No Time to Post

Things are crazy. Finals are looming. No time to write. 

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Treat a Wife Right

Since it is Halloween and treats are on everyone's mind, I thought I should share the awesomeness that is Ryan.

I have been studying for the GREs and just finished taking my test last week. Wahoo for me. When I got home Ryan told me that he bought me a special treat for doing so well. He bought me POPCORN! Not just any popcorn; not some dumb popcorn popping on a tree; and definitely not poopcorn, because that's not a treat at all. 

We are talking about Dale and Thomas Popcorn. This is popcorn from heaven with various kinds of drizzles that make it irresistible. Drizzles include white chocolate and peanut butter (my favorite), cinnamon and brown sugar and white chocolate (tastes like a cinnamon roll), carmel and chocolate, chocolate and toffee, chocolate and white chocolate. Now I have gotten carried away with all of the delicious drizzles. 

My point is that Ryan is an amazing husband because he fulfilled his role as provider of treats for his wife--treats that are covered in chocolatey goodness.

Now that Thanksgiving, Hanukah Christmas, Kwanzaa (any excuse will do really) are coming, buy your wife some much needed popcorn.

If you go to www.daleandthomaspopcorn.com, you can get 2 FREE packages of popcorn. You have to pay for shipping (specifics about offered flavors on the website), and on the confirmation page you get a code for $6 off your next purchase!!! To get the free popcorn, click on the link on the right side of the page (on the daleandthomas website) that says "Looking for free popcorn."

Pop, Pop, and Away

Breaking News About Harry Potter!!

Note: For those of you who haven't finished the Harry Potter Books and don't want some things spoiled for you, you might not want to continue with this post. I will post the breaking news in the next paragraph. If you just read the next paragraph it should not ruin anything that happens in the book. You probably don't want to read the rest though because it gives a few things away that are in the last book. Continue reading at your own discretion.

Author J.K. Rowling was at a book signing where she read a little from her final book. After the brief reading she took a few questions from fans in attendance. One fan asked if Dumbledore finds true love. The author replied, "Dumbledore is gay."

Note: Don't continue reading if you don't want to hear things that go on in the final book. I repeat. Don't continue if you don't want to hear things that go on in the final book.

She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards. "Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down. Dumbledore's love was his great tragedy." (Story found on yahoo.com)

Shocking

Warning! Creep Alert! Warning! Creep Alert!

The other day I was at school doing my homework when I heard my phone ring. So I looked at the caller ID to see who it was. When I saw Tom's name, my first thought was that he might want to stop by and hang out for awhile at our house.

Monday is his day off, and he sometimes wanders on down to Provo. Anyway, I answered the phone, and he asked if I knew where Brittany was. I said no and asked why. He said that he needed help with something. We ended the call, and I thought nothing else about it the rest of the day.

Later that evening I asked Brittany if Tom ever got a hold of her. She said yes and asked if he had called me as well. She laughed and asked if Tom had asked for my help as well. I said no, but now I was intrigued. 

She asked if I knew what he wanted. I said no and was becoming more confused at why she was asking all these questions. So I asked what he had wanted. I wish I could have taken that question back so I didn't have to hear the answer.

Now I have to live with the consequences of that for the rest of my life. Brittany said he was wondering if she or Lindsey was free to rub numbing cream on him and wrap him in saran wrap.

I don't think I have ever been more creeped out in my life. So if anybody receives a call from Tom asking where their wife is, be sure to find out why.

Would You Rather...

Rearrange this list to rank your "would you rathers." 10 is the most terrible to you and 1 is the least terrible to you.

So here, In no particular order, are the choices:


10. Vomit on yourself while driving in your own car.

9. Sit down on the toilet and start going only to find someone has saran wrapped the bowl so all of your excrement splatters/smears all over you.

8. Find a curiously curly hair when you eat a mouthful of pudding at your Mom's house.

7. Lean in to kiss your spouse or boy/girlfriend as they burp a lethal smell into your open mouth.

6. Walk into a sauna with naked elderly people (male and female) where your friend's grandparent waves you over to talk to you.

