So................... anyway, the weather on Easter weekend was pretty snowy at Mussentuchit. Maybe next year. Nicki and Haylie and I went shopping instead. I've really got to stop shopping. The money can vanish so fast at the mall! Or the bookstore... or the fabric store. But I did get to be with my beautiful grandson on Easter and so it was a wonderful day.

Spring is so beautiful now that the sun has decided to shine. Everything is so green. GREEN. Are you getting tired of that word? I MEAN IN ADVERTISING?! It's like the new marketing buzzword and soooooooooooo overused. Do the companies really think we are that gullible? Yes, they do. I'm going to actually start to boycott any company that uses the 'green' mantra, just to make my point. I know nobody will notice, but I will feel better. In fact, I want to go a whole month without buying anything but essentials like food and gas. Just to see if I can. In May. I'll let you know how the experiment goes. Definately, maybe, I'm going to do it.

~If someone dares me to I really will!

This Saturday we are planning to go to Mussentuchit. What a great name, huh! It is a little gem of a sand dune in the middle of nowhere, Utah. We went last Easter weekend so if we go this week it will be a tradition. I'm planning on making my 'famous by noon tomorrow' Asparagus Quiche for the picnic. Here's the recipe~

Whole wheat crust:

boil 1/3 cup water with 2 T. oil
then pour it into a bowl and toss in 1 cup
whole wheat flour and a bit of salt

Mix and roll out thin, put it in a pie dish.

Filling:
Saute some thinly sliced leeks
and a bunch of asparagus (trimmed & chopped)
until crisp-tender, let cool
In a bowl whip 4 eggs with 1/4 cup cream or 1/2 & 1/2
Mix in some grated cheese, any kind you like
Salt and pepper to taste...then add asparagus & leeks
Pour into pie shell
Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes

YUMMY and totally healthy!

Happy spring everybody~

The happy couple are just leaving in this pic and my favorite moment was when Blake walked out and said "smells like ranch". Evidently, the kids who decorated the car didn't come prepared so they had to use whatever they could find in the kitchen! Very creative, I thought.

The wedding is almost here! I have been trying to deliver all the announcements but I have that feeling that I'm forgetting someone. If that someone is you, forgive my addled brain. Consider yourself officially invited (wedding crashers are also welcome, since like twelve people actually read this blog, I'm not worried we'll run out of food!) Note: the reception is the night before the wedding.... yes, that is Friday the 13th!

You are cordially invited:
Friday, March 13th, 2009
from 6-8 p.m.
at the Nephi North Stake Center
1125 North 400 East

Be sure to check out the beautiful bridal pictures Lindsey took of Whitney! They are amazing. This is her first chance to do a wedding and I definately think she has a great talent for it. When she gets her tri-pod I am going to put her to work as our family photographer!

Quote of the day:

"Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend..."
President Thomas S. Monson............... October 2008 general conference

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I have no idea why that picture turned out so big! It is a recent art project... a mural on fabric for the kids' acting stage. I liked how the sky turned out with the 'brick' texture. The whole effect turned out fun when you took a step back from it.

Adventures in Substituting

Well, I have been subbing a lot lately and that's always fun with a capital F! I talked to the sewing teacher at the Junior High about teaching for her since I know a thing or two about sewing. She was all excited to find me (that should have been my first clue something was up!) and lined me up for two days while she traveled back to D.C. with the winners of the Make it with Wool contest. Funny thing... she forgot to mention that the two days I was scheduled just happened to be the first day of sewing for these kids. Not only did they not know how to thread the machine or bobbin, many of the roughly 100 students (five classes - 25 in each) had NEVER SEWN BEFORE! Boy, oh boy! Suffice it to say that on both of those days I needed a nap when I got home from teaching. One girl didn't notice that when she was sewing the fabric wasn't moving at all... and she kept on pushing the presser foot till there was a gob of thread so big stuck in the machine it took me about 20 minutes to get it out!

The funny thing is that the next week I took a job subbing for the Chemistry teacher/Soccer coach at Salem High, and that turned out to be way easier than sewing. And I know NOTHING about chemistry except I do remember that water is H2O. Luckily, there were no soccer games that day!

I am trying to earn a bit of cash to help out with the wedding so I guess subbing is as good a job as any for now. It certainly is an adventure some days. I found a quote I really like:

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out!

1 Timothy 6:7

If you get time, look it up and read the whole chapter, I am positive that if you are a true cheapskate, you will love it. If my raiment comes from GAP and Banana Republic I will be content.

B & W

Here is the picture you asked for Becky. It's from our Christmas party at Debby's house. They always offer to do the dishes...............awwwwwww, sweet!