Get. Excited.

Check it out! This is officially my 89th blog post! *YAYYYYYY!!!!* I know, right? See, told you- exciting. So, I was thinking about doing a countdown beginning with my 90th blog post. #100 will be the "blast off" post- A.K.A. the zero of the countdown. But what to do...? A picture a day? A random fact a day? A verse a day? Answering a question a day from readers? Guest blog posts? Why don't you decide! This is my nifty little way of making you do the thinking for me. You like how I did that? Anyway, please, please, pleeeeeaaaase submit an idea for my "Countup to 100" extravaganzaaaaaa! If you would like to submit an idea but would prefer to submit it privately, please e-mail me at brittany.engebretsen@gmail.com. You can also make a comment anonymously. Otherwise, comment away as usual!

Let's make this interesting.

Mathematics and the Messiah?

My father-in-law sent this to Travis, and it was pretty interesting. Therefore, I thought I would share it with you, dear reader! Enjoy!

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^ That is my brain on Hershey's Kisses.

Toodles!

One Year and One Month =]

"Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are."

-"Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel

We Were Hopping and Bopping to the Crockodile Pot!

=D Get it? The title? HAAAAAAA!!

I am going to share with you a wonderful slow cooker recipe. It was first introduced to me by my mentor during my teaching internship. It comes from Brenda Arnold who submitted the recipe to Allrecipes.com. What I love about this recipe is that it contains few ingredients, it can be modified according to taste preferences, it takes barely any time to prepare, and it makes plenty of servings (for large families or small families that want to "stretch" meals for financial or time limitations).

Okie dokie! Now that that is out of the way, here is the recipe. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 (10.75 ounce) cans of condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix

1 1/4 cups water (My mentor advised me to add 2-3 beef bullion cubes in order to add a little bit of flavor.)

5 1/2 pounds pot roast

Directions:

1. In a slow cooker, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix and water. Place pot roast in slow cooker and coat with soup mixture.

2. Cook on High setting for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low setting for 8 to 9 hours.

BAM! done.

Easy peasy, right? The preparation time is 10 minutes! What could be simpler?! Okay... maybe something microwaveable or PB&J, but what could be simpler and substantial...er...? That's riiiight. Anywho, I made this pot roast this morning (it is on low cooking right now), and I added chopped up carrots to it. I didn't have any potatoes, but I would recommend adding chopped potatoes, carrots, and any other vegetables your family likes. Maybe not lettuce, though, because that will get soggy and gross. Plus, who wants meat-flavored lettuce? NOT ME! However you choose to make it, this is a simple meal that is sure to tickle your taste buds and impress your guests!

Ciao... down! =D