Oats in a Crock

I obtained some ambition yesterday and made a truckload of soup (to be frozen for lunches this week and next and the next...) and then last night I made steel cut oats in the crock pot. I'm really not sure why I did that because I had full intentions of sleeping in and then going to the gym when it opens. After all, I got new running shoes yesterday and I want to try them out! But this morning when Josh was getting ready to head up to Bogus to go skiing, he couldn't find one of his ski socks and I was (not really) forced to go downstairs and show him where it was located. And then it semed ridiculous to go back to sleep. To make a long story short, I got to eat my oatmeal!

Here you go Alison:

--Find a bowl that fits into a crockpot so that the lid can can still fit on the crockpot.
--In that bowl, mix 1 cup of steelcut oats, 4 cups of water, and a dash of salt.
--Place water in the crockpot so that when the bowl is placed inside the crockpot, the water level in the crock is the same level as the water level in the bowl.
--Put the lid on the crock and turn on low overnight.

In the morning I mixed up some frozen blackberries with some milk and splenda, microwaved it a bit, then mixed it with 1/2 cup of oats. Mmmmmm.

From old to new:

Old

New!

Selling the Jeep!

Guess what?! When the Jeep sells, we get new carpet! Tell EVERYONE you know.

Here are the specs:

97 Jeep Wrangler - $7600

--BRAND NEW Top
--4" Body Lift
--33" Tires
--2.5L 4cyl.
--High flow Rechargeable intake
--Custom exhaust
--Low miles - 110,000?
--Chrome Nerf Bars
--Chrome bumpers, w/lights
--Chrome dress-up parts on: hood, mirrors, lights, grill
--Alpine CD player, w/ iPod/MP3 input
--Sound bar with 6.5" Orion components
--8" bazooka sub
--4x50 watt clarion amp (in locking trunk).
--Diamond plate body armor.
--Interior is in great shape
--Receiver Hitch for towing
--5-speed manual
--4X4
--Custom rims
--New battery

Jessie made it better.

I'm really going to try to go to this girl to get my haircut more often.

Dear Overly-Confident Hairdresser...

I am taking these pictures as a means of reminding myself why I do should not, and will not return to your place of employment. I realize that when most people say, "give me bangs," they have not researched photos for days on end to find out exactly what they want. I realize they probably have not uploaded a stupid picture of themselves on-line and "tried on" different hairstyles with bangs. But I did, and Josh can attest to it. I am a dork, and I fully admit it. So when I say, "I want bangs to 'here' and I want them to sweep to the side, you should not do this:


and then tell me that you don't want to cut it shorter because it will "bug the hell out of [me]." I'm pretty sure hair that covers my eyes will bug me more than hair that sits above my eyes. And what's with the uneven "bangs" bit? I don't understand. At least, for the time being, I can do something with it to hide the unevenness that you managed to create... but I think you owe me $14.00 plus whatever I end up paying to have it remedied at 4:00 pm today with a real hairdresser.

I might be willing to have a cat...

...if I could do this to it:

Dog and Beth, the Bounty Hunters