Brefass

Does watching The Secret Garden & eating a sprinkle donut count as working? Well ... if you're a total lazy ass like me, yes it does. I'm sort of doing work, though. I need to name a few new scents and write a few papers for school. As long as I can sit in The Fort and accomplish all of this while in my pajamas, I'll stay happy and productive. I've decided to do a sugarplum scented candle for Christmas! Pretty exciting, I'll keep you posted on how it turns out. The only bad part about experimenting with scents is ... one false move and my house smells like Bigfoot's d*ck for a week or so. [anybody get that reference?]

I am Homer Simpson.

Warming Weekend

Holy balls, our house is cold ... See, it gets down to about 45 at night and our house gets down to about 60 [remember when I said we're cheap asses and wait until we're about to die before we turn the heat on?] but when it warms up during the day, our house stays 60 because of all the shade. Its pretty bad. But, like I said ... we're going to try and wait another week! This probably won't work when we have kids.

Here are a few shots from this delicious [almost free of commitments and/or social events] weekend ...

Rupert is almost never amused, but he loves baskets!

 "Dirty Scramble" - 1/2 white onion, 1/2 bell pepper [Brandon grows them now!] Salt, pepper, rosemary [from the yard, he grows that for me, too!] garlic [duh] ... 

Cook the veggies in bacon grease [no really, after you're done frying bacon, pour most, but not all of the bacon grease out. Leave the "giddins" ... it's called "Dirty Scramble" for Pete's sake ...

 5 eggs, 2 whites only ... cook on high to get a quick scramble ... the vegetables will be cooked, but still crisp. Yumsies.

 Sweet Pete!

I mixed these ... 

To ice these! Delicious ...

... but messy!

 Can't wait for Thanksgiving ...

Finally, a [relatively] clean dining room table! October nearly killed me ... but we got the house in shape over the weekend, so I'm back to taking pictures of everything. Lucky you, eh? Hah.

If you wanted to know ... the queso is good, the salsa needed salt, lime, cilantro & onions. I just so happened to have all of that, so I added it and it was saved!

My 4-hour chicken noodle soup ... I will not be giving this recipe out! JK, maybe later.

Mmmmm!! Suck it, Campbell's! 

 Walked out, saw this ... had to share. It is finally looking like NOT summer here.

Okay, that's enough. G'night!

More from the Maker's Fair ...

 This free chalkboard is so great ...

Bunny came to get some Thai food! And visit me, of course.

 Tasha came to see me, again! She loves Zombees. ♥

Dave is making that felt 'stash look good! 

 Free Radicals being ... radical. I really wanted that navy shirt! Grrr ... I didn't get a pic of Mallori & the actual Free Radicals booth, but just know it was awesome.

See that zombie lady down front that looks like my mom? [trust me] I had to have one! Can't wait for her to see it in my house.

First Fire

Tonight, Brandon decided to kick off the oh-my-god-the-weather-has-finally-changed backyard fire tradition for the season with a few friends. So exciting! Especially since I found out how to do this with my camera ...

WHAT!?!

 Sorry ... I just absolutely freaked out when I saw this. Basically, I took the auto-focus off and aimed the lens just above the fire. The plan was to catch the embers as they flew up, but I definitely wasn't expecting this amazing shit. Love it. If you click on it, you can see the larger versions of each. Just awesome.  Haha. I'm getting all excited when this is probably something you do in Photographer 101 class. I'm lame, I know!

 This one was especially gorgeous.

 Normal fire ...

My annoying boots & delicious beer ... this is pretty white trash, right? 

Fuzzy ♥

 Delicious wieners! [Lit'l Smokies wrapped in strips of Pillsbury croissants ... bake at 350 for about 10 min!]

And of course, I have to present them! Once again ... lame, I know.

Anyway, I got too cold [and wanted to blog!] so I came in and left the boys outside to keep the fire going. I'm sure there will be several more fire pictures this season!

Maker's Fair Redux

Hey, ya. Come to the maker's fair this weekend!!! I'll be there with my little Zombees, probably gettin' a lil' chilly!!! Yay!!! ♥ Here are some shots from last weekend ...

Christy Kirkley's Buddies are so precious!

Heliopolis Coffee, yum!

Don't forget ... this Saturday in downtown Shreveport [corner of Texas and Common] from 10am to 4pm!