Cooking For Nine

For the holidays this year,

 my family on my mother's side came for a visit!

Since it is my mother, father, brother, two cousins, grandmother, 

aunt, uncle, and I; we had a whole lot to cook

for dinner!

 We had to make dinner for the vegetarians, vegans,

picky eaters, and ones who wanted to try something new!

 Rice Pasta

 Spagetti Pasta

Rigatoni pasta

Pasta topping and salad table!

My mother and my aunt!

 My pasta, with vegan sausage!

My brother and his pasta!

 For New Year's Day!

Chips, marshmallows, chocolate, and cake.

(This makes us look very unhealthy,

and I apologize, haha. We never really 

eat this bad!)

 The table is set! The fire is lit! The football game is on!

 My dogs, Charlie and Roxy, could not

contain themselves around all the food!

 Charlie's self portrait

 Roxy begging

(as usual)

 Charlie begging

Ready to eat!

Happy New Years!

xoxoxo,

Audrey

Tie Dye Tights

 Today we will be making tie-dyed leggings!

(Well, marble-dyed. Big diff)

Here's what you'll need:

 White, nylon tights

 I got mine from Target for eight dollars

 String

 Food coloring

 Cleaning vinegar

Okey dokey! Let's get started!

 Pour 1/4 a cup of vinegar into a pot. 

I remember in fourth grade when a girl

in my science unit said she liked to drink vinegar.

Drink vinegar.

It grossed me out so much that I can't stand the smell of vinegar

and she comes to mind every time.

(I wonder if she still drinks that stuff?)

 Take your tights and stretch them out.

 Fold them in half to it looks like one leg

 Now fold them so you have one... half leg?

 Take your string and tie a tights loop at the top. 

 Now tie all the way down

 It looked like a snake, so I named him Jeffery.

 Now go tie back up Jeffery to the beginning, 

so you can tie the end of your string to the start

 Big ol' buddle o' ties

 Fill a pot about 3/4 full of water

and add your vinegar (gag)

 I decided I was going for green tights

 Squirt about one or two drops of dye in.

No more than that, though

 Heat it, but don't boil it

Put your tights into the water

(I suggest tying a string to the end to pull it out)

 It kept floating, so I had to push it down

(after a while it sunk)

 After checking the color, I thought I'd add some blue

 Take the tights out of the pot

 Rinse them with cool water

 And set them our to dry

 They ended up only dying one side, 

so I went back with another color for the other side

 I decided to add blue and a tiny bit of purple, 

and this is the final result:

I am now known in class as
'the girl with those cool tights'
lol

Hope you love them like I do!


xoxoxo,
Audrey