Every year, my aunt and uncle celebrate April Fools Day by playing pranks on each other (and their kids). It's tradition! So even before I realized Wil had moved all the clocks, I texted them to see what they did and to get ideas for my April Fools Day joke.
Last year, I bought Cadbury eggs, scraped all of the filling out of one, filled it with toothpaste and wrapped it back up to give to Wil. I think he took two bites before he realized it wasn't supposed to taste that way! :-)
Obviously whatever I did this year could not top his clock prank, but I came home, snuck in our bathroom while he was napping (he was super tired because he had to get up an hour earlier than usual too!), and poured salt on his toothbrush. And by poured salt, I mean I rearranged the bristles so the salt would get between them (I had to have a lot on there, because he usually rinses his toothbrush before adding the toothpaste).
Then, later in the evening, I told him his breath was really bad and that he should go brush his teeth. :-) I laid on the bed talking to him while he went to brush - the look on his face in the mirror was awesome! He was disgusted, and quite possibly more put out that his breath wasn't really stinky than he was that his toothbrush was salty!
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
He Said/She Said: What Time is It?
Wil: I'd been wanting to pull an April Fool's prank on Jessica. I wanted to make her get up an hour earlier than usual and her not realize till she was at work.
I wasn't sure it was going to work because Jessica usually gets up at a time when the sun is barely up. We have a huge window facing east in our bedroom and she would notice right away that it was still dark outside.
Last night she sent a text while I was still at school that she was tired and going to bed and asked me to make sure she got up before I left because she was going to go work out. So when she sent that text message I thought, great! She's getting up so early that it would still be dark out any way. She'll just realize when she's at Lili's apartment and that was fine with me. I didn't think about that at first cause she only goes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
This is the way it worked out. I got home last night and got to work right away on resetting the clocks. I thought the computer would be a problem since I had never changed the time on it but it was the easiest one. The big clock in the living room was heavy and I almost dropped it. The appliance clocks beep and so does the ipod clock in out bedroom but none of these caused a problem, cause she sleeps like a log. This morning I had to get up an hour earlier and that sucked but it would be way worth it. Plus I figured I could go back to sleep after Jessica left. I changed the time on her phone by changing the time zone on it since it goes off the satellite or the cell tower or something like that. And I quickly went out and changed the time in the car.
I went ahead and woke her up since her alarm didn't go off and made sure she got up. The only problem was that she only goes if Lili calls, otherwise it means that she decided not to go. Obviously she didn't call so she went back to bed. Crap! What do I do now? I had to leave for work so she wouldn't get suspiscious. I put elvis out and left the backyard light on hoping it would mask the darkness outside when she woke up for work. I had to sleep at the Walgreens parking lot where I meet for carpool. Then, I had to remember to call my sister before she called Jessica to tell her not to call her. She said I was evil. I said yes I am.
It was all out of my hands now and all I could do was hope for the best. It worked out better than I thought. I thought she would figure it out on the way to work since they're always repeating the time on the morning shows, but luckily she told me later that she was listening to a cd.
One last thing. Before she went back to bed she thanked me for "being such a good husband".
Ha ha!
Jessica: So last night, I was super tired, and I went to bed before Wil got home from school. I sent him a text message before I went to sleep saying good night and asking him to make sure I got up in time to go work out with Lili at 5 - sometimes I need a little extra motivation to get out of bed.
Wil woke me up this morning and said, how come your alarm didn't go off...and I said, huh - I don't know. At which point he ripped the covers off of me and started a speech about how it was time to get up. I tried to explain that Lili would call when she woke up, if she didn't call, then she didn't wake up and I couldn't go work out at her apartment complex without her so I really should just wait until she called (in my half groggy, please let me go back to sleep state). He then turned on both fans in our room (BRRR!) and started some speech about how I should grab life by the horns and shouldn't wait for other people, blah, blah, blah.
I was thinking he must really be in the mood to bug me and wake me up today - maybe because we didn't see each other last night - oh, that's sweet in an obnoxious sort of way. So I got up and put shorts on and brushed my teeth, but Lili never called so I sat on the couch and talked to him while he put on his shoes.
You're going to be late, I told him a couple of times thinking that usually he's pushing me out the door at 5:10 and it was already after 5:10. But he didn't seem concerned and I concluded that Lili was not going to call so I went back to bed. I heard Wil leave and slept soundly - I was really sleepy!
