Crazy 8's Tag

Clarice tagged me, so here goes nothing.

Crazy 8s

8 Favorite TV Shows:

1. Grey's Anatomy
2. 7th Heaven
3. Extreme Home Makeover
4. Jon and Kate Plus 8
5. Supernanny
6. 24
7. Private Practice
8. Unwrapped

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. P.F. Chang's
2. Chili's
3. Sonic
4. Wendy's
5. Freebird's (in Houston)
6. Sweet Tomatoes
7. Pei Wei
8. Taco Bell

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

1. Went to my Business Law review
2. Went to work.
3. Went to the grocery store.
4. Talked to my Mom.
5. Reheated Chicken Deliciouses for dinner
6. Played Halloween games with Rachel and Russell
7. Couldn't sleep, so we watched an episode of 24
8. Couldn't handle the suspense, so we watched the next episode of 24 (the last one of season 1)

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:

1. Being finished with school in April
2. Opening my birthday presents on Tuesday!
3. Going to P.F. Chang's for dinner, and Chili's for dessert for my birthday!
4. Christmas break.
5. Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing.
6. Visiting my family
7. Snuggling baby Jack
8. Having kids

8 Things I Love About Fall:

1. Leaves changing colors
2. Drives up the canyon
3. Crunchy leaves
4. Cooler weather
5. Pumpkins
6. New Seasons on T.V.
7. One step closer to Christmas!
8. Stuffing, turkey, ham, potatoes, etc.

8 Things on my Wishlist:

1. San Diego Temple Picture
2. Quickutz Silhouette
3. A trip to see my family
4. A cruise
5. A trip to Disneyworld
6. Grand Piano.......once we have a bigger house that is
7. To move from Utah
8. School to be over before April

8 People I Tag:

Holly, Caleb, Cooper, Cymbre, Mom, Cari, Julie, Melanie

Nap Time

Day 301-Oct 28th: This is very incriminating evidence of an afternoon nap. Was it worth it? Yes! I couldn't believe when I was at work, opening boxes, scanning, pricing, and almost falling asleep! I really, honestly, was having a hard time keeping my eyes open. I have no idea why I was so tired, I got the same amount of sleep and everything. So after work I came home and turned on Extreme Home Makeover (thanks to TiVo) and I was immediately asleep. Russell laughs at me all the time because as soon we turn on a show or movie I fall asleep. Haha, I don't know what it is, but the TV puts me right to sleep unless I am really trying to watch whatever is on.

Success at the Surgeon's

Day 300-Oct 27th: So...this being day 300 means there are only 65 more days in the year! Wow...take that all of you who didn't think I would keep taking a picture a day!

Anyway....if there's one thing a trip to the surgeon will get you, it's some good reading time. They are always running behind. I got most of the way through this book I am reading for my Leadership class. It is about how to make ideas sticky. It is a good book, but very long-winded.

For those of you who don't know....I had surgery in March to remove some ovarian cysts which were supposed to be causing my pain. Turns out once they got in, most of the cysts were gone, but they found a hernia. So....in May I had another surgery to repair the hernia where they put mesh in for my abdominal wall to grow back together on (gross, I know).

Anyway, this last week I have had pain very similar to what I had before surgery, ugh, and I was convinced I would have to have surgery again. I scheduled an appointment with the surgeon. Good news though....he is pretty sure I just strained it and maybe tore some of the muscle from the mesh. So everything looks/feels fine to him and I should be better in a few weeks as long as I don't do anything crazy. Thank Goodness!

Melted Witches Recipe

Here is the much requested Melted Witches recipe - it's from the Taste of Home Halloween Food and Fun cookbook, which has many more cool Halloween treats if you can track it down at the grocery store.

Melted Witch Puddles

1 tsp water
4 drops yellow food coloring
1-1/2 cups flaked coconut
2 cups (12oz) semisweet chocolate chips
6 Tbsp shortening, divided
36 Oreos
36 Bugles
4 cups vanilla or white chips
36 pretzel sticks

In a large plastic bag, combine water and food coloring; add coconut. Shake to tint coconut and set aside. Melt chocolate chips and 2 Tbsp shortening; stir until smooth.

For witches hats, place about 1/3 cup chocolate mixture in a plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of the bag. Pipe a small amount of chocolate on a cookie. Dip a Bugle in some of the remaining chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Position over chocolate on cookie, forming a witch's hat. Set on waxed paper to dry.

For brooms and puddles, melt vanilla chips and the remaining shortening; stir until smooth. Place mixture in a plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of the bag. Pipe mixture into the shape of a puddle onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Immediately place a hat on the puddle. Place a pretzel stick alongside the hat; sprinkle coconut at the end of the pretzel stick.

Chill for 15 minutes or until set.

Pumpkin Carving Pictures

Here's some pictures of our pumpkin carving tonight.

The Box

Soo...there are these glass canisters from Crate and Barrel that I asked for for my birthday. When we came home from doing some errands this yesterday morning we rounded the corner into the neighborhood and saw this box on our porch! Haha...you could read what it was from all the way down the street. Russell was NOT impressed by their box. I wonder what I got???

Halloweeny

Day 299-Oct 26th: Here's our sad pumpkin. He's supposed to be scared, but he looks more sad. I guess we aren't pumpkin carving experts. I never bought a pumpkin carving kit, and we really could have used a better knife to make the curves, but we made it work with what we have. Oh....and I need to remember to get tealight candles next year, because this candle is way to big, you can see it through his nose.

Day 298-Oct 25th: Tonight we went to play Fury of Dracula with Larkin, Allyson, and Rachel. We made these melted witches to take for treats! Larkin and Allyson had Root Beer with a hand and face ice cube! It was a very spooky night, but Rachel, Allyson, Larkin and I managed to kill Russell (he was playing as Dracula). We are playing more Halloween games on Thursday, but I'm not sure what treats I will make.