Odd but kinda cute ...

I hate "the ONION"

When Rob and I were at Barnes & Noble last night, he motioned towards this book and said with a big ole grin, "now THIS is what you can get me for Christmas!!!" As my usual XMAS grinch was practically peeing his pants as he flipped from page to page, I made a mental note to add the book title to my shopping list. I had every intent to go back and secretly buy the book ... until they wronged me.

On the outside cover the book, it clearly reads "FREE GLOBE INSIDE". I like free stuff. Rob likes globes. This should be a win-win for the Smong family right? The Onion says no.

As he flipped through the pages, I asked Rob, "where's the globe?" Rob looks up, shakes his head in disgust and says "there is no globe." He looks down and continues to read. I poke him in the shoulder and say, "why isn't there a globe, the cover says free globe inside!" Rob smiles and continues to read. I slowly recall my first experience with the Onion and curse my own gullible nature.

----Chrissi's first experience with the Onion ---- as we were waiting in line for a burrito at my all-time favorite taqueria in SF (Gordos) ... I spied the front page article about jeans that came with an acid wash camel toe. I said to Rob, "jeans like that would be hideous" ... Rob laughed for the duration of our meal.

Why would anyone read (let alone publish) a fake newspaper??

The ONION bites. Stupid ONION.

The difference between me and my husband ...

Every couple of months I gather all of our super big blankets & comforters and take them down to the laundromat for a spin in the gargantuan triple load washer. Rob saves all of the change from his "daily" (scratch that ... "HOURLY" coffee runs) so I asked him to gather a bunch for me to take on my trip.

This picture is a visual of just how different my hubby and I are.

I'm not sure how long it must have taken for him to make all of those neat little piles and rows but I know ... if he had asked me for quarters, I surely would have handed him a Ziploc baggie filled with with dimes, nickels and pennies mixed in.

If you look closely, one of the piles is starting to lean. Looks like Mr. Pile-ie is losing his touch. Happy hump day.

I love my dad ...

He's such a good sport : ) He posed for this picture while wearing his "rain" hat ... a fiesta sombrero from Chevys. During the winter months, he wears the hat to keep him dry while he takes the trash cans out on garbage day. Love you Daddy.

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Our 2006 Christmas Tree

Uncle Scrooge (aka Rob) made me toss our Christmas tree in February last year. I say we could have eeked out another month. February is just too soon for Christmas to end. The tree was only a tad bit brown. The grass gives me a bad rap. Bad grass.

Christmas is coming !!! Christmas is coming !!!

All of our southbay family and friends should be familiar with downtown San Jose's annual "Christmas In The Park" display. I am happy to report that construction on this year's 25th annual display is in full gear and downtown is looking mighty Christmas-y right about now : )

"It's the mooost wonderful time, of the year..."

Crochet Pizza

Cooking Class

This week in Teacher Christine's cooking class we are learning how to make butter. For all the moms out there, making butter is both fun and easy for kids of all ages.

To make butter ... Obtain a large spaghetti sauce or mayonnaise jar and run it through the dishwasher to sterilize. Place 1 cup of room temperature, heavy whipping cream in the bottle and secure the lid. Shake the bottle vigorously until the liquid turns to the consistency of whipped butter. Continue shaking the whipped butter for another minute (or so) and the butter solids will separate from the butter milk. Drain off the buttermilk (the butter will stick to the sides of the jar) and add water to the jar to "rinse" the butter. The goal of the "rinsing" process is to separate the majority of the buttermilk from of the butter solids. Add a pinch or two of salt to the butter and spread on your favorite bread. Yum !!!!

** The larger your jar, the faster the butter will "whip" and separate from the buttermilk. You can use a tupperware container, just be sure that the seal is tight.