Monday, November 2, 2009
Good meal!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Charlie
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Just thankful to be alive!




Okay, so some of you are already aware that I was 10 feet away from a crazy bank robber with a rifle today and didn't even know it. While at work, the bank next door to us was robbed. The robber parked his car right outside our back door by where I was working. From my window, I can see the front door of the bank, but I wasn't looking because I didn't see anything! Next thing we know, police cars screeching down the streets around us, 4 police cars, 5 ambulances and a news crew pull up to the bank. My coworker, Elizabeth, and I are just looking out the window with our eyes glued to everything that was going on. He ran right past our building, got into his car by our back door, and we didn't even know it! The FBI eventually showed up and a Houston Police officer and an FBI agent came over and questioned us and were wondering if we had video cameras on the building that may have caught something. Of course we didn't, but we may after today! I didn't notice until just now that behind the light post is the lady on the stretcher that they took to the hospital. It was the lead story on our local news tonight:
Friday, October 2, 2009
Happy Friday!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Today's the Day!
Friday, September 18, 2009
My Living Will
My Living Will Last night, my husband and I were sitting in the living room and I said to him, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug." He got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine. He's such an ass. |
The Sakson girls are on the road to recovery!
***disclaimer: no Charlie's were injured during the capturing of this image.So, those of you who are on Facebook probably know that it has not been a healthy week for the Sakson girls. Zoe went to the doc on Monday, tested positive for "Influenza A" and got on Tamiflu. It wasn't until Monday afternoon, I decided I needed the same thing. So, I made another trip out, to the doc, to get Tamiflu, and then we came home and sat in the house for 4 days. Zoe ran a high temp of 106.9 on Tuesday night, but other than that has had mostly coughing. I've had a low grade fever all week and have just felt achy and no energy, plus the sneezing to boot.
We finally headed out of the house today, briefly, and I'm thinking we will all be better by tomorrow after both having finished our 5 days of Tamiflu today. Anyway, we are going to try to keep Will safe from infection after getting home from Austin tonight.
I thought this picture was really funny because this is very symbolic of the Zoe/Charlie relationship. She chases him and yells "Chaaaaalie Boooyyyyy" with a deep drawl, then lands on top of him to give him a giant hug. Then she'll say "Charlie Boy, you are my pet and I love you.". Anyway, I don't think Charlie knows that he's getting love. He probably thinks he's just getting squished and scared. He probably thinks "Why does this tall lady who give me my food and scratches my belly so nicely not give me much attention?" And I'm sure he thinks "Why is this short person ALL OVER ME ALL THE TIME?". Hey, sounds to me like Will could be thinking the exact same things! Men.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
S'more bars
Cook: 2 minutes
Prep: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 14 whole graham cracker boards, crushed (2-1/4 cups crumbs)
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, melted
- Brownie:
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter
- 3 eggs
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Topping:
- 1 jar (7.5 ounces) marshmallow cream (about 1-1/2 cups)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup mini chocolate kisses
- 3 whole graham cracker boards, broken up
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350° F.
2. Crust: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, salt and melted butter in a small bowl until the dry ingredients are evenly moistened. Transfer the crumb mixture to a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan; press crumb mixture evenly over the bottom of the pan, pressing the crumbs evenly into the corners and along the sides of the pan. Refrigerate the crust until chilled and set.
3. Brownie: Combine the bittersweet chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe glass bowl or glass measuring cup. Heat chocolate mixture in a microwave oven on high until the chocolate and butter are melted, about 1 minute. Stir the chocolate mixture until smooth.
4. With a hand-held electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat together the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until well blended. Reduce the speed to medium. While continuing to beat, gradually add the melted chocolate-butter mixture to the egg mixture; beat until the mixture is smooth, scraping down the side of the bowl occasionally.
5. Stir the flour and salt into the egg mixture. Then stir in the vanilla until smooth. Scrape the brownie mixture into the crust-lined baking pan; smooth the top level with a rubber spatula.
6. Bake in 350° F oven for 30 minutes or until the top is smooth and the center is set when gently pressed with fingertip.
7. Topping: While the brownie layer is baking, whisk together the marshmallow cream and the milk in a small bowl until the mixture is well blended and smooth.
8. Pour the marshmallow topping mixture over the brownie layer in the pan. Spread or tilt the pan to level the topping and cover the brownie layer completely.
9. Sprinkle the mini chocolate kisses evenly over the marshmallow topping. Then scatter the crumbled graham crackers all over the top.
10. Bake in 350° F oven for 3 minutes or until the chocolate kisses are glossy and the marshmallow topping is set. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Too much fun!
This necklace was my favorite and proved to be a steal at $18,500. Will???
This diamond ring was $480,000. Yes, half a mil.
Or, you could buy this red ruby for a cool $1 million. The pricetag was written "1 Mil.". Wow. I tried to photograph the pricetag, too, but you can see it didn't turn out clear. Trust me, that's what it said!
And yes, I wish I'd have worked on my fingernails more before I went. Funny how everything is relative. By the end of the night, I was full of champagne and thinking that $18,500 seemed like a great deal. :)