whip it, whip it good

I'm not gonna lie. I've been wanting to blog for awhile. Ok, a long while. It's hard when your computer currently lives at your old house, and you currently live at your new house. Throw in actually moving, Thanksgiving, and a bunch of friends visiting for Turkey Day break...all this makes it hard for me to get my blog on.

Anyhoo...

If you've met my family...you already know this, but we are a little wierd. Ok, a lot. I had a boyfriend that once told my parents "stop making my girlfriend wierd!!" He was probably right, but that's what's so great about the Schwy's. We just like to have a good time, and that and being wierd, usually go hand in hand.

Turkey Day seems to bring out the best in us. Maybe it's all the food and the fact we all get a break from work and school, but we just get little more loony here in the end of November. We had Thanksgiving at our new house this year, which was great. It really made it feel more like our family home. Anyhoo, I was making some whip cream in our whip cream maker (WCM--no house is complete without one) and asked my brother-in-law Jeff to test it out for me. He comes over, opens up his mouth and I pull the trigger. Now, in a perfect world, whip cream is supposed to come out. But, by some freak occurence a flying piece of what sounded like schrapnel comes barrelling out of the WCM. Jeff pulls back yelling "I'm bleeding!" Being the kind, loving sister-in-law that I am I start laughing hysterically. I mean, who wouldn't?!? When I pulled myself together, I looked and there was in fact cuts on the back of his throat from this mystery object that came out of the WCM. We figure it was a fluke and put the WCM in the fridge to wait for later.

After a rousing game of Cranium we all gathered back for dessert (a lovely pumpkin crisp made by moi) We get out the WCM thinking surely all the debris has exited, and the whip cream is now safe to eat. Think again. The whip cream is coming out, not whipped, but simply as cream. So, mom goes to unscrew the top, thinking we will probably have to load another CO2 cartridge because apparently the last one exploded in Jeff's mouth. Think again, again. As she is unscrewing it, the WCM explodes-- spewing whip cream all over the kitchen, but mostly on mom and I. Yum-my.

In the end, we had to result to Cool Whip. And let's be honest, that's just not quite as fun.

This is Dad, Me, Cari, and Mom with the big inflatable turkey on Thanksgiving. My mom collects turkeys, so Cari and I got this for her as a joke. I'm sure our new neighbors are thrilled that we and our big inflatable turkey moved into the neighborhood. It's only begun...

I love you all and hope that your Thanksgivings were just as much fun as mine.

things i'm diggin' at the moment...

• my fall peacoat jacket from Target
• down comforters
• Gingerbread Creamer by Coffee Mate (it sounds gross, but it's oh-so-good)
• David Crowder Band (and the fact that I get to see them LIVE on Thursday!)
• getting to see Laura
• having 7 groups show up at our first open house
• Mocha Chai Latte's from Signs
• taking pictures of fall leaves
• cold weather that makes the cat want to snuggle with you (see photo to the right)
• God's Word.

much love...

Today is so beautiful. Days like these are made to bring souls to life. What an amazing creator we have. Praise be to God!

A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else!

Psalm 84:10 (NLT)

P.S. "The Coffeehouse" Station on Launch is awesome. Especially when you listen while enjoying a Nantucket Nectars Peach Lemonade. Oh, and pretending to work when you're really just blogging and getting paid for it.

Autumnal Overview...so far

Geez, it's been awhile since I've blogged. Why? Because moving sucks. A lot. I mean, I'm super excited about moving, but all the preparation that comes before completely Blows (yes, that's with a capital B). Especially when you have lived in a house for 21 years. Ugh. BUT, it's gonna be awesome when it's all said and done. Especially when you move into a house that comes with a ping-pong table.

Anyhoo, the photogragher in me has been slacking off on getting pictures posted on this here blog, so I put together a little slide show to show how freakin' sweet my fall has been thus far. Have I mentioned I love fall? I think I have, but just in case, btw: I LOVE FALL. Okay.

Click me!

Here's a brief summary: It all began with picking apples at my grandparent's old orchard and going to the pumpkin patch. Then, a couple weekends ago we held the 2nd Annual Fall-de-Ral here at Casa de Schwyhart. This is a get together we started last year where we have friends over to carve pumpkins, drink apple cider, eat lots of good food, have fun, etc. It's good times.

For Halloween this year, I had a party with a bunch of my good friends. We ate hot dogs, drank sparkling grape juice (we didn't get to play pong did we Dave? darn it! ;), played Cranium, and went trick-or-treating even though we are supposedly "too old." Ha. The highlight of the evening was seeing Padme, Darth Vader, Santa Claus, an elf, and a shepard do a Chinese Fire Drill on 23rd street. Priceless.

Although I don't have pictures...the fun continued last night when Steve, Laura, Pooh, Hannah, and I went to a corn maze out in the boonies somewhere, I really have no idea where we were. All I know is, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. We (although I hate to admit it) got lost quite a few times, before Steve finally led us out.

I'm sure Fall has much more in store for me...including my birthday (21!), the new Johnny Cash movie coming out THIS FRIDAY!, and taking ownership of our new home. I'm stoked.

Well, that may have been extremely boring and/or wierd. Blame it on the paint fumes I've been breathing in all day and the fact that it's 1:30am and I'm up blogging. Craziness.

Love you all...

(P.S. Many kudos to Amy for helping me figure out the Kodak Gallery slideshow. You rock A-dog.)