creepy, not creepy cool. more stalkerish

so i mentioned peter schiff in my twitter posts, and ron paul starts following me. ofcourse i have no idea who ron paul is because his name just didn't make it to this part of my country - aaand i suck at reading newspapers. so i see his name and think "sweet, a gay guy" thinking that ron paul was his stage tranny name or something, then (ofcourse i write that) THEN i remember that RUPAUL is the tranny. ugh! but too late. i'm already starting to get followers that use "libertarian" in their bio. which is weird, because not only did i refer to ron paul being gay, but i also gave him a shout out that said "um, i think you dont really mean to follow me". but he hasn't unfollowed me, which leads me to one conclusion (ok, 2). ron paul isn't really reading my tweets (so sad cuz he's totally missing out) and 2. maybe ron paul IS reading my tweets, and he's using me as a case study to see how REAL america thinks so that he can use this information to try to overthrow the government. or something. or maybe not at all. and maybe he is just randomly following people. and his followers are just randomly following the people he follows. too bad. i wonder what would happen if i used banana ass ron paul in the same tweet. hmmmm....

look who's all growing up being a big girl!

yeah, not me.

BUT, i am not one to turn down a party, and so I headed over to
and celebrated by signing up for her awesome giveaways! I'm totally going to win the kitchen aid free standing mixer - so, yeah, don't sign up for that one, but feel free to sign up for the others. k?

now I'm off to make tiny birthday cakes, because cake should always be served at birthday bashes, and I am not one to miss on a chance to have cake, and birthday cake, is my favorite!

L is for...

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real ... nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Have Fun!!

1. What is your name? lourdes

2. A four-letter word: lips

3. A boy's name: Luke

4. A girl's name: Lilith

5. An occupation: Lion tamer

6. A color: lavendar

7. Something you wear: lace

8. A food: lollipop

9. Something found in the bathroom: lavatory

10. A place: Lisbon

11. A reason for being late: lollygagging

12. Something you shout: later!

13. A movie title: Little House on the Prairie

14. Something you drink: lemonade

15. A musical group: L7

16. An animal: Liger

17. A street name: Lexington

18. A type of car: Lexus

19. A song title: La la Love you - Pixies

20. A verb: lick

25 things about me

25 things about me that you have been DYING to know

1. private
2. mother
3. lemonheads
4. shel silverstein
5. redhots
6. barbacoa
7. assertive
8. profanity
9. lover (not a fighter)
10. laughter
11. autumn
12 chocolate
13. catholic
15. pica de gallo
16. loyal
17. high heels
18. family
19 believer
20. ashtanga
21. chicago
22. stockings
23. tradition
24. bailar
25. history

i'm not going to lie. This Chili is really good.

i love Chili - but I'm not a fan of chili with tons of beans...or beans in the chili at all. so I tried this recipe, and it was sooooo good. I think I've found my recipe.

TEXAS Style CHILI

3 1/2 pound(s)	beef for stew
1/4 cup(s)	salad oil
2 medium	onions, chopped
3 medium	green peppers, diced
4 clove(s)	garlic, crushed
2 can(s)	(28-ounce) tomatoes
1 can(s)	(12-ounce) tomato paste
1/3 cup(s)	chili powder
1/4 cup(s)	sugar
2 teaspoon(s)	salt
2 teaspoon(s)	dried oregano leaves
3/4 teaspoon(s)	cracked black pepper

1. Cut beef for stew into 1/2-inch cubes. In 8-quart Dutch oven over high heat, in hot salad oil, cook one-third of meat at a time, until browned. With slotted spoon, remove meat cubes to bowl as they brown; set aside.

2. Reserve 1/2 cup onions; cover and set aside. Add green peppers, garlic, and remaining onions to drippings in Dutch oven; over medium-high heat, cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Return meat to Dutch oven; add tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste, chili powder, sugar, salt, oregano leaves, cracked black pepper, and 2 cups water; over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until meat is fork-tender, stirring occasionally.

4. Spoon chili into large bowl. Pass reserved onion to sprinkle over each serving.

i found this recipe at http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/texas-style-chili-445

i like to call these cookies crack. hershey's calls then Brickle Drop Cookies.

HEATH Brickle Drop Cookies

1 c (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 c granulated sugar
1 c packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs

3 1/2 c all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 1/3 c (8 oz pkg) Heath Bits'o Brickle toffee bits

1. heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheet.

2. beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and salt in large bowl until blended. Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in toffee bits.

3. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly; remove to wire rack. Cool completely.

makes about 6 dozen cookies.

---i made my cookies a "generous" size and got about 2 dozen out of the dough. Also, i'm not sure if it's just that my oven, but the cookies still looked a little raw after 15 minutes. i ended up leaving them in for an extra 7 - till they were just turning a golden brown. i guess it all depends on how you like your cookies.

and yes, the cream of tartar makes a difference in the cookie - don't skip it or try a substitute.

i think my house is haunted or we have some faulty wiring

the other night the kids were doing homework at the kitchen table and i was talking to my sister on the phone, when the downstairs television turned on. we all heard it turn on, and the kids looked over at me to see what was going on. I quickly hung up the phone and asked the kids if they had been downstairs - neither had. thinking that maybe someone had broken into our house, and decided to watch some Kitchen Nightmares, i reached for my gun, son, samurai sword knife and stepped downstairs. peering around the corner into our dark tv room i saw freddie krougar no one. it was empty. and the tv wasn't on, it was the stereo. which is really weird, because the stereo will only play the tv if the tv is on and not on that dumb tv guide channel. so i just turned it off and walked back upstairs.

the next day i flushed the toilet upstairs, and water came pouring out of the tank. i took off the tank cover and flushed again - this time the entire bathroom got a spray down from the little toilet filling faucet - someone had turned the water pressure for the toilet on high. - but the knob was tucked behind the toilet.

coincidence???