New baby, lots and lots of littles, and laying the flooring. Never a dull moment over here.
Erin finally popped and pushed out a humongous adorable little human (Emersion Reed Scott… I call him murder) so while she has been doing that and hanging out in the hospital, her littles have been my littles. Needless to say, my house got trashed, my fridge is empty, and all the printer paper is gone. We ate all the beans and apples in the house. Spent after schooldays drawing and making weird shaped out of scrap wood and nails while the mr and I worked. Not to take away from my sister pushing out a gigantic human from her body, but hell, my body/mind are fried. Taking the littles is easy (feed them, let them loose on Nick, homework, watch Malcom in the middle, brush teeth, bed) but laying floor is hard. Lots and lots of tiny pieces of floor that need to be hammered and bent and fanagled. So many nails, nailing for hours and having all the pressure of not nailing into the radiant heat tubing. My body has contoured into a semi permanent bent shape and red tubes are floating over my closed eyelids. The mr on his hands and knees for hours with so many slivers… It’s fucking painful. But we love it (the floor) and the bit of pain is worth it. As for the littles, the are so awesome. They can stay with us forever. Oh yeah, and my Dad has made his way back tot he state where he left all of his children for a visit so we have been doing all that family stuff too. If only I could figure out how to get paid for being with my family.(we could do a reality tv show but I don’t think America could handle that)
I am cooking food, I just haven’t had a lot of time to like clean dishes, make things pretty, and catch good enough light to take pictures but I am hoping to get a little time to make an epic cake this coming week. I want to bake plus I want to start a project and see it finished within a few hours. I miss posting recipes and and I think everyone around me needs some cake. So look for that (thinking some kind of pumpkin chocolate situation)
And as for today, the littles are back home with their mother so the mr and I are going to floor some more until our bodies give out then drive into the mountains for a well earned visual spectacular of color. And coffee. So much coffee.
Just for a laugh… Judah says to us the first time we went up to the hospital to see his mom and new baby bro .”holy haha. Look guys look. He is eating moms nipples.” He couldn’t stop laughing. That kid, oh boy is he awesome. He also said that the baby makes sounds like a big fart. I agree.
Internet stuff I found during my late night browsing sessions.
-Dude, I might just have to move to Japan. Japan Wants to Reward You for Safe Driving—with Coffee
–HOW VANILLA BECAME THE WORLD’S FAVORITE FLAVOR..is it yours?
-Into all of these hammocks. 5 Hammock Hybrids for Extreme Relaxation
-To the insurance company that doesn’t want to renew our house insurance policy because of our garden looks like we lack “pride of ownership” (for real what they said) Eight Reasons NOT to Clean Up in the Garden
-Ah, love this house.
–Do You Wish Time Would Slow Down? Yes, yes I do
-We are keeping the downstairs all white and light and bright. Inspirations
– “Extreme bees, extreme people.” Six Scientists, 1,000 Miles, One Prize: The Arctic Bumblebee
-This is fantastic. To bad I didn’t know this hack in art school. Ingenious Hack for Sketching with Two Point Perspective Using an Elastic String
-I have blown up a few carrots in the microwave in my day. Snap, Crackle, Kale: The Science Of Why Veggies Spark In The Microwave
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Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
-C
Yesterday the mr and I bought windows! It was a total fluke but when we went to get our winter tires changed to our summer one (GOOD BYE WINTER), my brother in law (who was doing the tire change) gave us the keys to his truck and sent us to be productive with ourselves instead of sitting in the customer lounge drinking all the free coffee. So we ended up at the hardware store with the truck and no real expectations for anything other then browsing. But lo and behold we stumbles onto the windows that were just meant to be. So we bought them, loaded them into the truck (I don’t know how we would have fit them all into our little car..truck meant to be) and brought them to their new home. We now have six new wood interior, al clad exterior double hung windows (yet to be insulted) minus wait for it, one very large front door window.
Yup, I smashed the front door window. When we brought the windows we also bought a bunch of 2×4’s. While unloading them, I accidentally, but on purpose, smashed threw the front door with the wood. The door was starting to close on me and instead of just letting it, my reflexes got the better of me and I threw the wood, right into the window and apparently almost took the mr’s head off at the same time. Mother FUCKER!
Good times.
