Crazy is as Crazy does!

This has been a definte blog day! So my morning started of course with a waking up still tired to my alarm and heading to the shower to help wake me up among other things and much to my dismay as I went to turn on the hot water...the knob kept turning but no water came out! Cold showers are no fun in December so needless to say it was short, and it was a good thing I had straightened my hair cause I was not about to wash it!

So then I get to work and the Physician I am working with this week says he needed a custom brace overnighted yesterday for a HS football player who needs it for the State playoffs this weekend, so I ordered it yesterday and then this morning as I am speaking with the physician I find out he had measured it wrong and I had now ordered it wrong! Blah! A few phone calls, a remeasurement and a 3 hours later I have a new brace being shipped.

I was feeling a little exhausted by the time I left work but was excited as I was going to be able to make the pilates class at the gym. And then about 7 minutes later as my check engine light comes on, (the red blinking light of death)my temperature gauge shoots to the red zone and I smell burning oil...I realize no pilates for me tonight! I ended up home around 8:30pm, which was faster than it would have been if I had to walk, and very thankful for insurance and 24 hour tow services!

I am still not sure how I am going to make it to work tomorrow...but the handyman comes in the morning to try to fix the shower so at least we will have hot water...hopefully!

Anyway, just wanted to share a day in my crazy life!

Picture Tag

Ok, so I am really behind on this tag..but here you go!

This is from when we went to Sea World in San Antonio this last spring.


I Tag Nate and Jessica..post your fourth picture from your fourth folder.

T-Day

We had a busy but fun Thanksgiving this year. Due to Alan's new work schedule we were not able to go visit anyone out of town so we spent the holiday with our close friends here. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiay to cook for so I spent most of the day Preparing food with Alan's help of course! :) We split the cooking between the people coming so I didn't have to worry about a turkey, which was great because I find that unless you have a double oven the timing can get tricky! We of course make Gma K's cranberrry salad, my favorite stuffing (cornbread, sausage, cherries, apricots, pecans, yumm!) rolls (thanks to Mrs H) and this fun Sweet Potatoe receipe that I found from Paula Dean a few years ago, and believe it or not it does not invlove any butter!



After dinner we went to another friends house for desert and games. We played the Worst Case Scenario Game and even though we did not win, we now know how to escape a swarm of killer bees, what to do if you are standed on a lifeboat and there is an oil spill and what to do if you find a wounded bird! :) We made a pumpkin cake recipe that I thought I would share, I forgot to take a picture of ours but it looked pretty close to the sample-and it is FABULOUS!

Recipe links:

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/luscious-four-layer-pumpkin-cake-65930.aspx



http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/sweet-potato-balls-recipe/index.html

Halloween

Ok, so I am a bit late with this post, but to my credit I spend most of Halloween in an airplane or airport, so Alan being the trooper that he is went to the ward trunk or treat by himself, dressed in my clothes even! Here are a few pictures to enjoy.

Alan and the little karate kid...

He handed out chop sticks and fortune cookies, guess which went first!

Our "adopted" niece-that is flour, not crusties :)

One cute frog!

By the time I got home, it was quite late so we watched the "Corpse Bride" (Tim Burton has quite the imagination) and had apple cider. I really did miss getting to dress up, that is my favorite part of Halloween. But, I guess there is always next year!