Month: November 2013

When I am abandoned I eat Panda and ice cream

November 9, 2013 — Leave a comment

November 8–I am so grateful for Edna, my car. I miss Jasmine, my old 1994 Nissan Altima, but I love my Corolla like nobody’s business. I am also grateful for my awesome parents and grandparents who made it possible for me to have her. I love you Edna!

November 9–Vacuumed floors. I can’t explain it, but there’s something so magical about a floor that’s be thoroughly vacuumed. It’s so wonderful. I guess you could say I’m grateful I grew up in a spotless house and learned how to clean (thanks Mom!) but yeah. Floors that have a vacuum run over them are the quickest way to my heart.

This is what’s been up:

DI with this guy….always a pleasure.

Old roomies reunite!! Only half of us still live in this country…so that’s fun. 

When Drew leaves me for Vegas…I party too hard and eat ice cream for breakfast. 
Can I share some thoughts?
Happiness is a choice. I’m sure I’ve posted something similar to this and it’s probably totally redundant. But it needs to be said. Last night there was gut-splitting laughter and rolling on the floor in this apartment. We are all stressed out of our minds. I feel inadequate to everything I’m supposed to be doing. But it’s ok. Because in the end everything works out. And even if I fail at all the things I’m supposed to do, the sunrise was still beautiful this morning. The fall leaves are still picturesque. There are still sweaters to wear. Hot chocolate that needs to be made and drunk. There are still scriptures to be read and cried over, and little kids running up and down the stairs to laugh with. So even though things are hard, they are still so good. 
I think that’s why I love November. It’s such a perfect time to remember that there are a million little things, and a million big things, that I have to be grateful for. The rest doesn’t matter.
Happy Saturday everyone:)

Take Me Home

November 7, 2013 — Leave a comment

First off. I just barely published the post I was supposed to do yesterday. Oops….don’t judge!

November 6–I am grateful for mugs. There’s something so perfect about drinking hot chocolate or milk or water or juice, or really anything, out of a mug. It has a handle for Pete’s sake!

November 7–I am grateful for heated leather seats in cars. No my car does not have heated seats, but I think I appreciate them more because I don’t have them. Or something like that.

Folks, I’m really happy.

I need to post this song because it is WONDERFUL. It’ll make your day more than average for sure.

If you haven’t heard of Us, don’t fret. I hadn’t heard of them until a little while ago. But they are amazing. You will be glad you listened.

http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/rWc2ju_i9kY&source=uds

Also. I have to work early in the morning. So I went down to my car at 6:45 this morning, and there was a creepy guy in a hood, waiting by my car. Drew didn’t have to be at class until like 8 and came down to the freezing garage just to say good morning. He’s a keeper:)

Happy Thursday everyone!

Tinfoil Dinner

November 7, 2013 — Leave a comment

So last weekend I went on a super duper fun date! We went to our friend Garrett’s house and had a bonfire in his BEAUTIFUL back yard. Really though, they have a pond and a cute little bridge. It’s adorable. ANYWHO. Bonfire. And we made tinfoil dinners and had s’mores and everything. It was delightful.

So to make your day less average today, here’s the tinfoil dinner recipe. It was so fun and easy and I would totally recommend it as a fun date, or even just getting a big group of friends or family together to do it!

Ingredients: 
2 small or 1 large brown potato per person
1/4 lb of ground beef per person
1-2 carrots per person
1/8 onion per person
Spices to taste
Begin by cutting all the vegetables into small pieces. You will want them fairly small or they will not cook! Then brown up your hamburger a little. You can do it raw if you are camping, I just air on the side of caution so we cooked our up a little to make sure it would be done on time! Spray a fairly large piece of tinfoil with cooking spray. Place the hamburger on the bottom, making sure to season with salt and pepper. Then place potatoes, carrots, and onions on the top. Season with salt and pepper, other seasonings that work well are: parsley, chili powder, cajun spices, basil, garlic powder/salt. Wrap the tinfoil around the dinner TIGHTLY. Make sure there are no places for air to get in or out or it will not cook right. Place on the embers/coals of the fire. Let cook for 30-40 minutes. Carefully remove from the fire and enjoy!
Happy Wednesday everyone!

