Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Everybody loves snickerdoodles (don't contradict me on that one).  Needless to say then, I love snickerdoodles too.  I like them perfectly soft, melt in your mouth.  Soooo good!  When I found a recipe for pumpkin snickerdoodles of course I was intrigued.  I saved the recipe but never got around to making it until we were having an "everything pumpkin" dinner for halloween at work.  I remembered the recipe and knew it would be a perfect opportunity to try it out.  Let's just say that they are addictive, deliciously addictive.  They have a slightly different kind of texture that is really good and are a larger cookie.  I had a little trouble with the cooking time and ended up cooking them a couple minutes over the original cooking time but they still turned out fine.
If you're on a diet, you probably shouldn't make these.  You won't be able to stop eating them. :)

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Yield: about 3-4 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
For the cookies:
3¾ cups all-purpose flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup light brown sugar
¾ cup pumpkin puree
1 large egg
2 tsp. vanilla extract

For the coating:
½ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. ground ginger
Dash of allspice

Directions:
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Whisk to blend and set aside.  In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugars on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.  Blend in the pumpkin puree.  Beat in the egg and vanilla until incorporated.  With the mixer on low speed add in the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.  Cover and chill the dough for at least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350˚ F.  Line baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.  Combine the sugar and spices for the coating in a bowl and mix to blend.  Scoop the dough (about 2½ tablespoons) and roll into a ball.  Coat the dough ball in the sugar-spice mixture and place on the prepared baking sheet.  Repeat with the remaining dough to fill the sheets, spacing the dough balls 2-3 inches apart.  Dip the bottom of a flat, heavy-bottomed drinking glass in water, then in the sugar-spice mixture, and use the bottom to flatten the dough balls slightly.  Recoat the bottom of the glass in the sugar-spice mixture as needed.

Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until just set and baked through.  Let cool on the baking sheets about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.  Repeat with the remaining dough.  ENJOY

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Because I am Sure You are Dying to Know...

I warned y'all at the beginning of the semester that I was taking Microbiology, which was threatening to be just as difficult as good old Anatomy and Physiology.  Then, I kind of almost stopped posting at all on my blog.  You are probably wondering why.  The answer is simple; Microbiology has carried out its threat to be just as difficult as A&P.
My leisure time is hard to come by and normally I am too tired to come up with halfway intelligent sounding posts.  However, I now have a slight break in tests and I am giving you this post, because I am sure that you were all dying to know why I have been gone so long and been giving you pretty much nothing but delicious recipes. :)
For the future, I have planned out a movie review, another recipe, and hopefully some more beautiful landscape photos from my brother.  I'll see what other crazy posts I can throw in here and there and hopefully I can keep up with this blog some more.  If it makes you feel any better, I am taking pathophysiology (the study of diseases) next semester.... And then of course there is nursing school after that...  No?  It doesn't make me feel any better either... :)

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

The Myth of Neutrality

That's right, neutrality is a myth, so no matter how much you try to be a "good open-minded American" you aren't.

More than ever I see it in comments on Yahoo articles or on Facebook the word bigot.  Gay marriage is normally the context of that word being thrown around.  If you aren't a proponent of gay rights, you are a cruel, closed-minded person.  You are denying people happiness.  How could you do that?

As a Christian, I don't find it very hard.  I look at the Bible, and I see what God says about homosexuality and that's that.  I am not going to list out a whole bunch of verses for you to read about this issue, y'all can look them up yourselves, because in this post I am going to focus on the myth of neutrality.

So back to the myth of neutrality.  Americans think that they have to be all accepting of every idea, every action, and every religion (except Christianity of course).  However, neutrality isn't an option.  Every person has a set of beliefs and many different people's beliefs conflict.  Christianity conflicts with EVERY other religion and so does Islam for that matter (i.e. we Christians aren't the only "non-neutral" religion).  The idea that we could be neutral to every religion is really almost humorous.  Yes, let's be neutral to people who crash airplanes into American buildings, yes, let's be neutral to serial killers.  Why not?  It's their beliefs, we should all just welcome them into the family and embrace their ideas.

