Sunday, August 29, 2010

not quite Betty Crocker

This year for my mom's birthday I got the idea in my head that I was going to make a flip flop birthday cake for her. Sounds thoughtful doesn't it? Well, I guess I should have thought a bit more and considered that being creative and artistic is not my forte.

She found a picture of it in a magazine and mentioned she thought it was cute. I found a video online that gave step by step instructions on how to put it together. Without the video I'm not sure I would have attempted making it. This is not a strong talent for me at all. Here's how it turned out. (I'm not going to bother posting the Betty Crocker one, it's miles ahead of mine!)





It seemed to be a hit with the grandchildren, so that counts for something.



Happy Birthday Mom!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

in the vineyard

While our little kitten was busy getting into trouble on Saturday (see previous post) we were headed to a vineyard in Norman.

Our good friend mentioned a wine making class to us and we decided to try it out.

First we got to pick grapes from the vine.






Once the buckets were filled



The grapes were ran through a machine




And then put through the wine press




We added yeast and other stuff to our juice and it will ferment for a while and after several months we will have our own wine that we picked the grapes for ourselves.

There won't be very more opportunities like this to pick the grapes to make our own wine, but I think we are now interested in using wine kits in the future. This was such a fun experience. Thank you Shyla for sparking our interest in this class.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

I'll be back

I've done a horrible job keeping this updated. It is so hot I don't even feel like updating the blog, much less my Facebook status.

A full blown update is over due, however, this is too funny. I want to post it now.

Today we left the house for a while and on the way out the door I quickly unloaded some stuff I did not need from my purse and laid it on the kitchen counter.

When we got home this was laying there:



The culprit:


I was thoroughly amused by this since 1. I've never had a pet before so I probably think this is funnier than it actually is 2. Swarley usually does not get into stuff and 3. When we got home the tampon was nowhere in sight.

We came home to just an empty packet laying on the counter. We figured the tampon ended up with some of Swarley's other toys that have "disappeared". Eventually, I found it under the arm chair in the living room and proceeded to let the cat play.

So now I know there is a cheaper option out there for cat toys.