Yousday Tuesday.

When I took a Human Development class a few years ago, I learned that babies prefer "attractive faces" over "unattractive" ones. As weird as that may sound - it definitely raises the question as to why my nephew Brandon seems to particularly love it each time I make the fishy face shown above.

The most I've ever spent on a single article of clothing? $139.42 (tax included). THIS is what I bought on Saturday. Was it worth it? YES. (...ask me again in three years.)

Tomorrow is the last day of my TELL 410 class. Last last day. INcluding the final. #HALLELUJAH. 

Yesterday Alyssa asked me if I like "cream of wheat" I didn't think I'd ever had it. She gave me an instant bag of the stuff (brown sugar flavor) and I am indeed a fan. (Though it could just be that I really like brown sugar....)

I (along with my roommates) just asked a boy (3 boys) on a date (for a ward/stake date night activity) via message in a bottle. #we'resocool 

Last night I had about 15 hours of sleep. #needed #notthetimetobegettingsick 

As you may have noticed I've been all about the "hashtags" lately, so much so I decided to finally hop aboard the twitter bandwagon. We'll see how long I last :) 

(shameless call for twitter followers: @freckledhan  ;))

Well, I'm exhausted and still needing lots of sleep! 

If you're up for a good read, be sure to check out this article written by one of my Jerusalem center professors. Can't believe it's almost been a year since I left for Jerusalem!

OH what a life I live,

#quirkyturkey

Hot off the presses ladies and gentleman...you're welcome ;) 

(why the thumbnail insists to be this terrible horrible freeze frame is WAYYYY beyond me!)

OH what a life I live!!!!

#partylikeapilgrim

1 turkey.

2 rounds of 'wacky six'.

3 adorable nephews.

4 dogs.

8 hours of twilight movies.

10 pies. 

12 pounds of potatoes.

25 people.

...all under ONE roof. 

...from our mad-house to yours :) 

#quirkyturkey #pilgrimrockanthem #foodcoma #somuchtobegratefulfor

oh what a life I live, 

don't eat that yellow snow.

Ladies and Gents. I am here to report from first hand experience:

 SNO CONES MADE WITH REAL SNOW ARE IN FACT DELICIOUS.

I've been thinking about trying this out a lot lately (see Tuesday's Post), but finally found someone willing to go along with my somewhat crazy idea :)

Are you grossed out?

(I was actually pretty surprised by a few of the reactions I received when I excitedly told people about this endeavor. . . Apparently not everyone is as keen on eating snow as I am. hahaahaha-who knew?) 

Oh well. Their loss :)

Since we (my trusty accomplice, Kyle, and myself) were feeling daring, we even decided to make our own sno cone syrup! 

I found a recipe online which was actually pretty simple: 

sugar, water and a packet of any flavor kool-aid--we used strawberry.

(You can find the details for the recipe here.)

While the syrup was cooling, we went on a hunt to find some GOOD CLEAN snow.

This proved to be a little difficult, since it hasn't snowed in a couple days, but we were up for the challenge! AND after only a little bit of searching we were able to find some that was the PERFECT texture (crunchy, but not too icy).

We poured our home-made syrup (which turned out quite well I might add) onto the snow (using a funnel) and then drizzled sweetened condensed milk on top.

NOTE: THE SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK ON THE TOP IS CRUCIAL. 

(don't mind my CRAZY hair in the picture above ;)) 

All in all, I would say this experiment was a SUCCESS.

I'm actually hoping it will snow again soon (this is rare) so I can have some more! YUM.

Oh what a life I live!

Yousday Tuesday.

When I saw that someone built a snowman around our dear "Yellow Feather" Statue yesterday while on tour (see above), I literally started laughing so hard I couldn't even explain to the people on my golfcart what was so funny! 

Even though there is no logical reason as to why: I don't like spaghetti noodles.

 (I realize they taste the same as all other noodles, but for some reason I just don't like them.)

I've always wanted to dye my hair just to see what it would look like a different color, but I'm too afraid that after dying it once I'd never be able to stop.

Last friday I drove in snow for the very first time (at least from what I can remember...).

Our dishwasher currently has a mind of its own. As soon as it's done, it starts over again. The dishes in the dishwasher went through at least three washing cycles today.

I don't believe anyone who says that sneezing with your eyes open is possible. (ahem...ALYSSA.)
If you believe this is possible, I challenge you to make a video of you (or someone you know) sneezing with your/their eyes open and then send it to me. Maaaybe then, and only then, will I reconsider my position. 

I watched Phantom of the Opera for the first time this past weekend (which is especially sad since I actually own the DVD). [In case you were wondering...I thought it was interesting...still actually trying to decide how I feel about it. haha. But the music is beautiful-no question about that.]

I've always wanted to try to make a sno cone with real snow.

In exactly one week I will be headed home to CA for THANKSGIVING! :) 

Oh what a life I live, 

snack-attack.

Let's be honest. 

This week has not been my favorite week. 

Lucky for me, however, no matter what's going on around me, 

there's always one thing that can brighten my day:

FOOD.

More specifically: Delicious Food.

More specifically: Cereal.

Cereal is one of those wonderful things that you can eat pretty much any time of day (or night) 

and not feel toooo guilty for doing so. 

Typically I prefer non-sugary cereals

 (although a bowl or two of "Marshmallow Maties" is a must every now and again) 

but Alyssa kindly introduced me to this WONDERFUL treat, 

and I feel it is my duty to spread the good word to the rest of the world.

Step 1: Chex Cereal (I prefer Corn Chex, but feel free to use whatever you like.)

Step Two: Add a spoonful of peanut butter and honey. 

Step Three: Microwave for 30 seconds. (No more. No less.) 

[Just kidding. Microwave it for as long as you want.]

Steps Four and Five: Mix it all together. 

Add Milk.

Step Six: EAT YOUR HEART OUT.

It. Is. Sooooo. Good.

I won't tell you how many boxes of Chex I've gone through since discovering this tasty treat.

Seriously. Try it. 

Try it now :)

Oh what a life I live!