poor big white

So on Saturday we went to the camera store and looked at cameras and then we went to the puppy store and looked at puppies.

Since our crash, Retta has graciously loaned us her truck until Thanksgiving. As I was driving and talking to Ash about puppies. I pulled into our parking spot a little too tight and put a few scratches and a dent in the passenger side of Retta's truck. *ugh*.

We drove it straight to the auto-body place and he told us that it would cost $550 to fix it and then we have to also special order the $50 decal from the dealer. We dropped the truck off Sunday night and were without a vehicle again for the next couple days.

I feel bad because we had to cancel Ash's birthday trip to Disneyland.

A good thing though is that we found out that our car is totaled. I know that might sound weird, but its better this way. Instead of having to get the car fixed and have it break down sooner, we're now going to get some money from insurance and we'll have a little over for a down payment on a new car.

I want to get a Passat or Jetta, but we may have to get something cheaper.

funny pictures from childhood

open source cookies

it's so simple but tastes so good:

cream together:
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 cup sugar
blend
* in 1 large egg
sift together and add to mixture:
* 2 to 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 tsp. baking powder
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Divide dough in two parts. Chill 1 to 2 hours. Roll out dough, cut it into fun shapes. Place on greased cookie sheet. Cook at 375 8 to 10 minutes.

Now here is how to make the best frosting. It dries thick and shiny ( like the cookies at starbucks ).

Mix up 2 egg whites, 2 tsp lemon juice. Whip that up.
Then add 3 cups of powdered suger. Keep mixing and mixing. Then add about another cup to cup and a half until the frosting is really thick. It should stick to the beaters when you life them up and be the consistency of whipped creme. The key here is to not give up early when the frosting is too thin. Make it nice and thick.

Then add food coloring and immediately apply to the cookies that are out of the oven. This frosting dries when exposed to air.

*leah voice* mmmmm. That is soooo gooooood.

Speaking of simple things. Here is a link to a funny video of a baby laughing. This kid cracks up at every noise. It's dumb but entertaining.

poor little silver

I was in an accident tonight. I was leaving to get Nate from the train, and I stopped at this stop sign and looked and I saw a car but it was a long way away, so I proceeded into the intersection. Somehow the car was instantly upon me and crashed into the front left corner of our car. Poor little Silver. I was shaken up but totally fine and thankfully the people that crashed into me were nice. We exchanged info while Nate’s dad picked him up from the train and drove him to ‘the scene’ where our car was still crashed in the road. After we cleared the cars out of the road a cop showed up (a half hour after Nate called 911 and was put on hold) and took down our info and stated to me, “Well, it was clearly your fault. Failure to yield.” Just the words you want to hear from a cop at the scene of an auto accident. So now we’re facing the task of insurance, towing, the fun of getting to work with no car etc… I’m still a bit shaken but trying to not stress out know that God has absolute control over all situations and so thankful to Him that there were no injuries to people, just cars. Like Nate's dad kept reminding me, it could have been a lot worse and the worst thing we’re having to deal with right now is paperwork, some money and logistics of getting from here to there. Not that bad.