life of...wha???

I just watched the movie the Life of Pi. It was breathtaking...it was a visual master piece...it was beautiful...it was...confusing as hell? Maybe something is wrong with me...but I seriously was left feeling VERY unsettled by the ending.  Eh...whatever...the main reason for this post is that now I can't go to sleep. So what have I decided to do instead?? BLOG!
Since my last post...a snow-pocalypse happened on May 2nd.

 And I quote..."SPRING!!!! SPRING!!!! SPRING IS HERE!!! hopefully to stay...cause if it starts to get cold again before October...I am NOT going to be a happy camper. Ain't nobody got time for that...."Remember when I said that?...I don't have time for this? yeah...that's right...I didn't. We got 15 inches of snow. It blew the previous snow record in May by 13 inches...THIRTEEN! Let me help you out with the math there...the previous record for snowfall in May was TWO INCHES.

It took hours to shovel that crap...and not only was it 15 inches thick...it was heavy AND wet.  It took out power lines and trees like they were toothpicks! Look at this branch!!

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(happier times April 27th, 2013)

 

This picture was taken 5 days before the snow storm demolished my hopes of it FINALLY being spring...notice...KBrobst is wearing shorts...Gspence is wearing a short sleeved shirt...and the effing back door is wide open!! Let me refresh your memory one more time folks...

we went from THIS...(grilling outside in shorts and t-shirts...) 

To THIS!!! (building snow dragons on a snowday...in effing MAY)

this....

to THIS

I do love Minnesota. Do not get me wrong...and I sure did enjoy the freak Snow day as well as the next fat person.  I didn't even bother to get my car un-buried and when I did, I counted it on my weight watchers activities points...because that business was EXHAUSTING. 

All I know is this...

You lied to us Phil. I had hope in your shadow/lack of shadow...and you...lied.

  

Freaking Finally!

So...It's 11:35 PM, on Sunday night. I SHOULD be asleep. I should be doing something more productive than updating my blog. I didn't blog all winter. Why, you may ask? I don't like winter. But guess what home slice ..IT'S MOTHER EFFING SPRING!!!!


You will almost NEVER see my happier than when it is spring.
I'm like a baby feeling whatever that material is for the first time....


I'm like a duck jumping in the water...


I'm like a dog dressed up for Thanksgiving...



I'm like Anne Shirley realizing she's been in love with Gilbert Blythe her WHOLE life!


I'm like Hermione when she straightens her hair for the Yule Ball...(and she KNOWS she looks good)


I'm like batman...in this picture...?


SPRING!!!! SPRING!!!! SPRING IS HERE!!! hopefully to stay...cause if it starts to get cold again before October...I am NOT going to be a happy camper. Ain't nobody got time for that....

If looks could kill...

So...it's been a while since my last post.  Let me just start off with:  this week has been one stress-filled fire ball from hell.  We are completely switiching over everything in the way we take data and paperwork during therapy and I will spare you the details...but let's just say... I literally felt like crawling out the front door of the building while simultaneously flipping off the world.  It was awful. And it was only Wednesday for crying out loud.  Anyway...I got to thinking while I was trying to maintain a somewhat functional form of sanity.  I realized that I make a LOT of weird faces at my children.  I was wondering to myself what this must look like to them...And as I NEVER take pictures of myself and post them on public faces (right) AAAAAND I feel like garbage...here are a few.  Just for laughs...and lets face it...my makeup looked pretty rad today. I will also throw in a few other unflattery ones of me making a typical Brittany face.... just to humble myself....


Christmas...the most wonderful time of the year.  Check out Haley's mouth.  Taylor looks like a model...but sorry Haley...we do not look our best.


Now THIS picture...on the other hand....is a keeper.  Taylor still looking like a European model...but at least Mars Attacks and I are having fun...right haley? right? :)


This is my...look what my friend just bought me for my birthday... That toilet paper lasted the whole semester and I still use that tool  in my hand... Thanks Cody Lee!


This one was taken courtesy Melanie Ann Johnston.  This man was sitting a little too close for comfort at a BYU game...(these are my panic...very uncomfortable eyes)


Yeah...so what? Our car broke down in Logan and we missed the BYU game...see if you could navigate Logan effing Utah when it is raining and you are wearing a dress and heels.  Props to us Melanie...we rocked the free bus like NOBODY'S business.


Possibly my favorite picture of all time.....



My thoughts in this picture are as followed...It's 3:30 in the morning...I've only had 5 hours of sleep the last two nights...I'm trying to smile but get that damn camera out of my face.



