recipe

recipe for Shirley Temple Mocktail
half cup full ginger ale
half cup full Sprite
splash of grenadine
marchino cherry
and there ya go and fun yummy mocktail!

recipe

I made some dessert crepes for Mitch and I (well we tryed the crepes came out kind of clumsy) then the next day Marian and I made crepes with a better crepe recipe and they came out great and I used the left over filling from our date here are the recipes:)

the filling
Strawberry Cream
2 cups sliced strawberries
1/4 cup sugar
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar


Marian's crepe recipe
1-1/2 cups flour
1 T sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups milk
2 T butter melted
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

in a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. stir in the remaining ingredients mix until smooth.

Heat oiled griddle to medium high heat. pour 1/4 cup of crepe batter in a circular motion so that the batter coats evenly.
cook the crepe for about 2 minutes until the bottom is light brown. loosen with a spatula. turn and cook on the other side. stack the finished crepes by putting waxed paper between each one... keep covered with a dry cloth until you are ready to eat...

when Mitch and I made them with a different crepe recipe they did not come out good at all, but this recipe for crepes is good and the filling is DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

book

I found this Elvis book at the thrift store, I learned many interesting facts about him like he was surrounded by people at all times and he PAYED them to hang out with him and they were at his beck and call like he would where pants so tight that they split and then he would just tell one of his entourage go get me another pair of pants I split these.....interesting....he also had a cook and maid on duty 24-7 to do whatever he needed them to do ... Elvis was spoiled rotten...and so was everyone around him... just an interesting read...

book

I read the book the rule of four which was supposed to be a page turner like the DaVinci code.... It took me forever to read because it was not... enough said....

book

When I flew to VA. I accidently put my book in the suitcase and I had to buy another book... so I got Tori Spellings bio: Stori Telling. I was trying to pick a book that will not end up at Somebodys attic that I can just take home read and then bring back. ( I am going to be annoyed if that book shows up there this weekend ..) Any way I actually really enjoyed this book and learning about Tori who I had never gave more than a passing thought to before. I indentified with her and how she had burnt a lot of bridges and made a lot of mistakes with guys before she met her prince charming and had two kids with him..... I reccommend this book it is a fun quick read.

recipe

Roast
1. 2-3 lb rump roast ( my friend and I accidently asked for lump roast at the grocery store hahaha)
2 cover in brown sugar liberally ( I used a whole bag or more)
4. cook on low in a slow cooker for 12-15 hours, I did all night and all the next day.
5. pull apart
mix together
2 cups ketchup
1/4 cup mustard
2 T worshetshire( however you spell that) sauce
pour over roast and cook for another 30-40 minutes
THIS IS SO GOOD!

this is what I made for Mitch:)

recipe

CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
1 coffee mug
4 tablespoons flour (that's plain flour, not self-rising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chip
Small splash of vanilla
1. Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly
.2. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
3. Add the chocolate chips (optional) and vanilla; mix again
.4. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes on high.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! ( mine didnt?)
5. Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
6. EAT! (This can serve 2 if you want to share)
you can also put whip cream or ice cream on it,

I made this with Becky and Matt DeFriez it is very rich and a bit spongy but also very YUMMY!

Taken

I went and saw this movie at the Lewiston $ theater, with Mitch. I think that it must have been date night, because everyone in the theater was on a date... except Azland and his game but they go to every movie at the theater and I think both shows all three nights so that doesn't count... I liked this movie and I was happy that sense I was on a date that it was not a girl movie,but something that Mitch could enjoy too, Mitch told me it was the first movie that he had seen in the theater since Lord Of The Rings. :)............... but not for long if I have anything to say about it:) So yeah I recommend this movie it is all right.

movie

So I have Starz so I can watch movies but I usually have so many old episodes of Law and Order to watch that I barely ever get around to watching movies, so I have said that if I am going to have Starz then I need to at least watch movies at some point... So I watched No Country for Old Men which was rated R and won the academy award for best picture. This movie sucked Im just going to straight up say it right there it SUCKED! It was so freaking violent there was a crazy ugly man in it with a bad haircut that went around killing people for no reason. Tommy Lee Jones was in it, he played an annoying sheriff that just sat around a small town drinking coffee and saying things...Woody Harrelson was a bounty hunter.... Josh Brolin was probably the only good thing about this movie and he got killed and I don't care if I ruined it for anyone cause this movie is a waste of freaking time!

movie

Jaci and I went and saw Hotel For Dogs at the Lewiston $ theater we did not deciede to go until it was 7 which is what time the movie starts. When we got there the theater was packed and we sat in the front row side..I was not expecting much because it is a kids movie...BUT I really enjoyed it:) Jaci said it is now one of her all time favorite movies keep in mind she is ten...anyway so I reccommend it as a good family flick.

Italian Soda's

I made Italian Soda's this week here is how you do it
1. Italian Soda syrup, you can buy that at a place like Kitchen Kneads in Logan, Utah that is where I got mine. I got strawberry flavored.
2.ice
3. half and half
4. club soda-this is the first time in my life that I have bought club soda-

in a regular sized glass put in some ice and and about 4 teaspoons of syrup you can always use more to taste. then put in about 1/4 cup of half and half and fill up the rest with club soda, stir and enjoy!

