Post-Thanksgiving Post

You know how sometimes when you are having a conversation, a long awkward pause develops and you have to find a way to break the silence so you can get on with the conversation?

Welcome to this blog. As you might have noticed, I took the entire week of Thanksgiving off. Because I was pretty lazy. And now, to break the awkward silence and get on with all the fun posts that I have collecting in my mind, here is my quick recap of Thanksgiving week.

1. painted nails with Brooke and Sarah- mine were inspired by Pinterest, woo! Then I tried to capture it in photography but only managed to make my hand look like a deranged claw.
2. mom and dad fed us amazing food and nourished me thoroughly all week: HEAVEN.
3. tried to take a sister picture on Thanksgiving but Sarah couldn't stop laughing.
4. put funny things on the dog's head.
5. Sarah collapsed in laughter some more...
6. ate an amazingly delicious turkey, mmhm baby.
7. Sarah laughed even more while we tried to get a decent shot, what a loveable goob.
8. dressed the dog in a Santa outfit- she LOVED it (lies.)
9. ended up with a photo-worthy of awkwardfamilyphotos.com
10. flu shots with my mom! we know how to have a great time.
11. visited the Thomas and Mack for a delightful evening at the Mannheim steamroller christmas concert.
12. we were the only people there who weren't elderly. love hangin' out with our homeskillets.

'twas a wonderful, much-needed break from life. And now the awkward silence has ended. Phew.

How I Feel...

I feel like my mood can be summed up in this face:

You wouldn't know it, but Candy can be a drama queen.

It means I just finished a million projects for school + took my finals + packed up my room and I'm driving home tomorrow for a couple weeks.

It also means I'm not ready to let summer go and I'm not sure I'm ready for all the change that the new year brings.

When Candy made this face she had just been laying around the house for 5 hours without moving. What a jerk.

Dogs get to have all the fun... it's really not even fair.

I have brain freeze and I didn't even eat ice cream.

Hi.

I'm kind of brain dead. Not totally brain dead, because, you know, its only the Monday of finals week and I've only taken one final.

But brain dead enough that I found a picture of my dog absolutely hilarious. And laughed for like five whole minutes.

Are you brain dead too?

ENJOY:

We call this her death glare. It just fits.

The Science of Syrup

Right now I am trying to read my science textbook. Its not going so hot for me. The fun kind of science is the kind my dad does.

My dad is a self proclaimed "scientist." And I am his trusty assistant. Together (and with the family) we have worked on countless school science projects, taken apart old TVs and answering machines and performed many experiments to answer our curiosities.

But many years ago, we had an experiment go horribly wrong.

The experiment seemed simple enough. We were curious about ants, and how fast they could come to food. So we went out in the backyard and laid down a paper plate filled with maple syrup. Being scientific and such, we decided to start a timer and then come back every few minutes until the ants arrived.

We went in the house, and when we came out a couple minutes later, we had our conclusion.

Dogs are faster than ants.

And our dog was standing there with a plate of maple syrup completely stuck to her little flat face. Get that image in your mind real good.

Poor Candy dog. She has had a lot of traumatic experiences in her life.

RUDE!!

I wish I was doing the fun kind of science right now.

But I think Candy prefers the textbook method.