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Bunny Ears

Chained myself to the desk today. I have tons of files to process, back up, edit, bla bla bla – all the behind the scenes photography stuff that you don’t want to hear about. It’s not all artsy fartsy fun. Apparently Uncle Sam expects me to keep records and stuff, geeesh.  So a few hundred hours have passed and my eyes are starting to wig out on me a little, I decide to head outside for some sunshine and fresh air.  No sunshine today though, just some August clouds and the murmur of rain.  Excellent time to grab my painted yellow chair, which is a refinishing idea gone horribly wrong,  look out at the sky and taste some fresh air.

Sitting still never seems to work out in my favor, I am easily bored and distracted. My garage, not unlike my fathers, is filled with interesting and completely worthless items that have no other home. A purgatory for the things that we know are eventually going to the great recycling center in the sky (or down the road by the railroad tracks).  As I start to straighten up my workbench and look through some boxes I find a pair of pink and white furry bunny ears.  So, of course I put them on my head and continue to clean the garage, which really means just look in boxes and wonder “where the heck did that come from”.  Fifteen minutes of cleaning and am I back sitting in my yellow paint splattered chair watching the sky from the open garage door. Two neighbors have walked by, smiled and waved an obviously distressed greeting. Is our grass getting long? Is the dog out terrorizing the neighbor kids? On no….., it’s me. I forgot about the furry bunny ears. I am sitting in my school bus yellow chair with pink and white furry bunny ears waving at the neighbors. They should be forming a neighborhood watch meeting right about now.

Gavin

Meet Gavin, my new crush. I usually go for tall, dark and handsome – but who could pass up those blue eyes.

All the Blessings of the Season

Click on Sophia to see some images from our Christmas in Tampa Florida. Being from Missouri it was a treat to go south in December to enjoy the sun and sand. I just don’t know if I could get used to palmtrees at Christmas.

Aztec Hot Chocolate

This might be my new favorite drink! My daughter Meghan found the recipe online and prepared it for a Spanish project this week. It was so good that I think It might replace coffee at our house. The combination of heat and sweet is addicting.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 2/3 cups milk
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 1 red chili pepper, split with seeds removed ( leave the seeds if you like it HOT)
• 1 cinnamon stick,
• 1 1/2 oz chocolate (bittersweet)

PREPARATION:

Simmer milk in a saucepan with vanilla bean, cinnamon and chili. Heat through for about a minute. Whisk in grated chocolate, and continue to simmer until melted. Remove from heat and let ’steep’ for another 10 minutes. Strain out the spices and serve.

we have a new driver in the house!!!

Damon took his driving test today, and the state seems to think it’s time. I guess I have to agree, he is a pretty good driver. Way to go Damon.