Happy Halloween

Got this one from my mom. It reminds me of something Waymond might think of! Not sure who to thank for the original.

Our last meeting

Today we had our last meeting for our church at our 711 St. Helens place! Next week we'll be meeting at 4:00pm at another church's building. We are all excited for a bit more space (this morning at our meeting we had a full house)! And the kids will have more room for classes which the kid's workers are the most excited about. Waymond and I are excited about the move and are looking forward to sleeping in on Sundays and frequenting some of our favorite breakfast places!

Is it just me

Oh my, last night I got in bed and thought, finally its Friday tomorrow. Maybe its just me, but this week has seemed like an eternity! Hopefully the trend will continue through the weekend and when I get back to work on Monday I will feel like the weekend lasted a long time! :o) I can only hope!

Waymond will be working on our bathroom this weekend. I'll try to snap a few pictures! Also, check out his art blog. He just finished another project for class. Actually I'm not sure it's on his blog yet, but it will be.

Gas & such

I know I haven't blogged in a few days, nothing too exciting happening except that I slipped down the bottom half of our stairs, which my mom said Waymond should have got it on video so we could have posted it on You Tube. Too bad he didn't- but thanks mom! From the fall I hurt my shoulder that has been hurting for several months, but pushed me to the doctor and I found out that I have arthritis in, most likely, both shoulders! Woo Hoo! Physical Therapy will start soon and hopefully will do me some good. And, of course I will be searching the Internet for helpful foods to stay away from and foods that can help and such. I can't help it, it's what I like to do. Any reasonable suggestions? My mom already sent me one with Grape juice and liquid pectin. Thanks mom, I'll try it!!

So, the reason I started the blog was to say that I filled up our gas tank the other day at a Chevron station and paid $2.99 a gallon for the gas. I was in a bit of shock because I passed a Shell station about a 1/4 mile away that was $3.49. Not sure if they just hadn't gotten the memo yet or were putting it off to get a bit more ahead or what. I really did not think I would see gas below $3 again. And, I think $2.99 counts. The sucky thing is that people will start driving again and we need to stop our addiction now! Keep cutting back people!

Yummy

I have to tell everyone about this yummy dinner we made the other night. It comes from the September 2008 issue of Everyday Food (its a good issue if you can pick it up) and its called "pasta with roasted cauliflower, parsley, and breadcrumbs" and it was even great the next day when we both had it for lunch.

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
Start your water for the pasta.
On a rimmed baking sheet, toss 1 head of cauliflower, cored & broken into small florets; 1 medium onion, halved & cut into thin wedges; and 5 garlic cloves, peeled and halved; with 2 Tablespoons olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Roast on lower rack for 20 minutes, tossing once.
In a food processor, combine 4 slices white sandwich bread and 2 Tablespoons of olive oil. Pulse until coarse crumbs from. Spread on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake on upper rack until golder, 5-6 minutes, tossing once.
Cook pasta, 12 oz of cavatappi or other short pasta, until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water; drain pasta and return to the pan. Add cauliflower mixture, 1/4 cup grated Parmesan, and 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley. Mix to combine, gradually add enough pasta water to form a thin sauce that coats pasta.
Serve topped with breadcrumbs & Parmesan.

Oh, it's good! Waymond loved it and it did not even have meat in it or even near it!

Barn Yard Confusion

Last night we watched Barnyard the movie. I say we, but really it was me because Waymond made it through the first quarter of the movie before he went upstairs to play a video game. Any who, I'm watching this movie and was very confused. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but male cows are bulls and the cows with utters are female. In Barnyard the two main characters are male cows with utters. I was so confused. I did grow up in Oklahoma and have seen a cow or two in my day, but I could be wrong. I thought that was impossible for a male cow to have utters. I thought the whole idea of utters were so that calves could feed from their moms. Not be be gross, but that's what milk is. Please, if I'm way off base on this correct me. It's been awhile since I've been on a farm.

The picture is of the Dad in the movie whose name cannot remember. I found it funny that the only thing different from the girl cow and the boy cow was that the girl had a bow in her hair and was pregnant.

Is that confusing for city kids who haven't see a cow or been on a farm?

Very Exciting News

Waymond's school called him the other day and left a message that said, "We have good news please call us back." He called back and they want to give him a scholarship that will cover the class he is taking this quarter plus $5 (he says for a cup of coffee). Apparently this is one of the first times this school has done this! She said they knew the money would be used wisely. Way is very excited to get finished and start looking for a job in the design world.

He is taking an intermediate typography class this quarter. Check out his art blog (link on the side) for all his new assignments. He just started last night so it will be a couple of weeks before he gets anything up.