A Craft A Day

This is my last week before going back to school after Winter break.  : [  To make the most of it, i plan on doing a craft every day this week.   i really won't have time for crafty things [and probably blogging] for the next ten weeks, so i want to let out my creative side before i am trapped in the dungeon which is math class.

Today's crafty project was photo coasters.  i received these for xmas, so i really had to do was find cute pictures of the kids to put in them.  Which is more of a challenge than it should be.  My kids enjoy ruining every picture i try to take.

Some examples of faces [in emoticon form]:  
What i want them to do ---->  :D
What they usually do ----->    :|       :P      :o     XP     :(  
And of course there are the customary bunny ears, the traditional putting your hand in front of your face, and the ever-popular turning your back to the camera.

i did manage to find one good picture of each kid, including one of my puppy-baby.  Final product:

This is also probably last week i will try any new recipes for a while.  i received an email from a health website which contained this recipe for a roasted vegetable wrap.  i decided to improvise and use up the veggies i already had in the house.  Plus, i prefer my sammiches and wraps cold.  [that's right, i said sammiches].

i used romaine, celery, carrots, red onion, cucumber and some leftover turkey lunch meat.  I cut up all the veggies [minus the lettuce] into long strips.  This is what happened:

As George Takei might say: oh, my.

Then i drizzled just a bit of honey Catalina salad dressing on it.  

And then i ate it.  And all was right with the world.  

i want to try this recipe this week.  Cheeseburger salad.  It looks delish... i just wish the Pioneer Woman would post calories and nutritional info on her site.  [sigh].