NOT

See the devastating consequences of neutrality?  You start being neutral about a few things and all of a sudden you are being asked to accept murder, stealing and rape.  I think I am probably right in saying that however neutral you may be trying, you won't be accepting murder, stealing or rape.

Do you still want to be a good "open-minded"American"?

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Reliving a Nightmare: Chocolate Krinkles

"Do you want to help me relive a nightmare?" I asked my brother the other day.
He gave me a funny look.  "No.  What are you going to do?"
"I'm making chocolate krinkles," I replied.
My brother's eyes opened up wide and he said, "Really?!"

So what was it about a simple recipe for CHOCOLATE cookies that could have anything do with a nightmare?  A lot.  Several years ago, when I was probably about ten years old, my younger brother and I decided to make cookies, chocolate krinkles to be exact.  I assume we had our parents permission, because getting into trouble wasn't part of the nightmare.  Like the geniuses we were, we decided to make a double recipe of an already humongous recipe.  Fatal mistake number one.  So we mixed up this immense recipe of chocolate deliciousness and proceeded to make probably about two hundred cookies (that is a rough but not exaggerated estimate).  Being just kids, of course we ate tons of the dough as we formed the cookie dough into cookies and then rolled them in powdered sugar.  Fatal mistake numbers two AND three.   Never, let your kids use powdered sugar when cooking, it makes a mess and if you eat a lot of cookie dough, later on down the road you are going to feel sick.  Somehow, we also managed to dirty the most dishes possible.  Fatal mistake number four. Apparently little children also have the tendency to drop cookie dough on the floor.  Fatal mistake number five.  I am sure you can tell by now that the fatal mistakes were rather piling up.  By the time we were done the floor, and the table we were working at were covered in powdered sugar and cookie batter.  My brother and I both felt sick from eating so much cookie dough as well as the baked cookies.  Nevertheless, we had to clean up the kitchen.  Due to the amount of cookie dough on the floor, we had to mop as well as do all of the dishes.    After we were done, we both swore never again to make those treacherous cookies.

And we never did.... until a couple days ago.

Thankfully I am far wiser and I avoided all of the fatal mistakes.  It helps when you have a vivid memory implanted in your mind of all that went the first time.  Due to these unforgettable memories, I made no fatal mistakes.  I also had the good sense to make a quarter of the amount that my brother and I made so many years ago (and that is the amount for the recipe I have below).  They are a very delicious chocolate cookie that have a little crunch on the outside but are soft in the middle.  Just how I like them.  Anyways, it was chocolate, a very hard to mess up ingredient. :)

If you have the courage, make some, they really are delicious.

Chocolate Krinkles
1 1/4 cup oil
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking powder
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup powdered sugar (to roll cookies in)
Mix together first three ingredients and then add eggs one at a time, mixing well.  Add vanilla and dry ingredients.  Mix well and chill.  Drop teaspoons of dough in powdered sugar and roll into a ball (careful not to make to big).  Bake in 350˚ oven for 8-10 minutes.  Don't overbake.  Makes about fifty cookies.

Enjoy and remember to make NO fatal mistakes. :)


Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Chocolate Gingersnap Cookies

Earlier this year my cousin gave me the names of a few food blogs that she had found good recipes from.  I was able to find several good recipes that I tried and one of them was for these chocolate gingersnap cookies.  The idea of combining ginger and chocolate sounded weird at first but I tried it anyways.  The end product was absolutely delicious!  The are nice and soft and the flavor is really great. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and I did. :)

Soft Chocolate Gingersnap Cookies

2 sticks softened butter

1 Cup packed light brown sugar

1/4 Cup molasses

1 egg

1 3/4 Cup all purpose flour

1/2 Cup cocoa powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet Roasted Saigon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet Roasted Ground ginger

1/2 Cup sugar to roll cookies in

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.   In stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Slowly add in molasses and egg until well combined.

