Just Been Busy....

Sorry, I have not forgotten about my blog, just got busy around here.

I had some crafting to catch up on, and studying, and OH YEAH, The world series is on!!!

Having followed Mike Napoli since he started on the Angels, then all the way to Texas, and now I am rooting for Boston, got my jersey on! I can't wait until he can shave that ugly beard off!
I hope they win!

My jerseys!

I loved this intro they played on Game 2 with Denis Leary, he sums up the 2 teams nicely! I guess I would be a Boston fan even without Mike Napoli, gotta love the bad boys! HaHa!!


Hope you are having fun and getting to watch the game with some wine and friends!
BOSTON STRONG!!!

Josh and some scrapbook pages!

So to finish up my weekend, I flew home Sunday and had to meet up with Tanya and her Mom, Barbara. Tanya had bought me a ticket to see Josh Groban with them!
I met them at the MGM and we dined on appetizers at the Rainforest cafe. Then we saw an amazing man with an amazing voice, Josh Groban! What a cutie and he talks to the audience between songs and makes some jokes. He had Judith Hill sing with him, she was amazing as well! If you get the chance to see him go for it, you won't be disappointed!

I am adding some of my layouts I made over the weekend, so you know  what I actually do at these scrapbook expos!

I am almost done with my Europe trip, I just need Sorrento lunch, Pompeii, and then some random scenes and the last page! Soon, soon....

Off to see a Wizard and a Doctor!

I had to leave town on Thursday to go to scrapbook expo in Ontario, CA, of course right before I left I had an ingrown toenail go bad on me..but no time to see a doc so I left and soaked it each night in Epsom salt, it held infection at bay until I could get to Dr. Noorda in Henderson this morning, wow, he was really great and had me in, cut, and out in a half hour, used tons of numbing stuff and I did not feel a thing! Great foot doctor!!

The expo was wonderful and the hotel Ayres in Ontario is so nice and cozy.

The theme for Friday was Wizard of OZ and the theme for Saturday was Travel.

A couple girls dressed as the flying monkeys! I worked on my Europe book but still did not finish!

Maybe next crop in March!

It gets really cold in the crop room with 400 croppers they keep the air turned up, so I bundle up,
got my Tanya knitted socks on, they helped a lot!

Gigantor Me holding up Tower of Pisa!

The Flying Monkey girls, they won the costume contest!

Cake pops, they had fudge cake inside, fabulous!

Me and the 400 croppers!

Me, Christy, Betty (our crop executive!) and Mary, Somewhere under the rainbow!

My poor toe, that is Dr. Noorda's signature smiley face on my bandage!

Today...

Yeah, that's a happy cat!!

So today I am driving to bingo..I try to go once a month with my friends Pat and Tanya, and my radio is playing all these really cool songs and I think to myself you know if more people listened to these songs each morning the world would be a different place, people would be happy and not sad, people would be nice instead of mean..and I thought how can I get people to be happy? With all the violent TV shows and the violent songs on the radio..all the violent games they play, it is no wonder the world is going to hell.....people killing each other constantly...
so here..
mandatory listening each morning and turn off the damn violent TV shows and put on some comedy or comedy movie and relax and enjoy life a little....PEOPLE!
oh and PS I won 160.00 at Bingo with my positive thinking this morning!!! ;-)

Play list: Listen and be happy..damn it!

What the world needs now is love: Jackie De Shannon

Chains of love; Erasure (extra points: raise your hand if you love 80's music!)

Bright side of the road: Van Morrison

I say a little prayer: Diana King

Let it be: Kris Allen

Proud: Heather Small

There will come a day: Faith Hill

Up to the mountain: Kelly Clarkson

BONUS SONG: Brown eyed girl, Van Morrison (gotta say "green eyed girl") NO ONE can be unhappy singing that song!!!!

Oh and if you need anymore help in getting happy just watch happy Ellen clips, like this one:
gets me everytime! Thanks Ellen for making this place a happier place!

Vegas day!

If you know me, you know I love Las Vegas...it is my kinda town!
I love to go eat at the restaurants and wander the big fancy hotels.
I got lucky when I found a friend who loves to explore and play tourist in Las Vegas too, thanks Tanya!
We decided to have a Vegas day and go see the Autumn display in the Bellagio garden.
Since it was her birthday the next day I treated her to lunch at her favortie guy's restaurant: Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill. She is a big fan of the Flay!
It was a fun day, as usual. If you can make it out to Vegas, go see the Belligio Garden and have lunch at Mesa Grill, you won't be dissappointed!

Tanya got the Mesa Burger!

We both got his salad named for his daughter Sophie, it was so good!

My shrimp tacos, the best shrimp I ever ate!!!

You are now entering "The Twilight Zone"

 

Sometimes you read something and it completely blows you away, and you can't stop thinking about it for days, take this article from Mark Spearman: Between Light and Shadow

It is all about Rod Serling, who was an amazing man, he gave us so much more then the opening monologue of The Twilight Zone shows.

I grew up in a house that always had the Twilight Zone episodes playing in all their black and white glory!

This is a shot from the most loved TZ episode!
"Time Enough"

Some episodes could scare you, some could make you think, each one has a lesson or moral buried between the lines. They were all good. So take a step back into the past and revisit some of TZ's episodes and relive when television was something that made you question your reality or your sanity:

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge…”

**Credit given to Mark Spearman for writing such a brilliant article and the Twilight Zone for scaring me into thinking what is right and what is wrong, and to Rod Serling for his amazing gift of writing the most amazing stories EVER!

And since we are on the subject....What episode was your favorite???

I loved many but one that really stands out is "The Hunt" what an ending!
or "To Serve Man" was a good one too!! Oh, I could go on all day!!!

Sunday Brunch....

Since I have to have Chiropractic therapy Mon, Wed, Fri, then go to work, I have to do my grocery shopping on Sunday morning. It was not too bad. I usually do my shopping Monday mornings, no crowds at all.
But this Sunday was very quiet and peaceful.  I picked up some nice autumn flowers and all the stuff to make dinners for the week and a nice 4 cheese white pizza for brunch this morning!

My flowers and a little picture I could not resist off pinterest!

Got Me Some Wine, Bitches Love Wine!

The pizza recipe: All you need: olive oil, fresh basil, sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, ricotta, naan bread (makes an excellent pizza crust!). Preheat oven to 400.

 Take 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 3 minced garlic cloves and mix them, then spread on crust and I like to bake crust  on a baking sheet for about 5 minutes just to get the party started! Once it is baked up some, slice up some mozzarella and place on crust, add goat cheese, ricotta, and Parmesan. Bake about 10-15 minutes, take out then add some basil strips and the tomatoes and bake about 5 more minutes. Let sit 5 minutes and serve!


Amazing, the crust edges are crispy and the pizza has amazing flavors!
The Naan crust is perfect size for an individual pizza!