I hit the snooze button a few too many times, woke up late and thought I was running super late for work. So late, in fact, that I had never even seen the kids walking across the street to get to Peoria High School on my way to work - wow, I must have really been running late.
I pulled in the parking lot, glad traffic wasn't too bad and I made it to work as quickly as I had. I looked around...I was the ONLY car in the ENTIRE parking lot. Still unfazed, I thought, that's weird - I wonder where everyone is today...it's 8:45!
I went in, started working, wondered to myself where everyone was and ONLY after I had been at work 20 or 30 minutes did I glance at the clock on my computer and notice that clock said it wasn't even 8 a.m. yet! Sometimes, I can't believe how CLUELESS I am! The kids going to school, the easy traffic, the EMPTY parking lot - none of those things even fazed me!
I wasn't sure it was going to work because Jessica usually gets up at a time when the sun is barely up. We have a huge window facing east in our bedroom and she would notice right away that it was still dark outside.
Last night she sent a text while I was still at school that she was tired and going to bed and asked me to make sure she got up before I left because she was going to go work out. So when she sent that text message I thought, great! She's getting up so early that it would still be dark out any way. She'll just realize when she's at Lili's apartment and that was fine with me. I didn't think about that at first cause she only goes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
This is the way it worked out. I got home last night and got to work right away on resetting the clocks. I thought the computer would be a problem since I had never changed the time on it but it was the easiest one. The big clock in the living room was heavy and I almost dropped it. The appliance clocks beep and so does the ipod clock in out bedroom but none of these caused a problem, cause she sleeps like a log. This morning I had to get up an hour earlier and that sucked but it would be way worth it. Plus I figured I could go back to sleep after Jessica left. I changed the time on her phone by changing the time zone on it since it goes off the satellite or the cell tower or something like that. And I quickly went out and changed the time in the car.
I went ahead and woke her up since her alarm didn't go off and made sure she got up. The only problem was that she only goes if Lili calls, otherwise it means that she decided not to go. Obviously she didn't call so she went back to bed. Crap! What do I do now? I had to leave for work so she wouldn't get suspiscious. I put elvis out and left the backyard light on hoping it would mask the darkness outside when she woke up for work. I had to sleep at the Walgreens parking lot where I meet for carpool. Then, I had to remember to call my sister before she called Jessica to tell her not to call her. She said I was evil. I said yes I am.
It was all out of my hands now and all I could do was hope for the best. It worked out better than I thought. I thought she would figure it out on the way to work since they're always repeating the time on the morning shows, but luckily she told me later that she was listening to a cd.
One last thing. Before she went back to bed she thanked me for "being such a good husband".
Ha ha!
Jessica: So last night, I was super tired, and I went to bed before Wil got home from school. I sent him a text message before I went to sleep saying good night and asking him to make sure I got up in time to go work out with Lili at 5 - sometimes I need a little extra motivation to get out of bed.
Wil woke me up this morning and said, how come your alarm didn't go off...and I said, huh - I don't know. At which point he ripped the covers off of me and started a speech about how it was time to get up. I tried to explain that Lili would call when she woke up, if she didn't call, then she didn't wake up and I couldn't go work out at her apartment complex without her so I really should just wait until she called (in my half groggy, please let me go back to sleep state). He then turned on both fans in our room (BRRR!) and started some speech about how I should grab life by the horns and shouldn't wait for other people, blah, blah, blah.
I was thinking he must really be in the mood to bug me and wake me up today - maybe because we didn't see each other last night - oh, that's sweet in an obnoxious sort of way. So I got up and put shorts on and brushed my teeth, but Lili never called so I sat on the couch and talked to him while he put on his shoes.
You're going to be late, I told him a couple of times thinking that usually he's pushing me out the door at 5:10 and it was already after 5:10. But he didn't seem concerned and I concluded that Lili was not going to call so I went back to bed. I heard Wil leave and slept soundly - I was really sleepy!
I hit the snooze button a few too many times, woke up late and thought I was running super late for work. So late, in fact, that I had never even seen the kids walking across the street to get to Peoria High School on my way to work - wow, I must have really been running late.
I pulled in the parking lot, glad traffic wasn't too bad and I made it to work as quickly as I had. I looked around...I was the ONLY car in the ENTIRE parking lot. Still unfazed, I thought, that's weird - I wonder where everyone is today...it's 8:45!