Quotation Marks

November 5, 2013 — 4 Comments

What I’m grateful for:

November 4th: I’m thankful for Pinterest. But really. I’m not quite sure how I lived without it. I mean, what did I do with all the spare time I don’t have??

November 5th: I’m thankful for chocolate milk. Don’t know what I would do without it!

Today I have quotes to make your life more than average:) It’s fitting, since I’m grateful for Pinterest today, right?

Just three of my faves. I’m slowly realizing that life is hard. But quotes like these make me happier for some odd reason haha.
Happy Tuesday everyone:)

Just a few things…

November 4, 2013 — Leave a comment

So we’re changing up the blog a bit. After talking to Steph from Six Sisters Stuff, I realized I needed to make my blog a little more constructive. I’m not sure that I’m really great at any one particular thing, so I want to make this a mash up of all the wonderful things that people like reading.

I am just an average redhead, but I think I have lots of days that a more than average. So I’m going to blog about things that either made my day more than average, or things that could potentially make your day more than average!

Yes this is another re-vamp to the blog, and it probably won’t be the last one. But that’s ok:)

So let’s try this out for a while and see how it goes, eh?

Also, it’s November! Last November I did something I was grateful for for every day of the month, and I want to do that again! I know I’m already behind, oops….but let’s get to it. Last year I started out with the big things, and this year I want to start out with the smaller things and move up to the bigger ones. This isn’t to lay out an order of what’s most important to me at all, I just want to save the biggest things for last:)

So. Here we go:)

1: Daylight Savings. Today it was seriously the best thing ever. I watched the clock change from 1:59 to 1:00 and it was awesome! (Mom I was helping a friend, that’s why I was still up.)

2: Painted fingernails. Shallow? Yes. But seriously there are few things I love more than having painted nails.

3:  Boots. Ok it’s fall, sweaters and boots are a must right now. And I seriously love boots so much! They are wonderful, they keep you warm, etc. etc. It’s great:)

So now that you’ve read all this boring stuff, here’s some pictures for my Visual Literacy Photography Project. They were super fun to take:)

Happy Sunday everyone!

Day late for Halloween

November 1, 2013 — 3 Comments

So yesterday was Halloween. And it was wonderful! Let me tell you about it:)

So I went to work and school (bleh) and that was all normal. BUT THEN. I got home and we started having fun. We lit a couple dozen tea lights and had them all over the apartment. Ethan played some pretty creepy music. And we cooked. More accurately, Heidi cooked. Guys. This girl is domestic. And crafty. And wonderful. So line up boys, I promise you’ll want to wife her.

So Heidi made the following delicious foods. No I don’t have pictures of them all because I’m stupid, but seriously it was so good.

–Chips and Queso (Frankenstein’s Skin and Ogre Guts)
–Mummy Dogs (Hot dogs with crescent rolls wrapped around to look like mummies. SO cute)
–Monster faces (Biscuits with pizza sauce, mozerella, and pepperoni in a face shape)
–Monster Smiles (Apples, peanut butter, and almonds)
–Witches fingers (Parmesan breadsticks with a food-colored almond for a nail)
–Apple dip, I think we called it Ogre Brains or something (seriously I don’t know what’s in this, but it’s SO amazing)
–Punch (Ginger ale, frozen raspberry lemonade, dry ice. It’s to die for)

There were probably other things but I don’t remember what they were! The long story short is, Heidi is amazing and is basically a Pinterst goddess. Thanks Heidi:)

Drew and I dressed up in matching jerseys and snapbacks. So basically we were tools for Halloween. Or Drew dressed up like himself…kidding:)

We went to his cousin’s house and played with his cousin’s baby who was ADORABLE and then we went to my brother’s house and hung out with my brother and sister in law, which was great:)

Then it was back to the apartments to watch Wait Until Dark and hang out with the roomies. And Heidi told me about the scary story they watched and I almost started to cry.

I don’t usually like Halloween, but this one was fantastic:)

Happy Friday, Happy November, Happy The-Day-After-Halloween.

Happy weekend everyone:)