the bake-off

this weekend was going to consist of relaxing. and that was it.

instead, it turned into one where i:

1.worked
2. drove 45 minutes to do said work, and then consequently the 45 minutes home
3. made homemade bagels. they turned out nothing like the pictures looked and instead of tasting like well, bagels... they taste like round bread with a hole in it.
4. made meatballs with mashed potatoes and corn from here. now, i have been reading this blog forever. never made anything from it though. until this weekend. and i will say, that after this weekend, i will be making many, many more things from http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/. i would post a picture, but after two nights in a row, it is all gone. it looked just like the picture she has on her website too, just so you know. oh, and it was one of those meals where you take a bite and go, "oh my god, this is SO good" and then you take another bite and keep repeating that SAME thing. It was that good
5. baked 7 dozen or so cookies. i made chocolate chip and thumbprint cookies. thumbprint cookies to me, are the epitome of feeling like a kid again. they are good
6. cleaned
7. got the sprinkler system working
8. caught 2 frogs and a toad. we let the toad go, since our biggest one, may have thought he was a snack, but we kept the two frogs.
9. watched Keeping up with the Kardashians where they gave chris a monkey.