Audrey had her first tennis practice Saturday. I was informed that 'he (the coach) said he was gonna work us like dogs - and he DID'! I was not present but Mr. Stone said it was quite a scene and Audrey went limp about 20 minutes in but managed to persevere through the intense and unrelenting 81 degree Kentucky heat. At break time Brad said one little girl forgot to bring a water bottle and came unglued shouting 'I've never sweated before!'
(Brad assures me it wasn't Audrey but I am not sure I believe him.)
Anyhow, Audrey learned how to swing a racquet properly and evidently did hit one pro-caliber shot that had everyone gaping. I guess the coach is learning about Audrey's 'blunt affect' the hard way. (Audrey has this habit of just staring at you when you tell her something. It's unnerving quite frankly, especially if you aren't used to it.) Apparently the coach was trying to hit balls with Audrey and asked if she was ready. She just stood there, racquet hanging limply at her side, staring blankly at him. He asked again if she was ready and after a long pause she blinked and finally responded, 'yes'. As there was no change in her posture or racquet position to indicate readiness you can understand his confusion and reluctance to just fire off a ball at this girl who looks for all the world like she won't see it coming. Thank goodness he had the presence of mind to just go on and hit it and not wait for her to look like she was focused. He'd be waiting a long time.
On the cooking front Lilly and I made ice cream this weekend. She had to separate the eggs for the recipe so that was a new skill to acquire. For the record, it turns out its tons easier to just have them dump the yolk into their hands and let it drain through their fingers than to try to get them to separate it using the halves of the shell. Lesson learned. Only one egg casualty out of 7 so I was impressed. The recipe was a honey vanilla ice cream and it really turned out great. Just need to impress upon her that you just can't turn on a pan and decide to go use the bathroom - fundamental rule of cooking, that as it turns out, is not instinctively understood.
Here's the recipe if you are curious. I used vanilla extract and half and half instead of cream.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Honey-Vanilla-Ice-Cream/Detail.aspx
Okay, so am I the last one in the world to see this Extreme Couponing show? It's like hoarding, but with extreme organization and three-ring binders! I watched three shows back-to-back last night. Yes, this is how Mr. Stone and I spend a Saturday night - tucked in bed watching TLC freak shows. It was FANTASTIC!! I saw a man purchase 1000 tubes of toothpaste, some other lady buy 112 bottles of Advil PM and another gal buy 40 CASES of Gatorade! In case you haven't seen this - their whole deal is to create a 'stockpile' of products in their home. We are talking full-on convenience store stocked shelves type of affair. One gal had 200 packs of cat treats - no cat - and another gal had like 150 packs of diapers and SHE HAD NO CHILDREN. I cannot express how fabulous it is!
So today I decided I was going to try. I cut coupons out of the Sunday paper and went to CVS and Walgreens and purchased $116 worth of stuff for $54. I have a stockpile of 4 12-packs of Coke products and 16 rolls of paper towels. Gonna have Mr. Stone build me some shelves in the basement. Bring on the crazy...!
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