Snow Cones

Snow cones in Fall.

Delightful. :)

A Small Questionnaire

The Rules

You are given 8 questions from the person who tagged you before, your job is to answer them, write 8 questions of your own, then tag 8 people with your questions.

1) What time period would you travel back to?

You might have well asked me to pick a star out the sky! Hard one. hmm....

Maybe the early or mid 1700's?? Because of the gorgeous clothing.Or maybe the 1500's because of the Reformation...and the clothing ;)
Can I choose all of them??

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2) What five things make you extremely happy?

Books, the sound of laughter (especially little kids laughter!),

fabric, being with family, and

thunderstorms! :)

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3) You find out that your great-uncle twice removed on your mother's side died and left you something huge. You arrive and you discover it is a ___________. What is your reaction? (fill in the bank)

I discover that he willed me his ancestral castle in Scotland overlooking the ocean. I'm so happy I cry. (that's what would really happen if something like a castle ever was willed to me) lol. :)

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4) Have you ever met a celebrity? Ever been somewhere famous?

Unfortunately no. OH wait! Does going to a concert of someone famous count?? Didn't really get to meet them, but I got to seem them in real life! I admit....it was the Jonas Brothers. Yes, yes, when I was 13 i went through a 'JB' phase...pitiful huh?

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5) Your favorite recipe please?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!!!

2 1/2 cups of flour

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. baking soda

2 large eggs

1 tsp. salt

2 cups chocolate chips

1 cup of Crisco

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat Crisco, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl until creamy. add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. gradually beat in flour mix. Stir in chocolate chips. Use an ice cream scoop to place cookie dough onto ungreased baking sheets. Don't mush it down. (the last two instructions are my Nana's idea! Her choco. chip cookies look like those in cooking magazines! )

BAKE for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown.

Let cool and ENJOY! :)

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6) What's an obscure movie that nobody has probably ever seen

that you really like...?

Brigadoon! So wonderful! :D

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7) What is something you want really, extremely, exceedingly, terribly bad?

A plane ticket to Scotland!

8) A dream you wish to come true...occur...? (Not necessarily a "nighttime" dream...like a "daydream")

To travel the world or save someone from dying.

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Alrighty, now for your questions.

1) If you could go ANYWHERE in the world, where would it be and why?

2) If you were a tree, would kind would you be?

3) Would you rather skydive or explore a deep, dark cave? (why)

4) If you could wear clothing from any time period (without being seen as odd), what would it be?

5) Would you be willing to sing an opera song at the top of your lungs in the middle of a mall for a hundred dollars?

6) Would you rather have an amazing castle beside a lake or a cottage by the sea? (why?)

7) If you could change your hair color to any color, what would it be?

8) Would you rather live in a tree house or fly away with a balloon?

These are for anyone who wants to do this small questionaire. :) Send me a link if you do!

A Lovely Fall Day

Today I went with my mother and sister to go shopping. At Southlake Town Square we went to Bath and Body Works where I found dazzlingly beautiful glitter (I'm a sucker for glittery things) and just to have fun rubbed some on my face. I had no idea it was dark purple glitter and my sweet sister hastily rubbed it off, whispering it looked awful. Goodness gracious! What would I do without Maddy?! We got a good laugh from that incident. After a few more stores we went to Jo Ann's where I finally got the fabric for a 70's dress I needed for a play we're in. The pattern unfortunately called for horrendous fabric. A double knit polyester. *gasp* At least I was able to get it in bright mustard yellow! :)

Afterwards we went to Target where we bought fun colored tights in hot pink and teal for Maddy, and purple and navy for me. Also worth mentioning, Maddy convinced me to let her try peacock blue eyeliner on me. Once she applied it she grimaced. Not exactly reassuring! I rushed around trying to find a mirror and once I did, I just had to laugh. Maddy had (accidentally) way overdone the wet eyeliner and made a blobby mess. After smearing a bit off, I managed to make it look decent, sort of. lol.

Heading out to the car, Maddy stood on the front of the cart while I ran and pushed it. I'm sure it was like flying. Once we loaded up the car and waited for mom to come back, we turned up the volume of the radio and sang our hearts out. Driving home we sang some more, laughed and admired the lovely sunset and the sliver of a moon rising up in the night sky. Altogether a lovely fall day, even though I had to do Biology homework afterwards and the bright blue eyeliner turned out to be waterproof. Lol. Fun day.