#10 Learn to Make Sushi

Ok, so I actually did this on Sept. 6, but what can I say? I'm lazy. The only reason I am posting it now is that I'm not able to sleep.

It is really a lot of fun, making sushi, I mean. Pretty easy too actually. I was pleasantly surprised. The only thing that takes some practice is getting the rice right. It needs to have just the right amount of rice vinegar and sugar, but also cool it down to just the right temperature. Aside from that, it is really simple. Ok, layering the rice is a pain, not to mention sticky, and I HATE being sticky, but not bad.

Oh, and yup, that picture is MY roll! YAY!

#61 Photos to cd's

Ok, so they aren't really on cd's, but a computer geek friend recommended I get an external hard drive instead. So for a whopping $100 I got a 500 gig external hard drive. It's stupid easy and I've got it set up to update every night at 1 a.m. so I don't have to do anything really. It does it for me. All I have to remember is to delete the photos from the computer every once in a while to save some disk space (I'm down to less than 2% right now, so when I get home from vacation I will update and delete). What a relief too. I kept having nightmares that we got a virus and lost all of our pictures. We would then have virtually no pictures of our kids or anything really from the past 3-4 years. Yikes. No need to worry about that now though.

#65 Fence in Yard

Well, we had the inaugural run of the back (side really) yard. The dogs didn't know what to do the first few days. It took a lot longer than it should have and we spent a lot more money on it than we should have, but it's done. Sing it with me, "Hallelujah! Hallelujah!"

What a blessing that will be come February when the man is deployed, I have two wee ones running around like maniacs and the dogs need to pee. No more pulling the Muck's on and shuffling the snow to find the leashes (that are tied to the deck). Nope, I'll be saying, "Ok, girls, go outside," opening the door and shutting it right behind them.

Ahh....the joys of a fenced in yard.