Chocolate Covered Marshmallows
1. chocolate coating from Kitchen Kneads (or a store like that) in Logan, Utah. Some of the best chocolate I have tasted.
2.marshmallows
3. sticks from Kitchen Kneads.
4. cool people to make them with
5.really cool sprinkles you can get these at Kitchen Kneads too

Melt chocolate in microwave, be careful and dont burn it.... put marshmallows on a stick dip in the chocolate and put sprinkles on, easy fun fast treat :)
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gas station DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

almost every Saturday I volenteer at Somebodys Attic Too a thrift store in Smithfield,Utah. Almost every Saturday I go and get breadsticks or chinese food... So I decieded to go out on a limb and do something different so I told my co-worker Suzette that THIS Saturday I would go over to the gas station ( the green one) and get us some food from the grill there... So I go over there and call Suzette back to tell her what all was on the menu and she says for me to get her a bacon cheeseburger, I told her it was over 5$ so she said never mind and told me to get her something else less expensive when I hung up the phone with Suzette I saw this sign written on a whiteboard of all the daily specials and Saturday's said bacon cheeseburgers. I asked the girl behind the counter if I could get the Saturday Special of a bacon cheeseburger and how much it was, She said that signn was from last week and I could not have it at a special price and that sign was old, I said but it says Saturday and it is still up is there any way I could still have the special price, the girl got annoyed and gave me a dirty look and said NO THIS SIGN IS FROM LAST WEEK YOU CAN HAVE A BACON CHEESEBURGER BUT YOU HAVE TO GET IT AT THE REGULAR PRICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said that's cool I will just get something else, and I ordered Suzette's stuff and started ordering my stuff and I noticed ANOTHER SIGN on whiteboard in a totally different area that said soup of the day fiesta chicken tortilla, I said Hey how much is this soup I would love to get some and she said, I HAVE NOT EVEN GOT THE SOUP ON YET TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( and it was 1230!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like dang girl that should have been done a LONG TIME AGO) I said well this sign says??? and I said "girl you might want to think about updating your signs.................. She said LOOK I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE IN CHARGE OF SIGNS!!!!!!!!!!!!! and this sign was a whiteboard attatched to a pole and she RIPPED that whiteboard off that pole and that pole was shaking back and forth so hard, I said I am sorry I have tryed to order two things off two different signs and well IDK what to even order now ???? she said YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!! and I swear to you , I had said EVERYTHING in a really nice calm voice.................... she then said that I had to leave right then and right there because my kind was not wanted in that gas station, I am doubting that she had the authority to kick me out.......... I then went over to the gas station counter and told them what happened and the lady was appalled she said come on over here and I will get you some food, I said no thank you, that I would eat somewhere else... I told that girl behind the grill I WOULD be calling her manager and she said that was fine she did not care WHO I called.... but she will .... I am going to be calling to....for real and for sure!
after that I went to the chinese place and got Suzette and I tiny spicy chicken:)

another story from my trip

while I was on my trip I drove between my sisters in Harpers Ferry WV and my friend Beth's in Sterling, VA many times along the way were several little restaraunts and stuff that looked like they were frequented by "local yokels" one of them just had a wooden pig on it with the words BBQ spray painted on it...On one of my trips to Beth's house I stopped by a gas station in Paonian Springs VA. When I went in to pay for my gas the lady behind the counter said : have a happy Easter I wont I have to work.... I said I understand I have to fly on an airplane almost that whole day. She inquired where I was going I said that I was going to Utah that is where I live she then asked me if any of the men out here where kilts men like contractors and plumbers men that do blue collar type jobs... I said um no none of those men wear kilts why? in fact I have never seen a man wearing a kilt in Utah (except one guy I work with that went on a mission to Scotland and wears a kilt sometimes) She said that a man came into the gas station and said that men in CO and other places out west wear kilts when they work, and showed me a card of a man that looked like he should be on the cover of a romance novel wearing a leather kilt and it said utilikilts http://www.utilikilts.com/ Ok I just looked them up and they are out of WA as a matter of fact and if I wanted one then I would have to drive to Ogden...but I digress, any way she said this man was trying to sell her on this idea that EVERYONE OUT HERE WEARS KILTS all the men at least...especially men that do labour type jobs and her husband is a welder and he was trying to sell her some for her husband... I said I have never seen anyone out here that is doing that kind of thing that most of the men that are into that kind of thing where I live just wear Carhartts and boots, she said what kind of boots I hope they dont wear Timberlands cause if they do then it is like they are black, she said that she got a pair of Timberlands and that she cant wear them any more because she is not black. I have no idea what she was talking about??? So I said well why dont you get boots like mine (my pink ariat boots) http://www.ariat.com/products_category.aspx?pcid=9 She said those are nice can I try those on? I said yes... just so that I would have this story to tell... so I told her that I have really small feet size five and she said that she did too... She put on my boots and could not even get them up past the small part of her calf....I had to yank my pink boots off her legs... but she wants to buy a pair of Ariats now.... Then she said there were a lot of raciast people in VA very upset that Obama got elected as president I have no idea what this had to do with anything... and she said that a lot of rich women in their 30's that live in this town Waterford http://www.waterfordva-wca.org/index.shtml come in there all the time and they are wearing skin tight jeans that are really low on their hips and big sunglasses and it is like they think they are teenagers or something and they are really stuck up... have no idea where either of these subjects even CAME FROM and did not really comment on them.... and I said I had to go but I think that from now on I AM GETTING MY GAS there, I mean I know I need to visit Amanda, know I need to visit Beth... it is a logical choice :)

another funny story

Here is another funny story from my vacation. In Brunswick, MD I went in to an antique store, with my friend Beth and her kids, Alex (16) Chris(8) and Dylan (6) Chris and I went in the back and there were rows and rows of books. Chris got excited and said " I have seen places like this!" and started pulling out books just a little ways I said "what are you doing?" he said "places like this you just need to pull out the right book and you will find a secret passageway!" We then went into a cool restaraunt that also had books that you could read" Chris started pulling books again, this restaraunt is in an old renovated church and you are allowed to go into the balcony, I said "Chris you found the right book I just found the secret passage way to upstairs" and showed him the stairs to the balcony he was so excited and said " I found it"! I just thought this was really cute and wanted to share it:)