2.  In a separate mixing bowl mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.  Slowly add to wet ingredients, beat on low until just combined.

3.  With a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough and roll into sugar then place onto silpat or parchment lined baking sheet.  Press each cookie with the palm of your hand to about 1/2 inch thick.  Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes or until cooked through.  Remove and let cool for 5 minutes then transfer to cooling rack.  Now, time to eat!

4-5 dozen cookies 

Note- Dough will be quite sticky.

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Lazy Part 2

After writing my last post (Lazy) I thought a lot more about what I wrote and also saw some more examples of the laziness of today's society.  Thus, part 2.
One of my thoughts has been about how low standards have become for many things, but especially with school.  Not much is expected from students, I have found, but if it is, those students expect that you REALLY don't expect them to get it done.  Like showing up to class, reading the textbook, or taking notes, or not having your highest expectations for the class just passing... meaning a C (and yes, I have talked to students who have said that).  Before class the other day I heard behind me a student complaining to another student about how her teacher had assigned her class this homework and how she just couldn't believe that her teacher had assigned them all of that homework (and it was NOT that much).  It was as if she was complaining about her teacher expecting them to do WORK.  To this student: I don't know if you if you know this, but work is part of college.  Honestly, I am at a community college where everything is a lot easier.  How would these students make it at university colleges?  Or do they ever even get there?
One out of four students in the U.S.A. failed to graduate from highschool in 2012.  I am sorry, but highschool cannot be that hard... especially with these lowered standards.  Something is going down hill and I am pretty sure it is the education system.  And I know what you're thinking, "But Lois, of course you say that because you were homeschooled so you're biased."  Yep, that's true, I was, and probably that is why I am saying that.  However, I have been able to experience both homeschool and public school (at the community college).  First off, I can readily assure you that from talking to students who went to public schools that more was expected of me in my homeschool than was expected from them, therefore, I worked harder.  I was pushed far harder than most students, which was how I got to where I am.  I have never called myself good at math but because my Dad kept me going I was able to get up to Calculus 1.  I think (and this is just my opinion), that public schools are just a pathway to being lazy.  And don't get me wrong, I have met many smart public schooled kids, but I have so many mediocre public schooled kids, and a sad amount of public schooled kids that were so ignorant that I was sincerely hoping that it was just a joke.  Those students from the last group are the ones who didn't know what extrovert meant and thought it was an insult because it was a big word, which it isn't even that big.
To all of you lazy students out there: Take your earphones out of your ears and put your cellphone away, you're in school, it's not time to be lazy, it's time to work.


Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Lazy

We are incredibly spoiled in today's society.  Getting up so I can to work at eight is a major league chore for me, but it SHOULDN'T be.  If today's teenagers were told they had to get up when farmers did and still do, they would get the shock of a lifetime.  If today's teenagers were told that chores came before recreation their jaws would drop.  We have become so lazy and today's society displays this.  Going out to eat is a no brainer anymore because we are unwilling to take the time to make a meal that would actually most likely cost less and be healthier.  Texting people is now the preferred mode of communication because actually talking face to face with people is just WAY too difficult.
Working hard is not something that is emphasized anymore, which is why I meet so many lazy college college students.  I have talked to students who say that they would be perfectly happy with a C and if they got a B that would pretty much be heaven.  Standards are so low that no one really expects much of you.  When I was in highschool taking classes at the local community college, I was considered a genius because I was so young but taking those upper level courses.  I am not a genius by any stretch of the imagination, I just work hard.
A little (no make that a lot) leadership needs to be taken by today's youth.  We need to take responsibility for our own actions and buckle down and work hard.  I am not exempting myself from sometimes being lazy, aren't we all?  However, I do work hard.


Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Favorite YouTube Video Quotes

As I was making my earlier post with favorite movie quotes, I realized I had so many quotes in my head that were from YouTube videos.  So here is this post, with all of my favorite YouTube video quotes, which are mostly (if not wholly) from Julian Smith, Rhett and Link, Monty Python and Blimey Cow.  I know I have forgot so many great ones and there are many of my favorite YouTube videos that aren't reflected in this list because I couldn't get the whole long dialogue that was so great into this.  Again many of them you have to see them in context so go look them up on YouTube and enjoy!

1. "I made a pot of koolaid."- Julian Smith's Hot Koolaid
2. "You don't make a pot of koolaid."- Julian Smith's Hot Koolaid
3. "I made this for you!"- Julian Smith's Hot Koolaid
4. "You guys are just being selfish."- Julian Smith's Waffles
5. "I want twelve, I want twelve of them."- Julian Smith's Waffles
6. "Son, you're adopted."- Julian Smith's Reading Lips
7. "Just saying."- Julian Smith's Reading Lips
8. "We all love you.  Except that guy, he hates you."- Julian Smith's Reading Lips
9. "Cause I am a pirate."- Julian Smith's Donut Pirate
10. "That's not a good name."- Julian Smith's Donut Pirate
11. "Wow you really sound like you know what you're talking about."- Julian Smith's Donut Pirate
12. "Eat a hot dog bun."- Julian Smith's Britian's Got Talent Parody
13. "Shut up Dorcas, it's a secret you dumb wench, I'll tell you in the chorus."- Julian Smith's Britian's Got Talent Parody.
14. "Action means run, cut means you're done.  I'm going to shoot you with a camera, a camera not a gun.  It's a pretty good pun.  It's... it's not a gun."- Julian Smith's Britian's Got Talent Parody
15. "I mandate phatdippin this year."- Rhett and Link's Phatdippin
16. "My sense of style is sweet like syrup, it's not uncommon for people to think I'm from Europe."- Rhett and Link's Epic Rap Battle
17. "I don't follow the trends, I'm a style pioneer.  See this turtleneck with the necklace you'll be wearing it next year."- Rhett and Link's Epic Rap Battle
18. "You just said that the square root of raspberry should be legalized."  "Exactly."- Rhett and Link's Epic Rap Battle
19. "I LOVE it."- Blimey Cow's Like vs. Love
20. "I'm to cool for school and as sure as your wheelchair I ain't going to play no granny games."- Julian Smith's Granny Games
21. "Not good for my image."- Julian Smith's Granny Games
22. "To late noob."- Julian Smith's Granny Games
23. "I hope you enjoy it.  It's strawberry."- Julian Smith's Pie
24. "It's so... dark."- Julian Smith's Malk
25. "Randy is a three course meal but the feet to seal the deal.  Oh, and I'll be needing a to-go box."- Julian Smith's Eat Randy
26. "I'd rather eat Randy."- Julian Smith's Eat Randy
27. "God is gracious, God is good, let us thank Him for this Randy.  Amen."- Julian Smith's Eat Randy
28. "These specials don't look special to me."- Julian Smith's Eat Randy
29. "Do you still say grace before breakfast, lunch, and dinner?  Then I have a product that is going to revolutionize the way you do food.  Pre-Blessed Food!"- Julian Smith's Pre-Blessed Food
30. "Since I switched to pre-blessed food, ain't nothing changed."- Julian Smith's Pre-Blessed Food
31. "It not only saved us time... it saved our souls."- Julian Smith's Pre-Blessed Food
32. "But that's not all.  No, no, no that's not all."- Julian Smith's Pre-Blessed Food
33. "How neat is that?  That's pretty neat."- Neature Walk Episode 1
