Oh what a night!

We had a crazy, stormy night here last night. I didn't get much sleep at all! First of all, I went to bed with a very sore throat, so that was bothering me pretty bad. Then all night lightning and thunder were crashing. And unless you've actually been in an Oklahoma storm, you have no idea how POWERFUL they are. So I was waking up a lot with the sore throat and the lightning/thunder. Then... at around 3:00 am, I started to hear hail hitting our roof. I got up and looked outside, and sure enough, it was hailing VERY hard. I just knew that our cars were going to have hail damage. I picked up a few pieces of hail that had came up onto our porch, and they were the size of a quarter. That lasted about 15 minutes. Then I went back to bed and slept on and off again until about 5:00 am. Then our power went out. I woke when that happened. I knew that Ryan had to wake up at 6:00, so I didn't really want to drift off to sleep without some sort of alarm. We don't have cell phones, or any other type of alarm that doesn't require electricity. So I basically stayed awake. I was walking in my hallway, and heard Taylor call my name. She was so scared from the storm. I went in there and felt her heartbeat, and it was pounding! We both said a prayer for protection and I visited with her for a little while. Then at 6:00 I woke up Ryan to get ready for work. Our power came back on at 6: 30 (approximately). He headed off to work and I went back to sleep until 8:00. Then I had to get the kids ready for school. I got them off to school, and now here I am. I am going to go back to sleep for a while, because I'm SO tired! I think we'll have storms throughout the day. It was a CRAZY night though!

Blonde

Yesterday my niece, Savanna, gave me blonde highlights in my hair. I've been wanting to get highlights for like 6 months or more! It turned out very good. It honestly looks pretty natural. I'm really happy with it.

Had a nice, but exhausting day!

Yesterday, my niece and nephew from Colorado showed up here at 1:00 pm and almost immediately, we went and got my kids out of school. The kids were SO excited to see them! They also had NO idea they were coming here. Then I had to get gas and get money out of the bank, and headed to Henryetta with Vanna. We got there and dropped the kids off. Then we all left and went to Shawnee for the Taste of Home show last night. We all met at Golden Corral and ate dinner, then went to the show. I thoroughly enjoyed the show! This lady made a lot of things that looked SOOO good, and looked easy to make. I'm going to try a few of those recipes very soon :) There were like 1000 people there and we had a group of our sisters there. Cherrie said there was like 17 sisters in our group. Well, like Cherrie said, a BUNCH of the sisters won door prizes. They gave away like 100 door prizes, but unfortunately, none for me, Cherrie, or Chantel :( My niece won a prize, my mother-in-law also won. So I was happy for all of our group who did win something. Maybe next time for me ;) The show was awesome! The lady did give a lot of helpful tips on how to do things. Cherrie named a few helpful tips. She asked me to think of a few that she didn't name. I'm going to give it my BEST try, but I'm sure I won't remember all of them ;)

1. The thing that makes peppers hot isn't actually the seeds, but it is the membrane (sp?)

2. To ripen an avocado faster, place in brown paper bag and close it for a day, or half a day, etc..., it releases a vapor and if it is confined, that vapor will help it ripen WAY faster.

3. Add 1 TBS. vinegar to boiling water before adding an egg (or 2) to keep the egg from separating, the vinegar keeps it closer together. This is for a poached egg.

4. When making meatballs (to make them all the same size), you roll out the meat on a cutting board and make it into a rectangle, then cut it into equal parts, and then roll the meatballs in your hand.

I actually can't think of any more off the top of my head. If I think of more, I'll mention them in my comments for this post. I really did have a great time! I learned how to make a hollindaze sauce for eggs benedict (one of my FAVORITE breakfast items) and can't wait to try it out! We got out of the show at 10:00 pm. Then we had to drive 2 hours to get home. I was SO tired. I basically crashed.

Then this morning, my niece put some (blonde) highlights in my hair that I've been wanting for MONTHS. And they are gone now. They are going to Dallas for a big young kids get-together at 6-Flags. I'm so jealous, LOL. But it was really great getting to see my niece and nephew, even for a very short time. I really enjoyed them.

Just another day.... OR IS IT?

HEHE, I'm so excited right now! I thought today would be just another normal day in my life, but I JUST got a phone call from my niece (from Colorado) and she asked if she could come and stay the night with me. She told me that her and her brother (Savanna and Shane) are in Oklahoma and headed this way and will be here in 3 hours! I didn't have a CLUE that they were even going to be in Oklahoma. So I'm as happy as can be!!! I truly miss my family and it is just so wonderful to know that I am going to get to spend some time with them!!! It's going to be a GREAT day!!!

The only one not coming here is the bride, Stephanie.

I've decided to delete my blog

After giving this a lot of thought, I've decided to delete this blog.






















NOT! April Fools Day!




There's NO way that I'm going to quit posting now, I love it way too much! Sorry everyone, I just really wanted to to SOMETHING for April Fools Day. hope you're all not mad at me ;) Have a great day!