guy on a buffalo

This is what we did at staff meeting today. I'm warning you, this song will be stuck in your head forEVER. This is part 4 of the series, but all you really need to know is that the guy rides a buffalo.

"Hey dead guy, I done told you not to mess with a guy riding a buffalo."

coconut shrimp with tangydeliciousness sauce

Found this at a cozy kitchen and tweaked it to incorporate more ingredients that already reside in my pantry. The smell of the coconut kind of gave me flashbacks to my unsatisfactory experiences with coconut oil (read that thrilling drama here and here),  but I quickly recovered.

Whatchoo need....

18 ish shrimps, cleaned.peeled.deveined

.75 cups of flour

2 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp chili or cayenne pepper powder
1 beaten egg
.75 cup of shredded coconut (i used sweetened, cause that's what they had at the dollar store and, well, it was a dollar)
2 tbs of Panko breadcrumbs (i happened to have Panko breadcrumbs, but i'm pretty sure regular bcs would work too)
s+p to taste


if you wanna make the sauce...
2 tbs honey
splash oj
splash soy sauce

1. preheat oven to 450. line baking sheet with parchment paper. i used wax paper and cooking spray, because i'm not a chef and don't carry parchment paper in my pantry, but the little shrimps STILL STUCK.   so, i would recommend getting parment paper OR maybe using crisco.
2. mix flour, garlic powder, and chili powder in shallow bowl. also mix breadcrumbs and coconut in another shallow bowl.
3. sprinkle a little s+p on your shrimps. then dredge them in the flour mix, coat them with egg, and roll them in the coconut mix. then line them up on your pan. see figure 2.
4. bake for 15-20 minutos.  while baking, mix all the ingredients for the sauce together in a ramekin.
5. enjoy with rice/beans/wine.

a request

i waste so much time

Peeps,

This picture has nothing to do with the post, but I thought it was funny and things don't always have to coordinate. Sheesh, stop being so OCD.

What I really wanted to let you know is that it's been a crazy ridiculous week. The kid I nanny got a concussion at wrestling practice, my doggie got bit by a german shepard and had to have surgery on her little patootie, and my sister's apartment caught on fire so a bunch of her stuff got ruined. 

If you all could keep these people (and dog) in your thoughts and prayers it would be greatly appreciated. I'm so grateful that all three of them are OK with no lasting damage, but it's still no fun for them.

Love y'all! Coconut shrimp recipe tomorrow!

kelly osbourne + the gospel

WARNING: There are things like deep thoughts and semi-coherent sentences in here today. Rest assured that my usual inane content will resume tomorrow.

how fierce is K.O. looking these days?

A couple days ago, I was watching E! true hollywood story: kelly osbourne.   Ok, actually, I was watching the ‘keeping up with the kardashians’ and got too lazy to get up and change the channel when it ended, so I ended up watching a documentary about kelly osbourne, but I digress.

To nobody’s surprise, kelly had a rough childhood. They travelled a lot, she was a kid with a british accent growing up in america, and, hello!, her dad was ozzy osbourne. It isn’t exactly pet golden retrievers and white picket fences when your dad sings for black sabbath.

Anyways, kells was saying how the kids at her school would pick on her, and she mentioned that “the religious ones” would tell her that she was going to “burn in hell” because her dad bit the heads off of bats and stuff.

What the what?

I literally started crying when I heard that, and lest you think that is normal little j behavior, let me assure you that it is not.

Sometimes (like when watching E: true Hollywood stories) I get to the end of my rope with people who use the name of Christ to fuel their own bigoted and prejudiced agendas. Then I wonder how many times I’ve done something really crappy to someone (I assure you I have) and they’ve judged Christianity based on my behavior.

Too often we forget what the bible actually says. Sure it would be nice to live in a world where everybody was perfectly biblical, but if every single one of my friends quit going out drinking on Friday nights, would it make any difference at all in light of eternity?

Nope.

We need to quit trying to force people who don’t know Christ into a Christian lifestyle. When we do that, we are basically telling our friends "you have to earn your way to Jesus."  I don’t hurt for my friends because they say cuss words, I hurt for them because they don’t know God for who he really is.

I wonder how things could have been for kelly if one of those “religious” kids had said,

“Hey, I see you’re new here. Let’s be friends.”

Any maybe that’s putting a lot of pressure on elementary school age children, but I don’t think it’s too much to ask from us adults.

tis the season

Feliz Navidad from mi casa! We got decked out in our finest Christmas attire, put on the Harry Potter soundtrack (what else?), and decorated the house.

I also watched an abc family original Christmas movie, which means that it's officially the season or that I need a life. or both.

What about you guys? Have you put up your trees yet?

P.S. You can't see the feet of my outfit, but it is indeed a onesie.

i sort of feel like this

iwastesomuchtime

Today I forgot to follow one of my strict personal rules. Not the one about touching dryer lint or posting John Mayer lyrics as my facebook status...

I accidentally went to the mall after Thanksgiving. I love Hanes Mall, but after anytime after Turkey day, it becomes a horrible mass of angry suburbanites crowded into tiny aisles with pounding music fighting for overpriced clothing.

But today, in my haste to get a side-purse, I FORGOT, OK and went to the mall. I nearly had a panic attack in (our brand new) H&M, right behind the stack of brightly colored sweaters that are made by children in Mongolia very in right now.  

I'm a little bit tired of Christmas already. Only a little though.

adventure time!

 

Spent the day at Stone Mountain with my Keej. We got lost twice, drove past the exit for home, and ate tons of ice cream. That's what she got when she asked for ONE scoop.

Keej: What's the difference between 'Moose Tracks' and 'Turtle Tracks'?

Icecream man: Moose have bigger feet.

 

Man: Do you like working here?

Icecream man: Oh yeah, after 4 years in the Marines, it's so exciting.