Friday, April 26, 2013

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Not That I'm Complaining...

A letter came to my house this week
addressed to my husband by last name only,
and with no return address.
I opened it to find...


Score!!!



Yep, a real, actual, non-counterfeit twenty dollar bill.

But... there was no letter inside,
just a paper with the words ...

"ENVELOPE CONTENTS INTENDED FOR DELIVERY TO:"
...and then my address.


Who is it from?

Why are they sending it to my house?

It's a mystery!


Do you have any ideas 
why the Money Gods bestowed a sweet Jackson on me?



Friday, April 12, 2013

Dots O' Arctic Yogurt

The Girl sent me this Pinterest pin:


And I thought, holy cats!  I'll bet those yogurt-y discs taste like Dippin' Dots!


(Dippin' Dots, there's nothing better during a hot day at Magic Mountain
than your frosty orbs.)

While the tutorial showed them being squeezed out of a baggie with the corner cut off,
I had a better idea!


Meet Kevin Farrell, AKA Dee W. Ieye, a Tupperware Diva.

Last year I attended his drag queen Tupperware Party,
because, let me tell you:
white middle-aged ladies love cross-dressers and drag queens
like they love birthday cake in the break room.



(Yum.  I am totally TEAM CAKE.)

Anyhoo, I bought this nifty little gadget at the Tupperware Party,  
and I thought would be perfect for making the yogurt dots!



The Girl suggested I use the mocha yogurt from Trader Joe's...



... so I filled the squishy thing...



... and covered a tray with dots discs.



 They froze up pretty quickly.



 I popped one in my mouth.

But!

BRAIN FREEZE!!!



They were cold!  

So cold!

Colder than ice cream;
somehow, (contrary to the laws of physics), colder than an ice cube.

I carefully sucked on one, and then let the rest languish in the freezer.

When I told The Girl about my experience,
she pointed out that she had made only a dot of yogurt on her tray,
not a freakin' MASS.

So, my advice for this project?

Make your dots the size of a debutante's diamond...



... not a drag queen's rhinestones.




Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Ooooo Eeeeee Oooooo!!!

Who's yer Doctor?



(Heh. See what I did there?)

I myself am partial to this guy...


... but I, along every other sentient being who has seen it,
think the most amazing episode of Doctor Who is with David Tennant and...

THESE GUYS.



Augh!  
Don't blink!  
DON'T BLINK!!

Anyhoo, along with the scariest villains,
this episode also gave us this great Doctor Who quote:

 "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect.
 But actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint
 it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey... stuff."

A genius over at Spoonflower turned the quote into a fabric design,
and I turned it into a tissue holder for my Etsy shop!


Cool beans, huh?

What a great gift for your favorite Whovian!





(Want to make your own papercraft Tardis?  Here's the link!)