34. You can tell it's an aspen, because of the way it is."- Neature Walk Episode 1
35. "It's more than a want, it's more than a need.  I'd shrivel up and die without my feed.  Take a look, you are hooked, on Facebook."- Rhett and Link's Facebook Song.
36. "I'm so glad we gat a Honda."- Julian Smith's Everything's all Right
37. "Chris is dead now."- Julian Smith's What Happened to Chris
38. "So how did you know he was dead?"  "Well I.... uh..."  "Never mind."- Julian Smith's What Happened to Chris
39. "Hey, hey, Dad I think got a big one."-  Julian Smith's What Happened to Chris
40. "This is our tree!"- Julian Smith's Trees Hate You
41. "Isn't it funny?"- Julian Smith's Trees Hate You
42. "Jim remembers Burl Ives.  Jim remembers the Civil War.  His people fought for the west."- Diamond W Wranglers- Ghost Riders in the Sky
43. "You promise me puddings cookies and then you gives me nothing."- Blimey Cow's Pudding Cookies
44. "Bimey Burger. The place were Blimey Cow's go to die."- Blimey Cow's The Problem with Christian Bands
45. "They make music and mistakes."  Blimey Cow's The Problem with Christian Bands
46. "Let's take a listen shall we."- Blimey Cow's The Problem with Christian Bands
47. "You're doing it wrong."- about every Blimey Cow video
48. "For God so loved Tebow baby."- Blimey Cow's Proof that Jesus Loves Tim Tebow
49. "Why does Tebow tebow?"- Blimey Cow's Proof that Jesus Loves Tim Tebow
50. "Then I dare say you're not a Christian."- Blimey Cow's Proof that Jesus Loves Tim Tebow
51. "You're type make me puke."- Monty Python's The Argument Clinic
52. "What a stupid concept."- Monty Python's The Argument Clinic
53. "I could be arguing in spare time."- Monty Python's The Argument Clinic
54. "Without milk or sugar."  "Or tea."- Monty Python's Four Yorkshireman
55. "Oh we used to dream of living in a corridor."- Monty Python's Four Yorkshireman
56. "We were evicted from our hole in the ground."- Monty Python's Four Yorkshireman
57. "Luxury!"- Monty Python's Four Yorkshireman
58. "If we were lucky."- Monty Python's Four Yorkshireman
59. "There is absolutely no cause for alarm."- Monty Python's Airplane Sketch
60. "The wings are not on fire."- Monty Python's Airplane Sketch
61. "Well he just knocked over my lincoln logs."- Rhett and Link's Job Reference
62. "Well hello Spiderman.  I didn't know you had a horse."- Rhett and Link's Job Reference
63. "I'm reading a book, I'm reading a book.  Don't you ever interrupt me while I'm reading a book."- Julian Smith's I'm Reading a Book
64. "I'm at the library where they call me a crook I never even pay for my library books.  I just take them shelf and if anyone looks I just say, I'm reading a book, I'm reading a book.  Don't you every interrupt me while I'm reading a book."- Julian Smith's I'm Reading a Book
65. "Johnny."- Julian Smith's Truth
66. "We can do pizza bites.  I take a bite you take a bite."- Julian Smith's Truth
67. "You know sometimes I can't tell if technology is progressing or digressing."- Julian Smith's uMove
68. "Our internet is down."- Julian Smith's uMove
69. "He's on a diet sire."- Julian Smith's With Child
70. "It's only a flesh wound."- Monty Python's Black Knight from Quest for the Holy Grail
71. "You liar!"- Monty Python's Black Knight from Quest for the Holy Grail
72. "Finding Nemo?! Son, what have I told you about watching PG rated movies?"- Blimey Cow's 7 Lies about Homeschooling
73. "Well this is joyous news."- Blimey Cow's 7 Lies about Homeschooling

