Trying out a new pie recipe for Thanksgiving.  Looks really easy!
Chocolate Truffle Pie
2 Cups (12 ounces) semi sweet chocolate chips
1 ½ Cups, heavy whipping cream, divided
¼ Cup confectioner’s sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla axtract
1 chocolate cookie crust
In a microwave safe dish, combine the chocolate chips and ½ cup of cream; cook on high for 1-2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until smoth.  Cool to room temperature.  Stir in sugar and vanilla; set aside.  In a small mixing bowl, beat remaining cream until soft peaks form.   Beat in chocolate mixture on high, one third at a time; mix well.  Spoon into crust.  Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.  Garnish with whipped cream and peppermint candies, if desired. 

Bleh, bleh and double bleh.  I want life to be unpredictable in a GOOD way for a change.  Yeah, like that's gonna happen.

I have two people that I would want to give gifts to.
First, to my husband, I would pay off his college education.

Second, to Sam, I would give her a nice, 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom house with the insurance pre-paid for 10 years.

I suppose, technically, my husband doesn't count as that would be giving a gift to me, as well. Hmmmm....

First Look!

I open up my Google homepage and the CNN news box has these headlines:

Chrystine Moore.... brutally murdered with her husband in their own home by a pair of thugs from KC who wanted to steal their car and I'd not kept in touch as I should have before that.

I am quickly becoming obsessed with Glee.  This little show kind of interested me, but it is on opposite Criminal Minds, Ghost Hunters and Law and Order: SVU.  A true problem for me as I have always saved Wednesdays for CM and GH since they premiered and I do like watching SVU as well.  I only have 2 dvrs, I tape two and watch the third.   So, I've been watching Glee online.  I do have to say, though, that SVU may eventually lose its spot on my DVR.  The storyline to Glee is more farcical soap opera than I typically like, but the music.....  OH, the music!!!  These young people can sing, honey!!  From "Don't Stop Believin" to "No Air" to all kinds of stuff in between, they give me the chills damned near every episode with the arrangements, vocals and dance.  The storyline is growing on me, but I must get the album for this show.  Love love LOVE the music!  I've been corrupting my hubby by showing him the musical clips.  He will soon be assimilated into the obsession of Glee!!!  lol

Check this out!  So... I knew that Northern had changed some stuff about their toilet paper because I was seeing lots of pieces or lint left behind, thus why I changed brands yet again.  However, I just thought we had run out quicker lately because Rhi was using way too much paper.  Not so!  Now I know it was the dreaded grocery shrink ray!  Oh, well.  I like Charmin Ultra Strong better anyway.  We use a lot less paper per use and it's virtually lint free. 

Source
"Walmart will start offering discount wireless service too! Walmart has announced that they are breaking into the wireless business with an exclusive wireless service of their very own. Dubbed “Straight Talk,” Walmart’s own-branded wireless service offers customers discount wireless plans starting at just $30 per month with unlimited talk, text and web coming in at just $45 a month. What about contracts? Nope, you won’t find any contracts with Straight Talk."

Pretty cheap!  It's tempting to switch at that price. 

Does anyone sell items on Etsy?  I have been thinking about putting some photos up there.  I am a bit undecided as yet.  I'm just not really sure if I should go ahead and do it or not.  Opinions?

http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=11745

Of course, it's not really a christmas card, but if it were.....   Oh, I know some people that would LOVE it!

You know.  I guess I didn't realize just how much the rest of the world seriously thought WWIII was in the offing until they gave Obama the peace prize.  Because, really, the man had not even been in office a month before being nominated.  To me it's like everyone who voted for him got the prize, because the rest of the world is saying, "OMG, we are so glad you picked him instead of that crazy woman and the weird old man!  We were so scared the missiles would be launched and we no longer have to cower in the dark praying their insanity won't kill us!!!!!!   You deserve something pretty and shiny and ... and.... here.... give the man the Nobel Peace Prize as a token of our gratitude because now we don't think your President will go mad and hit the nukes button!!!" 

One of the most absurd things ever just passed in front of my eyes.  It's the Conservative Bible Project.   Yes, the uber-conservatives are going to rewrite the "word of god" to fit their own agenda!!!  Woot!   Of course, it's nothing new, as the bible is a politically put together group of writings by the first organized church, but really.  Human beings are fallible.  Even if this group of writings were inspired by god, then you have to know that, with free will and all, people always put their own spin on things.  Come on, everyone has had moments when someone in authority tells them something and you think in your head, "They can't have meant exactly what they said, they must have meant this..." and proceeded to screw up something because your perception of what they meant was completely different from what they really meant.  Sorry, but I doubt god would stand over one's shoulder and growl at them every time they wrote something wrong. That's not god's style.  Or so I learned as a child and have seen from my experiences with others that claim to have been inspired/talked to by god.  Invariably, they describe it as more of a feeling or desire that comes out of the blue.  Not a step by step list of instructions in their head that blares a warning bell when they don't do what they are supposed to do!  ARGH!   While you may believe that God is not fallible, you MUST believe that we humans can screw up anything!!! 

I found a black leather belt with studs on it at Goodwill today. I bought a snap kit at WM and will be turning the belt into bracelets for Rhi's Halloween costume!!! This is gonna be so cool!

What's on your desktop?
- Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper.
- Explain in no more than five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
- Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!



I like my wallpaper easy on the eyes and this is a design that pleases me.