So that sums up the week. Some great ups, some down downs. Feeling lots of feels. Working a lot but spending time doing things like a little hike with the family and the pup, a trip across the lake with my mom and little sister to the Target, and the mr and I took a trip to see his brother and sister in law and the new addition to the family.. A 12 day old little nugget that is just to freaking cute. And it’s spring and the weather is amazing so I am trying to get out into the gardens and get that going too.
As for today, we are going going to keep plugging away at the house, gots to the keep the momentum going while it’s good. But I am for sure going to make a trip to the library, and plop my butt in some sunshine with a steaming cup of coffee and a good read at some point today. A little work, a little relaxation… And so much coffee!
Internet fun finds from the week.
– You can now do you business on this 18 karat gold toilet, on display and in use at the Guggenheim. The line might not be worth the wait.
-Check out this 100 year old lady boss. I hope if I make it to 100 that I can be as kick ass as her.
–Runners High. It’s for real
-I love this idea, but a problem I might encounter is that I would start drawing, not stop, then completely abandon my To Do list. Try Drawing Your To-Do List Instead of Writing It
-Oh Prince, you will be missed. Music and hair.. Prince’s Hair Styles From 1978 To 2013
–Plant Porn
-I have tried meditation and I am so so, but this seems like it would be perfect for me. This new kind of meditation has you listen to cuss words
– Funky and colorful interior inspirations.
– And I am kinda in love with Dusty Rose Pink Velvet Seating.. just not sure the mr would be into it.
-I am in the market for new sheets and these or these are my new favorite (but kinda expensive)
And some fun time pictures.
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I figured now is a good time to get this recipe out there before we get to far into spring and summer recipes because there is going to be a lot of banana ice cream filled recipe coming and I figured its a good idea to have the basic banana ice cream recipe ready for people to refer too. And because I made so much fantastic naner ice cream, I also made a cookies and cream naner ice cream for my sisters and the mister.
Comments that I got from my sisters and the mister when I made them this ice cream
-Sister one.”I give this my sister seal of approval.. It’s so good. The first dessert you have made that I liked! (not including all the other desserts that you have made that I liked)”
-Sister two- “Wow.. it looks like ice cream and feels like ice cream and tastes like ice cream.. You should make me this ice cream!” (I was confused too because I was pretty sure I just made her some)
-The mister- “I am so excited for my new fly fishing pole!”
Ok, so the naner ice cream isn’t new to the mister and he IS very much excited for his new fly fish pole. So excited that he forgot to tell me how amazing that I am and to thank me for making him a big bowl of yumminess. (It’s ok, I forgive him)
And yes, this is probably one of the easiest, most delicious, healthy and amazing frozen dessert that you will ever eat. You will probably find yourself buying mass amounts of bananas and stocking the freezer until things just start falling out. (which is also ok because it’s only bananas and you can’t have too many frozen bananas)
The stuff you need for this ice cream…. Nice and ripe bananas, peeled and then frozen* That’s it.
To make it, place frozen bananas into food processor and hit the on button. Process the crap out of the namers until nice and silky smooth.
*Note, the smaller the frozen chunks are , the faster and maybe a little easier for the blender to blend the naners into ice cream. So if you think of it, chop bananas into pieces before freezing or even after.
After all blended and smooth, either eat right away or scoop ice cream into a freezer safe container and stick in freezer. That’s the banana ice cream… And it is amazing and so so so so so addictive. I make a batch, think I am only going to eat a scoop, then find myself eating half of what I have made, but it’s ok cause it’s only bananas.
Now for the cookies and cream banana ice cream..
One batch of banana ice cream, either freshly made, still in food processor or made ahead and placed in a food processor and given a good pulse to smooth it up.
Add cookies in, crushing a bit beforehand and pulse till combined. 
Now you have cookies and cream naner ice cream…. and everybody is happy.
Scoop into a cup, a bowl, a freezer safe container, or directly into your mouth. Be careful…. You can still get brain freeze from eating naner ice cream too fast!
Keep it real hump day drum bum!
-C
Basic Banana Ice Cream
Makes one batch. Good for 3-4 servings
- 4-5 ripe bananas peeled and frozen
Peel bananas and stick in a freezer bag or container and freeze. When bananas are completely frozen, break into pieces and stick into a food processor or blender and puree until silky smooth.
