Taking on the V-Con Week 4

I have been feeling like I offer too many applogies lately, but it is time to issue another one. I tried the recipe for this week. It was Lost Coconut Custart Pie. It sounds delicious right? I wouldn't know because I didn't get to eat mine. Insert frown here.

I decided to make the pie on Sunday before we went to a friend's house. I gathered up all of the ingredients, minus the agar powder because I had none. I figured maaaybe I could fudge my way through without it. When I started cooking I panicked because everything had to be continuously stirred. I am not the greatest multi-tasker or cook, so I didn't get any pictures because I was trying to keep crap from burning.

Then the poor pie was like a liquid disaster. I let it cool for a while and then stuck it in my mom's fridge. I didn't have time to wait because we had to get over to our friend's house. I didn't take pictures of this mess because it looked disgusting.

Apparently, as an added dessert bonus, the pie tipped over in my mom's fridge and sent liquid coconut custard all over the fridge. Bummer.

Sooo, I will be attempting this one again when I get some agar powder.

Take a look at Courtney and Rikki's blogs if you want to see how this deliciousness should have turned out.

P.S. I have no idea why the above passage is underlined, nor do I know how to remove it.

Versatile Blogger Award

I was given blog awards by both Courtney and Rikki! Thank you ladies, you are two of my favorite people in this whole wide world.

The rules are that you have to list 7 things about yourself and nominate 15 other bloggers.

Here are my 7 Facts:

1. I tried to dread my hair about a month and a half after John was born. I was so excited but it turned out soooo bad, all loose and the wax went on wrong. Plus it took FOREVER and with a 6 week old at home and major sleep deprivation it was a disaster. I literally took kitchen sheers to my head in frustration. However, as soon as I have the funds to get them done professionally, I am getting those bad boys put back in.

2. I am deathly afraid of cockroaches. Like, run out of a room screaming afraid.

3. I hate talking on the phone more than just about anything. I will text all day long, but I don't like to chat over the phone. Joshua, on the other hand is a gabber, so I am always trying to find nice ways to end phone conversations with him quickly.

4. I only have half a uterus. It is a birth defect and a rare one at that. Every time I went to the hospital while I was pregnant the nurses would ask me if I meant I had a bicornate uterus, which I don't, and how I ended up with only half. It got super irritating and I always felt like they were looking at me as if I had no idea what I was talking about.

5. I am almost exactly the opposite of who I was in high school. I like who I am now so much better.

6. I could eat avocados every day for the rest of my life and never get tired of them.

7. I hate to wear socks.

Ok, I had sort of a difficult time thinking of 7 interesting things. I hope other people's are more interesting :)

I nominate anyone who wants to share 7 things about themselves! If you haven't come up with your list of 7 do it now! :)

Happy Tuesday :)

Recap

It has been an eventful couple of days for my little family. Before I get into pictures and such, I am excited to tell you about a little change happening around our place. When we had John, we were adamant about not having a lot of branded toys or things that are electronic. We really wanted him to grow up using his imagination and not playing with toys that make imagining difficult. We decided that John wouldn't be allowed to watch tv or play video games. We really just wanted him to grow up in a simpler life, more reminiscent of what his grandparents may have grown up with. Unfortunately, once he started getting bigger, I got sucked into all of the bells and whistles. I saw how excited he got about things that light up and toys that talk. Buzz Lightyear became a friend and he is around every corner waiting to be purchased.
Last week though, it was like a light bulb went off. I realized that I wasn't doing the things that I felt we wanted and needed to be done. I found this awesome blog, Childhood Magic, that broke me out of my stupor and reminded me of how I wanted to John to grow. So after talking with Josh, I spent Friday cleaning and purging all of the the unwanted/unnecessary toys from our collections. Anything, with the exception of one tractor, requiring batteries was weeded out. Along with 95% of our branded toys. It may sound extreme to some, but I KNOW that this is the right move for our little family. We have very little money anyway, so spending it on toys and junk is really unnecessary. This week I am going to post a freecycle ad and get rid of the extra stuff. There are going to be quite a few other changes as well, and I am excited to document them here. I should also mention that John Deere tractors don't fall into our branded list. He loves them so much and there are hundreds around the house because his pappy collects them. So when you see pictures of them later, don't think I am a hypocrite :)

And now...on to the fun weekend. :)

We spent Thursday night at my mom's house swimming and playing. We even brought our pooch along for the evening. John thought it was hilarious that Wickett rode in the car with us.

After cleaning all day, Josh made us some raw "burgers" from the Thrive book. It is all ground nuts and oils and it is pure ecstacy.

We also had corn. John helped me shuck it. I am letting him help out in the kitchen and he is a great helper.

Saturday we went to a vegan BBQ at Green with Rikki and Tim. It was great food and we met some other friends along the way. We moved two tables together and it made it sort of a fun communal atmosphere.

After the BBQ we went to Rikki and Tim's for board games and Beer. We ended up playing Taboo and it was hysterical. Vegan was even one of the cards!

Then we just sat around and talked.

On Sunday we visited our friends for 4th of July. They aren't vegan, but they went out of their way to cook an all vegan friendly meal. It was one of the nicest things ever.

He BBQ'd the corn and it was great. He also made eggplant burgers, which I will be recreating very soon because they were so yummy.

John had the most wonderful time running around their property being a crazy, dirty, rascally little boy.

And then ate an awesome dinner with all of us.

It has been a great few days, but I am tired :) Ihope everyone else had an awesome weekend!

The Crazies

I just finished watching this one. I heard it was good, but was prepared to be disappointed. I was happily surprised when I thoroughly enjoyed it and was even the tiniest bit scared. Not only was it a horror moview, but it included one of my favorite scary elements, fear of the government. I am by no means a crazy conspiracy theorist, but I always believe there is so much going on that is not actually meant to protect us.

Anyway, Timothy Olyphant was good. I think he is a pretty underused actor. I am not a big fan Radha Mitchell, but she was not too bad in this movie.

All in all, I think I'd give it three bloody pitchforks out of four.