Clearly you deserve a better post…but that won’t be today. :P It’s been a long week around here. People who are close to me know that when someone passes in my life I usually bake bread. Not sure why I just always have. Sadly one of our local hockey family, a guy I have played both with and against, passed away on Wednesday morning. He played a game of hockey and said he wasn’t feeling well but still went to his second game of hockey where he played a few shifts. Told everyone he didn’t feel great and was going home. And at 7am the next morning he had a heart attack and died. Life is short people, spend it with the ones you want to, don’t waste your time on anything that isn’t bringing you joy. I did manage to make something…these are kind of healthy muffins…well healthy for me. I was going to make a pretzel topping but never got around to it. Like I said, weird week. Peanut Butter White Chocolate Chip Muffins ½ cup vegetable oil 1 cup peanut butter (your … [Read more...]
A tale of four dresses…
I had mentioned on here a couple post back (the Navy Bean Soup one) that I messed with a former principal but in a totally legit way so as to stay out of trouble (I really am a rule follower). Tons of people emailed asking me to share the story…so here we go: Many years ago I was teaching at a school with quite possibly the most passive-aggressive vice principal ever. Though in her defense she is also the principal whom I respected the most in the fact that she never played favorites and everyone was treated the same. She was one of those people who wore a skirt or dress to work every day full with pantyhose and expected every female to do as well. FYI- pantyhose plus 115F weather in Phoenix is not a good combo and I refused to go there unless it was winter. Anyway my first year at that school I had a health issue and would randomly wake up and my right side would be swollen beyond recognition…just the right side. Trying to get dressed when one half of you was twice the size … [Read more...]
Lots of words….
A series of random letters…. Dear IRS, I owe you money. And while I won’t be sending you that money on Sunday I do need to get on payment plan. I filled out my taxes but you won’t let me finish them saying that I have more forms to fill out. BUT those forms aren’t available yet. Ummm. This is beyond stupid. Why is it that you can’t bring yourself to have these forms available when you expect me to have my taxes done and filed in just a few days? Dear Media, You suck. I mean really, really suck. You have been tearing apart Ashley Judd to no end lately. The minute I saw her face I knew she was on Prednisone. How? Because I have been off and on it since I was 26 years old. It will do that to your face and body. She didn’t have work done and the fact that she gained some weight doesn’t make her a cow. And speaking of what the media calls cows…Jennifer Lawrence. For those who don’t have teens at home, she plays Katniss in the movie The Hunger Games. According … [Read more...]
Third times a charm…
Two things, first off a BIG thank you to any and all who donated this is my last post where it is mentioned for a year. I learned this week that while demographically speaking while I don’t have that many men (mostly ex-boyfriends) who read the blog, a large percentage of them donated to me. :) As well as college students which is a big deal as they are giving up pizza and beer money there. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Second, thanks for the encouragement with me and MDP. I can say that my favorite part about coming out so to speak is that I no longer have former students giving me advice such as “show some more boob Ms. G (my maiden name) that’s what works for me”. Though now we have moved onto “yeaaaa, get some Ms. G” so I’ll be honest in saying, not sure which one is worse. I’ll mull it over and let you know. We got random snow this week and that always makes me want to bake with yeast thanks to my mom always doing that when we were kids. Except it’s … [Read more...]
