I Had a Grat Tim Win I was Checricret!

Okay, this was too funny not to share, so,  let me translate this video before you watch it. It says...


 "I had a great time when I was trick or treating. I had lots of makeup on my face."





Clearly the guy is reading it how it is spelled, but how funny is it when we first learn to write how the words sound?

I have watched this short little video no less than 20 times in the last few days because it not only reminds me of the beginner's writing my children have done, but the writing I did in my own writing journal when I was in first grade. I only lost my first grade journal within the last 10 years and I clearly remember a part where I said I wanted Santa to bring me lot of "toes" for Christmas. I am pretty sure I meant toys.

I hope this puts a smile on your face as much as it did for me.

It's NaBloPoMo, which means I will be blogging every day in November. I do hope you will follow along here.  

                    

best coast, our deal supervideo

okay, so i know this is supposed to be about tv, but music came to tv with the invention of mtv. 

if you know me, you know that for years i have had a love for drew barrymore for years now (i will go into that little obsession another day). 

AND, if you have been following me for awhile, you would know that we took the kids to see miranda cosgrove in concert this past summer. the kids love her, but i have become a bit fond of her myself since that day as well. 

okay, so anyways here's the point...


drew barrymore just directed a new supervideo for mtv and it features miranda cosgrove as one of the characters (very different from her character carly on icarly). the production is a romeo and juliet/ west side story style video of the song our deal by best coast. 

here it is, so check it out!  

MTV Supervideo - Music - Best Coast - Best Coast - Music - More Music Videos

i love best coast, by the way, and i think this video is pretty great. regardless of the fact that we all have seen this story so many times before. 

it's been years since i have actually watched mtv because it's just not like it used to be. where did the music videos go? in a day's time, there are only a couple of hours that actually play music videos. shouldn't it be called something other than mtv now?

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killing two birds with one stone: iced coffee & a healthy video

i raced right out and got some of the new starbucks iced coffee blend when i saw an ad for it in one of my magazines the other day. someone recently pinned the pioneer woman's perfect iced coffee recipe on pinterest (come follow me!) and i figured the starbucks blend would be perfect to try it with.

the directions are super easy and i was excited to get up this morning and finally try it after my coffee had been sitting in the fridge getting cold overnight. i can honestly say that i am fighting the urge to get up and fix myself another drink right now.

there is no actual "hot brewing" of the coffee, and basically all you do is mix the actual ground coffee with water and let it sit for about 8 hours and then separate the coffee grounds from the liquid using a stainer and cheesecloth. then you pour the liquid into a container and put it into the refrigerator to get cold. once it is cold, you dispense the coffee over ice and add milk, cream, or half and half and your choice of sweetener then stir.

i used sugar to sweeten mine, which is a total shock if you know me, because i DO NOT use sugar ever. NEVER! i would never even buy it if jason's didn't have to have it for his coffee. but i didn't have anything else so that's what i used.

and...fyi, if you are going to use sugar, you may want to dissolve it in a small amount of warm water first because it is not going to melt in your iced coffee. or, you can just do this ahead of time and put it in the fridge to have available as needed just like the coffee.

i can honestly say that i have just moved on to the next level of my coffee addiction because of this recipe. and if you ever run into me and i seem a little wired, you know why.

so, don't think you can enjoy iced coffee without destroying your diet?

combining the pioneer woman's method with the healthy options a friend nichole suggests is probably the way i will go. check out her little video here on how to still enjoy a sweet and creamy coffee treat.

nichole is a friend from high school who is now a personal trainer in the raleigh, NC area. she has over 10 years training experience and specializes in both online and in-home personal training, posing & stage presence coach & nutrition guidance. she is also USBF figure contestant and nationally qualified NPC fitness athlete.

nichole ohrablo: twitter | facebook

if you try this, be sure to let me know what you think.