Ok, before I get to the millions of other posts, here is the tag of the month... brought to you by my amazing sister!
And here are their questions to answer:
1. What was the last book you read?
The whole book? To myself, or my children?
The last partial book was "The Culture of Fear" (I fell asleep)
The last book to my children was, "Megan the Monday Fairy" I'm glad my daughter loves me reading to her, I really do, but I really need to find some more interesting books that she loves.
The last book to myself was, "How to Train a Dragon: How to Escape a Dragon's Curse". You know you want to read them too.
2. What was your most memorable date with your significant other?
Going backpacking 4 miles to a glacier lake in picturesque Logan Canyon, while about four months pregnant with my first baby.
3. If you could have three wishes granted, what would they be?
Sheesh, three? That's a lot for me. I have a lot of what I want in this world. Let me get back to you.
4. What would you want served for your last dinner?
Nothing, I'd rather spend the time with my family, than waste it eating!
5. Where is your favorite place to shop for clothes for yourself?
I hate shopping for clothes. I'd rather they were just given to me by someone who has better taste.
6. Where is one place you have always wanted to visit?
New Zealand.
7. What is your favorite holiday and why?
My birthday. For Obvious reasons. :)
8. What was your first impression of your spouse?
What a brave soul. He really had no idea what he was getting into.
9. Do you consider yourself to be a good driver?
No, which is why I bike, or take the road less traveled. (Thank you, I know I'm thoughtful.)
10. When you have some downtime, what do you spend it doing?
This made me giggle.
11. Chrome, IE, Firefox, other? And why?
And why.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Trek to Salt Lake
Last year's train ride was such a hit that we decided to try it again. It was rough with two, but we managed. We ended up going to a sing-along in the Energy...um... the place where the Jazz play. Anyway, photos speak louder than words. Here it is.
Sorry they are so small. My computer was being funny. This one is on our way there.
On our way.
After the show.
:)
This is Liz's favorite fountain.
Sam liked the ride home.
Liz didn't. She ate too much junk food.
Sorry they are so small. My computer was being funny. This one is on our way there.
On our way.
After the show.
:)
This is Liz's favorite fountain.
Sam liked the ride home.
Liz didn't. She ate too much junk food.
How to Make a Gingerbread House
1. Get an idea.
2. Draw rough sketch.
3. Make a cardboard model of the gingerbread house. With all of the gingerbread pieces.
4. Make the dough. There are many good recipes online. (Hint: Use margarine instead of butter because it's cheaper an nobody will use it anyway. Hint 2: Honey does work instead of molasses, but it doesn't smell as good and is slightly lighter.)
5. Roll out pretty thin, but not too thin on the backs of cookie sheets (Just place in the oven when done cutting out). Using your cardboard model as a guide, cut out the shapes of the house, including windows.
6. Once house is cool, you can melt butterscotch candies for windows. (oven 350 until melted, check often. ~5 min.)
7. Let pieces go stale.
8. Melt sugar in frying pan. (Put sugar in pan on medium heat, let sit until caramel color, burns fast.) Dip pieces in caramel and stick together. Continue to hold walls up for about a day until it sets.
Picture 1: Wall being held up by whatever is in the kitchen. Green sugar crystals in the background will be used for shrubbery.
Picture 2: Butterscotch windows, Royal Frosting base and stairs, pretzel shutters, cookie shingles, candy wreath and topiary, twizzler raingutters.
Picture 3: Little CSI men made of Gum Paste. (Hint: Gum paste feels like chewed gum, keep it soft with vegetable oil.) Note the yellow "do not cross" line in the background made of fruit roll ups. This Gum paste man is climbing a pretzel ladder.
Picture 4: More CSI men. One with a gum paste camera, and one with a gum paste phone. The basket was not kept in the final shot due to obvious size issues. The walkway was cereal glued to card stock, glued to the board. (Hint: When making gum paste men, make a toothpick frame to build them around first.)
Picture 5: The owners of the home, devastated at the loss. They match the picture found inside the house. The people are stuck to the board with frosting. The white stuff is sugar crystals. The trees are pipe cleaners that had more sugar crystals/rock candy grown on it. (Hint: For rock candy, boil one cup of water with as much sugar in it as you can get (about 4 cups), put in container you don't really care about. Place string tied to the middle of a pencil suspended in the solution. If crystals form on edges of the container, then pour solution into a clean container.)
Picture 6: Landscaping done.
Picture 7: This is why the gingerbread house has a big hole in it. Note the Twizzler pull and peel rug, gum paste piano, and hard candy couch. Details missing include a Christmas tree and present, door, curtains, mantel piece with candles decorating it, and a framed picture of the family outside. All made of candy. For the final showing, there was a lamp made of a mag. light, which probably was never turned on. In fact, the whole inside of the house could not be seen because they had the house displayed on a high shelf. :(
2. Draw rough sketch.
3. Make a cardboard model of the gingerbread house. With all of the gingerbread pieces.
4. Make the dough. There are many good recipes online. (Hint: Use margarine instead of butter because it's cheaper an nobody will use it anyway. Hint 2: Honey does work instead of molasses, but it doesn't smell as good and is slightly lighter.)
5. Roll out pretty thin, but not too thin on the backs of cookie sheets (Just place in the oven when done cutting out). Using your cardboard model as a guide, cut out the shapes of the house, including windows.
6. Once house is cool, you can melt butterscotch candies for windows. (oven 350 until melted, check often. ~5 min.)
7. Let pieces go stale.
8. Melt sugar in frying pan. (Put sugar in pan on medium heat, let sit until caramel color, burns fast.) Dip pieces in caramel and stick together. Continue to hold walls up for about a day until it sets.
Picture 1: Wall being held up by whatever is in the kitchen. Green sugar crystals in the background will be used for shrubbery.9. Once house is assembled, decorate.
Picture 2: Butterscotch windows, Royal Frosting base and stairs, pretzel shutters, cookie shingles, candy wreath and topiary, twizzler raingutters.
Picture 3: Little CSI men made of Gum Paste. (Hint: Gum paste feels like chewed gum, keep it soft with vegetable oil.) Note the yellow "do not cross" line in the background made of fruit roll ups. This Gum paste man is climbing a pretzel ladder.
Picture 4: More CSI men. One with a gum paste camera, and one with a gum paste phone. The basket was not kept in the final shot due to obvious size issues. The walkway was cereal glued to card stock, glued to the board. (Hint: When making gum paste men, make a toothpick frame to build them around first.)
Picture 5: The owners of the home, devastated at the loss. They match the picture found inside the house. The people are stuck to the board with frosting. The white stuff is sugar crystals. The trees are pipe cleaners that had more sugar crystals/rock candy grown on it. (Hint: For rock candy, boil one cup of water with as much sugar in it as you can get (about 4 cups), put in container you don't really care about. Place string tied to the middle of a pencil suspended in the solution. If crystals form on edges of the container, then pour solution into a clean container.)
Picture 6: Landscaping done. 
Picture 7: This is why the gingerbread house has a big hole in it. Note the Twizzler pull and peel rug, gum paste piano, and hard candy couch. Details missing include a Christmas tree and present, door, curtains, mantel piece with candles decorating it, and a framed picture of the family outside. All made of candy. For the final showing, there was a lamp made of a mag. light, which probably was never turned on. In fact, the whole inside of the house could not be seen because they had the house displayed on a high shelf. :(
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