Eat right away or scoop into a freezer safe container for later.
Cookies and Cream Banana Ice Cream
- 1 batch banana ice cream
- 5-10 (depending on your cookie need) cream filled cookies like oreos or Trader Joe’s Joe Joe’s (These are gluten free)
In a food processor, blend banana ice cream with cookies.
Eat right away, with a utensil of choice in a container of choice.
Bowl licking is acceptable.
THE LOVELY CRAZY
March 19, 2017 by maximios • Blog
New baby, lots and lots of littles, and laying the flooring. Never a dull moment over here.
Erin finally popped and pushed out a humongous adorable little human (Emersion Reed Scott… I call him murder) so while she has been doing that and hanging out in the hospital, her littles have been my littles. Needless to say, my house got trashed, my fridge is empty, and all the printer paper is gone. We ate all the beans and apples in the house. Spent after schooldays drawing and making weird shaped out of scrap wood and nails while the mr and I worked. Not to take away from my sister pushing out a gigantic human from her body, but hell, my body/mind are fried. Taking the littles is easy (feed them, let them loose on Nick, homework, watch Malcom in the middle, brush teeth, bed) but laying floor is hard. Lots and lots of tiny pieces of floor that need to be hammered and bent and fanagled. So many nails, nailing for hours and having all the pressure of not nailing into the radiant heat tubing. My body has contoured into a semi permanent bent shape and red tubes are floating over my closed eyelids. The mr on his hands and knees for hours with so many slivers… It’s fucking painful. But we love it (the floor) and the bit of pain is worth it. As for the littles, the are so awesome. They can stay with us forever. Oh yeah, and my Dad has made his way back tot he state where he left all of his children for a visit so we have been doing all that family stuff too. If only I could figure out how to get paid for being with my family.(we could do a reality tv show but I don’t think America could handle that)
I am cooking food, I just haven’t had a lot of time to like clean dishes, make things pretty, and catch good enough light to take pictures but I am hoping to get a little time to make an epic cake this coming week. I want to bake plus I want to start a project and see it finished within a few hours. I miss posting recipes and and I think everyone around me needs some cake. So look for that (thinking some kind of pumpkin chocolate situation)
And as for today, the littles are back home with their mother so the mr and I are going to floor some more until our bodies give out then drive into the mountains for a well earned visual spectacular of color. And coffee. So much coffee.
Just for a laugh… Judah says to us the first time we went up to the hospital to see his mom and new baby bro .”holy haha. Look guys look. He is eating moms nipples.” He couldn’t stop laughing. That kid, oh boy is he awesome. He also said that the baby makes sounds like a big fart. I agree.
Internet stuff I found during my late night browsing sessions.
-Dude, I might just have to move to Japan. Japan Wants to Reward You for Safe Driving—with Coffee
–HOW VANILLA BECAME THE WORLD’S FAVORITE FLAVOR..is it yours?
-Into all of these hammocks. 5 Hammock Hybrids for Extreme Relaxation
-To the insurance company that doesn’t want to renew our house insurance policy because of our garden looks like we lack “pride of ownership” (for real what they said) Eight Reasons NOT to Clean Up in the Garden
-Ah, love this house.
–Do You Wish Time Would Slow Down? Yes, yes I do
-We are keeping the downstairs all white and light and bright. Inspirations
– “Extreme bees, extreme people.” Six Scientists, 1,000 Miles, One Prize: The Arctic Bumblebee
-This is fantastic. To bad I didn’t know this hack in art school. Ingenious Hack for Sketching with Two Point Perspective Using an Elastic String
-I have blown up a few carrots in the microwave in my day. Snap, Crackle, Kale: The Science Of Why Veggies Spark In The Microwave
And a few pics.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
-C
Yesterday the mr and I bought windows! It was a total fluke but when we went to get our winter tires changed to our summer one (GOOD BYE WINTER), my brother in law (who was doing the tire change) gave us the keys to his truck and sent us to be productive with ourselves instead of sitting in the customer lounge drinking all the free coffee. So we ended up at the hardware store with the truck and no real expectations for anything other then browsing. But lo and behold we stumbles onto the windows that were just meant to be. So we bought them, loaded them into the truck (I don’t know how we would have fit them all into our little car..truck meant to be) and brought them to their new home. We now have six new wood interior, al clad exterior double hung windows (yet to be insulted) minus wait for it, one very large front door window.
