Friday's Fun Food

Tetris Sugar Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup cooking oil
2 eggs
4 ½ cup flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tarter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream together sugars, butter and oil. Whip until “fluffy”. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and cream of tarter. Add to batter. If you plan on rolling out dough, add another ½ cup flour.
Either roll out dough or ball together a tablespoon or so of dough and flatten onto cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.



Basic frosting

¼ cup butter
¼ cup shortening
1 box confectioners sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cream (or milk)

Soften butter and shortening by microwaving for twenty seconds or so. Whip together butter and shortening till well mixed. Add sugar, vanilla, salt and milk. Cream together. Scrap sides of bowl and the whip for 2-3 minutes at high speed. Frosting should be light and fluffy.

If you like a sweeter frosting, use a higher proportion of butter to shortening.

Monday Movie Mash-Up & Mexico

Since I was in Mexico all week (happy happy joy joy!), I didn’t get a lot of movie watching in. Actually, I’ve only seen two; one the night before we flew out and then the in-flight movie.

Little Shop of Horrors

Reminded me again just why I don’t like musicals…
Not a bad movie, but again with the musicals…
They get stuck in your head and make you sing “Suddenly Seymour” while on a tropical beach sipping a Mango Margartia! Watch the much funnier “remake” below.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

-in flight movie -

Yeah I know right?! When did American Airlines get movies to me faster than Netflix? Whatever, it made a super bumpy ride home not so scary. This fast-paced movie is filled with a great cast. I think I loved the dialog between characters best; it has a well-written and witty flare. See long trailer below



And now… Mexico!

Jason and I, still not burnt!

Some people go to Disney land, I like cemetaries - waxy candles

At our hotel's very own Monkey exhibit... we had cougars too!

Xcaret Park Orchid House

Lightening Storms and Candle Light

It’s rare that the power goes out in our neck of the woods. We may get the electricity flicker here and there, but a full-on power outage? Never in this house. Until last nights amazing show of lightening and booming thunder! Right in the middle of a movie, didn’t even know that it was raining outside, the lights flick on and off, then a huge BOOM! Jason and I rush to the window and lo-and-behold, rain is coming down in sheets outside! Tree branches are breaking, patio furniture is being flung all over the neighborhood and the sky is filled with the most amazing display of lightening I have ever scene!



Growing up in the mid-west, the Chicagoland area to be specific, I’m no stranger to a good storm. Heck, my dad was even an unofficial storm chaser when I was a young one. But this, this was awesome!



















But, now that I’m completely dependent on television or radio to play in the background of my life at all times, what do I do without either? No internet, no cable, no batteries in the house to even run a CD player with. We had to resort to candles to even light up a room.



My first lesson of the evening was learned early. I love watching a thunderstorm. To waste a little time, hoping that the electricity would miraculously pop back on, Jason and I decide to turn to our little vice and go out for a smoke. I’m dressed in pj’s which means a skanky white beater and some short shorts that don’t fit quite right. Out the door and Crap! It’s windy out here, and the storm turns our direction and we rush to open up the door and, locked! Jason runs to the garage door, but, no power means no garage door opener -duh!

Now what? How about a walk of shame over to the neighbors for the extra key…. Me in a white wife beater… not a good moment. At least I had on a flimsy bra.








Back in the house, we decide on gathering up all the candles and hunkering down for a whole night with just the two of us for entertainment. It was a little romantic, playing crazy 8’s, candles flicking all around us. That was until I played the two of hearts and Jason decided to serenade me with that great 80’s pop tune with the same name…

“Two of hearts… Two hearts that beat as one…. I need you, I need You!!”




That’s the only line either of us knew. After that song got old - which was pretty much immediatly, we picked up some Debbie Gibson and some Tiffany and then things just got a little bit weird.


With no background noise to keep us preoccupied, we took turns playing cards and doing an old fashioned sing along. We had harmonies going, some duets, I’d play the drums on the coffee table… Second lesson learned that night, as dorky as it sounds, I had an awesome time with my husband, just screwing around and being nerdy together! It had been too long since we were forced to be all on our own.


The last lesson we learned didn’t really affect me, but it kept Jason up most of the night. We got in the habit years and years ago to sleep with the static on. No power meant no white noise. I slept like a baby, but Jason was up until the electricity came back on, and he could turn the stereo on an empty station. Will he learn from this, no, but I still wanted to mention it. This morning, the yard was a mess with branches everywhere and our neighbors patio and kid stuff thrown all around. Hubbies at home picking up now, while I’m out enjoying my time at the library.


And that’s why I love the man so much! That, and his ability to remember Tiffany’s greatest hit, “I Think We’re Alone Now.”

Facial Hair, It's a GO GO!

Facial Hair, it’s a GO GO!
July 22nd, 2008

First off, a shot out to my hubbie - Jason from www.gorillasushi.com. All of his subscribers, come on over! The water is warm, test it out!



Isn’t he a cutie with his freshly shaven head! That's an older picture, but it's the sexiest one I have saved on my laptop.

He may kill me for telling the world this, but he’s a hairy man. Luckily, it doesn’t extend onto his back (although that may be fun to wax!) and his ass isn’t too bad. He can grow a beard and mustache is under a week.

Why am I thinking about all this? Why am I obsessing about facial hair today? Thank you Stumble Upon for wasting some great time at work and showing me this wonderful chart.

Special thanks to:

http://www.dyers.org


Any of you try the Fu Manchu recently? Pictures to share?

A challenge to my man… how many can you grow… you have no job now…. Why not get funky with the facial hair?