Roommate Dinner

 25th and Skillern acquired a couple new roommates! No, not Eloise (I wish!).... Mandy and Erika moved in recently, and it has been amazing. We so love the positive atmosphere they brought along with them. I don't think a day goes by where we're all not cracking up together. Like last night when Erika, Kev, and I were hiding under the kitchen bar waiting for Mandy to come in so we could surprise her... It was unsuccessful, but still hilarious. Such a joy, I tell ya!
 A new routine we started was Roommate Dinner. Four nights a week (one night for each of us), each of us cooks a meal for the rest of the roommates. Not only is it cheaper for all of us, but there's just something healthy and good about eating with other people. It's nourishing for the spirit and the body.
 Last Friday, Mandy made such a delicious dinner: sauteed mushrooms and squash with bow-tie pasta accompanied by garlic bread and Caesar salad. Yum! Sadly, I didn't get many pictures of the meal, but I did manage to get lots of other random pictures that happened during meal time.

  

Eloise approves!

 

Mandy enjoys her favorite treat, lemon cookies! 

Say cheese!

Tonight is my night to cook. I'm thinking spinach lasagna. Mmmmm.... Happy Monday!

Funny Faces

 

 It's so good to be back here on the blog! I only have a minute today to post, so I thought I'd start off with a bang. Can you think of a better way to begin your week than looking at weird people trace their faces in a mirror?
 Lots of great changes happening around 25th and Skillern - I can't wait to share more later! But for now, I'm off to coffee with a great friend.... Be blessed and be a blessing today!

Rainy Day Poetry

Today, I thought I'd share a few of the gems that Brandon has written for his poetry assignments this past week. It's been so fun seeing his thoughts come out on paper. Pure creativity!
I think The Electric Sky is my favorite.

The Sounds of my Everyday World
Listen! Do you hear...someone
coming near it sounds like a creek
babbling wait it should be my cat

Wobbling he likes to meow and also
he likes to make the sound "cuppow."

Wobbling can roar like a lion and
pour water into a fountain like a human.

The Electric Sky
Lightning is like electricity from

the sky. Usually when it goes on my
mom makes apple pie. When I climb

a mountain that looks really high
I'm going to sigh but when I look up
I always see the electric sky.

Earsplitting Roar
I once saw an immeasurable cat
that was orange and black.
It's earsplitting roar could scare a bat
it made my ears crack.

Sigh, it's the weekend.

 I'm sorry all I post is pictures these days. By the time I sit down to actually write something, my mind turns to mush and I can't even remember how to spell "write" (seriously, I just spelled it "right"). These pictures were taken during art and literature yesterday. B is so fun to photograph.
 Tonight, T is celebrating his 13th birthday at 25th and Skillern. He has 4 friends over for the night. They are currently fattening up on pizza, air heads, and Coke (the legal kind). So as you can imagine, I am locking myself in my bedroom for the evening, but not before I steal 10 pieces of candy and the whole 2 liter of Mountain Dew for my own personal party.
 Have a great weekend! I hear there is snow in the forecast...dang meteorologists better be right.

Cut it out.

Sometimes your husband asks you to give him a haircut. You gladly oblige. The results, in my case, were very pleasing. Dang, my man cleans up good.