THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE HYPER:

#1. Write a blog and tell people what's on your mind-

I think it's important to pass down from generation to generation the....
my sugar high is crashing as I type so I'm not sure I'm going to be able to carry on.
BUT I MUST!  For there is late-night banana bread in the oven!

I just had this thought...I just left to go to the bathroom, so what if while I was away my cat decided to type something really crazy up and posted it but then created a new post and wrote what I already had typed???  Paranoia over the theory of a super cat...it's a problem!

Down to the goods!!!
There's this YouTube lovely lady with a "channel" (maybe that's the right word to use) called "Drunk Kitchen" LOOK IT UP, YOU'LL DIE HAPPIER!  After watching it I always find myself talking with a lisp- but that's all in good nature.  I just feel like I might need to have a YouTube "channel" that refers to all of the things I say and do during a hyper fit.

I've been really into facebook status updates because of my hyperness and because of my new phone that has this thing called wifi and 4G.  Crazy!  But yeah, whenever I have something good to say or just mediocre that someone might enjoy and get a laugh out of I post it as quick as you can say Ratatouillieeeeeeeeeee....I DIDN'T SAY AS QUICK AS YOU CAN SPELL IT!  If I can't come up with anything but wished I had something to say I post whatever.  Just whatever!  Like a Christmas list that consists of only junk food.

I always feel like I'm being judged for learning how to type with a double space after the period.  That's how I learned in 8th grade and then when I was still in college I heard someone say that they were doing away with that style of typing and it made me wonder if my A+ behavior in typing class was going to make professors think I was just trying to make my papers into the 12 pages it needed to be by having more space.  I did however hear about people using huge periods to end their sentences...but maybe they just needed to learn old school typing.  MY BOYFRIEND DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TYPE!  Way to call him out huh?  I don't think he has any shame in not knowing...but I guess I harbor it all.

Postman asks:  Is there anything perishable in this package?
Customer says:  IT'S FRUITCAKE! IT'S ALREADY PERISHED!
(A one-act play written and directed and performed by Emilammy Jammy I)

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE HYPER and it's late...
1. Bake a late-night banana bread out of the brown bananas your pops didn't eat from last week.
2. Write a blog
3. Call you boyfriend and yak off his ear because if you don't he'll wait too long to call you and you're hyperness will already be focused on bananas and blogging.
4. When no ones asleep yet you have to be noisy and talk a lot...but when they're asleep you need to move out because THERE'S NO SLEEP UNTIL BROOKLYN! whatever that means.
5. I'm almost finished with HP #4 but that has nothing to do with hyperness because right now Cedric Diggory is dead and the dark lord has now been brought back to power!!!

I NEED A SOMETHING FROM SONIC STAT!  As stat as tomorrow can come!  Preferably around lunch time.  But what if I don't want it when tomorrow comes?!  Sometime I wonder why my brain is so much more adventurous than my body.  I think, "Oooh!  Sonic coupons!  How cool would it be to just go get a soda right now, for no good reason?!" but then I sit back down at the computer and just tell you my woes about the hoes inside of me that don't make my feet move in the direction of the car.  First I'd need shoes and a jacket and...car keys!  See...too much work just for a spur of the moment idea.  If I had those things already on me then I would've been out the door.  However, I don't really even know if Sonic is even open.  WHATEVER!  THERE'S LATE-NIGHT BANANA BREAD IN THE OVEN! and it would take longer than the 13 minutes left on the clock to get there and back plus ordering a drink in between there and back. 

THIS IS WHAT 13 MORE MINUTES OF BLOGGING LOOKS LIKE:
1. Time to spell check
2. Add a picture
3. Post this thang!

What this house needs is a fire.

 

Now, my mom would say that commenting on how much junk is in the house but for me its about the feeling of Christmas!

 

Since growing up and becoming more and more interested in decorating for the holidays I've ended up being the ONLY person in the house who's totally pumped to crawl up into the attic to get everything down.  My mom did start to chime in so I'm putting her on clean up duty.  Seriously, it's a mess all this glitter and tinsel.  I don't even know where the tinsel came from, but somehow it's in our house now.

