Father's Day 2014....and the Death of Little Red's battery

Father's Day this year was a quiet day. Mom was out of town visiting the new grand-baby, so Dad just had me and my brother Doug to celebrate.  On Saturday, Dad and I hung out, going shopping for random things. We ended up comparing prices and buying stuff on Amazon anyway. But it was fun to get out and about.

Dad treated me to a lunch at A&W. It's been awhile since I had one of their Root Beer Floats:

Then on Sunday, I made my dad go on a treasure hunt. Mom had bought him a BYU trash bin when we were in Provo in May. But since she was going to be away for Father's Day she had me put together a treasure hunt.

I had seven clues leading him to different parts of the house. The only one that stumped him was the clue for mom's computer...he never uses it so he couldn't remember what color it was. But eventually he succeeded in finding his gift.

We had a nice small dinner afterwards and Dad made one of his watermelon pies. So we had a nice evening relaxing....

Now today, Tuesday....I have to add how my Dad saved me. I got up, worked on this blog, got ready for work, did some exercises, and headed out the door. Doing my normal boring routine...until I turned the key in my car....and my car didn't start. That was NOT in my normal routine. So I had a bit of a panic. I called my Dad...no answer, I called Doug....no answer. I was stranded at home. So I called work and my co-worker went and got the mail for me. Finally my Dad called me back and told me he had been getting ready for work with his phone on silent.

He came over as quick as he could and took me to work. After work he helped me put in his spare battery into my car, my car battery had finally died.

 

The problem with the new battery though is that it is a little too short for my car. My car now runs, so it will get me too and from work. That is all I needed.

Dad used some ceramic tiles given to us by my friendly maintenance man. So now the battery is secure and not going anywhere...for now.

Mr. Fix-it ....kind of a silly picture

Thanks again Dad, love ya! And Happy Father's Day.

Nacho Normal Cheesecake

This last Christmas I got this fun cake cook book. It has many many fun and creative cakes and treats. I can't wait to try them all out.

One of the recipes was for this fun cheesecake that looks like a bowl of yummy nachos.

 I had a lot of fun making this cheesecake. Most of the toppings are candies. But the actual cheesecake is a yummy lemon vanilla cake made with yellow and red food coloring.

 The cheesecake is then topped with a sour cream / sugar mix and set aside to cool for two hours. While the cake was cooling I made the "chips". The chips were made out of a pie crust that was sprinkled with milk and sugar. Then sliced into little triangles and cooked for about 8 minutes.

This little "chip" are really yummy...I'd just eat them for a snack. You let them cool completely. After the cake is cool, the fun starts. You top it with the "chips". The "tomatoes" are made with Swedish Fish candies cut into squares and mixed with strawberry jam. The "meat" is chocolate covered raisins. With little cuts of green licorices for "chili". And I used gummy life savers for olives. The "nacho cheese" was another mixture of sour cream and sugar, dyed orange. The results was this:

A nice yummy bowl of "nachos." Looks good enough to eat. This was the funnest cheesecake I've ever made. Can't wait to try some of the other recipes.