I went in, started working, wondered to myself where everyone was and ONLY after I had been at work 20 or 30 minutes did I glance at the clock on my computer and notice that clock said it wasn't even 8 a.m. yet! Sometimes, I can't believe how CLUELESS I am! The kids going to school, the easy traffic, the EMPTY parking lot - none of those things even fazed me!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
My Masterpiece
I decided to use the three tier cake pans my Grandma gave me for Christmas for the birthday cake. I was so excited to try out my new pans and create my largest masterpiece yet!
Following is the process in photos...
First, I baked the cake - you remember me baking the cake, that's when I caught the oven on fire!
Then, I made the frosting - seriously, if you ever need a strawberry frosting recipe this one is to die for - and it's made with REAL strawberries - I had to puree them in my food chopper!
Next, I frosted the cake - yum!
Then, I decorated the cake - Wil's nieces even helped me.
Finally, we sang happy birthday and cut the cake!
I think it was cuter in person than it is in the pictures, but I still like it!
PS - never buy the candles that spell out Happy Birthday - NEVER! The wicks aren't long enough so the first candles burn out by the time you get them all lit and then you are left with misshapen letters that drip wax all over your cake. :-(
Following is the process in photos...
First, I baked the cake - you remember me baking the cake, that's when I caught the oven on fire!
Then, I made the frosting - seriously, if you ever need a strawberry frosting recipe this one is to die for - and it's made with REAL strawberries - I had to puree them in my food chopper!
Next, I frosted the cake - yum!
Then, I decorated the cake - Wil's nieces even helped me.
Finally, we sang happy birthday and cut the cake!
I think it was cuter in person than it is in the pictures, but I still like it!
PS - never buy the candles that spell out Happy Birthday - NEVER! The wicks aren't long enough so the first candles burn out by the time you get them all lit and then you are left with misshapen letters that drip wax all over your cake. :-(
Surprise!
Saturday night, we threw a surprise 60th birthday party for Wil's parents - Guillermo turned sixty about a month ago and Elsa turns sixty in April. It was SO much fun...and they were SO surprised! As our excuse to get them to our house, we definitely told them that my grandpa was coming to visit and that since they hadn't met him yet, I wanted to have a family dinner so they could meet him :-) we're so sneaky!
Nicole's sister got the best photo of their surprised faces...I'll post it as soon as I get it from her!
Highlights of the night included:
The girls dancing to a song about frogs...
The boys performing a lovely little ditty on the broom guitar, salad tong microphone and real guitar...
And all of Guillermo and Elsa's kids doing impersonations of them (actually, that might have been my favorite part...I don't remember the last time I laughed that hard!).
Overall, it was a GREAT night!
Nicole's sister got the best photo of their surprised faces...I'll post it as soon as I get it from her!
Highlights of the night included:
The girls dancing to a song about frogs...
The boys performing a lovely little ditty on the broom guitar, salad tong microphone and real guitar...
And all of Guillermo and Elsa's kids doing impersonations of them (actually, that might have been my favorite part...I don't remember the last time I laughed that hard!).
Overall, it was a GREAT night!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Burning Hot
I was in fifth or sixth grade when I first discovered microwaves and metal don't mix. My grandma was napping and I decided I would heat up some leftovers from the night before. So, I took the metal pot out of the fridge and put it in the microwave.
There were soon small flames in my microwave, and I did not have a clue what to do. So I went running into my grandma's room to wake her up - the microwave is on fire, the microwave is on FIRE! I'm sure that's not the best way to be woken up, but what can you do? My grandma's calm response - so did you turn off the microwave? NO! I came to get you!
Ever since, I have known not to put metal in the microwave...and that if the microwave ever catches on fire, you should turn it off before you run screaming for someone to help.
Two nights ago, I was baking a cake and the batter overflowed and landed on the heating element in the oven. It smoked a little bit but didn't do anything too bad. Wil and I laughed about it. We are getting a new oven today (HOORAY!!! More about that in another post), so we decided cleaning the old one was not required.
I kind of forgot about it last night when I turned the oven on to preheat. As I was washing a dish, I turned around and there were flames in my oven...FLAMES! They weren't huge flames, but there were flames nonetheless. I think I reverted back to my 11 year old self. I had NO IDEA what to do...so I turned off the oven (thank you for that lesson, Grandma!) and started yelling at Wil who was in the bathroom - the oven is on fire; the OVEN is on FIRE!!! He came running out, still trying to pull up his pants (I'm sure he'll love that I told you that). He opened the oven door took a towel, and smothered the fire. No big deal.
