Posting of Pie

For all of you that don't know, this past week I have been - well - Sick. I don't know what I have. It's doubtful that it's the pig cooties, but you never know. I haven't seen my doctor yet, just hashing things out at the house. Because of the sickness, I was home on Friday when the kids were here. And, Darrell was locked out of the room by the "Girls" (It's in quotations because Kayath was playing too... and Darrell insists that Kayath must be a girl as well). So, D came home all mopey and I offered to help him make a dessert from his book. While deciding he discovered that Mississippi Mud Pie is not really "PIE" at all... and this vexed him greatly. So, I offered to help him make a cherry pie.

After talking on the phone to the grandson of a sugar chemist, Darrell learned that he was the grandson of the grandson of a sugar chemist... and we began to work our magic on our cherry Pie.
I showed Darrell how to do a lattice top for the cherry pie. He made a huge mess with the flour while putting it on the table, but we managed to use it to our advantage with the dough.
Then I showed Darrell how to brush the tops of the lattice with egg white to give the pie a golden color while it was baking, and to help the lattice stick together properly. He even brushed the inside of the pie in certain places, he wanted to make sure that it was "Golden" everywhere.
Here's the little man getting ready to put it in the oven. It looks yummy and it isn't even done yet!

AHHHH! The finished product. Turns out that Aspen and Kennedy do not like Cherry Pie - such GIRLS... Oh well, more for me and D!

And Darrell gives the Pie TWO dumb thumbs up... Way to go dude! It was delicious!

Chainsaw Guy STRIKES again!

Yeah, you know him - you've seen him - you've heard the horrifying tales of Chainsaw Guy. Tonight, My sis (A) and her Hubby (T) and my groovy friend from work (P) went to the Castle of Chaos. Alas! I love the haunty housies! I love the fear, the screams - but - I do not love chainsaw guy. I heard him before I saw him... I knew what was coming... I know that he's always there at the end, waiting for me.

This castle has a few twists and turns - Heck T even made me scream. There was, ahem, the Leaky. Anyway, At the end there is this guy... he puts you into a box that's like a coffin, and the bottom drops out... and lo' there is chainsaw guy. I could hear him on the other side. I started screaming when they closed the box. P was laughing on the other side. I could feel chainsaw guy's chainsaw vibrating at my feet... the bottom fell out - and I was trapped. I knew that he had me. He did... he had me so trapped. He cornered me - he was all up in mah grill dawg - there was NO escape. By the time he was done with me tonight, I even smelled JUST like chainsaw guy...

So, back to the tale, P grabbed my hand and rescued me from chainsaw guy. Ooooh, but whilst we were in the gift shop, he came and got me again... And when we were outside , he got me again. I tried to defend myself with a trashcan, but it didn't work. He had me backed up to the jumpin' off spot. It's a good thing that A called out to me and I looked down or I would have fallen right off... Yes, I did leaky on thyself. It was terrible. Next time, I am pushing A in front of chainsaw guy and making a run for it.

No clever pictures of the day - Nothing is really going on - Just working. So, I was editing some photos here at work and behold, I found one that I like. So, I figured that I would put it here - for no reason at all. Just because I feel like blobbing, but I don't know about what because my life is really uneventful presently. . . . and I mean that - it's pretty uneventful.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNEDY

1 Day and 11 years ago - Kennedy E. G. - was born into this world. A lovely, red haired sight to behold. I am not a blessed with punctuality (and neither is she) as some of my blogging counterparts. However, I finally did get to the point where I could post a few pictures for all to see. We didn't have a big party for Kennedy, this year is not her year for a party. She was allowed one friend over and we had a BBQ at her dad's house.

So, this is her BFF and Jujitsu counterpart - Emily. This is the first time I have really met emily off the mat, and she seems to be just like any other 11 year old girl. Giggly. I can easily smell trouble with this one here...

Though I have lots of pictures of the present opening, this is the one that I am posting because she's not laughing so her mouth is not wide open and you can actually see her smiling face.

Ahhh, the tradition of blowing out the candles -

And the tradition of smashing the cake into the face. Now, this was something that I usually don't allow the kids to do - Traumatic childhood events and whatnot. However, Emily insisted that Kennedy get her face smashed...

And that her face be smashed as well. . . . All in all it was a good birthday for Kennedy. She sends her love to all. I can't believe that she is 11. I have a feeling that the next 7 years are going to be very, VERY, interesting. very.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNEDY

We hope you had a happy one.

We knew that he was close to exploding ...

This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Rick taken at 11 p.m. EDT Saturday Oct. 17, 2009. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Rick turned into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm on Saturday with sustained winds reaching 180 mph (285 kph). At 11 p.m. EDT Saturday (0300 GMT Sunday), the storm's center was located about 295 miles (475 kilometers) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Forecasters say Hurricane Rick is the strongest hurricane in the eastern north Pacific Ocean in more than a decade. (AP Photo/NOAA)

What will the GOAL be today??

Last week the goal count was 7 in a game. 7 by himself... though his goal was to get 9. 7 is still VERY good, even at this age. He has such natural ball control! I can't wait for tonights game... I will keep you all posted as usual!