 

Last year I was totally pumped to use ribbon around the tree however this year is totally new because my mom invested in a little blue and silver tree.  I wanted to still have the big tree up but everyone but me said that it wasn't necessary.  Maybe, just maybe on a day when no ones around I'll get it out anyways.  Probably not though- I'm making all of the gifts I'm giving so I need all that potential tree decorating time to be devoted to crafting!

 

In order to up the holiday mood I got up into the 800s on the TV where the music channels are and I found the Holiday station so I've been jamming out to Christmas covers.  All I need is a fire!  The smell of a fireplace and the warmth would really pep up the holiday cheer.  Its like 70 degrees outside and pretty comfortable in the house so it's not really the best weather for an indoor fire...but just maybe there are candles sold somewhere that smell like a fire in the fireplace.  If there aren't I should probably get on it!  Or I could just use sticks instead of incense in an incense burner.

 

And, just so everyone knows... Glitter Ornaments = Glitter Everywhere.

It's the season of crafting...

...where spiderwebs are really just the hot glue strings strung all over your arm hairs.

While working at a church camp the summer before my sophomore year of college I actually became certified to work with a glue gun.  Mind you, I was already a couple weeks into helping the campers with their awesome "stained glass" pieces.  It was really quite the difficult task to complete for the kids so I set it up to where once they finished their drawing then they could get in a line and have me trace their drawings using black hot glue.  I really did perfect the stringless art of using a glue gun.  I'm sure my glue gun certification has expired since I never got a laminated card for it...so I'll just have to hang on to the memories.

Last night I had the realization that I better start making Christmas presents.  I started last month writing each person's name that I planned giving a gift to down on a piece of cardboard from a calendar.  Then I drew a heart around each name leaving space for my gift ideas.  To give away one, since dogs can't read, I've just finished baking the doggy treats I've started making a tradition.  This might be the third year of doing it.  Right now they're crisping up in the oven!  I do three cookies out of each cookie cutter since M&H have three dogs.  I made most of them with the Christmas theme, but I threw in a few loops like Ice Cream Cones, Turkeys, and... Rhinos!  No idea why we have that cookie cutter in the first place.  Come to think of it, where's the dolphin one?!
      If you have dogs you might want to use this recipe...though make sure your dogs tummy can handle the ingredients first.

2 C. Whole Wheat Flour

1/2 C. Unbleached Flour

1/2 C. Corn Meal

1 T. Brown Sugar

(Combine this in a medium-large bowl)

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1 Apple- grated

1/2 C. Olive Oil (this is best for a shiny coat)

1 Egg- beaten

3/8 C. Water

(Combine this with the dry ingredients)

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Heat your oven to 350 degrees F. 

Flour your working surface.

Grab some awesome cookie cutters.

Roll out the dough to desired thickness...between 1/4 and 1/2 inch preferably.

Place on a greased up pan, you'll probably need 2 plus you can place the cutouts close together.

Bake for 35-40 minutes and when done turn off over and leave them inside to crisp up.

Pull them out to cool completely and store them in an airtight container...you may choose just to stick them in the freezer to keep fresher longer!

 

My other gifts are pretty secret and just right for each person...though I'm still working on a few better ideas in some cases.  My coworkers might go crazy if I make them another goody bag for Christmas.  I'm thinking...saltwater taffy!  Can you say handmade boxes?!

 

So, that picture up at the top is a turkey- duh -made from accordion folded paper.  My mom saw it at my new favorite scrap booking store so she had me look up the tutorial.  The turkey face/body cutout they had looked like it had a big boob so I nixed that and gave it a more appropriate turkey body.  You're welcome turkey.  Honestly, I don't even like turkey unless it's sliced up into a prepackaged container that says lunch meat and I hardly even eat lunch meat. Maybe next year we can just have ham because even when we fried it last year the thing just wasn't that great.  Overall, I'm going to try and save a turkeys life... One person less of being in demand of a turkey just might keep Skeeter alive.  One could hope?







Things about me that might make you feel good:

1. I talk to myself and have no shame about it.  If someone walks in on it I finish my sentence and then proceed to asking them about what I was talking about. 
2. I boogy in my car on the days I listen to Bob because it gives me that pumped up energy to go about my day. 
3. I also laugh in my car on the days I listen to the comedy station. 
4. I'm lactose intolerant...and you're not.  ?

