Superbowling

Well, as of tonight, Sunday, February fourteenth, 2010, I have officially spent four hours in front of the television, consumed altogether too much red meat and carbonated beverages, choked on some potato chips, and watched over sixty stupid, wasteful commercials. But hey, this is America, land of the free! I can do whatever the heck I  want to do! Aaaaannnnddd, the Saints won! Okay, now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t pretend to understand football. As far as I know, it’s a bunch of men in overtight uniforms running after a little ball. I enjoy the game, but I pretty much went for the Saints because I liked their uniforms better. Like, last year, I went for the Patriots, because orange and green remind me of puke. (Quit laughing, you…)  But,I guess there is a certain thrill, a certain…rush, that you get from parking your butt in an armchair and staring at a screen for four and a half hours with a soda in one hand and a hot dog in the other. And, of course, the quality time spent with my dad. And, well, that one time where that guy flipped over to make a touchdown and then dropped the ball…well that was hysterical. I am sorry, but that was just funny. Well, signing off now. The rest of you can watch the postgame show. I’m going to bed.

Hole in a book

I promised to have the blog updated by yesterday. But hey, I was never punctual, why start now?  But the it was worth the wait, dear readers! For, as of today,January 27th, the Book is done! Pictures…  are beautiful! Yes, kids, this is what happens when you use Mom’s camera. So, after  four hours of strategically gluing, cutting, stapling, placing, posing, reposing, sizing, ripping, and sticking, we have this. A very large, rectangular hole in a book. Yay me. And now…A’ La Carte, a bookmark. Made from the paper scraps (along with copious amounts of sparkly-spray,) and finished with a ribbon, it is a gift to end ’em all. (Unless you happen to be giving away an ipod. Or a cellphone.) And, to make this oh-so-sweet present even sweeter…a shiny, glittery necklace! Yup, there it is, in all of it’s slightly gluey glory. And boy, she better like it, or next year I’m giving her a ten dollar gift certificate to Wal-Mart.

A Work In Progress

My best friend turns fifteen this February. A great day. So, like all great days, it deserves great things! (besides birthday cake!) Like…BIRTHDAY PRESENTS!!!  (Not, Birthday Presents, as in, I present to you…, but Birthday Presents, as in, Oooooooh! Gifts! Gimme!) So, for starters, a book. Not just any book, mind you. A book that can hold things inside it secretly so that your annoying siblings can’t touch your stuff and mess it up after you worked all day on it so that you are afforded a smidge of privacy. It takes about two days to dry, so you can’t see it yet. But you can see…this!  (cue booming voice) A Work In Progress!

Aaaahhhhh! Look, Mommy, it’s a…a…a…a desecrated Harry Potter book! How horrible. You think Poseidon is scary, try this out, Harry Potter fans. So, it’s a book safe! A bank on your very own bookshelf! Plus, it has the added bonus of being partially readable, (adding to the disguise), for entertainment as you ogle your treasures. Okay, so now it just looks like  I trashed a book. But, when it’s all finished and pretty, you will be the first people (or aliens) to see it! (aside from my family) Please comment!

Do you think that’s good? Wait til you see the finished product! Coming sometime around this Tuesday!

The prettiest napkins you ever did see

It’s almost shabbos, so I’m wasting time blogging. But I just had to tell you all about my little pretties! We got some beautiful green and yellow cloth napkins on an after-holiday clearance. And of course, I couldn’t just leave these lovely table decorations sitting limply in a glass, so I folded them into  glorious little tuxedos!  I’m not very good at giving instructions, so bear that in mind, along with the thought that this is my first tutorial.

Materials needed: One napkin (cloth works best!) and a pair of hands.

Step One: Fold the napkin in half, and then in half again. You should now have a square.

Step Two: Turn the napkin so that the edge with the open ends point away from you.

Step Three:  Pick up the first layer and roll it down til the midpoint where it can’t roll anymore.

Step Four: Take the second layer and tuck it behind the first, leaving about an inch uncovered. Repeat with the third layer.

Step Five: Flip over the napkin and fold in the edges so that they meet in the back. Turn over and admire. Garnish with silverware.

Starting Afresh

A long, long, time ago…I was very new to blogging. And so, with no idea as to what I was doing, I threw myself headfirst into my blog. Needless to say, the result was not pretty. So, here I am, starting afresh, with, (you’ll notice), a brand new background and header, and much more interesting ideas and pictures. (Coming Soon!) So, for my first blog as a more experienced blogger, I give you…Cookies: What happens when you put peanut butter where it was never meant to go! Well, aside from a pile of dirty dishes and gooey fingers, you get…these.

Repulsive looking things, aren’t they? Yes, my friends, these are the by-product of a marvelous chocolate chip cookie recipie, and some not-so-marvelous chunky peanut butter. Well, my beloved parents and siblings tell me that they are delicious, but I suspect that they were trying to cushion my feelings, for they are of the devil. With sincere apologies to cooks around the world,

Esti