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ESPN needs to invest in spellcheck
It looks like someone over at ESPN forgot to use spellcheck when typing up some headlines and Ben Roethlisberger fell victim to the cursed typo.
Candy-filled doughnuts
This weekend the girl and I went about making homemade fried doughnut holes! It was a lot of fun and the girl ended up making two batches of dough which meant that I had some left over to play with, which of course means I took some left-over Halloween candy and shoved it inside some doughnut dough and fried it. For one I used the inside of a Reese’s Cup and then for the other I used half of a Crunch bar. They both turned out really good, but I don’t think anyone could eat the whole thing. Or maybe it was because I had already had 3 or 4 regular doughnut holes that day already. The world will never know. :)
Happy Socks
That’s a funny title. It reminded me of you.
where in the world
I have a thing for maps recently. Maybe because I have the travel bug. But they really are beautiful, and make me appreciate that we are a small part of a big world. We finally decided to decorate our big wall, and hung a vintage style map right next to the tv.
Here are some other fun maps:
conquering the donut fear
I have had a mild, if not severe, donut infatuation for a while now. I have played with some of the baked kinds, but really, the money is in the actual fried in oil kind. We bought a huge jug of oil several months ago, but I have been scared to try it. Because according to all moms on earth, oil is hot and it will burn me.
But guess what? It really wasn’t that bad. I prepared this recipe here (but I think we will try a different recipe next time). I am guessing that unless you burn them, bits of fried dough dipped in cinnamon sugar are by definition delicious.
It said not to crowd them in the oil, so we gave them plenty of space. They don’t like friends, since they know they are going to be eaten very quickly.
I actually made the dough twice because I thought I messed the first batch up, which I didn’t, so we ended up with 5,000 donuts. Towards the end of our double batch of dough, we got a little creative with our shapes. The snail shell one turned out the best.
my favorite thing today
really really thin pancakes
Last week, my bff and I went to First Thursday on South Congress. We couldn’t decide if it was too soon to start buying gifts, so we quit shopping early and ate crepes instead. We probably would have went to Hopdoddy for a burger too, if our tummies weren’t full of crepes.
salt dough ornaments
Its almost time to start thinking of holidays, but not quite yet. I am a firm believer that Christmas starts after Thanksgiving.
These salt dough ornaments are a good intro into holiday time. They don’t scream Christmas, but they probably wouldn’t kick Christmas out of bed for eating crackers either.
I used this recipe here. On the stamped ornaments, I rubbed a little gold ink on the raised parts. Very classy. I also made animal shapes. Because elephants are cute.
Dog vs. Doorstop
This might be one of the best videos ever. I think my favorite part is at the :40 second mark when he starts getting scared of it.
guy and his girl 