Lately, I have wanted so much to be crafty. To just dig in and get creative. Well, that doesn't work so very well when I have these classes to focus on! I have started crocheting a rug with Emily...only to stop.
I have started to make some little hair dilly's...only to stop. I have a million other craft ideas running through my little head, which is disconcerting enough, because, hey! thats not the norm for me!
Crafts aren't the only thing started then stopped around here lately either! I have piles of laundry all over my living room....I'm not joking. They got washed, and dried....and dumped. Gotta get the studying done! I have 8 class periods left until this semester is done. These last tests are going to be nightmares though, which is why so much is going undone. On March 13th I swear I'm gonna clean and crafty like a mad lady, and I can't wait for it!!
29 April 2011
19 April 2011
Just BREATHE
I'm 3/4 of the way into full panic mode. I just found out that THIS WEEK, yeah, THIS ONE that we are in right now, that ends THIS SUNDAY, is the last week that I can test out of my typing class.
Do you remember that I told you I fell waaaaaaaaaaaay behind in that one b/c I was studying for my entrance exam? UGH!!
I have a feeling that I will be pulling a few all nighters between now and Sunday in order to get it done....so I won't get an F in the class.
Add to that the fact that I have a quiz tomorrow, a HUGE micro exam, extra credit that will be due, numerous chapters to read, learn, re-read, and study for anatomy, the entire reproductive system to learn(yeah, I thought I knew all THOSE parts lol...turns out it a hell-of-a lot more complicated that i thought), a poster/research paper project, and of course, I have my family that must must MUST remain top priority.
And yes, I'm sure you are thinking something like "forget the extra credit...thats just EXTRA!" and I'm here to tell ya that, dang it, I NEED those points! Not because I'm demand to be top in my class(cuz I'm not!) but b/c I have a horrid test score that I need to compensate for...and yuppers, thats all on me.
If you happen to see me, just grin and say hi...and if my hair is sticking up in tufts from me yanking at it in my stressed out mode...just kindly give me a hug and smooth it down for me would ya? Thankssomuch.
Do you remember that I told you I fell waaaaaaaaaaaay behind in that one b/c I was studying for my entrance exam? UGH!!
I have a feeling that I will be pulling a few all nighters between now and Sunday in order to get it done....so I won't get an F in the class.
Add to that the fact that I have a quiz tomorrow, a HUGE micro exam, extra credit that will be due, numerous chapters to read, learn, re-read, and study for anatomy, the entire reproductive system to learn(yeah, I thought I knew all THOSE parts lol...turns out it a hell-of-a lot more complicated that i thought), a poster/research paper project, and of course, I have my family that must must MUST remain top priority.
And yes, I'm sure you are thinking something like "forget the extra credit...thats just EXTRA!" and I'm here to tell ya that, dang it, I NEED those points! Not because I'm demand to be top in my class(cuz I'm not!) but b/c I have a horrid test score that I need to compensate for...and yuppers, thats all on me.
If you happen to see me, just grin and say hi...and if my hair is sticking up in tufts from me yanking at it in my stressed out mode...just kindly give me a hug and smooth it down for me would ya? Thankssomuch.
18 April 2011
Its a secret(not really) family recipe
As the 3 older kids were headed out the door this morning, Emily suggested that I make a crazy cake today. I thought, why not? Rylee would LOVE to help me with it.
Here's the recipe and even *gasp* pictures of the steps. This recipe has been in my family for a L.o.n.g. time, so many generations that I can't even tell ya how many.
Crazy Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup oil
2 Tablespoons white vinegar
2 cups water
First take a 9 x 13 pan(glass works best)
measure all your dry ingredients straight into the pan
with a fork combine these ingredients thoroughly
Now make three wells or indents in the dry ingredients and measure out your wet ingredients minus the water into the wells
Now pour the 2 cups of water over the top of the whole thing
and mix with the forks until nice and cake batter-y like
Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 mins to 1 hour. You can sprinkle powdered sugar on top to make it fancier if you want.
