Med Vs. Mex

Guests are coming to our house, and we want to make some pizza! Average pizza won't cut it this time... Though, home made regular pizza does tend to lighten everyones day. We decided to make either Mediterranean pizza, or Mexican pizza. Here's what we found:

Mediterranean pizza is quick and simple to make if you just use regular pizza tortilla to start the process. Lightly layer sauce on the tortilla. Then equally layer mozzarella on top of the sauce, but don't cover up the whole tortilla. Leave some space open, for the cheese will expand. After the mozzarella is properly set, add cheddar cheese by covering the open spaces the mozzarella missed. As a result, the cheese will melt together. On top of the cheese, put a layer of tomatoes, again, equally distributed on the tortilla. Once the tomatoes and in place, put one more layer of the two cheeses on the tomatoes, but leave some space open so the tomatoes can be seen.

(Additional topping may include, pepper, garlic, olives, and mushrooms.)

After the toppings are set, bake the pizza around 350 Degrees F for about 30 minutes, which should be plenty enough time for the crust to brown and the cheese to melt.

Now I know the most satisfying part of the process is eating, but since most people are too lazy to make their own pizza and will probably go out and eat some pizza and Pizza Hut or what not, let me inspire you by showing a picture of the result! <3

(I'll post a pic of our finished result after we make the pizza, haha.)

The other option was the Mexican Pizza. It's pretty easy to make as well, but in my opinion, a little less appetizing. I believe Mexican food tastes best in burrito form :). But I'll explain the process anyhow.

Take a pizza tortilla and layer it with beans. For this pizza, the beans will sorta act like the sauce. After the beans are spread out, put a layer of salsa on top of the beans and sprinkle it with tomatoes, chilies, green pepper, onion, olives, and cheese.

(Additional toppings include whatever Mexicany food you like, haha :) )

Again, if your like me and think that burritos are the best Mexican food... We have something in common! But I encourage you at least TRY this recipe! Because they DO taste pretty good! Here are some pics I found from the internet:

I hope I inspired you to try to some DIFFERENT types of Pizza! ENJOY!

Sabrina <3!

Red Rockin' Sock!

Ok, so, if i haven't already told you guys like 10 trillion times, I WENT TO HAWAII!!!!!!! And one of the best parts was that I was on a CRUISE!!!!

I'll tell you guys more about the beginning, but right now I wanna talk about my Dad's sock in Kauai, one of the last islands we visited. ... I know, it's weird for me to talk about the ending first, but just listen.

Now, in order for me to "learn from this" I must write some facts... sigh....

#1. In Kauai, there is this red soil stuff.

#2. and IT STAINS, and it, like, never comes off.

#3. It was VERY annoying to the people whose clothes got stained.

And then this genius comes by and says:

"Why don't we purposely stain our clothes completely red, so this why it looks like we have a red shirt on, and if the red soil comes on it, it doesn't matter?"

Pure genius, huh?

So now that's what they do, and they make money from it. Ya, that's right, they sell this stained stuff for like 40 bucks to tourists.

That's like staining a shirt in some American paint, and selling it to some Japanese tourist guy for $40... and I know what your thinking, Cu-Chingggg, free money!

So, my dad came up with THIS genius idea... WHY NOT STAIN IT YOUR SELF!

And that's exactly what we did.

We went to this park somewhere near the docked cruise ship. Who knew one park has a enough red soil to make a stinky, boring sock, to a Hawaiian smelling, red sock?

So, were just walking around, and my dad said, "Wouldn't it be so cool if could just stain some cloth and take it home as a souvenir?" Now, that idea excited the b-shizzles outta' me!

... ya, I have a weird way with words. Anyways, I got right to my nagging. "Dad! YES! WE HAVVVEEE TO!!!!! NO!, We can NOT go home with out a stained cloth! COME ON! THINK

, what can we use???!!!" It went on, and on, until my dad, yet again, had another idea.

"Why don't we use my sock?"

And I said, "YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!" Who knew uncreative, plain, white and gray socks came in handy?

I got right to work. "DAD! TAKE OFF YOUR SOCK! NOW!"

"No, let me just step in the soil, it'll make it red"

"NO! TAKE IT OFF! IT'LL WORK BETTER!"

"Sweety, let me try this first?"

"FINE."

So he rubbed his sock in the soil, and ... It MAGICALLY BECAME RED!!!! ... wait, he rubbed it, and most of the red came off...

I told you Dad, it wouldn't work, but NO, don't listen to me.

I sighed. Time to show them how it was supposed to be done. As they say, "If you want it to be done right, do it yourself."

This time I basically ordered. "DAD, take OFF the SOCK." (No, I'm not spoiled... just... hyper.)

He took off his sock, and handed to me. I rubbed the sock in some soil, and in became some what red... I rubbed a little, but most of the red came off again.

Then, of course, ANOTHER brilliant idea from my genius dad. "Maybe you have to dampen the sock before you can stain it?" Why not become the next Albert Einstein?

Well, he may be smart, but I'm lucky, because I spotted a hose. And look, it worked! Water and all.

I dampened the sock, and walked my way back to the red spot. I rubbed it pretty well, and went back to the hose, and where my parents were sitting. I smiled as I showed them the sock, but the smile slowly disappeared as the red washed away, again, as the water drizzled on it.

mmmhhh... what am I doing wrong? ... Maybe this will work....