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Favorite Movie Quotes

Okay I'll admit they aren't my favorite but they were the first to come to mind (and yes I know I forgot a million great ones). On that same note, these aren't in any particular order either, just in the order I thought of them. These are all from many of my family's favorite movies though we have so many more favorites that aren't reflected in this list. Unfortunately there are so many great conversations in movies that I can't quite get into this post either. You'd actually have to watch the movies to get the humor of most of these but I think that is an excellent excuse. :) I hope you enjoy these quotes as much as I do and maybe they'll leave you like they left me, desperately wanting to re-watch the movies they come from. :)

1. "Life is pain, highness, anyone who tells you different is selling something."- The Princess Bride
2. "Inconceivable!"- The Princess Bride
3. "Your vote of confidence is overwhelming."- The Princess Bride
4. "I don't think that word means what you think it means."- The Princess Bride
5. "Is this a kissing book?"- The Princess Bride
6. "You rush a miracle man, you get bad miracles."- The Princess Bride
7. "Anyone want a peanut?"- The Princess Bride
8. "I'm not left-handed either."- The Princess Bride
9. "Get used to disappointment."- The Princess Bride
10. "Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist."- The Princess Bride
11. "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife. Though after what you just said I am not sure I even want to be that anymore."- Princess Bride
12. "Have fun storming the castle!" "Think it will work?" "It will take a miracle."- Princess Bride
13. "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed me father, prepare to die."- The Princess Bride
14. "As you wish."- The Princess Bride
15. "My way's not very sportsman-like."- The Princess Bride
16. Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam..."- The Princess Bride
17. "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen."- The Princess Bride
18. "There's not a lot of money in revenge."- The Princess Bride
19. "It is a far, far wetter place I go to."- Ghost Train
20. "Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."- Ghost Train
21. "That was his other leg."- Ghost Train
22. "That's right."- Ghost Train
23. "Confidentially, you're a bit of a stinker yourself."- The Lady Vanishes
24. "And I'm not intoxicated... yet!"- McLintock!
25. "Mark my words Marilla, that's the kind of girl that put strychnine in the well."- Anne of Green Gables
26. "Listen to me if you want to know about the events of the day."- Life with Father
27. "They can't keep me out of heaven on a technicality!"- Life with Father
28. "Madam, I am the character of my home."- Life with Father
29. "SHE was the Methodist."- Life with Father
30. "If there is one thing the church should leave alone it is a man't soul."- Life with Father
31. "That's not fair, when I talk about my relatives, I criticize them."- Life with Father
32. "I'll try to be a good little light bulb."- The Major and the Minor
33. "It's never been a particular ambition of mine."- The Major and the Minor
34. "What is food?" "Something you eat silly."- My Man Godfrey
35. "Money, money, money, the Frankenstein monster that destroys men's souls."- My Man Godfrey
36. "Why don't you stop imitating a gorilla and start imitating a man?"- My Man Godfrey
37. "What would you do with a brain if you had one?"- Wizard of Oz
38. "Not 'round, here."- Seven Brides for Seven Bothers
39. "There were no F names in the bible so Ma named him Frankincense cause he smelled so sweet."- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
40. "Dignity, always dignity."- Singing in the Rain
41. "And I can't stand him."- Singing in the Rain
42. "She's so refined. I think I'll kill myself."- Singing in the Rain
43. "Well of course we talk. Don't everybody?"- Singing in the Rain
44. "What do they think I am, dumb or something?"- Singing in the Rain
45. "I make more money than- than- than Calvin Coolige! Put together!"- Singing in the Rain
46. "People? I ain't people. I am a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firmament. It says so, right there."- Singing in the Rain
47. "I was calling him Don before you were born! I mean..."- Sining in the Rain
48. "Haven't you heard? She's irresistible. She told me so herself."- Singing in the Rain
49. "Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all."
50. "Why if it isn't Ethyl Barrymore."- Singing in the Rain
