Happy new years!

We are doing Christmas tonight. Only at our house does my dad get Shaun white snowboarding for wii!
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I'm gonna be the next Annie oakley

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Dallas loves coffee

So much he thinks he needs it to the rim of the cup
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Obie 2

He looks innocent. Don't let his good looks deceive you
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Obie

Is a big cat who likes to attack ez
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Ez wanted to be a part of the Christmas dinner conversation
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My mother In law....

She's beautiful and fun!!
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Merry Christmas from ez!

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Let the Christmas excitement begin

Its so exciting right now that I might let Dallas keep driving while I go back to sleep
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4 for 4

The other day Dallas' co worker told him that buying clothes for wives is a dangerous thing to do.... Apparently not. D got me 4 awesomme items for Christmas and all 4 fit!

I love not clothes shopping for myself!
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Go avs!

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last night we delivered christmas truffle boxes

i dont know if people liked them or not.
they looked like a small package but there was a lot in there!

after our neighborhood tour we came to one pitiful conclusion:

we have the dumpiest house.

it was quite discouraging

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William might get coal this year for not sharing ezras bed with him
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Yeah! Finally snow!

Ez loves coming to the park when there's snow!
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Christmas goodies!

If you were a neighbor, would receive one of these cute little bags.

Included:
Mocha truffles
Chocolate with nuts
Chocolate cinnamon mudballs
Coconut truffles
Cookie dough truffles
Caramel cashew chocolate things

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Its the end of rope toy as we know it.

Anyone need string for anything?
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almost done!

dallas is ALMOST finished w/ his guitar.
it might be one of the happiest days of my life

i'ts pretty even though it's lacking a few strings (like 6).

An early Merry Christmas from scrooge himself
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Bad wife

What did I make Dallas eat for dinner? Peanut butter and marshmellow creme on graham crackers.

Bad wife
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Dallas and his wife... Er, guitar
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Just trying out the mobile blogging thing
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only the sweet stuff

this year i am making truffles for neighbor presents.
its more like, truffles for everyone.
(so you better like them!)
(truffle assembly line. i broke down and got a double boiler. it was worth the $15. i was tired of burning myself on boiling water)

i've made double batches of almost everything and the freezer is stocked. i can proudly say that we're on our LAST batch (coconut)!

between the truffles at thanksgiving and these Christmas truffles i've gone thru approximately...

2 bags nuts
2 bags coconuts
5 cans sweetened condensed milk
8lbs dipping chocolatethey're alot of work, but they might be better than making cookies....
just maybe!

ez has been fighting me for kitchen space.
he decided to make doggie treats for his friends this year.
so don't be offended if he gives you a bag,
he just wants to be your buddy.

this is my art room,
and it is in truly embarrassing display right now.
it took all of this:
just to get this.
i do apologize for the poor quality pic.
natural sunlight was nowhere to be found yesterday.
also, as by suggestion from an art friend, i'm going to give her some ladylike eyelashes.

i'm also thinking i need to invest in a trash can of some sorts...
unless whomever has my name for Christmas would like to invest in one fore me
:)

i love cookies

so does teri!

so teri and tony (our fantastic friends) drove all the way out from kc to...
1) see the king tut exhibit
2) decorate cookies

it was great, messy fun. i'm SO glad they came out!what would Christmas be w/out ksu cookies?
the boys even helped w/ a few.
their cookies were, well, rather interesting.
we have.....
angry clown snowman (by dallas)
(this might qualify as a halloween cookie as well?)
blues brothers snowman (tony)
red belt ninja gingerbread (tony)

when you're 3......or 21, big, exciting things happen..........

like learning how to fix the leaky toilet

happy 3rd ezra!!!

today is my baby's birthday.
it's so hard to believe he's already 21.

he's 21 and still requires more attention than most human 3 year olds.

today he got the barnyard naturals 4 pack from costco.

i love my little pitbull

this weekend my beloved door is being auctioned off.
if you are bored, you should come down here and buy it.
you dont' even have to buy it.
just up the price so that doesn't go for $5.
that's what i'm really scared of.

since i'm an artist, i figure i should probably dress up a bit.
who wants to buy (or bid) on a door from a frump?

yesterday i went shopping. my shoes were on sale.
so i got shoes AND shirt AND (cheap-o) necklace for what the shoes were originally going for.
of course i can find neither shoe or shirt on the net and my camera is not here.

just look for the blonde walking awkwardly in 4" heels.....
most likely falling flat on her face.

good thing i work in orthopedics....for when i break my ankles.

COOKIES!

the other day i had a weak moment....
a very weak moment.

only because i CANNOT say no to cookies of any kind.
not eating, but making them.
and any magazine that has color on the front WITH cookies---
in my world it's a must have.

this year i'm working on truffles for Christmas.
there are over 20 truffles in the magazine. yahoo!

go get it.
you won't regret it
if you don't want to spend $10 for 136 pages of pure (mostly chocolate) bliss, go here and get 12 free cookie recipes to try out.

you'll like them so much you'll go buy it anyway!

today we got our birthday present in the mail!
thank you ad & chelsie for the awesome ksu flag!

they had warned us before it came that they had to get willie a toy because:
1) he gets less attention than ezra
2) if they ordered a small item it would put them into the free shipping category

it really makes sense that the extra free shipping item is boxed separately.
way to go amazon.com

as of monday morning, i've put 340 miles on my car.
i hanv't got anywhere particularly awesome,
just around denver...
but, it did involve a trip to the airport to pick up my long lost best friend from college!

danielle and i havn't seen each other for 4.5 years.
since then, she has gone thru 4 years of med school,
i've hiked some mountains,
but in the end......
we started off exactly where we left off.

it was awesome!
hope she gets her surgeon residency in denver for the next 5 years.
good luck danielle!

happy birthday to me!

