Random news & thoughts

Number 1:
Rick was at the bank making a deposit at 6:30am when he heard an announcement on the radio. "Hey fans! Come by the Whataburger on blah-blah street for a free breakfast and a FREE pair of Crocs" (you know, the shoes). Soooo, Rick has a major case of heartburn and a Longhorn-burnt-orange pair of Crocs. Sweet.

Number 2:
So it's actually cold outside, which means hot chocolate weather. Yum. You can't have hot chocolate without marshmallows. We have none. Hmmmm, maybe I can make my own beautiful, tasty ones from scratch. I looked up the recipe on cookingforengineers.com, easy enough. I found the unflavored plain gelatin that's been in the cabinet forever..left over from me trying to make healthy jello jigglers with fruit juice when Hayden was like 2 or something. Emptied the packets in the water as directed. How can I describe the olfactory experience? NASTINESS. Pure nastiness. It smelled like wet, sweaty horses....I mean dead wet,sweaty horses. I wish your screen was a scratch and sniff screen because and I would have you smell it. It was that bad.
Anyone up for "just add water" hot cocoa with those delightfully dehydrated marshmallows??

Snow!

I could hear the "wintry mix" pelting the house last night at 9:30, and brought Aubin downstairs (she was awake with one of her random fevers). I told her it was snowing outside and she said "It's snowing?! It's snowing fur weal mommy? Oh happy Christmas to you mommy."

Oh my GOSH! It's sleeting outside. It was 76 degrees today at noon and now it is 34 degrees and SLEETING. Crazy town.
I'm on the lap top tonight since the upstairs computer is having a tantrum for some unknown reason. Which means, no pictures tonight. Lo siento, mi amigos.

Plasma Car

We had a nice trip to Arkansas to see some of my family. I will try to post more pictures tomorrow night. The most exciting part of the trip revolved around the "plasma car". It's a little kid toy that moves by twisting the handles back and forth. We all took a turn with Dad down a hill at my sister's house. Later that night, Rick and I raced Aunt Jessica and Uncle Brian a few times. Good times.

Road trip

Tomorrow is our annual road trip for a few days.
Thank you Granddad! I am NOT a long car ride gal, so traveling in my Grandfather's RV is a nice treat. There is something special about getting up at any time while on the road to stretch one's legs or use the microwave to make a frito pie or two.

Happy Birthday!

Yesterday was Rick's birthday.
Happy birthday, Daddy-o. The big 3-8. Wow!
We were lucky enough to have Granddad around to help celebrate last night. We all went to "Logan's" and ate a tasty meal then came home for cake. (and NO I did not make it...to everyone's delight!**)

**family history: I made Aubin's 1st birthday cake. Problem number 1: I substituted wheat flour for 1/2 of the white flour trying to make it "healthy". It was heavy as a brick, dry as a bone. Problem number 2: Although it was suppose to be a butterfly cake (I had the butterfly cake pan), it turned into a "moth" cake. I couldn't get the colors bright enough! Here's the picture for proof:

Helping out the Griswalds

Rick made a huge 3-D star out of PVC pipe for the neighbor's Christmas light display. What are you rgmjr? A structural engineer or something?