Remnants of what was at one point cake batter.
Except, it IS a big deal that I don't know what to do when there's a fire. I know all the fire prevention tips, but my only reaction when I see flames is to freeze and scream for help. What if Wil wouldn't have been here? I'm sure I would have figured something out (I probably would have thrown a glass of water on it, but I don't know if that would have been the right thing to do). What if I had kids and Wil wasn't here?!? This is a big deal to me!
So today I bought this.
Now, I will know what to do if my oven or microwave or any other kitchen appliance ever catches on fire again.
There were soon small flames in my microwave, and I did not have a clue what to do. So I went running into my grandma's room to wake her up - the microwave is on fire, the microwave is on FIRE! I'm sure that's not the best way to be woken up, but what can you do? My grandma's calm response - so did you turn off the microwave? NO! I came to get you!
Ever since, I have known not to put metal in the microwave...and that if the microwave ever catches on fire, you should turn it off before you run screaming for someone to help.
Two nights ago, I was baking a cake and the batter overflowed and landed on the heating element in the oven. It smoked a little bit but didn't do anything too bad. Wil and I laughed about it. We are getting a new oven today (HOORAY!!! More about that in another post), so we decided cleaning the old one was not required.
I kind of forgot about it last night when I turned the oven on to preheat. As I was washing a dish, I turned around and there were flames in my oven...FLAMES! They weren't huge flames, but there were flames nonetheless. I think I reverted back to my 11 year old self. I had NO IDEA what to do...so I turned off the oven (thank you for that lesson, Grandma!) and started yelling at Wil who was in the bathroom - the oven is on fire; the OVEN is on FIRE!!! He came running out, still trying to pull up his pants (I'm sure he'll love that I told you that). He opened the oven door took a towel, and smothered the fire. No big deal.
Remnants of what was at one point cake batter.Except, it IS a big deal that I don't know what to do when there's a fire. I know all the fire prevention tips, but my only reaction when I see flames is to freeze and scream for help. What if Wil wouldn't have been here? I'm sure I would have figured something out (I probably would have thrown a glass of water on it, but I don't know if that would have been the right thing to do). What if I had kids and Wil wasn't here?!? This is a big deal to me!
So today I bought this.
Now, I will know what to do if my oven or microwave or any other kitchen appliance ever catches on fire again.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Paved Paradise
The people who lived in our house before us made some wonderful upgrades that we LOVE. For instance, the built-in grill and sink - LOVE it; the extended patio - LOVE it; the raised garden bed - LOVE it!
They also must have liked fish...because they had a fish pond in the backyard between the regular patio and the added on patio. Yes, you read that right...a fish pond. We called it the moat.
We're not so much fish people, so when we first moved in, we filled the hole with dirt thinking we would plant pretty flowers. The moat had the cutest little wooden bridge going over it that I loved...so flowers seemed perfect. Except, flowers take effort and Elvis really liked to dig in that hole.
So, a couple weeks ago, Wil and Waldo refilled the hole with dirt (much of the dirt disappeared thanks to Elvis's superior digging skills). This weekend, Waldo and Lalo were kind enough to help Wil cement over the hole. It looks beautiful! I love it!
Following is a progression of the project...who knew filling that small area with cement would be SO much work?!? Thank you SO much to Lalo and Waldo for all of their help!
They also must have liked fish...because they had a fish pond in the backyard between the regular patio and the added on patio. Yes, you read that right...a fish pond. We called it the moat.
We're not so much fish people, so when we first moved in, we filled the hole with dirt thinking we would plant pretty flowers. The moat had the cutest little wooden bridge going over it that I loved...so flowers seemed perfect. Except, flowers take effort and Elvis really liked to dig in that hole.
So, a couple weeks ago, Wil and Waldo refilled the hole with dirt (much of the dirt disappeared thanks to Elvis's superior digging skills). This weekend, Waldo and Lalo were kind enough to help Wil cement over the hole. It looks beautiful! I love it!
Following is a progression of the project...who knew filling that small area with cement would be SO much work?!? Thank you SO much to Lalo and Waldo for all of their help!
Wilton IIII
I'm taking the fourth cake decorating class this month...fondant and gum paste. I LOVE it!
If anyone has a special occasion coming up and needs a cake, let me know. I would love more cake decorating practice!
If anyone has a special occasion coming up and needs a cake, let me know. I would love more cake decorating practice!
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