or Zorro
I don't even think Eric had ever seen a Zorro movie but he carried a sword and I'm sure that's all that mattered. Also, don't judge me for the store-bought costumes. That's what Eric wanted. I hated those things but he was the one that had to wear it. Once I let him have a Buzz Lightyear costume from Walmart, it was downhill from there. It's been nothing but cheap polyester since.
While we were up there, Lauren made mashed cauliflower. Eric tried it and liked it. I decided to sneak it in for dinner the other night in place of potatoes. I prepared it all while he was at school to hide any evidence. I was trying to keep a straight face. (I'm not the best at getting away with things. I laugh way too much.) He picked up on the giggles and asked what was in it. I told him cheese. He told me he knew it had cauliflower but wanted to know why I was laughing. I told him I was just trying to be sneaky about the cauliflower.
Eric then informed me he actually likes cauliflower and he prefers it cooked plain with salt and a little ketchup for dipping. The ketchup for dipping doesn't surprise me, he likes everything dipped in ketchup. What surprises me is that I never knew he liked cauliflower. I don't even know where he tried it because I'd never made it.
Speaking of making new things, there's a recipe that's been making its way around the internet and I tried it out last night. I was hesitant because I'm always hesitant when yeast is involved. It's rolls with onions, rosemary and bleu cheese. They were different. The cheese is only sprinkled on top but I think I might have put too much. I little less would have been better.
Here's the inside. The onions are strings that have been sauteed with garlic and then mixed into the dough. I like that. Like I said, I think there was too much cheese on top. Or maybe I should have just thinned it out more and not clumped it all on in one spot.
On the menu for tonight? Hamburgers with cauliflower "fries".
Eric's been thinking about going completely short since, well, since we talked him out of it and convinced him to only cut most of it off the night before school. I took him after school to finish it off. I was hesitant but now I'm glad I did. 
I was parked beside the Methodist church in WC, alongside the cemetery. I just decided to forget it when my phone went off with a big "Yes". Awesome. So I stopped back by and got breakfast to go.
Look at the bacon resting in syrup. It was so worth the $6.48.
Now I need to get busy on housework with hopes of shedding an unexpected oodle-tons of calories.
This has been a week to get stuff done. Since Monday was a holiday I helped Eric clean out his room. That took longer than expected so I wasn't able to start the guest room, which will be done today. I'm doing the guest room today because yesterday was a fun-filled day with Dr. Schleicher. It really wasn't that bad even though he did lecture me on the importance of not putting off getting two crowns. So guess what that means. Yeah. Another day with Dr. Schleicher next week, but not so fun-filled... unless of course I opt for the valium. I can't dwell on that now. It's time to switch into cleaning mode.
I've been preoccupied. Nothing spectacular just sinus headaches, driving, errands, the usual. Did I mention sinus headaches?
Wow. I love a good deal.
Seriously though, I would never. I know she'll never see it but I would feel a little better if someone at her empire knew how I felt and that we are not all blindly waiting for Oprah's next "words of wisdom". (Did you notice that on the picture above? "words of wisdom"... please.) So, here's a quick little note I typed up:
Here are a couple of other studies we did. We'd go around the room and only have a few seconds to sketch what we saw before the next person would jump up on the table and strike a pose.
Then I found these. Lauren was apparently doing the same thing in Ms. Manor's second grade class. Maybe?
Since posting the pumpkin painting the other day, I eye those little pumpkins every time I go to the grocery store. I probably won't be satisfied until I get one and bring it home to draw.
Hands are something I always draw. We used it on our first study of contour line as well as shading. I enjoyed it and went with that. Ms. Mouton always stressed to us how important it was to only draw it if it was an object in front of us and to NEVER draw from a picture. Anyway, there are tons of hands in my drawings.
See? You can put them in so many poses and it's so much easier than carrying around a still life... says the person who carries a baby shoe, red chair or vintage suitcase almost everywhere she goes.
This next one was the first skull I ever drew. It was never finished. That's okay, I always hated it. This was a lesson on stippling with ink. So all the shading is done with dots upon dots upon dots. I hate upon hate upon hate that.
I still like skulls when they're not shaded with dots, even if they are human... more on that tomorrow. I believe this was charcoal. My favorite medium is chalk pastel and next comes charcoal. (I am framing this and putting it in Eric's room.)
A skull with a flower in its mouth? No? How about a wine bottle with a ballet shoe? Maybe I should give this to Brittany, it was her ballet shoe.
Had enough for today? Yeah, me too. Now I'm in the mood to find Eric's aoudad skull in the backyard and go to town with some charcoal. Although, I think something might have r-u-n-n-o-f-t with it. (If you haven't seen "Oh Brother Where Art Thou", I think something might have run off with it.)
Going with the orange from the sunset and since there are only 30 days until Halloween, I'm posting the next ones of Lucille. It seems like Strat always makes it up on the blog while Lucille is left behind. I saw this sweater at Michael's. It's made for a teddy bear but you know how I am.
By the way, I intentionally put the sweater on backwards.
Lucille is the sweetest cat. She just wants to be held and scratched on. If you sit, she gets in your lap and takes a nap. Even if she isn't wanting to be held, she goes limp and gives in when someone picks her up. All of these things are why I love what appears to be a glare in the next picture.
