Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Hooray for the Cranberry Fluff!

This first pic (at least I think it will be shown first?) shows my "most favoritest" (as my honey-man's angel boy-O would say) spot to be found in my parents' home = "the kitchen nook." Although I spent only one full H.S. year in the house they now live in, I have always enjoyed sitting at this table, eating my morning cereal in the morning light that comes in from those windows.


The 2nd shot, I took just because I thought it was so funny - "Prize of Iowa" butter?!? I also think my family believes I'm nuts... "You're taking a picture of the butter" - spoken more so as a statement, stupified, rather than voiced as a question to clarify one's confusion.

3rd, the most coveted Cranberry Fluff (my recipe link HERE). I begged - more like insisted - that we make a double batch of this stuff. Do you know how much Cranberry Fluff that makes? Not enough. I LOVE it and it was ALLLL gone by Saturday!?! NOTE: No Jello product of any kind is to be included in its ingredients; thus, although it does include mini-marshmallows and Cool Whip, it does not meet full Mormon salad standards.


The next pic - what do you think it is - ??? The first time my father saw it, he immediately likened its appearance to that of a giant-scale training bra. My father simply likes to call things as they are... Honestly, it's a picture of the middle school I went to when we first moved to Iowa in '87. Lovely, eh? My father has said he believes the structural engineers and architechs who designed and ultimately built the school first got together and drew up the building plans to mimic breasts, just to see and test out whether or not the school district would approve or deny the concept. Cedar Rapids has another middle school building built the very same way... EVERYONE thinks of them as the boobie schools. And those who don't, just won't admit it.


Red was our Turkey Day's theme color ~ a lovely lil' red rose arrangement made by my step-mum. Martha Stewart should look out, I'm tellin' ya.



The Viagra ~this is NOT a close-up shot, but rather, a picture of a mighty large paperweight that can be found on my father's desk in his home office, given to him by his best-friend, Don, for my father's 50th birthday. Is that not hysterical? Tell me, is it not?

And Grant Wood's American Gothic came to town - see the article for details in pic itself = enough said.




One evening, the setting sun looked as though it were a little ball of fire just hanging around, out in the back woods behind my parents' home... the picture doesn't do the moment justice. I knew it wouldn't, but I had to at least try.




And the last pic -but not least- my parents' nifty, quite purty, pre-lit Chrimpus tree! Easy as 1-2-3!

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Most excellent pics, Annejelynn! I love the Christmas tree and the rose pictures -- they're my most favoritest.

Effie said...

The roses--beautiful!! And the Viagara--so funny!

That salad would not meet Lutheran standards either--there must be jello in every salad-type-dish must be a subconscious message in every Lutheran cookbook I have...that salad though? I want some--you got the recipe??

The boob-school--so funny! Along the highway into Toronto there is some kind of indoor golfing place or something that is made up of 2 big white buildings very similar to that only lopsided...I still laugh when I see them!

Pretty tree! Love the breakfast nook....I wish I had one at my house!

Hugs,
Effie

Random and Odd said...

I love the picture of the tree and the pictues on the wall.

So beautiful.

Ern said...

I dunno...it looks an awful lot like pink salad to me! Are you sure there's no gelatine in there?

(Also, I had an hour long fight with a pre-lit Christmas tree over the weekend. It won. One strand just REFUSED to light.)

Anonymous said...

I love the view from your parents nook. Beautiful!

Elizabeth said...

Love the breakfast nook. How wonderful!!!

Amy said...

Very nice pics!
What a pretty tree and that breakfast nook looks like the bestest place to drink tea and read the paper EVA.

Susie said...

What a lovely, homey home. I would love the breakfast nook, too. I will make the fluff! And when I saw that "pill," I said, WHOA! Who's taking the big-ass Viagra? heeheeee Very nice. My fam loves the cranberries, so I'll definitely do the fluff thing.