THANK YOU THANK YOU
to everyone who made my birthday so special!

the cards.... the flowers..... my parents visiting!

thank you!

william is the best painting buddy ever

i went home last night because today we got to work cows! yeah!
working cows is my favorite.
for the most part they are easy to work with
and never talk back.

for those of you interested,
thanksgiving meals are still walking around if you need one!
conversation when i got home tonight:
andi: hi.
dallas: wow! you smell like farm
(meaning....eeew you stink)
andi: we worked cows, what did you think i'd smell like?
dallas: it's not bad.
(meaning..... i'm grossed out by you).
it's just strong
(meaning.... i will need to roll my car window down on my 2 min ride to get a burrito)

he really tries to be nice.... but i can decipher his language

yeah wind!

i can't complain about the recent week of winds.

when i went out to rake the leaves,
all i found of this:
was this dinky little pile!i'm incredibly sorry for whoever got these in their yard.
well, only a little bit sorry

door

besides working full time, i somehow got suckered into:
plastering someone's house
painting a door for this

"this" has a link, but if you don't want to check that out, its a door and art auction with benefits going to those in boulder who lost their homes in the fire.
anyone is welcome to come!

so there is a door auction there and i painted one for it.
originally white, now this:

happy halloween!

from ez, the alien

wednesdays rule!

i love wednesdays.
they are so productive.
productive, but yet, i never get as much done as i want to.

today ez and i went for a small hike, and then, jsut because it was SO nice i attempted to ride my bike. this lasted for 40 min, which was really 10 min too long because i thought my knee was going to explode. i still have to wear my compression hose (that goes from my foot to my butt), but that would be ridiculous-looking while riding my bike, so i took them off. by the end of the ride i had patellar-floppage.

what is patellar-floppage?
it is when you have so much swelling on your knee that when you make any kind of movement everything shakes. it's like having a double chin/spare tire on your leg and it is quite uncomfortable.
plus it makes you feel gross.

so i got a bike ride in.
and then got a pedi/mani, because i havn't got one for 2 months.
i have clear polish on my fingernails.
this is the first time that has happened in 13 years.
"so short, so short" the lady says
i didn't want to tell her i still, at 26 5/6 years old, chew them out of nervous habit.

next i vacuumed out my car, washed it, and ez got a bath too.
i love it when he smells like coconut!

then ez and i stole all the neighbor's patio furniture.
you may wonder how i did this with a bum knee.....
but i can do anything with a wheelbarrow!(ok, so the neighbors are moving and sold us their set and are out of town but said i could come get it whenever. for $150 its awesome!)

lastly, the cookie nook has started up again and we're baking tonight.
this is the time of year that you walk thru the baking isle in the store, even if you don't need anything, and buy 5 of whatever is on sale cause you're gonna need it sometime.
the end. go check out the nook.
we're back up and running!

coffee cups

dallas wondered where all his coffee cups went

i dont' use coffee cups.
i'm like my grandma holste.
your coffee has to be HOT (or COLD, in my case)
but, it cannot be inbetween.

coffee cups go lukewarm too quickly.
dallas likes them, and he has quite the collection.......

COLLECTING IN HIS JEEP!
bad dallas.

1) today was my boss' birthday. he wanted a german chocolate cake, so he got it.....gluten free style. i must say.... very tasty.


if you do the gf thing.... the best flour is in a little green box. no xanthum gum needed.

2) i set up the little blue room in our house for tv. it's a small room and we have a small tv. it works. ezra seems to think this is now his room.

3) as much as i hate to rub it in, ksu really did a outstanding job killing ku on tv. later in the game when a ku dude running the ball slipped w/out anyone touching him, the announcer said, "looks like he slipped on the logo. those beaks are slippery little suckers."

and that right there pretty much sums up the game

mmmmm.....rolls

for the past 4 years i have been scarred.
around 4 years ago i tried making a recipe requiring yeast and it failed.

i couldn't believe it.
i failed, at a baking thing?
impossible.
i've stuck to quick breads and cookies ever since

until last night.... when, in my non-bike-riding boredom decided it was time to make cinnamon rolls. it was cold, and dark, and dallas needed some comfort food.
unfortunately, cinnamon rolls require yeast.

with patience, THEY TURNED OUT!
it was a miracle! i did it!
i have broke into a whole new world of baking!
i have limitless options!

today, i don't know what i was thinking. i did, after all, make homemade cinnamon rolls from scratch, with frosting that seeped into every single crack.

i thought i should be treated like a princess.....
shouldn't i get to go get myself something special?
wouldn't i be praised for my valiant efforts for the rest of the weekend?
wouldn't i get "wife of the year" award?

life goes on,
even after you make homemade cinnamon rolls
onto the next yeast requiring recipe