Wednesday, September 21, 2011

3 DAYS!

  Oh my gracious heavens! 3 DAYS til my sister gets married!! AAAAAHHHHH!!! ;) okay, I'll settle down now.... no, really, I can't believe it! It's kind of weird.
 But today is Mama's "spa" day. I'm going to give her a manicure, and Kieran is going to give her a pedicure. It's going to be lots of fun. I just wanted to post really quick, while I had a spare minute.

Books- Hardy Boys # 7

Craft- I just finished this for my mom's Christmas present http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L0230AD.html?noImages=

Cooking- this looks good. I'd like to make it http://allrecipes.com/recipe/annies-fruit-salsa-and-cinnamon-chips/detail.aspx

"And such"- Here is a song for you!!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umt_7jXfFfA  I hope you like it! if I have posted this before, sorry. I love it. ;)

Vaya Con Dios

~Erin

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Cool and Cloudy Days =D

 Hello!!
  Today is the most lovely day we've had in a LONG time! cool, cloudy, breezy and wonderful, lovely, super-fine.... I think maybe you get my point. =D

 I think that perhaps Thursdays will be my new blog day. For some crazy reason, this week and last week have seen me so "out of it" that I forget to post on Wednesdays. Also I have been so disorganized on menus this week. I don't think we eaten or fixed what I put on the menu, like we were supposed to have bean for lunch, did that happen? no. So we had eggs instead.

  I made some bean bread today for Grammy. The doctor told her that she needs to eat more protein. She can't eat beef or pork, as that makes her stomach hurt. So I told her she needed to eat beans and some sort of grain at the same time (ie beans and rice, beans and corn...) and that makes a complete protein. I made a big sticky mess.... first the mill was acting up and spewing flour all over the place, got that cleaned up and then when I made the bread, that too, was so sticky, even though I added the right amount of flour, that I made a big mess of that too...... Oh well, got it all cleaned up and now I am just waiting for it to rise.....

Books- Still reading Hardy Boys... BUT I did get a neat book from the library. "1,001 Arabian Nights." I hope it well be fun.

Craft- I'd love to make this http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/30330AD.html?noImages= Don't know WHEN it will get made, but that's okay....

Cooking- A great pecan pie recipe
                                                                    Grammy's Pecan Pie


Makes 1 pie

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
½ cup dark corn syrup
1 tsp vanilla
6 Tbsp butter, melted
1 1/4 to 1 ¾ cups pecan halves and pieces.

1 unbaked 9in pie shell

Preheat oven to 350. Mix in order given except for pecans. Pour pecans in pie shell. Pour mixture over pecans. Mix slightly. Bake for 45min to 1hr. Check after 30mins, turn if needed. Let cool, serve with lots of whipped cream.


Guess what?! I have written 4 pages of my novella!! I'm almost finished with the 5th page. Groovy? I think so. It's very exciting.

Here is your weekly song. This is nice to watch them play it and all but the second one is a better recording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTa9CE51sA
It was so cool, I heard this song on the radio yesterday morning, and I was so excited! I've only head 1 Monkees song on the radio before. I knew it was this song at the first few notes!! Valleri is the name of my heroine in my book. Just thought I'd tell  you that and hopefully you'll want to hear more about my story? 

Okay, well that wraps up this week's post. Hope you have a great day!

Vaya Con Dios,

~Erin

Monday, September 12, 2011

Happy Birthday Monkees!!!

Hello,
 This is a special post for The Monkees. On September 12th, 1966 The Monkees Television show debuted on NBC network.
Here is the Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkees_(TV_series) It's really interesting.

The theme song-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYLm-LyOd04

These are just some (of the many) of my favorite songs, in no particular order. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLPO-Dhe7s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbiH9igrlKs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUZeZ1e441A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEh38KiLxAg&feature=related Watch for Mike's wink at the end ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z76r49dAYTw&feature=grec_index

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izj6INxMfy4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzs5dlLrm0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qtW1jAwZgU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m8w-Ij4BWo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgXc5zylMn8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cGx5hotr3Q This one is essepicially funny. It's actually an outtake, but super funny! I laughed my head off when I first saw it. it's not a song, it's part of a show.

I really like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO9_h3rrCG8 it's not the greatest quality, but still. :)

Yes, I'm probably crazy, but I don't care. The Monkees make me happy when I listen to them or watch the shows. They are really very funny.
This is their screen test tapes. I think you'll like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63nhSFFFfJ4&feature=related
Some of it is silent, so don't worry, it's not your speakers.

Anyway, I hope you like them.

Have a great day!
~Erin

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Hello September!

    I love Fall. It is, I think, my very favorite time of the year, cool crisp days, nippy winds blowing, and the smell is so wonderful. Don't know just exactly what is smells like, it just smells, like, well.... FALL! ;)
You might think I'm crazy, but I am a person to whom smells mean a lot. Like for instance, propane (when you first turn on the burner on the stove) on a cooler day, reminds me of visiting my great-grand parents house in Colorado... And apple pie smells like Thanksgiving.... Making homemade chili and chocolate chip cookies remind me of Christmas..... I could go on and on, but I suppose you get the point.

  Sorry I didn't post yesterday. I was very busy, I had to deliver pies, and then go the the grocery store to get more ingredients, and then I had to make supper early, because we had spaghetti. So, I say all that to say, that I am sorry about not posting... Did I tell you my good news? I got a job! *does little happy dance* Yep, I did, making and selling pies to a local diner. It's fun, and pays pretty good.

 Today I delivered more pies and then went to get my hair cut. It looks very pretty, as everyone in my sweet family has informed me :) <3.

 Oh! Guess what?! I started writing my first novella. What's that you may ask? Well a novella is just a short novel. Not as short as a short story, but not as long as a full novel. So.. it's pretty fun, I do like the people in the story very much. It's weird sometimes, I don't really think about writing it, they just happen themselves. They tell me what they want to do. I really do like it, it's good for me.

As for Books- still reading Hardy Boy books, but I am also reading a book called "The Honor Of Lawrence House" by Virginia Dailey. I've read it before, but decided to read it again.

Crafts-  I am working on Christmas presents now and the other day started my mother's present. Right now though, I'm making hats for my brothers, who are leaving on a Boy Scout backpacking trip soon. Got to get those finished ASAP!

 I don't have any cooking thing this week, but instead I am going to tell you about a really good movie. It's called "The Flame and The Arrow". It's a fun, swash-buckling kind of story. Somewhat like Robin Hood, but I think a bit better, because it's not so over used. We got it from Netflix. I highly recommend it. You should look into getting it. Please, you'll like it.

 And now for a song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts This is probably one, if not THE one, VERY popular song that The Monkees sang. Hope you like it. I do ;)

Vaya Con Dios,

~Erin