Well...that's all I've got for now.  But when I have some more I'll just add them on.

1. I have a cat that looks like a dragon.  Specifically the one from How to Train a Dragon.
2. I'm out of college but still love the idea of party favors or goody bags...so I just set out my coworkers goody bags for Thanksgiving.

Gardening for the win!

 

 

Our Garden

I've just been outside shoveling dirt that was in a rectangular flowerbed underneath an oak tree into an oval shape (you can see it where that poll is standing to the right) out from under the tree because my dad doesn't want anything in the footprint of the trees...not exactly sure why but maybe because it's better to have full sun when it's starting to get colder.  It is fall ya know!  ...though it doesn't necessarily feel like it!!!

I also was watering trees and other plants like our fig tree!  Yes!  It started to ripen again, silly thing.  I don't want to rack up the water bill so there is a timer on it and I set it to the standard 10 minutes just by pressing a single button.  So simple!  I may not be a lot but at least it's something. 

Whilst watering effortlessly I pulled out the sheers and hacked away at the bushes you see between the cactus and the pole.  It looks way better having defined shapes amongst that veil of green everywhere. 

My dad is trying to figure out how to edge each circular section we create.  Those edgers you see at the bottom of the photo fall over a lot so he wants something that's thick yet light.  I've been trying to figure out how we could make our own concrete molds that would turn out like he wants.  My first thought was making molds out of wood of course, but then I thought if we could find old window boxes we could recycle them by using them as the molds themselves.  Some other neat ideas I found were cinder blocks with small plants growing in the holes, but my dad said, "Well, there wont be plants growing in them all the time and it'll just be more to water."  Guess he's not down for that idea.  Then I saw one where you recycle glass wine and beer bottles by burying them upside down so that 4 or 5 inches of their bottoms stick up and their different colors makes it so beautiful.  It would take a lot of bottles so my dad said that I should just do that in the front flowerbed somewhere...and he also said it helps to have pretty flowers growing right next to them (like in the picture).  I guess I'll be taking my ideas to the flowerbed and stick to pruning the garden.

Anyways, working in the garden makes me feel good!  I hope pops takes more of my ideas.  He already is down for raised circular beds, let's see what other things I'll win!  Haha!

A semi showcase:

Here's my semi showcase!  Though it's really just a picture of a card and a necklace I made. 

I've got a corn dog beeping in the microwave...or is it that the microwave is beeping because the corn dog would like to get out?  That one! 

We have cleared off a spot for April the cat to sit on the sill of the kitchen window because she apparently can't learn what this means:  She jumps up, we pick her up and put her on the ground, she jumps up, we pick her up and put her on the ground...cont.  So, to win some for both sides she gets a spot to look out the window and enjoy the cool morning air while we enjoy our nick-knacks not getting broken by a crazy cat.  They just walk all over us! 

I went ahead and spent 30 minutes or so putting those paint stickers on my nails.  They're probably a joke but the ones I have at least are.  The way I make them last 4-5 days is by applying them one by one.  First you put on some clear coat to stick the sticker to extra good.  Then you smooth it out and apply another layer of clear coat to keep the sides and tip secure from snapping up.  Now, don't mess with them and every morning give the tips and any other piece that seem like they might pop up another coat.  Too many coats can actually give you cracks in the finish and turn to an opaque white instead of clear...but you gotta do what you gotta do! 

Plans for this week:
-Hair cut!?
-Buy Taylor's new CD: Red!
-Buy that score board because it'd make card making...and turkey making...a lot easier.
-Buy some stamps for sending off more letters!  I have about 8 left but I might as well stock up now!  My Thanksgiving cards will have to go out eventually!
...in other words I'll be loosing a chunk of change today. 
-Work, work, work,...work.

Once it hits January I'll have to start paying my loans on a time limit and I've already been paying a little every paycheck.  I get paid every other Friday so it's not hard to do that but now I'll either have to pay a little one pay check and then pay the due amount the next check or I'll just wait till the end of the month and just pay all I normally pay 2 different times at one time. 

