I Love Lists, Friday

1. Hard to say if this opening scene would have been better for The Avengers. See it for youreself.
2. Anagrams.
3. I've never watched all of the movies, but this Lord of the Rings Cake is pretty neat.
4. What Americans Actually Do All Day Long
5. So I am down with flavored Vodkas. I drink vanilla vodka and cake vodka all the time. But Waffle Flavored Vodka? Not so sure about this one...
6. Zombie Pineapple. Enough said.
7. I wish I could remember to have this much fun with the little things in life. Twins rocking out!
8. A brilliant artist in my opinion. Check out Oscar Ramos.
9. Looking for the next great series to catch on Netflix? These are the Top Streaming Netflix TV Shows, according to Ranker.com.
10. I'm ready for a Disney reboot of The Rocketeer. I loved it as a kid!
11. A new funny trend? Dog Shaming.

Happy New Camera Day!

I just bought a sweet new Canon Rebel T3i. I'm sure there are people out there who aren't fans of this camera, but I think it is pretty awesome. I can't wait until it arrives!  I was actually able to purchase a package that included things like two additional lenses, a case, SD card, tripods, and more. I think I am set to take this new camera on our upcoming vacations. Now if I can just learn all of it's intricacies before we head to Jamaica in December!

I Love Lists, Friday

1. Check it out! My mom, Jane Graves, made the USA Today's Best Selling Book List (#95) with her novel 'Tall Tales and Wedding Veils'. Buy it here. 
2. I'm pretty impressed with this Slobproof Paint Pen idea. I guess it could have something to do with the fact that we just got finished painting a million rooms in our house.
3. Wall Scrabble. This is a must for our new home!
4. Cute Children as Iconic Movie Characters. The little Jack Sparrow is so cute!
5. 28 Drunken Cupcakes. The Peach Bellini ones sound yummy!
6. With the proliferation of ebooks, I need this Paper Passion perfume. There is nothing quite like the smell of a book.
7. Ralphisms. Genius! Except for they left out 'I Choo Choo Choose You' and 'They Taste Like Burning'.
8. They Taste Like Burning.
9. How to Eat a Watermelon. And marshmallows. And crunchy peanut butter. Weirdo!
10. Cirque du Soliel Worlds Away in 3D. I'm ready.

Jane Graves, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author

I'm proud to announce that my mom, Jane Graves, is a USA Today and New York Times Bestselling Author! She came in #95 on the USA Today Best-Selling Book List and #28 the New York Times E-Books Fiction List with her novel 'Tall Tales and Wedding Veils.' This daughter is super proud and always knew she could do it. Buy it today:

Amazon Hard Copy Book

Amazon Kindle Edition

Barnes and Noble Hard Copy Book

Barnes and Nobel Nook Edition

And check out her website:

www.janesgraves.com

I Love Lists, Friday

Special YouTube Edition 

1. The Love Chromosome
2. Batman Maybe
3. Opera Duo Charlotte and Jonathan (first video that comes up when 'Charlotte' is searched)
4. Cookie Monster Sings C is for Cookie
5. She & Him  - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
6. Data Raps
7. Google Chrome: Coffee
8. Best Marriage Proposal Ever
9. Addition: SYTYCD

Thought for the Day

Homemade Pizza Night

Tonight was homemade pizza night.Yes, we just had homemade pizza with the Cokers last night, but we had the ingredients to make these amazing pizzas all over again. With plenty of Ryan's homemade tomato pizza sauce, plenty of cheese and toppings, and enough ingredients to make the homemade wheat dough, we figured why not. These pizzas are so tasty and we hadn't made them in so long, we forgot how much we love them. I think this will become an Alexander household tradition!

Fun Night with The Cokers

Last night we had The Cokers, Matt and Taylor, over for dinner in our new home. They are our first guests, other than family, to come and hang out. We served homemade, made to order, pizzas comokete with homemade wheat crust, homemade pizza sauce and a variety of toppings. We had sauted peppers, purple onions and mushrooms. We had spinach, artichoke hearts, and pineapple. We had pepperoni, chicken, and canadian bacon. We had a little bit of everything! Each of us made up out own pizza and then we all shared when they came out of the oven. We made everyone some of our favorite Dark and Stormy drinks and Matt and Taylor brought some awesome artichoke and jalapeno dip with carrots and bread. They also brought a bottle of wine and what is now one of my new favorite beers, Mama's Little Yella Pils.They also brought homemade brownies, although with all of the other foods, we didn't quite make it to those.

After dinner, we headed up to the media room and reclined out while watching the Olympics and Tosh.0.

It was an awesome night and we can't wait to have them over again soon!

Lego Rychar

I Love Lists, Friday

1. I'm still not quite over the 'Call Me Maybe' parodies. Batman Maybe? 
2. If you haven't heard about the Mars landing, perhaps you should pause the Olympics for a second and switch over to the news. If you haven't heard about the Sarcastic Rover twitter account, maybe you should pause your life and head over to Twitter now. @SarcasticRover
3. The Big Purple Truck. Why didn't they have neat stuff like this when I went to TCU? 
4. Zombie engagements. I just can't pass these up!
5. Yay! Joss Whedon is my hero!
6. I'm spending five minutes today making myself into a Lego character. You can too. 
7. Pretty neat website for the nerd in me. 
8. I love these peach cookies! She is such an excellent decorator. A true food artist!

Teri-Yummy

These Island Chicken Skewers were super simple and super tasty. I just cut big pieces of onion and orange and yellow peppers and added them to bamboo skewers with pineapple chunks and teriyaki marinated chicken. Ryan threw them on our cast iron grill to sear them off and then into the oven to bake for about 15-20 minutes. We de-skewered the ingredients over a bed of brown rice and topped it with a little bit of teriyki marinade. So simple, so yummy! We will have to make these again soon!

I Love Lists, Friday

1. I love this idea! Tiny toy figures and food.
2. Here is one the State Fair of Texas hasn't thought of yet.
3. Now here is a recipe I can get behind! Bacon Wrapped Pineapple.
4. I heart infographics. Every Minute on the Internet.
5. What a deserving little girl! Magic Arms.
6. We totally should have done this back in 2009!
7. No freaking way! I want a Food Smell Printer!!
8. Put Zombies Back.
9. Not often do I laugh out loud. This GB OZ made me literally LOL.
10. This blog is supremely necessary. Ron Swanson Says...