With out a word, I went back to the red spot, and got right to work. My parents called me, but I waved them off, I had work to do. I rubbed the sock thoroughly and smiled triumphantly. I walked back and started the hose... My dad said he rather have him wash it.

Fine, I'll let him do this ONE thing...

I watched carefully. Do it slowly... SLOWLY... No, that was too much water!!!

"STOP!"

"What?!"

"THAT'S TOO MUCH WATER!"

"OK, OK, calm down!"

He drizzled the water on it... No! It was washing away!

"STOPPPP!"

"WHAT NOW?!"

"TOO MUCH! Let it dry for a bit! Set it down!"

"Sweety, no, come on.."

"DAD!"

"OK, OK!"

He set it down, and we waited for a while... NO! He was starting the hose again!

"DON'T YOU DARE!"

"Whaaaat?!"

"DON'T YOU DARE TURN THAT ON!"

"What on?"

"THAT!!"

"The hose?"

"YES, THE HOSE!"

"Huh?! We still have to wash it!"

"NOT YET!"

And under my command, operation "SOCK STAIN", was under control.

I finally let him wash the rest of the dirt off, and the stain actually worked! VICTORY!

"SEE, I TOLD YOU!"

"Ok, you were right, happy? It looks great."

"Yes."

I bragged the rest of the way home.. well, to the cruise.

Now you may be wondering, where my mom went... Well, who else took all these great pictures and videos?!

Till' we meet again,

Sabrina.

P.S. In case you are wondering, here are the socks after surviving a laundry cycle!

Now if he had only let me do both the socks he could have one complete pair of the famous Red Dirt socks and could have sold them on eBay for 40 bucks!

Today

Well, i woke up at 9, to find Lia sitting next to me... At first I was startled.... Oh ya, i had a sleepover....!

She came over yesterday night, basically 9:30, and we went on the computer, played with my dog, and eventually fell asleep talking. The next day, after we woke up, we went down stairs, ate breakfast, talked, watched a little tv, and like 10 mins ago she left.

It was pretty fun ... !

Today, at 6... i think,... I'm going to play a soccer game vs. Mayfield travel. I bet we're gonna win, and that's the type of "fire" quote, quote our team needs to win. After that people are coming over for dance practice because tomorrow there's a big 9-11 dance program.

So ya... that's my day....

-Sabrina.

School's on

Wow, it's been 2 weeks of school... well not quite, but about, and it feels like forever.

At first it didn't seem like school was even school, it was SO different then last year- new people, new teachers, teachers teaching new classes - it felt like camp! But of course, the first week is always wacky, and really fun.

I just got back from my cousins house... I slept over there. And today my friend... Lia, is coming over for a sleepover. I got to catch up on my sleep.

But you would think at a sleepover, you would sleep most of the time, that's what the name intends... but no, it means u sleep less... weird.

Why am i having sleepovers on a Thursday? Because i have no school today or tomorrow, and i didn't have school Monday... labor day. So a 4 day weekend after a 2-day week of school.... cool.

ttfn

-Sabrina.

SCHOOL!

Hey, omg, SCHOOL STARTING!

Summer totally flew, and you can tell, because you didn't see any posts, between the start of summer until now : ).

So yesterday there was a 'before the school' student council meeting. It felt like I was in the a real political meeting! I mean really, there was food and a rectangular table, and folders with paper and... ya you get the point.

And then i went BACK to school, to greet some new people who are coming to my school, and i met some really nice people. I had a great time, and i think i got a new friend... A lot of new friends. Imagine, half an hour and i got to know some great people. It was pretty fun, seeing all my friends again.

Well, school's going to start on Monday for me, and I'll miss everyone of my friends that left my school, but greet the new people, who'll hopefully replace the gaps.

For now, i got make sure my flutes working, and get my back pack ready.

TTFN

- Sabrina.

Wow... :-/

OK, so i woke up today (which was at 10:50 because y'day, or should i say early today, at 2:00 A.M. we finished watching a movie, so i woke up late... so did my mom : ) and i asked my mom what time the big game ... she said 2:30. So i was like, OK, sure, that great, I'll wait.

So on my Gmail account and on buzz i posted I'll be online at half time of the big game so we can chat about it.

Then later on today i was chatting with my cousin and the soccer game came up as the topic. My dad was there and he over heard ( we were video/voice chatting ) and said we were going to my neighbor's house for the game, so i was like, OK cool, I'll have to bring my laptop to their house.

So just to make sure, i asked my dad what time the game was, HE said ONE thirty, and he's pretty good with the timings and everything so i trusted him, and i had to change EVERYTHING. (My status message, the buzz post, and emails. ) because they all said the game was at 2:30 so i had to change it.

So it was about 1 o'clock so we went to my neighbor's house, and when got all settled, and i connected to the Internet, it was 1:15, and then when we were watching for a while, adds and stuff, and THEN we found out it was at REALLY at 2:30! INCONCEIVABLE.

So my family and my neighbor's are hanging tight, aand we're waiting for it to start, so i started my laptp, and guess, what? I had to change everything, AGAIN! And further more some of my friends were confused so i ha to explain.

So i'm at my neighbor's house typng furiously on the laptop, chattig and blogging, and changing buzz posts, and sending emails, and waiting for the game to start.

IMPORTANT MORAL OF THE STORY: Women are always right.

:)

- Sabrina.