Thursday, November 22, 2012

THANKSGIVING!!!!! So I haven’t posted recently so I need to update y’all on what has happened recently…

This past Saturday, the 17^th, I went over to my friend’s house and we ate food, watched a movie, and talked. I mean come on what more could you ask for at a girl’s get-together. It consisted of a group of school girls.

The 16^th was my friend Megan’s birthday and the 17^th was my friend Lindsay’s birthday. So this time of year is full of those celebrations and of course Thanksgiving. I will make a separate post dealing with Thanksgiving.

So I have a younger brother named Grayson, who is ten, and my mom, who has been trying to redecorate the house. My mom put up a picture in our living room and exclaimed, “This picture makes the wall look too busy doesn’t it.” My younger brother thought about it and said, “How can the wall be busy it doesn’t do anything.”J This just made my day hundred times better.

     ~Sorry this is sooo delayed. I was having inernet connection difficulties at both my grandparents houses.

 Becca and Anna

 Starting at the top left going to top right: Anna M., Me(Taylor), Becca

Starting at the bottom left going to bottom right: Anna B., Anna R., Grace

 PURE CRAZINESS!!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Megan and Lindsay!!!!!

 

FunFactsfrom my cousin, Mandy:

Every year you swallow an average of eight spiders in your sleep! Yuck!

The song “Ring Around the Rosie” originated when there was a Black Death otherwise known as the Black Plague.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Yesterday was my mom’s birthday. My brothers made her breakfast in bed, which is a rarity in this house.  We all got her presents. I and my sister gave her a combined gift card to the container store because we weren’t sure whether she wanted an intricately designed jewelry holder or a new desk in the office. Later on my sister gave her a pedicure, while I curled and styled her hair. Then I secretly made her gluten, dairy, and wheat free brownies. FYI if you ever want the best brownies in the world, just ask me. These brownies were sooooo moist and chocolaty and came right out of the pan with no problem.  For dinner we ate at houlihan’s. They have some of the best food I have ever eaten and I have eaten at places that are considered to be quite nice. I would not say it is dining experience that requires a suit and tie, but I would never be caught going in there with sweatpants and a tee-shirt. I had there spinach salad, a little of my mom’s fish tacos, some of my sister’s chips and salsa, a bit of my brother’s ribs, creme brulee, and apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Obviously I was quite hungry since I didn’t eat much for lunch and forgot to have a snack. After dinner we went to Khol’s where I got a new pair of sweat pants, using my birthday money and my mom bought a new crock pot and a slicer, for vegetables or meat. We were going to end by renting a movie from Redbox, but instead bought a couple movies to watch. By the end of the day I was exhausted. We finished the night with popcorn, a fire in the fireplace, and “The Three Stooges.”

Today I slept in until one o’ clock p.m. I don’t think I can remember the last time I slept in like that. Apparently I haven’t been getting good sleep recently. J Later on today our family went over to the Quillin’s. We went over there for one main thing and that was to have fun shooting guns. And yes I did say our whole family, including me and my sister. My sister was too freaked out to shoot a gun this time, but somehow I had some crazy idea to write down on my bucket list that I wanted to shoot a gun, and with that being said I knew this was my time to do it. My heart was pounding faster than it ever had before. I was given a couple instructions on how to stand than handed the gun. I stood there took my aim and pulled the trigger. I hit the target, but not the bull’s-eye. So what did I do, I tried again. I shot with three different guns and hit the target every time, but only hit the bull’s-eye a few times. Now, if for nothing else, I can say I have shot a gun. Tonight we roasted hot dogs and sat around a campfire having lovely conversation. Then we had to leave around 8:00ish  because mom is singing at church on Sunday. Well I think those were the main highlights of this week. And with that I must say farewell until next week.

Taylor

 

 

Do you know why a vaccine is called a vaccine? Well without going into great detail it all starts with the root of this word being vacc, which comes from the Latin word “vacca” or in English we would say “cow.” Now you may be wondering what a cow has to do with a vaccine. Well it is very simple. When people became sick with the chicken pox there was only one cure and that was to get cow pox. Although you could only get cow pox was by injecting something from inside the cow into you, therefore creating the first “vaccine.”

 

This is a totally random fact I heard on the radio…

The average person consumes 3 pounds of peanut butter every year.

 

 

We could not believe how big this tree was! (That is my 5' 6'' mom beside the tree)

 

Saturday, November 03, 2012

REMEMBER to set your clocks back!!! I don’t think the new hour is going to be enough time to do everything I want to do. :)

Well this week started out as usual, but my weekend was a little unique. My parents left us kids home by ourselves for a couple days. One of my brothers was at a birthday party the majority of the time and my sister was out babysitting or sleeping the majority of the time. So it was mostly just me and my little brother. He got to go shopping with me, which he was less than thrilled about, but I bought him some things which made it better for him. I finally got a pair of brown boots and my grandma bought me the cutest dress to go with them. I can’t wait to wear them! I also bought a head warmer for the upcoming winter weather. It is sooo cute with my short hair and it has a pretty embellishment that is offset on the headband.

This Friday I made gluten free chocolate cupcakes with a coffee flavored frosting. They taste delightful, but since they are gluten free they didn’t rise as much as normal cupcakes do.

This year I want to help make as much of the Thanksgiving meal as I possibly can because I only have two more thanksgivings at home. Of course I will most likely come home from college during Thanksgiving, but there will come a day when I need to know how to make a Thanksgiving meal. Also I want my grandma to teach me how to make a pie because she makes delicious homemade pies. I have never ever made a pie from scratch. That must change, okay Grandma. J

 

Lov Y’all,

Taylor

                   

I saw this on Pinterest…

(My family stays that I am addicted)

 

Do you know why you crave sweet treats when you are stressed?

Well maybe it has something to do with the fact that stressed spelled backwards spells desserts! ;)

 

How to have a better day

·     Drink tea

·     Smile & laugh

·     Make cookies

·     Dance freely

·     Think a little

·     Draw rainbows

·     Accomplish something

 Gluten-free Chocolate Cupcakes... Yum!!!

(Warm Vanilla Sugar, Frosted Cranberry, Peach Bellini, Vanilla Bean Noel; Sensual Amber- not pictured)