Yup, I smashed the front door window. When we brought the windows we also bought a bunch of 2×4’s. While unloading them, I accidentally, but on purpose, smashed threw the front door with the wood. The door was starting to close on me and instead of just letting it, my reflexes got the better of me and I threw the wood, right into the window and apparently almost took the mr’s head off at the same time. Mother FUCKER!
Good times.
So that sums up the week. Some great ups, some down downs. Feeling lots of feels. Working a lot but spending time doing things like a little hike with the family and the pup, a trip across the lake with my mom and little sister to the Target, and the mr and I took a trip to see his brother and sister in law and the new addition to the family.. A 12 day old little nugget that is just to freaking cute. And it’s spring and the weather is amazing so I am trying to get out into the gardens and get that going too.
As for today, we are going going to keep plugging away at the house, gots to the keep the momentum going while it’s good. But I am for sure going to make a trip to the library, and plop my butt in some sunshine with a steaming cup of coffee and a good read at some point today. A little work, a little relaxation… And so much coffee!
Internet fun finds from the week.
– You can now do you business on this 18 karat gold toilet, on display and in use at the Guggenheim. The line might not be worth the wait.
-Check out this 100 year old lady boss. I hope if I make it to 100 that I can be as kick ass as her.
–Runners High. It’s for real
-I love this idea, but a problem I might encounter is that I would start drawing, not stop, then completely abandon my To Do list. Try Drawing Your To-Do List Instead of Writing It
-Oh Prince, you will be missed. Music and hair.. Prince’s Hair Styles From 1978 To 2013
–Plant Porn
-I have tried meditation and I am so so, but this seems like it would be perfect for me. This new kind of meditation has you listen to cuss words
– Funky and colorful interior inspirations.
– And I am kinda in love with Dusty Rose Pink Velvet Seating.. just not sure the mr would be into it.
-I am in the market for new sheets and these or these are my new favorite (but kinda expensive)
And some fun time pictures.
Comments that I got from my sisters and the mister when I made them this ice cream
-Sister one.”I give this my sister seal of approval.. It’s so good. The first dessert you have made that I liked! (not including all the other desserts that you have made that I liked)”
-Sister two- “Wow.. it looks like ice cream and feels like ice cream and tastes like ice cream.. You should make me this ice cream!” (I was confused too because I was pretty sure I just made her some)
-The mister- “I am so excited for my new fly fishing pole!”
Ok, so the naner ice cream isn’t new to the mister and he IS very much excited for his new fly fish pole. So excited that he forgot to tell me how amazing that I am and to thank me for making him a big bowl of yumminess. (It’s ok, I forgive him)
And yes, this is probably one of the easiest, most delicious, healthy and amazing frozen dessert that you will ever eat. You will probably find yourself buying mass amounts of bananas and stocking the freezer until things just start falling out. (which is also ok because it’s only bananas and you can’t have too many frozen bananas)
To make it, place frozen bananas into food processor and hit the on button. Process the crap out of the namers until nice and silky smooth.
*Note, the smaller the frozen chunks are , the faster and maybe a little easier for the blender to blend the naners into ice cream. So if you think of it, chop bananas into pieces before freezing or even after.
Now for the cookies and cream banana ice cream..
One batch of banana ice cream, either freshly made, still in food processor or made ahead and placed in a food processor and given a good pulse to smooth it up.
Add cookies in, crushing a bit beforehand and pulse till combined.
Now you have cookies and cream naner ice cream…. and everybody is happy.
Scoop into a cup, a bowl, a freezer safe container, or directly into your mouth. Be careful…. You can still get brain freeze from eating naner ice cream too fast!
Keep it real hump day drum bum!
-C
Basic Banana Ice Cream
Makes one batch. Good for 3-4 servings
Peel bananas and stick in a freezer bag or container and freeze. When bananas are completely frozen, break into pieces and stick into a food processor or blender and puree until silky smooth.
Eat right away or scoop into a freezer safe container for later.
Cookies and Cream Banana Ice Cream
In a food processor, blend banana ice cream with cookies.
Eat right away, with a utensil of choice in a container of choice.
Bowl licking is acceptable.