I have never put frosting on this cake, so I honestly don't know what it would taste like with it! The best part about this cake is the mixing and measuring because its so kid friendly! And the taste :) I love this cake. Miss Rylee cannot seem to remember that its called crazy cake though...she calls it silly cake! Its works, I guess!
Here's the recipe and even *gasp* pictures of the steps. This recipe has been in my family for a L.o.n.g. time, so many generations that I can't even tell ya how many.
Crazy Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup oil
2 Tablespoons white vinegar
2 cups water
First take a 9 x 13 pan(glass works best)
measure all your dry ingredients straight into the pan
with a fork combine these ingredients thoroughly
Now make three wells or indents in the dry ingredients and measure out your wet ingredients minus the water into the wells
Now pour the 2 cups of water over the top of the whole thing
and mix with the forks until nice and cake batter-y like
Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 mins to 1 hour. You can sprinkle powdered sugar on top to make it fancier if you want.
I have never put frosting on this cake, so I honestly don't know what it would taste like with it! The best part about this cake is the mixing and measuring because its so kid friendly! And the taste :) I love this cake. Miss Rylee cannot seem to remember that its called crazy cake though...she calls it silly cake! Its works, I guess!
12 April 2011
You wouldn't believe!
You really wouldn't believe all that is going on in the kingdom at the moment, its crazy, fun(most of the time), and best of all we've spent so much real time together.
~Ethan had the chance to wrestle in his first ever tournament and took 4th place in his age/weight division.
~Emily started softball. This is her first 'organized' sports activity and she already loves it, and has been praised over her batting stance many times.
~I'm holding my own in my classes!!!! Always exciting, and for once I really feel that I am grasping the science.
~Nataly's play(the one I made the bluebird costume for) was amazing, and she was honestly the best looking bluebird up there.
~Emily's play was fantastic, while I didn't have to make a costume for this one, she did bust out some pretty sweet dance moves.
~Fun filled nights of impromptu softball on the front lawn, priceless
~Fun filled(and sometimes painful) card games around the kitchen table, again, priceless!
~Cory got all 3 bundles of onions planted and watered(thats like 9 dz onions folks :S)
~Vegas was the BEST EVER! spending all that time alone with Cory was something that was needed and so worth it!
~Nataly and Rylee caught some rainbow trout while fishing with the grands
My heart is full for the many blessings that I have. Life around here is not always easy...hell, very rarely is it easy around here. But its worth it, and we are doing the best we can.
~Ethan had the chance to wrestle in his first ever tournament and took 4th place in his age/weight division.
~Emily started softball. This is her first 'organized' sports activity and she already loves it, and has been praised over her batting stance many times.
~I'm holding my own in my classes!!!! Always exciting, and for once I really feel that I am grasping the science.
~Nataly's play(the one I made the bluebird costume for) was amazing, and she was honestly the best looking bluebird up there.
~Emily's play was fantastic, while I didn't have to make a costume for this one, she did bust out some pretty sweet dance moves.
~Fun filled nights of impromptu softball on the front lawn, priceless
~Fun filled(and sometimes painful) card games around the kitchen table, again, priceless!
~Cory got all 3 bundles of onions planted and watered(thats like 9 dz onions folks :S)
~Vegas was the BEST EVER! spending all that time alone with Cory was something that was needed and so worth it!
~Nataly and Rylee caught some rainbow trout while fishing with the grands
My heart is full for the many blessings that I have. Life around here is not always easy...hell, very rarely is it easy around here. But its worth it, and we are doing the best we can.
06 April 2011
:P
Sometimes its incredibly easy to tell that I'm overwhelmed...all walls aside lol. Just look in my fridge and if you see a betty crocker frosting container with two large spoonfuls missing....yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh. I'm stressing just a bit!
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