plateau

I feel myself in this weird place where I just can't seem to get up and create.  I have all these ideas of sketches swimming around, however I lack the motivation to get up and do, I am obsessed with watching movies about artists... that seems odd.

I am lost

Number Silliness

a friend posted this earlier today, it worked for some of us.. I am curious if it will happen to anyone else too. Math makes my head hurt LOL:

This year we will experience 4 unusual dates ... 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 ... NOW go figure this out ... take the last 2 digits of the year you were born plus the age you will be THIS year and it WILL EQUAL 111. Try it! its freaky! I did and it came out to be 111.

Mertzwiller

Someone sent me this game on facebook... it was really fun and creative!

1 - Go to wikipedia.com and hit random. The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to quotationspage.com and hit random. The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr.com and click on “explore the last seven days”. Third picture no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar (picnik.com is a free online photo editor) to put it all together.

5 - Post it with this text in the "caption" and TAG the friends you want to join in and me so i can see what you've created.

Here is what I did.

Name of Band: Mertzwiller

Album Name: Show up to get it

Before:

After:

Goldfish Antics

We just watched the commercial for 'goldfish crackers'  where all the flavors of goldfish crackers are trying to save pretzel flavored goldfish from breaking to pieces when he jumps down from a shelf. So they each take a corner or this cloth to create a safety net... 

When suddenly I heard "EWWWWWWWWWWWW mom look... nobody wants to eat a pretzel cracker when it falls onto underwear!" 

What!  it's actually underwear.... what were the writers thinking!   My kid is very aware... LOL

New habit... better world

Okay... so why am I showing you a picture of the trash that lurks under my sink?

Well its really a matter of a little bit of pride in finally figuring out a new system.  Before I thought I was very clever,  I used an old small waste can  so I can use grocery store bags.  That way the trash is stowed away neatly and I never have to buy trash bags.  We take the trash out daily, but that works too because then there is no smell at all.  The white bucket on the right is my newest addition, that I am especially proud of... in a weird sort-of way.


All because of this this flier I received from the city.  We can now compost in our yard waste can...  Now according to the list almost any kitchen waste can go in the yard waste can (except proteins, rice, pasta, metal like the staples in teabags, etc. check your list for details or call your local public works and ask about composting in your yard waste)  Rather than these things going down the garbage disposal or into the landfill, it will be made into soil!  How cool is that.  Well at first I didn't have the compost can, and I would haphazardly pick a few things off the top, but after my garage organizing fiasco I found a short bucket to use.  And since I am not so consistent with keeping up with my own compost pile, I can at least contribute a little.  Plus I do believe a few times a year you can get a free load of it.

Now the best part is, we hardly use our trash can anymore and can sometimes go a week without taking it to the curb.  However my little yard waste can is getting regular excercise.  Which means we are finally giving back to mother back, which I believe make me about even with my gas guzzling classic car.

Quickie French toast Casserole

Moments ago I suddenly wanted french toast, but I only had half a loaf of italian bread (it looks like a small loaf of french bread) With a sleepover in progress I didn't want to go to the store.  I remembered french toast casserole but it normally cooks for about an hour.  However, I recently found one of those silicone baking pans, and I had been making delicious cakes in the microwave, so why not breakfast casserole.

So I threw together the ingredients. bread first, then apples, sprinkle with a little cinnamon  and sugar, then milk/egg mixture.  Cook for 8-10 minutes in the microwave.  Like a cake, I used a knife to make sure it was done. 

If you like your apples soft then they will need to be cooked in a covered dish before hand,  but I like my apples crunchy (its a texture issue for me)



3/4 loaf  of leftover french or italion bread, cubed about 1" or so
1 apple cubed
6 eggs
1 c. milk
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon