Before we start into Way Back Wednesdays let me just say that today is the very last day you can VOTE (August 31st...in case you are reading this later :) ). So please vote today!!! School starts back next week and hopefully that means fall weather will be right behind the corner. We have had warm temps as of late, though we did just get two days of cooler weather...yay! I like the intro that came with it as well, so I kept that too. Teaching, as you know, is often a thankless job. Randomly you might get an atta girl thrown at you but other than that you don't get a lot of positive feedback. Unless of course, “I hate homework” is positive feedback. So when I started to get comments on my blog I was just giddy. Wow, positive feedback...and the actual day I post. But sadly there is some feedback I never get and wish I would. You might be surprised at the amount of email I answer a day. Sometimes I am even surprised. I always try and help when I can and I try and be honest … [Read more...]
On top of my laundry all covered with cheese…
I’m pretty sure that if I put as much effort into actually cleaning as I did in avoiding cleaning, I would have the world’s cleanest apartment ever. Sadly this is not the case. This weekend was super clean weekend. Scrubbing floors, stain treating carpets, rearrange closets, and laundry galore. I don’t mind laundry. I will put clothing in and out of the machine all day long. And gladly plop it down on the ground. Now folding it, that’s a whole other ball game. A ball game I do not like to play. And then putting it away…ugh. I like Mount Laudrious and so does the dog. If I folded the laundry and put it away all the time she would have nowhere to lie down. So I’m really just helping out the dog, yeah, that’s it, the dog. :D Needless to say I was a trooper and got it done. What I hardly got done was baking. And that’s the weather’s fault. No hurricane here, well not the natural disaster kind anyway. But it was warm and I just really don’t get in the mood to bake at … [Read more...]
I’m one step away from afternoon Bingo…
I’m more than half way to old, and I don’t just mean in age. There is a trend I have noticed as my parents have gotten into their so called golden years. They talk about five things: People dying, what they ate, what hurts/doctor visits, the weather, and how much stuff costs. Crap I am old. Other than constantly talking about people dying…I’m there. What the heck will I have to talk about when I am actually old? This is bad. At least I don’t really delve into the people dying thing all that much. I mean I get why they do because they are at the age where people are dying. When someone my age dies we freak out a little more because it doesn’t happen as much. But the conversation with my mother is always the same: Mom: So and So died yesterday, it’s so sad. Me: Who? Mom: You know so and so. Me: No mom I do not know so and so. Mom: Yes you do. She’s so and so’s neighbor. Me: Oh, yeah… No mom. I don’t live in your town remember? Mom: Don’t be sassy with … [Read more...]
Battle of the butter….
As some of you may know there has been recent war ragging among Paula Deen and Anthony Bourdain. Let me be the first to tell you that I like them both equally. I enjoy the show No Reservations, but will gladly say that I won’t be willingly (you just never know what you get at those taco trucks sometimes) eat fish balls or guniea pig intestines. I enjoy his enthusiasm of the countries he visits and his sincere interest in both the food and culture. But I also like me some Paula Deen. People often call me the Paula Deen of food blogging because I can take something bad for you and make it worse. :P I will agree with Anthony on the fact that the majority of Paula’s cooking isn’t all that healthy. But then again neither is spending most of your 20’s and 30’s doing cocaine and still drinking heavily and smoking heavily. I’ve made many a thing by Paula Deen, mostly desserts I will admit, because I appreciate her love of butter. And they have all turned out well so to say that … [Read more...]
