Happy Halloween!!

 

Happy Halloween! 

 

I wonder if the Disney Channel shows The Legend of Sleepy Hollow anymore? I remember watching it on tv every Halloween - right after school & before trick or treating. It's a classic & I absolutely love it (right up there with It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown).  Enjoy!

Puppy Visit!

 

We had our puppy interview today!

 

 

The pups were so excited to see us!

Look at those pretty blue eyes!

Cuter than cute!

 We played with all eight of the puppies for about an hour. The pups were tuckered out after all the kisses we gave them. Once they were back in their pen, they immediately fell asleep.☺

We hope we make it to the final cut for one of the little boys!  Stay tuned!☺

Homecoming 2012

 

The CHS Homecoming dance was last night.

Here are a few photos of Matty looking especially spiffy. ☺

 

Required photo with mom.

Required photo with dad.

Matty, Cassie, Angie & Matt
Fun fact: Matty & Matt have been friends since Kindergarten.

Final photo (before Matty begged me to leave!).☺

Netflix This!!

Omid and I found this movie last Sunday on the Sundance channel. We absolutely loved it! It's about a mom & her teenage son who relocate to rural Illinois from Palestine. Parts of this movie are so funny & some are very sad. Either way, it's one of my new favorite movies.☺

Make This!!

Pumpkin Pasta!!

My sister B gave me this recipe. It is 110% delicious!! B made it for her birthday dinner last Friday. I have been begging her for the recipe ever since. She emailed it to me yesterday & I made it  for dinner last night. Even Naseem, our super picky eater, ate it (except for the mushrooms). Make this!!! You will love it!!

Pumpkin Pasta

2 T oil

1# bulk sweet italian sausage

1/4# shitake mushrooms
2 portobello mushroom caps, halved and thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 med yellow onion, chopped
Salt & Pepper
1/2 c dry white wine
1 c chicken stock
1 14oz can pumpkin puree
1/2 c cream
2-3 T thinly sliced sage leaves
1/2 t nutmeg
pinch of cinnamon
1# pasta
Grated parm to taste
1/4 c finely chopped fresh chives

Heat skillet, add oil and sausage. Brown sausage and crumble with a wooden spoon. Move sausage to one side of pan and add mushrooms, garlic and onions to the other side. Cook till mushrooms brown, then season with salt & pepper. Combine sausage and veggies and deglaze the pan with wine. Add chicken stock and heat for one minute. Stir in pumpkin and incorporate - it will be thick. Stir in cream, sage, nutmeg and cinnamon and adjust salt & pepper.  Add drained pasta - top with cheese and chives.

Make This!!

Here's a (new to me) way to make chocolate chip cookies. Just cut the amount of sugar listed in the recipe in half & replace it with a small (3 oz) box of instant vanilla pudding.

Delish!  Thanks for the tip, Kimberly!

Get Crafty!

It's homecoming time for the local high schools. Matty wanted a creative way to ask his friend Cassie, to their school's dance. I begged him to do something different from all the other kids at Camas High. Most kids seem to do some sort of  message with balloons or cupcakes. No cookie cutter ideas here! I found this darling scratch ticket craft from ArtMind (via Pinterest) several months ago & pitched it to Matty. Thankfully, he liked it.☺

 Here's how we did it:

First Matty printed several copies of his message & glued it on construction paper.   Next we covered the message with strapping/packaging tape. Then mixed together 2 parts acrylic paint + 1 part Dawn dishwashing liquid. I painted over the taped message & let it dry. These were our practice strips to make sure it worked.

 We waited one hour before testing the paint. Success!

Final copy.

I got a little carried away with my sponge brush. The paint around the message
was way bigger than it should've been. Oh well.
My fix: add cute stickers...

....and glitter!

 

I loved this craft & was so happy it worked. Matty was pretty pleased as well. Stay tuned to see formal photos in the coming weeks.☺

New Specs!

My new glasses from Zenni Optical finally arrived! I have had them for a week now and am very happy with them. I waited to post pictures on the blog until I had my hair cut & colored (which I love!).
Thanks K.S!!!

These are actually my least favorite. I will definitely keep these in the glove compartment of my car in case of emergencies. I thought they were so cute in the 'frame fit' pix, but in person, they are anything but. Good thing they were only $6.95!☺

Whoa! Check out those stripes!!

These are plum colored & the frames are the twin of the above frames in black.

 

 

 

 

I will definitely order again the next time Zenni Optical has another BOGO sale. At their prices, I can afford to wear glasses as an accessory☺

What the Heck?!

Check this out.....I don't know whether to be flattered or not. Someone in China has taken the time to translate my blog post regarding Zenni Optical. Wow. So far, this Chinese post has received over 45 hits. How do I know this? Because Site Meter lets me know fun facts like this. Interesting......


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过去的十年里我都很幸运，我的视力几乎都没怎么变过。不过幸运也有到头的时候，我上周四做了个眼科检查发现我的视力变了，郁闷了！我已经戴了27年的隐形眼镜了，而且我每天几乎有99%的时间都戴着。但是很悲催的是我再也不能整天戴着隐形眼镜了，以后我大部分时间都必须带框架眼镜了。
好的方面呢就是我能有新的框架眼镜了。一个朋友把Zenni Optical介绍了给我。这是一家很实惠的网上配镜店。她说她已经从那儿买了好几副的眼镜，总价格比在Costco买一副还便宜。我已经仔细浏览过这个网站并深深地同意我朋友的说法。我看了下Costco的镜架和镜片的价格，我喜欢的那副眼镜镜架和镜片加起来要$122.00。我也看了下Zenni Optical网站上镜架和镜片的价格，我发现即使我选好几副，并选择高级点的镜片，价格还是很实惠。
我从Zenni Optical订购了4副眼镜。 而且非常幸运的是，我正好赶上了他们的bogo Promotion ( 买一送一活动 —— 为期一周截止到9月23日结束 ) ，4副总共才花了我$87.00，这还包括了运费。
在Zenni Optical买眼镜还有一个乐趣，那就是你可以上传你的大头照去试戴他们不同的镜架。如果你没有照片，你也可以用他们网站上提供的模特头像来试戴。

