. I was REALLY surprised I liked the movie. I REALLY liked Edward. I was even more surprised I didn't want to vomit the entire time because of him. He was smooth, sexy, classy, all the things he should be. The clothes? Eh, could've been better, but I was still too stunned that I wasn't boo-ing the movie. I was screaming like all the teenagers. Bella was amazing. I was very happy with her acting. There were parts I loved, and there were parts that were ridiculous. Many times, Tammy and I had to put our hands over our mouths to quiet our own laughter. And they weren't funny parts of the movie. The cinematography was terrible. I was so disappointed with their special effects. There were obviously a lot of things left out, and some random things that were added. Does Al Gore have a hold on this entire nation? There was a RIDICULOUS scene about going green and recycling. Recycling is great, but don't even get me started on all that environmentalism. GR! That ticked me off. Oh and Stephenie Meyers makes a small appearance in the movie. I mean, if I wrote a book that turned into a movie, you better believe I'm gonna be in it! But it was kinda random. That's about it for now. I am SOOOOOOO glad I got to see it opening night. It was fun to be part of something that I've really enjoyed. That book was what got me interested in reading. I always hated reading and since reading Twilight I have read 15 books. That doesn't sound like a lot, "but it was tough for me so BACK OFF!" (<--Anyone?). So even though I had tons of issues with Breaking Dawn, I will always appreciate Stephenie Meyer's ability to get this anti-reader excited about reading!

I realize that was a lot of random ramblings, but cut me some slack. It's 4:00 a.m.! WOO-HOO FOR TWILIGHT!

Anyone? Anyone?

Hey everyone! So we are finally selling the truck. Does anyone know anyone who might now anyone who might want to buy a truck?! ;) I just created a blog for it. I don't have any interior pictures yet. These are the rough draft pictures we took last week just go get it on KSL. If you can think of anyone, please send them to the website.
CLICK HERE to see the blog. THANKS!

I'm inspired!

So, I've been really uninspired to blog since I've made it private. I hardly had any comments to begin with, and now it's just plain depressing! BUT I had to tell you about Melanie. I just discovered her blog today and I AM OBSESSED!!! I'm always looking for yummy recipes (that are my taste, and my hubby's too) and have scoured blogger for good recipe blogs. Oh my, I hit the jackpot today!!! I was seriously "Oh my gosh!"-ing every single one of these recipes. Some are, how shall I say, out of my league? If there are too many ingredients, I just don't even bother. BUT so many of them look fairly duplicatable. (<--BTW, that's not a word? Apparently not in blogger spell check!) And did I mention DELICIOUS looking? I just had to share this gem of a site with all of you. So check it out HERE!

P.S. I've gotta do a plug for both recipe blogs that I participate in. Come check us out at Good Stuff Maynard HERE and Keen Cuisine HERE. Happy cooking!