Commentary Unedited!

So a few weekends go when I was at my mom's Tri; between my cousin, Uncle and I, we had 3 cameras.  My uncle Tom did not want to be in charge of my aunts camera because he didn't want her to be upset with the quality of the pictures, and he didn't want to be in charge of my mom's camera because he would be too embarrassed for her to see his pictures; so we put him in charge of my camera.  After pondering it for a while I decided everyone needed tasks.  So my cousin would be in charge of photographing her mom; me mine and Uncle Tom could do video.  He was very excited about having this job because it was as easy as pressing a button once to start and once to stop.  Well after the second video he lost his privileges as videographer because of his running commentary while the transition was taking place.  He "claims" he didn't know it had sound!! Don't worry there isn't any bad language; just a little mocking going on; I on the other hand was nothing but peppy and positive!

(Sorry, not really sure why it uploaded as blurry as it did; the original is a little clearer then that)

Weekend Updates with Haley McDonald!

Some might wonder what exactly I've ben up to lately; and the truth is not too much besides work and regular everyday life!  There have been a few fun weekend activities I've participated in over the past month that I figure I'd share with you!

First off; a few weeks ago Isaac came over and we made Beignets (French Donuts.)  Isaac had a box mix from his trip to New Orleans last year; Cafe Du Monde is the bomb!  I promised Isaac that I wouldn't put up any pictures of him in his apron without his pre-approval, so sorry no pictures tonight (use your imagination; my old cold stone aprons!).  The Beignets turned out really well though we have a few ideas to improve our Beignet making skills for next time!  We both have a fondness for powdered sugar so we didn't hold anything back in that department (ok, the powered sugar was my job; Isaac was the fry cook!)

A mini Beignet; our tester!

Our final product; don't worry we didn't eat them all!

Two weekends ago I made a trip to Healdsburg to visit with my mom who was out for her Tri Girl Tri (see her post here) and my aunts and uncles.  It was a quick trip but it was a blast; not only did I get to see my mom and aunt T in their race but I had some serious bonding time with my uncle T who is a total crack up; I guess that's what happens when your in a car with someone for an hour + at 6 a.m.!!  Congratulations to my mom and aunt T for their awesome accomplishments!

And last weekend I was presented with the opportunity to help out at a Special Olympics bowling practice for a few hours.  I was in charge on two lanes; basically my job was to make sure that everything in my lanes was running smoothly (resetting when things messed up and such) reminding the players when it was their turn and keeping track of their scores.  It was a crack up!  I had 3 people in one lane and 2 in the other; they were all older then me, I think 4 of them were probably in their 40's!  One lady was too much for me; she was very protective of her bowling ball (had her name engraved on it) and kept telling the other two guys in her lane not to touch her ball (over and over and over again!) and telling me to tell them not to touch her ball.  At one point she threatened to kick Tod's (one of the guys) a** if he touched her ball; poor guy never even went close to her ball (he had his own personal ball) and had no clue what she was talking about half the time.  I had to bite my lip a few times so I wouldn't bust out laughing.  They were all super sweet and it was a very humbling experience to help out.  The guys in the lane next to us (also part of the Special Olympics) were amazing bowlers; getting strike after strike; they could out bowl me any day!  

So in a nutshell that's what I've been up to over the past several weekends!

Thing to do Around a Campfire

This is apparently what college students do around a campfire on a weekend away; play Elim-N-Ingo!!!

Cardboard Testimony

I was forwarded this link by a friend and thought it was really touching.  What would be your Cardboard Testimony?  I'm not sure yet what mine would be.

A few of my favotie things. . . wait I mean videos

The first is one of many indescribable clips from the show Pushing Daisies. A show I can't watch without writing a quote or five down.


SNL has always been a great show, but these past few years haven't been up to par. The one exception is las Christmas's episode hosed by Justin Timberlake. Unfortunately what I would have to say is one of the best skits to come out of that show, I cannot in good conscience put on my blog, so we'll have to settle for second best.


And then just because I can and because we (or at least I) cant' get enough of them. . .


One more for good measure. Mac and PC commercials always crack me up, so incase you haven't seen their Christmas one yet, without further ado