I hate clowns.....



I am the one in the red jumper... I am serious about music now...and I was serious about it at 5.



It is hard work being a bridesmaide...and son of a...I will NOT sweat on this dress before we take pictures....


I really don't have words for this picture...except for...loosen up on the pencil grip Brittany...


hahaha....I'm smiling...but my eyes say...if you hurt her again, I will cut you....GLAD YOU ARE MARRIED NOW! :)



stuck.....stuck....... STUCK!!!!




We were the last two to get married...haha...and now I'm the last one.



And here are some faces I make at my children...

This one is...
hmmm...do you think this is a good choice...or a bad choice....

I think you are making a bad choice right now...please take that out of your mouth/off your head/out of the toilet.

 

 

Oh Lord...now wash your hands...please.

 

:)

Pinterest!

Alright...ALRIGHT!!! I will admit it...I really love pinterest.  Why do I love it? Oh...I don't know...maybe for reasons like THIS!!


And THIS!!!!

AND THIS!!!!


Ok...ok...in short...Pinterest allows me to find silly pictures in one spot without having to spend hours on google looking up different themes....I can now just spend those hours on Pinterest...find LOTS OF GREAT THINGS. 

I have to preface this blog post with this.  I am not a naturally crafty/bakey person...so yes...I am always awed by things like this....


and this....

and...this....


why yes, Pinterest...how did you know I've been DREAMING of a gingerbread/pumpkin/whipped cream triffle my whole life??

Anywho...long story short...I have felt the need, for the past few weeks, to become more domestic.  Why? Oh...I don't know...maybe because when my mom was my age, she had five kids already.  Maybe because, most of my friends and sisters have or are having babies and are moving on in their domesticated life-styles.  Who said you have to have a family to want to bake?? Huh?

Ok...Alright!  I may be a little sensitive about the fact that I ate chips with melted cheese on top for dinner two days in a row.  I might be a little tender about the fact that I fill my cart at Target with meals-for-one...every week...


So maybe I want to change that a little bit. Maybe I thought I would try some of the recipes that I constantly pin on Pinterest....Starting with...

Blogging world...meet Reeses Smore's Bars...



They look delicious right? Nice and tasty...You can tell that there are reeses in there...You can tell that there is fluffy white marshmellow fluff.  You can tell that it is delicious...And OH!!! I so wanted to impress my family and friends at the Fourth of July party...I had a daydream as I was whipping them up, of everyone devouring them and asking for more. I dreamed of everyone saying..."Why is Brittany Bly not married yet??! CLEARLY she is a domesticated Goddess."

But alas my friends...I did dream in vain.  Little did I know that creul fate had different plans for me....I made it VERY clear if baking were indeed the reason why people are in relationships...I am VERY single for this sole reason...

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Yes...they were disgusting.  And when I pulled them out of the oven...I looked at them in horror, realizing that they definitely did NOT turn out right.  My second thought was...How the hell am I going to get these bars out of this pan??? They looked very melted into the damned thing...and to make matters worse...the pan was my roommate's...that's how un-bakey I am.

The only good thing that came out of this whole situation was that when I went to cut into the stupid "bars" the knife wouldn't even cut to the bottom carmalized disaster, so when I tried to pull the knife out of the" bars"...the whole thing slid right out of the pan! haha...Talk about miracles...

I hung my hypothetical apron up for another day.  A little humbled...but not compltely defeated, I pondered on the situation thinking...I have failed pinterest. 

Saturday rolled around and that baking desire boiled in my heart again....I decided to try once more...

This was my goal...

Banana Bars....with BROWN butter frosting!!

Oh delicious...You can almost smell them, can't you?

Well, long story short, (because I am tired of getting distracted by Pinterest everytime I have to look up a new picture...) I was determined to redeem myself.  I longed to say to my friends, "Oh hey, do you want a Banana Bar?" and have them try it and melt into the bliss of consuming the baked ecstasy.

WELLL...It was a success!! I redeemed myself!!

True, they don't look exactly like it...but they tasted SOOOO amazingly good.

So, all in all. I am not going to give up on being a great baker! It may not come naturally to me...but I really do love cooking/baking for others!

On a side note...

Other reasons I love Pinterest, It allows me to indulge in obsessions...

point and case?

Harry Potter

Jimmy Stewart

Joshua Jackson

Hemsworth squared...

Just Chris....

aaaand John Krasinski...

And more of Joshua Jackson....

Harry Potter/Hunger Games mashups?!

Aaaaaaand...scene... :)

Happy pinning!