I held a little holiday dinner program (Eid, Christmas, New year all in one) for the few kids that are still on campus. Some of them made dishes to share, then we made gingerbread houses! Well, actually we used graham crackers because I didn't have time to make gingerbread.
Anyhoo...they kids had SO much fun making them. None of them had even heard of gingerbread houses. I love it when I get to share something creative, and tasty, with people and witness their first time experience with it. It made me really happy :)
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12/24/2008 04:38 #47166
gingerbread housesCategory: potpourri
12/22/2008 06:47 #47135
NO SECRET SANTA!??????Category: holidays
What the heck did my ears just hear but that Secret Santa is canceled this year!???? Only four people signed up? FOUR? I was soooooooooooo looking forward to this. I'm traveling half way around the world to be there....and NO SECRET SANTA!???
Well, I still think the four of us should do something, even if we just draw each other's names and know who it is! I can deduce that Jenks is one of them, so who are the other two?
Well, I still think the four of us should do something, even if we just draw each other's names and know who it is! I can deduce that Jenks is one of them, so who are the other two?
12/22/2008 04:11 #47133
cookie paradeCategory: potpourri
Just a few more days til Christmas! Woo! The cookie baking begins tonight. Making an appearance in LC's kitchen this year will be her famous strawberry cloud cookies, Mississippi mud cookies, pecan caramel brownie cakes, peanut butter snowballs, rainbow chip bars, gingerbread bars, orange cranberry crispies, and pumpkin bread. YUM! To wash it all down, some homemade spiced cider drink. It will be pure sugar rush central.
Of course the sad part is that I'm making all these delicious cookies for friends who will all be gathering together as 'family' to enjoy Christmas while I'm stuck here working. Granted Rory of course will eventually come over, but it's going to be rather lonely. I would simply make phone calls to fill my time with cheer, but the 8 hour difference kind of screws that plan.
So, if you haven't seen it yet, enjoy the Elf dancing clips in my post below, they are good for a giggle. Make your own too!
Ciao!
Of course the sad part is that I'm making all these delicious cookies for friends who will all be gathering together as 'family' to enjoy Christmas while I'm stuck here working. Granted Rory of course will eventually come over, but it's going to be rather lonely. I would simply make phone calls to fill my time with cheer, but the 8 hour difference kind of screws that plan.
So, if you haven't seen it yet, enjoy the Elf dancing clips in my post below, they are good for a giggle. Make your own too!
Ciao!
12/14/2008 07:36 #47058
my boat tried to kill meCategory: sailing
I wiped out incredibly hard this weekend during my sailing lesson. The wind was crizazy and next thing I know I'm booking' it with my sail about 1 foot above the water and me leaning off the other side of the boat to keep it from tipping over. While I managed to stay the course, I was not so successful in my attempts at gybing.
Holy crap that wind slapped my boom across so hard I got my main sheet (rope) tangled around my neck, the boat flipped and away I went...smacked my head into the boom as I went under with the rope still strangling me.
I finally surfaced after breathing in huge amounts of salt water. You know that lovely endless salt snot that just pours out of your head after an incident like that? Yeah. So I was able to right my boat while hacking up a lung and pull my broken ass back in the boat.
I jacked my left leg real good. Pulled my quad, swollen knee and leg covered in bruises. It kind of reminds me of the good old days in Tae Kwon Do when bruised legs was the norm. Anyway...I really enjoy sailing, despite it trying to kill me. That is all.
Holy crap that wind slapped my boom across so hard I got my main sheet (rope) tangled around my neck, the boat flipped and away I went...smacked my head into the boom as I went under with the rope still strangling me.
I finally surfaced after breathing in huge amounts of salt water. You know that lovely endless salt snot that just pours out of your head after an incident like that? Yeah. So I was able to right my boat while hacking up a lung and pull my broken ass back in the boat.
I jacked my left leg real good. Pulled my quad, swollen knee and leg covered in bruises. It kind of reminds me of the good old days in Tae Kwon Do when bruised legs was the norm. Anyway...I really enjoy sailing, despite it trying to kill me. That is all.
theecarey - 12/15/08 18:48
HA! You can't blame your bruises, scratches, contusions or other near death experiences on me THIS TIME! :)
Glad you are ok. Just reading about being pulled under water with a rope around my neck scared the hell out of me. Be safe, come visit in one piece, ok?
HA! You can't blame your bruises, scratches, contusions or other near death experiences on me THIS TIME! :)
Glad you are ok. Just reading about being pulled under water with a rope around my neck scared the hell out of me. Be safe, come visit in one piece, ok?
mrmike - 12/15/08 09:06
Show those bruises off and I bet that slows down anybody volunteering to be a passenger.
Show those bruises off and I bet that slows down anybody volunteering to be a passenger.
jenks - 12/14/08 11:41
yikes, main around your neck? no good! I thought you were going to say you got whacked in the head by the boom... that one sucks too. Glad you're ok!
yikes, main around your neck? no good! I thought you were going to say you got whacked in the head by the boom... that one sucks too. Glad you're ok!
paul - 12/14/08 11:07
holy crap, sounds like you only died.
holy crap, sounds like you only died.
metalpeter - 12/14/08 10:58
I have heard that sailing can be dangerous sometimes, but I wouldn't know. That sounds crazy (without knowing anything about sailing other then you don't want the mast or sails or anything like that hitting you) glad you are ok .
I have heard that sailing can be dangerous sometimes, but I wouldn't know. That sounds crazy (without knowing anything about sailing other then you don't want the mast or sails or anything like that hitting you) glad you are ok .
12/11/2008 06:01 #47021
Eid Ahda Mubarak!Category: potpourri
Eid Ahda Mubarak!
Here are some random thoughts from this week:
Why do I see so many muslims hording the Christmas isle in Carrefour? I wonder if they are just fake celebrating Christmas because they like buying and getting gifts? But why a tree and stockings and lights? I'm so curious to know.....
I'm enjoying a few early gifts I got myself, new games for my Wii, yay! (Yes, I have the new Tomb Raider- and I got it for my Wii because there are supposed to be special secrets only the Wii console has.....let me hear you say 'ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!'
I'm getting very, very excited about coming home for a visit. It's going to be a short one, so I hope to see everyone on NYE!
Imk2 - when will we find out our Secret Santas!? I'm on duty Christmas week so I can't travel far from campus, so I want to make sure I've got time to hunt something down that's special for my secret peep :)
lilho - are you interested in doing my hair/make-up for NYE?! My hair misses you, and you always make me looks so pretty.
Ciao.
Here are some random thoughts from this week:
Why do I see so many muslims hording the Christmas isle in Carrefour? I wonder if they are just fake celebrating Christmas because they like buying and getting gifts? But why a tree and stockings and lights? I'm so curious to know.....
I'm enjoying a few early gifts I got myself, new games for my Wii, yay! (Yes, I have the new Tomb Raider- and I got it for my Wii because there are supposed to be special secrets only the Wii console has.....let me hear you say 'ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!'
I'm getting very, very excited about coming home for a visit. It's going to be a short one, so I hope to see everyone on NYE!
Imk2 - when will we find out our Secret Santas!? I'm on duty Christmas week so I can't travel far from campus, so I want to make sure I've got time to hunt something down that's special for my secret peep :)
lilho - are you interested in doing my hair/make-up for NYE?! My hair misses you, and you always make me looks so pretty.
Ciao.
The funny thing is I have been to a Big Gingerbread house/store in a hotel and I have seen them but I have never made one or ate one, I think that is more common here then one knows, of course I do know what they are. My point is it would have been my first time making one also.