51. "Lina, you're a beautiful woman. Audiences think you've got a voice to match. The studio's gotta keep their stars from looking ridiculous at any cost. " "Nobody's got that much money." - Singing in the Rain
52. "I can't understand it. This car hasn't given me a lick of trouble in nearly six hours."- Singing in the Rain
53. "But if you are naughty and idle, you shall sleep in the back kitchen amongst the black beetles, and be wolloped by Mrs. Pearce with a broomstick. "- My Fair Lady
54. "It's the new small talk. You do it so awfully well."- My Fair Lady
55. "Poor Eliza! How simply frightful! How humiliating! How delightful!"- My Fair Lady
56. "Why can't a woman be more like a man?"- My Fair Lady
57. "I washed my face and hands before I come I did."- My Fair Lady
58. "The French don't care what they do actually as long as they pronounce it properly."- My Fair Lady
59. "There even are places where English completely disappears; in America they haven't used it for years."- My Fair Lady
60. "Would I run off and never tell me where I am going?"- My Fair Lady
61. "Ah, I hate him."- On Moonlight Bay
62. "Wesley, be friendly!"- On Moonlight Bay
63. "Marjorie's old petticoat. You've got me in Marjorie's old petticoat."- On Moonlight Bay
64. "It must be tough being a girl."- On Moonlight Bay
65. "If he had been the first there never would have been a second."- By the Light of the Silvery Moon
66. "At this moment I have no great love for them myself."- By the Light of the Silvery Moon
67. "Do you know what that wall reminds me of? This wall over here."- Abbot and Costello
68. "Now who would do a mean thing like that?"- Charade
69. "He doesn't look that bad."- Charade
70. "Get ready for the story of my life." "Fiction or non-fiction."- Charade
71. "Naturally."- Charade
72. "Do women find it feminine to be so illogical or can't they help it."- Charade
73. "Did Bigfoot take it?"- National Treasure
74. "Yeah... the aliens helped them."- National Treasure
75. "I see why you left him."- National Treasure
76. "Do you know what the preservation room is for?" "Delicious jams and jellies?"
77. "Our evil plan is working."- National Treasure
78. "And that's where we lost the Department of Homeland Security."- National Treasure
79. "They're like early American X-ray specs."- National Treasure
80. "Oh look. My tax dollars at work, coming to arrest me."- National Treasure 2
81. "The last time I checked we made our living off of crazy."- National Treasure 2
82. "Maybe one day I'll wear this [his suit] to a party I'm actually invited to."- National Treasure 2
83. "The president's a tattle tale."- National Treasure 2
84. "Get it, got it, good."- Court Jester
85. "I made a fool of myself."- Court Jester
86. "The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true."- Court Jester.
87. "If it pleases you so much, you marry Griswold."- Court Jester
88. "What took her so long?" "Stutters."- Court Jester
89. "I noticed."- The God's Must be Crazy
90. "Do the noises in my head bother you?"- The God's Must be Crazy
91. "Yes, you are a very interesting psychological phenomenon, and I think you are very sweet."- The God's Must be Crazy
92. "I could get used to a view like this. Yep, I'm used to it. Guys I want a castle."- Tangled
93. "They just can't get my nose right."- Tangled
94. "I didn't want to have to do this but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder."- Tangled
95. "You broke my smolder."- Tangled
96. "This is the story of how I died."- Tangled
97. "That's the funny thing about birthdays. They're kind of an annual thing."- Tangled
98. "You know how I hate the mumbling."- Tangled
99. "Well I hope you're here to apologize."- Tangled
100. "Well, a fake reputation is all a man has."- Tangled
101. "IncrediBoy?"- Incredibles
102. "That was the best vacation ever! I love our family."- Incredibles
103. "Hey, we're super heroes. What could happen?"- Incredibles
104. "We're dead! We're dead! We survived but we're dead."- Incredibles
105. "You know I wish my parents had played Mozart when I was a baby cause half the time I don't know what anyone's talking about."- Incredibles
106. "Lame, lame, lame, lame lame!"- Incredibles
107. "No capes."- Incredibles
108. "Greater good? I am your wife. I am the greatest good you are ever gonna get."- Incredibles
109. "...And guest."- Incredibles
110. "We act normal mom, I want to be normal. The only normal one is Jack-Jack and he isn't even toilet trained."- Incredibles
111. "You need to be more... flexible."- Incredibles
112. "And machine washable darling. That's a new feature."- Incredibles
113. "And call me when you get back darling. I enjoy your visits."- Incredibles
114. "Good thing too. You were this close to loosing your jo...."- Increidlbes
