Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Taco Stand Review....

Okay, this blog is going to be COMPLETELY embarrassing. Only because I had originally planned on blogging about this, oh, 5 months ago? Anyways, can you say "SLACKER??" Yes, it is allowed just this once!
So, back in May, our bravest friends and us (I will gladly admit that I take on the role of the wimpiest of the 4 of us) decided that it was time to take on Canyon County and it's many taco stands. I feel like I need to insert a few tidbits here about the taco stands. They occasionally up and move. I will keep my speculation of why I think that this might happen to myself. Also, they are owned/ ran by individuals who speak little, if any, English. I'm never sure what we order when we go to one. My brother-in-law, a police officer here, often makes fun of us for hitting the taco stands. He can't believe we haven't got sick and died yet. We've been eating at them for maybe 5 years, so our immune system is pretty impressive, I'm sure. I won't tell you about the time Rob saw a mouse run across the counter of one of them.. and we still ate there. Anywho...
I think that we made it to 6 of those stands. There were a couple more, but they closed up and drove off before we could stop at them. The first one we stopped was... well, we really don't know the name of it. It's in the parking lot of Lance's lawn something. (WOW! I'm really on top of things, huh?) They have the BEST tortillas, the best meat, the best sauces. Ok, this was our favorite. AND they are only $1 a taco!! We (our family) frequents this place often (dinner last night, actually). They also have a plate of beans and rice for $1. And of course... the pictures:


Then we stopped at a place on the bad side of town called MiTiendita. This place was expensive and a little bit of a culture shock (I was shocked to find this place 5 miles from my house). I wasn't crazy about these. You other taco stand hoppers can throw in your 2 cents on this. Here, we were a spectacle. I wonder why...





#3 was definitely the most unique "stand" we went to. It was called Tacos Daisy. It was located in a bus, YES, A BUS! I had a great pineapple juice drink. This is the first time I had horchata (Mexican rice drink)... I LIKE! The tacos were $1.50 and not real good. But I liked the atmosphere. This was where the owners forced Menudo on us. AND HECK NO! I did not try it, but everyone else did. And I quote Rob, "It tastes like what your mouth tastes like after you vomit and it has the texture of a snotty booger." Since Menudo is cow intestines, I heard that it tasted like what you would imagine a cow intestine to taste like. Need I say more?



The stand in the parking lot of the Commercial Tire shop wasn't bad, but they didn't offer us any hot sauces.

El Charro, in the parking lot of Fred Meyer, was DISGUSTING! Celia ordered chicken, I ordered beef, I think they were both rotten. Rob ordered a beef taco, ate it and after we started making comments, he thinks his might have been rotten. So on and on we went about how bad these were... as the people who worked there were sitting by the open window we were sitting under. Yeah... embarrassing... my stomach still attempts to heave when I think about that place.




The last one we went to was in Caldwell. It was good, except for the chorizo taco. But ya'll need to check out Lewis at this one. The redneck came out of him here.

Umm... there's a little somthin' somethin' in your teeth.


And last but not least... dessert at Shari's. I had the lemon meringue pie and hot cocoa.
Yumm-o!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Long Time, No see, eh?

Wow... I didn't realize I had been slacking off that badly, but alas... I have been. So, you know, it's been the regular stuff. School has started back up. FINALLY. All of my kids are officially in school now. (YAY!!) (Did I actually type that????) Berlyn started Kindergarten on August 25th. She's going to the dual language school here called New Horizons. Before you ask I will answer you. It's been 3 weeks so I'm not sure how it's going. She hates it. Not the school. She hates being away from me. This last week, she finally started going on her own. Here's her first day of school pic.

Berlyn- Kindergarten
Over Labor Day weekend, we went to Family Camp at Shiloh Bible Camp. Again, I had a sick kid. Last year it was Berlyn, this year, Ethan. Ethan was supposed to work as kitchen staff and couldn't because he was up and down w/ a fever and really weird stomach pains (more about all of that later). A few pics from Family Camp... mostly of ME!


CASCADE LAKE

Payette Lake in McCall
So we get home from camp and the next day is the first day of school for the older 3 kids. I stayed up late hemming pants, packing backpacks and hemming pants. Loads of fun. (And I'm still doing it for people- as of this afternoon even.) I have officially sent my kiddos to the most disorganized, chaotic school in the state of Idaho. I REALLY hope they iron out all the kinks soon, or ya'll will be hearin' all about that! BUT... the kids look great.


Ethan- 7th grade

Brenna- 3rd grade
Briyanna- 6th grade
First day of school went off w/ out a hitch. But the second day... that is another story. Ethan looked like he wasn't feeling well again. So as we walk out the door, after the girls are out, Ethan says to me, "I don't feel good cuz I can't pee." I kind of just stood there looking at him. So I finally said, "Uhhhh... let me go talk to your dad." Dad: "Duh... take him to the doctor." So you must realize, we don't go to the doctor for ANYTHING. 2 weeks is the rule because most things clear up in that time. But no pee... that may be a good reason for a doctor's visit. Tests come back that he has e-coli in his bladder. HUH?!?!? WHAT THE ...?!?!? Ummm, ok. I never suspected that! So he got on antibiotics and is doing much better. He even went on his first Boys Scouts camp out. I think he loved it. OH! and he is growing up. He got a letter from his camp girlfriend over the weekend. The outside had hearts on it!!! Shoot me now!

AND... most importantly... BSU beat the Oregon Ducks!