My Vacation

I recently went back to VA....If you want all the details email me and I will email you the stories I had from there but I want to share three funny stories with you that I really liked
1. I went and got my nails done at a place called Vanity Nails in Leesburg,VA and I hope that if someone googles them for a review this come up.... So I go in and everyone there is vietnemese( the technicians that is) and besides me there is just one black girl about my age getting her nails done. but there were tons of people getting pedicures done the whole time I was there which is weird cause here in Utah I dont know if I have seen any one get a pedicure any of the times that I have gotten my nails done.... So I go in and my nails are really long and they were purple and light purple on the tips the manicurist ping was so confused by this... her and this other vietnemese lady could not stop talking about my nails, finally they said to me how do you pick up paper? I said what? they said paper how do you pick it up?? I said um I have never had a problem with paper but I do with change.... and buttoning buttons.... then the other vietnemese woman that was wearing a skirt so low that I could see her bra said it is like those nails are from Hollywood It is like you have HOLLYWOOD NAILS are you from Hollywood? I said no I am from a small town in Utah on the ID border. They then said why are your nails like that then do you use those nails for your night time activities....

Later I heard from LOTS of people that I have "black girl " nails there is a big dividing line in VA and a lot of raciest people and apparently NO WHITE GIRLS IN VA have their nails done like mine.... I even heard several times why are your nails like a black girls??? I had no idea it was no OK or socially acceptable there to have my nails like this....

so there ya go story number one I have since replaced my hollywood/hooker/black girl nails with regular Utah white nails.....

my day

MY day :
Saturday March 21st 2009
I went to the RS birthday celebration. We had to show off our talents, I have never done this before, This time I put up photography, some pictures that I took of my friend Doddie's daughter, Amanda. My display looked so cute. I will try and post a picture on here. My friend Kellie played her cello and sang a solo, We had a quiz on trivia about different sisters in the ward. Someone in the RS pres. just picked one for me it was "loves to try new recipes and share them with everyone she knows" The RS pres also volenteered me to read children stories to the group, I read "the paperbag princess" and piggy pie" We also had a very nice brunch.

After that Kellie and I went and took Spike to get his rabies shot. I was a little bit late so I had to chase the vet down, but I got Spike his rabies shot :)

I went to the thrift store and volenteered.

I came back and went over to Kellie and Walter's and we decieded to the hot springs in ID.

We drove through Preston and then took a right and drove for ever past Riverdale, past everything, until finally we saw a turn off for the hot springs. We then headed up a dirt road that had a sheer drop off on one side and a dirt wall. Walter was only driving like 35 mph, but it felt like he was going 80 the road was so twisty and full of switchbacks every turn you felt like you were going to go off a cliff. When we had almost abandonded all hope of ever finding this place, we saw some faint lights in the distance ... We pulled into the parking lot which was like a river of mud, I was so upset I chose not to wear my dairy farmer boots....so I walked through this muddy parking lots with puddles which when I stepped in went over my flats. We walked into this building where there was a counter with a shattered alcohal bottle on it, and a proclamation saying that we can NOT have glass bottles there and a list of the people that broke that bottle and it said all these people are disrespectful and rude and how if we knew them we should tell them.... there was some candy for sale and some tye-dyed shirts and a big chest freezer where they had hot pockets we could buy. Walter said he was sorry that he had ate at the Burger King in Preston with all the food options they had.

We paid to use the hot springs then walked out and followed a dimley lit path to some small pools we tryed the hottest one first there were some couples in there smoking and cussing and drinking and that pool was HOT, we went to the next pool and there were a whole bunch of people in that pool smoking and cussing and drinking. They were super friendly and we had a nice time socializing with them. We went to another pool and there were people in there that were really quiet and looked at us like we were crazy, and they were smoking and drinking and if they had been talking would probably be cussing.... so we went back to the middle pool....

when it was time to close the lady turned the lights on and off several times. So we went back to the main house and I bought a magnet. It is always strange for me the places that do have magnets and the places that don't ...

This guy in the middle pool named Andy that was smoking and cussing and drinking also introduced himself to me and shook my hand. I think he was interested in me.... but um I had mentioned that I was active in the church several times, so I was just like nice to meet you besides I could barely SEE him hahahahahahah

so that was our experience at the hot springs, Walter said that he feels like when he goes there he needs to drink hahahahahah not really but still.......... and they have a website you can find it if you google Maple Grove Hot Springs Thatcher, ID

Chex Mix

I made some chex mix with the DeFreiz's here are the recipes
http://www.chex.com/Recipes/RecipeView.aspx?RecipeId=6709&CategoryId=343

http://www.chex.com/Recipes/RecipeView.aspx?RecipeId=37640&CategoryId=342

FIRE

A couple months ago I was about to cook dinner so I started pre-heating my oven up.... I forgot that my friend's step-daughter Josie had put some hot pads and towels in the bottom of my stove which on some peoples stoves is a drawer but on mine is a broiler.... So they catch fire and all of a sudden my whole stove is on fire and I had no idea what to do soooo..... I call my friend Rachael and she drove over and opened up my stove and there were flames shooting everywhere and smoke pouring out... and she poured a HUGE thing of baking soda all in my stove... since then Marian and I have tryed to sweep out the baking soda two times with my shop vac but um yeah.....my stove still does not light annoying :( So I eat at my friends a lot and make them dinner :)