从Zenni Optical买眼镜，需要我自己提供瞳距。我用我缝纫用的卷尺测了下，但是没有得到一个准确的数字。我还试着下载了他们网站上提供的瞳距尺来测量，但是和我尺子一对照，发现还是不太符合。于是我去了Costco，让他们工作人员帮我测下了我的瞳距。然后我用了那个数据去Zenni Optical上订购了眼镜。
推荐大家去看看Zenni Optical。即使不买眼镜，你也可以上传照片，用他们的在线试戴系统尝试各式眼镜戴在脸上的效果，这是一种无穷的乐趣！

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Try This!!

I found a new cleaning tip via Pinterest!

To remove pet/human hair from carpets before vacuuming, run a squeegee all over the carpet. Sound too good to be true? It's not! Say goodbye to clogged vacuums/rollers! I couldn't believe the amount of hair that was removed. Remy is a super light shedder, so 99.9% of the hair belonged to Nas or myself. I will spare you a photo, just trust me - it works!!☺ If you have shedding pets or family members with long hair - you need to try this tip!

The Eyes Have It

For the last ten years, I have been lucky enough to have had the same vision prescription.  As luck would have it, I had an eye appointment last Thursday & found out my vision rx had indeed changed. Darn it!  I have worn contacts for 27 years and wear them 99.99% of the time. Unfortunately, I can no longer wear my contacts all day long & must wear glasses most of the time.
 

The good thing about this is that I get new frames. A friend told me about Zenni Optical. It's a discount online eyeglass store. She told me she had purchased several pair of eyeglasses for less than one pair at Costco. I checked the site out & she was right! I priced frames/lenses at Costco & the one pair I liked came out to about $122.00. I priced several frames/lenses (with lens upgrade) at Zenni Optical & it was so much  more affordable.

 

I ordered 4 pair of glasses from Zenni Optical. I was lucky enough that this week (thru the 22nd), Zenni Optical has a buy one, get one sale! The four pair of glasses cost me $87.00 with s/h!

 

The fun of Zenni Optical is that you can upload a photo of yourself & try on different frames. If you don't have a photo, use one of theirs.

Fun!
 

 

To order from Zenni Optical, I needed a pupilary distance number. I measured with my sewing measuring tape & didn't get an acurate number. I also tried a downloadable PD ruler from the site. I checked it against my ruler & they didn't match.  So I stopped at Costco  & asked someone in the vision department to measure it for me. I used that number for Zenni Optical. 

Check out Zenni Optical. If you don't order any frames, at least upload a photo of yourself & try on the frames. It's endless entertainment!

 

Quick Trip

Matty & I spent exactly (to the minute!) 24 hours in Olympia. We ventured up to visit with family & to attend an 80th birthday party for my sister's mother-in-law.

 

The first stop was to B's house to visit with Barley.

See how big he is? He's not even 6 months old yet.

 

Cousins!

Still very much a puppy!

Such a sweet pea!

 

♥!

After puppy play time, we broke with tradition (dinner at Ramblin' Jacks) and went to the Iron Rabbit instead. The burgers were very good. B & Matty proclaimed them the best burgers in Olympia.

 

Sunday morning we woke up to an oxymoronic morning: sunny/foggy.

 

I spied this spider web from the kitchen. Absolutely beautiful.

 My mom, nephew, sisters & I took all three dogs for a walk. This was our walking path.

Rural Olympia

 

After our brisk walk, we got ready for the birthday party. Matty & I entertained the dogs, but it was  Barley who actually entertained us. Just watching him attack the plant below was hilarious.☺

 

What's so funny?

 

 Here is the one & only photo from the party that I have.

Sisters♥

 Fun fact: we met a gentleman at the party who said his son/daughter-in-law had a Vizsla that looked exactly like Remy. After talking for a while, the man called his daughter-in-law. We found out that her dog & Remy are from the same breeder, but different litters. Such a small world!☺

Make This!!

Coconut oil popcorn!

 

This, my friends, is delicious stuff!!

 

Take 2 Tbs. coconut oil, 1/2 cup unpopped corn, 1 Tbs sugar & shake gently over medium high heat in heavy saucepan. Once corn starts popping, remove from heat & pour popcorn into a large bowl. Season with salt. Stir and ENJOY!

You're welcome!☺

Satay Singapore-Style

When we were in Singapore, we had satay almost every evening. We usually had it as an appetizer. Tiny bite sized pieces of beef, chicken, pork or lamb served with the most delicious shrimp & peanut dipping sauce. Omid's friend, Jeffrey, witnessed our satay obsession first hand; and was kind enough to gift us with two packages of our favorite satay sauce.

 

The magic is in the sauce!

 Omid decided to make satay for us last night. He cut 4 chicken breasts into bite sized pieces. I wasn't sure this would be enough (I can put away a whole-lotta satay!).

4 chicken breasts = 59 satay skewers

 

 

Dinner!

59 skewers was enough!
Just barely, though.☺

Roasting mini marshmallows for dessert.

I plan to guard the second package of satay sauce like gold. Omid has explicit instructions to bring home 10 packages on his next trip to Singapore.☺