It's another snow day!

We got SNOW!!! I am/was so excited about that! It is snowing again today as well with more snow expected Sunday into Monday and then another storm on Wednesday!!! I am really excited about the snow! I LOVE snow! We got about 6 inches of ice and snow, it is snowing now and more is on the way!! 

This first three pictures are from our apartment windows, the last one from today @ The Rockhouse, where Bob is doing his internship.

Sitting with Impatience......

So while I write this, I sit at the Christ on Campus office and wait for the snow to start falling. I do like the snow, but I think I like it when it starts falling rather than having to sit and anticipate it falling. Once it starts falling I have a better idea of how much we are going to get and the like. We are supposed to get anywhere from an inch to two inches of ice and then 4 to 8 inches of snow with local amounts being 10 to 15 inches. Different reports say different things though so what really happens is only to be seen in the near future. (I am kinda hoping to be snowed in honestly though.) :)

As of right now, it is just misty and foggy looking outside.

Woo Pig Sooie

Those that are blessed to be from Arkansas know about a little thing we like to call "Calling the Hogs". My sweet husband, being from New York state, had no idea what that was. The nice people he is interning for showed him what that meant. I guess this was at a track meet and he did not get the full understanding of what it all meant because today while we were eating lunch in one of the cafeterias, one of the other interns showed me a video of her niece and nephew calling the pigs and a little while later my husband turns to me and asks so what are the hand motions? He then proceeds to demonstrate what he thinks the "hand motions" are. He throws his hands up in the air and then does a move similar to the running man (which he also had no idea as to what the running man was). I died laughing as well as the other intern, Cory. Oh goodness, I guess I have not been a good wife and introduced him to the Arkansas way of life. Hopefully I will soon be able to get him some UofA apparel and further get him accustomed to Arkansas life in Fayetteville. Oh how the adventures continue. :) 

Cool Website

175 Photos of Day Taken at Night

Remember the picture....

That I posted that I said was a picture of a gift for a friend's wedding? Some of you guessed at what it was and I realized I never have let you in on what it was.


So here you go....

Tips for Taps.....yes just what you are thinking it is, it is.

Things Are A Changin'

Things are a changin' again. We are both in Arkansas & both in the same city in Arkansas now! I have been in Fayetteville with Bob since Saturday night. This has been a great thing. We have enjoyed being together once again! Our apartment is super cute and small. The bedroom is large and has a huge closet which is great. It also has a dishwasher which we are not sure works correctly but it does work. It just seems to stay on the wash cycle. We went to church at The Rockhouse which is where all the action for Bob's internship happens or at least starts happening.

The Arkansas Apartment.......

 This has been lovingly named the phone booth. It has a phone jack in it and has a raised floor in it. Really? 

 This is our bedroom from the door coming from the living room. The door in the back of the picture goes outside to a back patio? 

 This is the dining room/living room. Small but cute!

 The living room/dining room from the front door. The couches & dining room table & chairs are from this amazing lady that the campus minister at U of A knows. 

 This is the teeny tiny kitchen. It has a dishwasher though which is amazing!!

 This is the phone booth after my innovative husband found some cardboard and constructed shelves. 

 Our new sushi making kit from our amazing friends Jeff & Jenn! We were BEYOND excited about this!

 The cute little bathroom

The trashcan my husband MADE from cardboard. Yes, you read that correct. He constructed them (as in three of them) from leftover cardboard from the shelves he made for phone booth. 

The other thing that has changed is my hair. Friday, when Bob got into town (Mountain Home), we met up with my good friend Sarah Hunter and she took her amazing scissors and hands (because seriously the scissors are not amazing unless the person behind them is) and went to chopping my hair. It was a beautiful thing. My hair is crazy thick and it took her about any hour to get my hair the way that she wanted it. (She is a  bit of a perfectionist. =)) 

So this is the new hairs. I LOVE it! So easy to care for! Thanks Sarah!

Simply Sweet Chocolate Cake (with picture)

1 1/2 cup flour

3 tablespoons cocoa

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon vinegar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup

1. Sift the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.

2. Melt the butter. Mix it with the vinegar, vanilla and water in a separate bowl.

3. Add the liquid to the flour mixture and stir the batter until it's barely mixed. (Try not to overmix it.)

4. Pour the batter into a greased, square baking pan.

5. Bake the cake @ 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. (Test it by sticking a knife into the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.)

6. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes. Then remove it from the pan. When it's completely cool, frost it with the icing recipe.

Fast Frosting

8 ounce package of cream cheese

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup butter 

1 cup powdered sugar

1. Mix the ingredients together until the frosting is smooth and creamy

This is the cake frosted with Mocha Frosting (recipe below)

Mocha Frosting

1/2 cup butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 to 3 tablespoons expresso

1. Cream the butter and vanilla

2. Mix in the powdered sugar until creamy and smooth

3. Add expresso

Alt. I use normally brewed coffee and then add some dry instant coffee for flavor and eye appeal.