Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Flower Power
I attended my last Wilton cake decorating class last night. This was my final cake - I think it's pretty cute, if I do say so myself.
Dog Sitter
We're babysitting my grandma's dogs this week. :-)
Saturday morning I woke up and thought Elvis was so excited when I opened the bedroom door because he wanted to see me...yeah, not so much. He ran right past me and waited patiently at the garage door - my grandma's dogs were in their cage in the garage - Elvis wanted to play!
Saturday morning I woke up and thought Elvis was so excited when I opened the bedroom door because he wanted to see me...yeah, not so much. He ran right past me and waited patiently at the garage door - my grandma's dogs were in their cage in the garage - Elvis wanted to play!
Melting Pot
Wil and I decided to go to the Melting Pot for my birthday...I've ALWAYS wanted to go to the melting pot! It was a much anticipated activity ALL week - in fact the people I work with probably heard about how excited I was to go to the melting pot at least once a day.
I don't think I realized that they bring your entree out raw...we got raw pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, tuna and lobster...and then you cook it yourself in the fondue pot - okay, okay, so maybe that's the definition of fondue, but I always thought fondue was just what you dipped the cooked food in.
Our raw food...
Me, cooking a mushroom.
Wil, with our flaming dessert - can you see the flames? SO COOL!
It's possible that I built up the experience a bit too much in my mind before we went (just maybe). If Wil and I went back (I doubt we would go back), we would get the appetizer and dessert and skip the entree altogether.
Dessert was by far my favorite part - as evidenced by the fact that I started reviewing the dessert menu about two bites into my dinner. :-) I wasn't a huge fan of the flavor of what we cooked the meat in, which meant I wasn't a huge fan of dinner.
It was a cool experience though, and I'm glad I at least tried it; otherwise I would still be wishing with all of my heart I could go to the Melting Pot one day!
My recommendation, if you go...save your self lots of money and just get dessert - preferably one they set on fire!
I don't think I realized that they bring your entree out raw...we got raw pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, tuna and lobster...and then you cook it yourself in the fondue pot - okay, okay, so maybe that's the definition of fondue, but I always thought fondue was just what you dipped the cooked food in.
Our raw food...
Me, cooking a mushroom.
Wil, with our flaming dessert - can you see the flames? SO COOL!Dessert was by far my favorite part - as evidenced by the fact that I started reviewing the dessert menu about two bites into my dinner. :-) I wasn't a huge fan of the flavor of what we cooked the meat in, which meant I wasn't a huge fan of dinner.
It was a cool experience though, and I'm glad I at least tried it; otherwise I would still be wishing with all of my heart I could go to the Melting Pot one day!
My recommendation, if you go...save your self lots of money and just get dessert - preferably one they set on fire!
Birds of a Feather
To celebrate birthdays, we like to play pranks on each other at work. I walked into my office Thursday and found this...
and this...
and this...
and eventually this...
Yep, that's definitely my biggest fear in life all over my office and on my birthday cupcakes! For some reason pranks make me feel loved...I'm still trying to figure out why!
and this...
and this...
and eventually this...
Yep, that's definitely my biggest fear in life all over my office and on my birthday cupcakes! For some reason pranks make me feel loved...I'm still trying to figure out why!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Hoppy Easter!
We went to my aunt and uncle's house for Easter dinner. It was great fun, and a lot of my extended family members came as well. We enjoyed playing volleyball (it was determined I will never be a volleyball star...Wil wasn't bad though - he made up for my suckiness!) :-) and visiting with family.
I was in charge of dessert - HOORAY! I like to make dessert!
We had Easter bunny carrot cake and carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
I was in charge of dessert - HOORAY! I like to make dessert!
We had Easter bunny carrot cake and carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Payback is Salty
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!
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!
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!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