What is it about a red drink?!  You know it's red so you are really careful with it with every step you take.  BUT!  Then you do some little move wrong and WHAM! it's all over the floor!  That's exaggerated but it still hit the floor.  When we had the laminate on our counter tops anything colored that hit it stayed until we magic-erased it off.  Now I need to magic erase the cat from trying to get to the roast in the crock pot!

Brandt and I want to get a dog together when we can finally live together again!  I'm getting tired of living with my family though I don't have enough money to move out right now.  I'll probably have to start putting more away into my savings account.  He wants a corgi and a lab...I don't really know what I want but a small dog and a medium dog is a good idea.  Plus we have our cat still (who lives with me...and is really just my cat!) so they would have to be puppies first so they learn to love each other.  I see really good funny home videos!  The problem really is within where he's going to end up finding a job.  It's so close to graduation for him but I'm not sure if he's been saving money to have a place to live near his job or if he'll have to live at home for a while.  It sucks because I have my job and I love it on most days and I don't want to leave it!  ...I know he saves money for paintball...soooo not a living space.  "Duck man!" "Dammit, I'm trying to take a nap here!"  Haha!  Anyways, the plan for me is to stay with the dogs until I feel it's time to leave...or Brandt has a really good plan for us that's ready to live out. 

I'll just take one step at a time and then my mind wont be foggy and full of wants and confusion. 

Cleaning

      Cleaning makes me feel good.  More like, a clean space makes me feel good.  I like having control over a space whether it's my room, bathroom, or car.   I like experimenting with different cleaners and using wash clothes and sponges instead of paper towels.  I like using GREEN cleaners instead of things like Comet.  I just ran out of the multi-purpose Windex with vinegar so I decided that I should just refill it with vinegar and water.  So I did!  I'll probably look up the different concentrations of vinegar for different cleaning products.  Some recipes I just found!  NEVER mix bleach with ammonia or vinegar!  The combination creates toxic fumes! 
Here's some more! I think I like these better.

      Extreme Cheapskates is a show I watched the other day and I thought it was pretty neat.  I didn't think they were crazy...though I probably wouldn't have the guts to dumpster dive or not use a moist towelette to wipe my rear! I hate the Panera commercial that plays before every one, though I love Panera...but I kept watching and ran into "I poop like everyone else."  So poetic!  Haha!  I don't think I would pee in a jar but I already let it mellow every now and then.  Now that I think of it...I'm not sure if I flushed at work yesterday!  Oh well, It'll be me getting back at my coworker for not putting the seat down.

      All of this gives me a really neat idea for Christmas presents!  I wont say anymore, but my wheels are turning!  I don't know if I'm going to buy anything that's on any one's Christmas lists...though when we get older our list seems to get smaller.  No more Barbies or other toys on my lists.  Now it's a computer and Photoshop and Archiver's giftcards! 

      A list:

• Buy stamps for mailing letters and cards!
• Get my hair cut...or just suffer the growth (I'll at least wait for another paycheck)
• Buy 10 sheets of cardstock and Get 10 sheets of cardstock free!!!

That's all I've got for now because I've already cleaned my sink and toilet...I dusted my room yesterday though I probably should vacuum my rug (my cat loves that rug).  Plus I vacuumed out my car and did the windows though I'm still waiting for the carpet spray to dry so I can vacuum that too.  Maybe it has by now! (Ya know...spelling vacuum "vaccum" seems more correct...but it's now.  Damn.)

      Just so you know..I am now in love with country music.  It's on at work because it's one of the calmer types of music out there and last night were the CMT awards and it was AMAZING!  It started off with 3 guys I had never seen before but then they came back out later to sing each of their own songs and I was like "Oh!  I know this song!"  They are all such ladies and gentlemen when it comes to winning awards...nobody telling Taylor Swift off, though I don't I think she won anything.  She has gotten so much better since she started and I liked her when she first came out!  However, now when I listen back to the old stuff I kind of cringe.  Oh well!  I hope to update my albums with some new Taylor and perhaps some Keith Urban.

      I'm glad I didn't wait to wake up 'til 10 this morning!  I've gotten so much done already!  I made some cards yesterday and I hope I can find a good way to use them...I might need to go out a buy a stamp or some letters for this center piece I punched out for each one.  I made 10 colorful cards!  I shall post some!

Love,
Emily :)