Halloween was fun. My dear Watson turned into a chicken and I turned into a fried egg. We ran into some mummies and some old friends. We watched a video of our friend Monte shoving 6 full sized cupcakes in his mouth; it was an amazing trick (watch him do it HERE ).
I taught the Nature merit badge at BYU’s Merit Badge PowWow where I accidentally called on the boy in the blue SKIRT (instead of shirt) to answer a question. I told the scouts I was going to talk about a plant in Utah that is protected by law, and a nice boy raised his hand and said, “flower?” I was passing out candy for answering questions after I reviewed them—but I hadn’t asked a question yet. This boy rrreaallllyyy wanted some candy.
I delivered a birthday package to Jenny B.F. (when she receives it I’ll show you a picture—it was homemade with love). I got mad at FedEx because the store signs were uninformative and confusing. Luckily my dear Watson was there to tell me to take a chill pill and I managed to not be mean.
I’ve been making real good dinners this week. I came prepared with a two week meal plan and it has made all the difference. Making dinner is fun now that I know what I’m going to make sooner than 15 minutes before I make it, AND I know I have all the ingredients, AND it’s more than just chicken and rice or beef and rice. I often get frustrated while making dinner because I feel pressed for time, I don’t really know what to make, I don’t have something I need, I drop the cheese grater, cut my finger on the cheese grater etc. I make grunting noises like a 2 year old. In the last 2 days the only time I got frustrated (and grunted) was when I realized I would have to wait for the White Sauce Chicken Enchiladas to cool down before I could eat them. I’m a very patient person though (right, honey?) so it wasn’t that hard….Anyway, I have enjoyed it immensely. It’s amazing what a little bit of preparation can do to lessen stress.
Oh yeah, check out my Turkey headers (at the top of each section of my blog) and my new blog banner. I made it all by myself. I
even used Illustrator to make that branch with leaves :). It's the only thing I could figure out and it actually wasn't what I was trying to do, but it looked close enough to a branch. The rest was done using Photoshop.
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| Yes, he is wearing tights. |
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| Yes, I do have a spatula on my head. |
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| Yes, this is a REAL mummy. |
Love the new header--why don't you come up with something for my sad little blog! Good job on the meal plan--I love when I'm organized and can't figure out why I don't do it all the time!
ReplyDeleteCouple things.
ReplyDeleteOne. the mummy seems to have left a toilet paper roll attached.
Two. The skeletons behind the mummy are missing A LOT of bones.
Three. Every once in a while, there is a capitalized letter on your blog post. First I thought it was weird. And then, my problem solving brain had a thought and I looked and--sure enough---SMILE. So, so clever.
Fourth. I like the new header as well and have no idea how to do anything on Photoshop. In case you were wondering.
Fifth. I like your costumes.
Sixth. I'm glad that you weren't mean to the Fedex folks.
That's all.
Hannah, those are not skeletons--they're stick figures! (like the one's you draw).
ReplyDeleteStick figures..ha ha...and I love the chicken and the egg. I'm totally calling you next year when I am frantically trying to come up with ideas a few hours before a party. You have such cool ideas. Great job on the header! It turned out so cute!
ReplyDeleteI vote that the chicken came first.
word verification is wompop. I'm liking it.
Hannah, that wasn't a couple of things. Very well put though.
ReplyDeleteAbby, I always wondered how you made your headers. You're amazing! I need to learn more in Illustrator.
Kameron, you look like you were a very convincing chicken. Great job!
Val, I pretty much do everything in Photoshop. I don't know how to do much in illustrator.
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