She's Doing The Thing She Thought She Couldn't Do

Amy is still without the Internet, or without her computer as she puts it, until next week. So here I am again, hijacking her blog!
On the appliance front it's down to the oven/stove and washer and dryer that they are living without. The washer and dryer are at the house but they are waiting for the "gas guy" to come and put the gas line in for both of those. Her laundry is getting to "red" or whatever the highest terrorist level is these days. That's where it's at. On the other hand she is getting pretty savvy with her cooking abilities. We all know she was savvy with those to begin with but now it's getting to a new level!
The kids are surviving but anxious to get back into some kind of a routine. She's got Evelyn making grocery lists, Sam is living it up wearing sweatpants (no clean jeans) and Max is cutting her hair. That's no joke, you read that right. They are a hair cutting family, after all. So it should come as no surprise. They start the training early. Amy was working on putting a desk together when he got a hold of some sheers and saw his mother badly in need of some texturizing and, well, took matters into his own hands. When she went to inspect she couldn't find the spot he cut, he must of done a bang up job then. That's what I say!
So that's them in a nutshell. Oh, and don't email her as her email doesn't seem to let her access that anymore. Believe me, I've tried hijacking that too.
Peace Out. K.

A Little Bit of Blog Hijacking

I've never hijacked anything before. I think hijacking your sister's blog is the way to go.

Kimberly here, Amy's favorite sister. I've taken over her blog for the moment. Because I can, because I'm her favorite sister and because, well, she's busy.

Very busy, in fact. The week before Thanksgiving they up and sold their house and then up and bought a new one. Things have been a bit crazy since then and her poor children fall asleep whenever they get in the car to go anywhere. I'm only half kidding about that one.

We are so excited for this big and new adventure for them. It has all happened so fast and is slightly overwhelming. As I'm sure you can imagine. For now they are without a washer and dryer, a computer (well they still have a computer but no desk to put it on and nothing that will connect it with the world), a microwave, an oven, a dishwasher and up until yesterday a fridge. But things are slowly coming together and I'm quite sure (if she does what I tell her to, which is sometimes) she is taking lots and lots of pictures. So hopefully soon she will fill us in on everything new and fun.

In the meantime I might have to try hijacking this bad boy again. It's quite fun. I highly recommend it.

See? Look! They are alive and well. And so excited they can't even open their eyes.

He belongs to this blog. He drives his mother crazy but you have to admit, he is dang cute!

Thought....

"Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility. Whatever our circumstances in life, let us do the best we can and cultivate a reputation for excellence in all that we do. Let us set our minds and bodies to the glorious opportunity for work that each new day presents." ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf~

Black Cat...

Rick has a cold and was snoring up a storm last night, so I ended up on the couch. This morning Evelyn and Sam came out to greet me. Sam wanted to snuggle with me and Evelyn stood at the side of the couch and held my hand. It was actually very nice. Apparently there has been a black cat hanging around outside our house. Evelyn looked out the window this morning and said, "That black cat is still in the neighbors tree, I wonder where he came from." To which Sam replied, "I think he fell off of a witches broom." (true story, I do not lie.)

Halloween Part 2

Sounds like a horror movie doesn't it. I think there is a movie by that name, but that doesn't have anything to do with that I am going to post about... Halloween to me is a little kid holiday, at least the Trick or Treating part is. I can't stand when big kids come to my door and this year I had a lot of that. My aunt gives the big kids Dumb Dumb's and everyone else gets chocolate. I should have done that this year.
I'm going to tell you about one of these big kids and I want you to tell me what you would have done in my situation. Two boys came to my door, one being around 12 I would say (which in my mind is the cut off age) and another boy that had more facial hair then my 31 year old brother! (Which I know isn't hard, but come on!) I put candy in the 12 year olds bag and then the Facial Hair kid holds out his hands... no bag, no costume. I told him no. He didn't have a costume or a bag, so he was out of luck. The rest of the night, every time the door knocked I excepted it to be Facial Hair kid back to beat up the mean lady who wouldn't give him any candy. My thinking is, if you can grow that kind of facial hair, surely you can get a job and buy your own candy. So tell me... what would you have done?

Halloween

Happy Halloween! We didn't have any kind of theme this year. What ever fit, they wore. Evelyn wore the costume that I wore when I was her age... one of Susu's saves. Sam was Batman and Max was The Pumpkin. Being The Pumpkin has become tradition at that age. They've all been The Pumpkin. While I was getting Evelyn ready, we had a little mishap. I had her put a sweatshirt under her top and she got too hot and threw up. She hadn't had any candy yet, so I knew it wasn't that. I'm just hoping it was the heat. She was fine the rest of the night.

Recipes to Share...

Just wanted to share the links to a few things I've made over the last 6 months or so, probably more then that...

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Pizza Casserole
Herb Crusted Salmon
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
Chocolate Pudding Pie
Shredded Pork (like Cafe Rio)
Raspberry and Jam Muffins
(I have tweaked these a little. I'll have to find my paper with the tweaking on it and share my tweaks.)
Arroz con Pollo
Baked Donuts
Zucchini Alfredo (really good with grilled shrimp)
Caesar Salad (we LOVE this)
Best Ever Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

If you haven't checked out foodgawker, well you need to. If you like food, you'll find something you HAVE to make. If you only like to look at pictures of food, you'll find plenty of those too. Here are a few things I would like to try-

Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Turkey Bean Pumpkin Chili (I think I might try this on Halloween.)
Pomegranate Creme Brulee
Bananas Foster Tartelettes
Mexican Pulled Pork
Chicken and Vegetable Chowder (or maybe I'll make this one on Halloween.)
Kneaders Bread Pudding with Vanilla Cream Sauce

Camping Trip...

I realize I have been a horrible blogger lately. I thought I had better finally get the pictures up from our camping trip over Labor Day. It was eventful. Someone, who shall remain nameless (it wasn't me), forgot the tent poles. We all slept in the back of the truck under the canopy. Thank goodness it didn't rain in the night. It did rain, by rain I mean came down in buckets, when we were on the river. Not my finest hour, but we made it to the end and were even on speaking terms later that night. lol!