5. Have a ward member tell all your secrets/sins during fast and testimony meeting.

4. Bite someone's back (as a joke of course) and accidently squeeze a juicy back pimple into your mouth.

3. Have relentless crotch-itch during a long and important job interview.

2. Have a scientist swab your entire house and report back all of the germs, fungi, and bacteria growing there.

1. Drink expired milk but not realize at first because you have a cold and can't smell it's sour.

For more disturbing "Would You Rathers" go to wouldyourather.com

Krispy Kreme Krazy

Ryan's brother Mark and nephew Jamie were in town this last week taking a tour of BYU. They stayed at our house over the weekend and hung out with us when they weren't busy touring BYU's campus. On the morning of their tour, Ryan took Mark and Jamie to Krispy Kreme. Ryan promised me that he would bring a chocolate cake donut to school and give it to me before I went to my first class. When I got on campus, I called Ryan, but he said that he had forgotten my donut in the car. I was pretty mad because I had purposely not eaten, thinking I was going to enjoy a chocolatey glazed donut before class.

After class I was starving. Ryan said he was sorry and took me to the car to get my donut. It took so long that I had to take the box (with my donut and one of Jamie's) and run to class. I placed the box beneath my chair and waited until the end of class. I planned on eating my donut on my way to work, but despite my hunger, I left my seat without taking my box of donuts. I had to rush from class to work and the donuts were forgotten. As soon as I arrived at my office I remembered my donuts and ran back down to my classroom. The door was closed, so I decided to wait until the class was over and I could finally eat my donut.

I got back down to the room right before the bell rang. I had to fight my way into the classroom as other kids were filing out. My eyes searched for my desk and my box of donuts.

At last, breakfast!

I opened my box and found only one donut inside. A half eaten donut. Someone had stolen my donut and had the gall to leave Jamie's as evidence, half eaten and still in the box. I looked up in a rage and saw a stupefied boy sitting in my desk. His face was red and embarrassed, which told me he was the one I should yell at. I said, "Are you serious!" I smashed the lid closed, crushing the half eaten donut inside. I threw the mangled box in the garbage before I left. I was so furious someone had stolen my dumb donut. The audacity.

It's SOOO HOT! Summertime yummies

This delicious summer salsa makes a lot (serves about 20). It is best if you make this salsa a few hours before you need it so it has time to soak in the dressing and cool in the fridge. Enjoy, it is totally yummy!

July: Summer Salsa


2 avocados, diced
4 tomatoes, diced
2 small cans of sweet corn
1 can diced green chilies
2 cans black eyed peas, rinsed
2 bunches green onions, chopped thinly
2 peppers (1 green, 1 red), chopped
some cilantro (no stems), chopped
2 pkgs Good Season Italian Dressing

1. Combine all ingredients in 1 bowl.
2. Make 1 package of Good Season Italian dressing (directions on package). Then add 1 more package without adding vinegar, water, etc.
2. Mix dressing with the ingredients. Refrigerate.

It's Sooo HOT! in Crocker's kitchen

I am sure that none of the brothers care, so this post is for the sisters. I want to share the cool recipies I find. I am going to post one new recipe a month for anyone to try out. I hope that everyone will share the good recipies they have too. I am always on the look out to cook new things. ( I know this picture looks like a pile of poopy, but the cookies are good.)



June: Mint (or white chocolate) cookies

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups cocoa
1 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups mint or white chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.
2. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beat well after each egg.
3. Mix cocoa, flour, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Gradually stir into butter mixture.
4. Fold in mint chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until puffy and soft. Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before placing on wire rack.

My New Blog

Now that the spring semester is over, I finally have time to participate in the family blog. I made my own blog so I wouldn't take up so much space on the family blog. I haven't figured out how to use all the blog features yet, but I hope to get things posted soon to keep everyone updated on what Ryan and I are doing.