so a couple of days ago I put this ramen meal in my microwave and did not pour water in it.... big mistake so I am out in the laundry room and smell smoke... So I go out and there is smoke all over my kitchen and my microwave has buckled from the fire that is flaming on the inside. I thought I will just unplug it. So I go to the back and there were flames shooting out of the back and singeing my curtains and I did not know what to do....so I called 911... by the time I was done telling the dispatcher my info I said well my house is smoky and the fire is out she said I will send them anyway so I live five houses from the firestation and I hear the siren go off... and I live in a really small town so it just goes off until someone comes to the station and turns it off. So all of a sudden this full size firetruck pulls out and turns on the sirens and drives that way alll five houses to my house....and like 10 firefighters get out... I am like oh it is out now I am soo sorry.... and they just waked in my house and inspected my microwave then just said well you can not use this any more and picked up and threw it outside in the snow...so they decieded my house needed "ventilation" and set up a huge fan and opened every window in my house...THEN another fire truck pulled up with all my lights on that looked like it was from the 1920's with like 10 more guys in full fire fighter outfits I was like THE FIRE IS OUT!!!!!!!! I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo embarressed all these guys from my ward... I HOPE this has died down by Sunday.... then some more guys pulled up in a SUV...like um wow... so they after they stood in my yard and talked for ever they deceided to leave and packed up their big fan I was like um can you please take the microwave out of my yard and throw it in the trash cause I am not married and I for real do not think I can lift that in the trash can, and I dont teally want to call one of my friends husbands to come and do that :) so they did my friend said it is a good thing I called 911 to get someone to take my microwave and throw it in the trash can for me...
also apparently my whole town knows this story now....(even more embarrassing) so that is my FIRE:)
they said this is their first and probably only fire on 09... again I really really really hope this story has died down by Sunday or I know it WILL get brought up in Sunday School :)

I have been wanting to make bubble bath FOREVER NOW .... well at least for a couple months..... I like to leave my co-workers that I am friends with little gifts so I saw this thing where you could give everyone bubble bath with a note that says "hope your day bubbles over with fun" but I would write "hope your day bubbles over with SALES!" ANY WAY I wondered if you could MAKE bubble bath... so I went online and found out you SURE CAN! So I got all the things for bubble bath, castille soap, I had never even heard of that before.... glycerin, had never bought that... almond oil, and an essential oil. I bought all of this at the health food store. I got Patchouli for my essential oil because I love that smell. buying all this stuff was NOT cheap.... I told my friend Rachael about my idea and she wanted to try it so she also got some stuff and made some with her daughter Taylor. Rachael said that she used the liquid castille soap and that hers smelled really good BUT did not bubble.... which is what bubble bath is suppossed to do..... So when I went out I got the bar Castille soap and my friend Kellie and I shredded it in a bowl and added the other ingredients and ours bubbled up really well! I really had fun making this and now I have a ton of extra ingredients....So if any way if anyone wants bubble bath let me know and I will make you some! I put mine in a regular container from Kmart, I also gave some to Kathy some who put it in a really cute container, Rachael and Kellie put theres in cute containers but mine.... just in a bottle from Kmart :)........and Im not going to make any for anyone at work... they can just have bubble gum unless they read this blog and PERSONALLY request some hahahah

Hasn't EVERYONE that has read the The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe wondered about Turkish Delight and what exactly it is???? and Hasn't EVERYONE read The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe????? I was over at the Adam's house talking to Becky DeFriez. She said she wanted to make turkish delight, because she had just completed a report about Turkey at her school and of course because of the book. So Becky and her brother Matt and her sister Melissa came over and we made.... turkish delight which is one of the wierdest things I have ever made. you boil lemon juice,sugar and water together and you have to do this SO QUICK that we burnt it the first time. We did not put everything in quick enough and had to start over. Then in another pot you stir together cornstarch and water until it reached a "glue-like consistancy" So Matt was just stirring and stirring until all of a sudden it looked like a big glob of glue Matt said "hey everyone so all of a sudden I am stirring then this turned to a glue-like consistancy..." So after that, we mixed the two things together and added rosewater which I had to buy at a health food store in Logan and it cost 7.50$ Becky asked me what I am going to now do with that rosewater. I said it would be sitting right on my spice shelf... and there it is sitting right now and probably will until it ferments......if rosewater ferments.....So we lpoured into one of my really pretty square baking dishes and let it set for 24 hours. The next night Josh ( Becky's older brother) and Becky came over and we cut the Turkish delight into squares. It was so sticky that we had to oil the knife several times. We then rolled it in a mixture of cornstarch and powdered sugar. Josh and I were the first to try it and ....um... wow... yeah.... wish you had seen the look on our faces... it has a VERY INTERESTING taste...not very American and just well interesting...Becky did not like it at all... Don't think that Matt or Melissa did either... Josh took some to his debate team. I took some to my job BARELY ANYONE WOULD EVEN TRY IT!!!
So that is my expierence with turkish delight. I don't think that I will make that until I am a stay-at-home mom and read this book to my kids.... which is like at least 7-8 ish years away until I have a kid old enough to like that book... I might be geared up to make it again by then and I bet my rosewater will still be good hahahahah

Paula Deen dinner

Rachael and I made a whole Paula Deen dinner the other night here are the recipes:http://www.foodnetwork.com/paulas-home-cooking/healthy-cooking/index.html it came out really good and the pb cookies were the best that I had ever made:)