alien hot dogs

I'm always looking for things that are easy, cheap, and fun to make for my kids. One of my mommy friends posted a photo in our mommy group on facebook a photo of hot dogs cut up with pasta through them, before and after cooking. It looked weird and a little gross. In other words, perfect for my three little boys! So I decided to wing it. i boiled a pan of water. As it was boiling, I sliced up cold hot dogs and slid raw angel hair noodles through them.

I cooked according to the angel hair directions. This was the result:

It came out pretty good, the only change I would make is to use thin spaghetti instead of angel hair, as while the hot dogs were cooked, they weren't as hot as I'd like. The kids loved them--they dipped them in ketchup and had a ball!

Car shopping

My not-so-little baby sister need a new car. I'd say desperately after riding in it today. She wanted to go car shopping and asked me of all people to go with her. I've gone car shopping three times in my life. The first time I was 16 and had my daddy and pep take me, the other too times I went with my husband and he did all the talking. Needless to say, I was surprised that she asked me. She is a lot like me in the respect that we like to do important things with other people. I can just recently go to the store by myself, and I still don;t go alone if I can help it. I don't completely understand it, I just get terrified. When I began driving, I used to buy my step-brother Wendy's so that he would go on drives with me. My sister is not as extreme as I am--she can go shopping by herself! I'm pretty sure I helped at least a little....and I only embarrassed her once, which is basically a record. :) She's even letting me go back with her when she gets a down payment together--that's sisterly love right there!

 My sister and i are very different--

but nothing can beat the sister bond <3

Pinterest

I have a new obsession...a website called pinterest. members repin photos, crafts, articles, recipes, ect. that they love. A lot of women in my mommy group were in love and talked about it often. One day I said innocently "someone needs to send me an invite to that!" and that was it....hook, line, sinker. I have found so many crafts I want to make with the kids, food I want to try, home decorating I want to do, and organizing ideas I never would have thought of on my own. There is even an iphone app or it--though I have yet to download it. I spend too much time attached to the site without it being mobile! It literally amazes me to see how much cool stuff is out there.

My first pinterest project :)