115. "Are we there yet?" "We get there when we get there."- Incredibles
116. "I know, I know... freeze!"- Incredibles
117. "You're letting him go again? He's guilty! You can see it in his smug little face. Guilty! Guilty I say! Guilty!"- Incredibles
118. "Round up the usual suspects."- Casablanca
119. "You despise me don't you?" "If I gave you any thought I probably would."- Casablanca
120. "I am shocked! Shocked I say to hear that gambling is going on here!" "Your winnings sir."- Casablanca
121. "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."- Casablanca
122. "Of all the gin joints in all the world, she walked into mine."- Casablanca
123. "And they used Bon Ami!"- Ghost and Mr. Chicken
124. "That's right karate... made my whole body a weapon."- Ghost and Mr. Chicken
125. "Calm? Do murder and calm go together? Calm and murder? Murder?"- Ghost and Mr. Chicken
126. "It was terrible, just terrible. I'll never get over it as long as I live."- Ghost and Mr. Chicken
127. "Atta boy Luther."- Ghost and Mr. Chicken
128. "I want your opinion, your honest opinion."- Shop Around the Corner
129. "Too much."- Shop Around the Corner
130. "I'm H2O intolerant."- Finding Nemo
131. "I suffer from short term memory loss."- Finding Nemo
132. "Wow! I wish I could speak whale."- Finding Nemo
133. "P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney."- Finding Nemo
134. "I'm obnoxious."- Finding Nemo
135. "The water is half empty!" "Really? I'd say it's half full."- Finding Nemo
136. "Squirrel!"- Up!
137. "You don't talk much... I like you."- Up!
138. "I ripped it out of a library book."- Up!
139. "South America. It's like America, but south."- Up!
140. "I am most seriously displeased."- Pride and Prejudice (1995)
141. "She's tolerable I suppose but not handsome enough to please me."- Pride and Prejudice (1995)
142. "It's worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following no orders, not knowing what they do not caring." "You mean like Democrats?"- Ghost Breakers
143. "It still only counts as one!"- Return of the King
144. "We're not in decent places."- Return of the King
145. "I am no man."- Return of the King
146. "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"- Return of the King
147. "There's plenty for the both of us. May the best dwarf win."- Return of the King
148. "I never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf." "What about side by side with a friend?" "Aye, I could do that."- Return of the King
149. "I don't know half as you as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."- Fellowship of the Ring
150. "They come in pints?" "I'm getting one."- Fellowship of the Ring
151. "Your late." "A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."- Fellowship of the Ring
152. Please don't turn me into anything... unnatural."- Fellowship of the Ring
153. "He was twitching."- Two Towers
154. "Don't tell the elf."- Two Towers
155. Pot-tay-toes. Boil em, mash 'em, put 'em in a stew... Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish. Even you couldn't say no to that." "Oh yes we could."- Two Towers
156. "Don't follow the lights."- Two Towers
157. "This new Gandalf is more grumpy than the old one."- Two Towers
158. "Look's like meat is back on the menu boys."- Two Towers
159. "She stinks."- You Can't Take it with You
160. "Mr. Biddle's on a chocolate cake diet." "I beg your pardon?" "He says its the perfect food containing every essential element."- The Happiest Millionaire
161. "Now I am the master." "Only a master of evil Darth."- New Hope

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Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.

Fun with School

All last spring you got to hear about my Anatomy and Physiology course and I am sure you breathed as large of a sigh of relief as I did when it was over and you didn't have to hear about it anymore.  However, THIS semester I am taking Microbiology, which promises to be just as difficult as good old A&P.  You are forewarned.  Now, to take about Microbiology. :)  I am actually having some fun with it so far as there are online activities I have to complete for the class which are basically flashcards.  The fun part is that the website keeps track of points for questions answered correctly and then ranks my classmates and I by who has the most points.  So my competitive side is getting satisfied (I'm in first place) and I am learning all about Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes in the process. :)  Also, I know that I am actually learning the information when I wake up in the morning thinking about chloroplasts...

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.