Second Blooming

RTT: Paint Chips, Breastfeeders and Hot Ashes

I am fascinated by this site - Chip It! by Sherwin Williams. You can link to any picture on the internet, and they'll create a paint chip palette for you. For instance, I had these pictures on my Pinterest page...

Isn't that the coolest thing?! I can't wait to try it out on a room in our house.

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Someone posted this on Facebook. It is bad, oh so bad...

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Okay, y'all know that I don't like to get controversial, or pick a fight, but have you seen the cover of the latest Time Magazine? It features a mother breastfeeding her almost-4 year old son, and it has sparked a ton of controversy. Here's a link to an LA Times article on it with the picture. I have to say that even though I'm a huge supporter of breastfeeding, I think this cover is absolutely horrible. It's not that I think it's offensive to breastfeed your almost-4 year old child, I think people can do whatever they want in private, and you can't argue the benefits of breastfeeding. I don't even think it's offensive to breastfeed in public. But all I can think about when I look at this picture is that this poor little boy will always be known as the kid who sucked his moms boob on the cover of Time magazine. I just couldn't imagine any mother deliberately subjecting her child to that kind of future torment and ridicule. What do y'all think?

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Jimmy and Jude have become obsessed with a new cable tv channel they've discovered - Me-TV. It's all old tv shows from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Yesterday, I heard Jude talking to his friend George at Cub Scouts - "So there are these two dudes, and one of the dudes, Felix, is really neat and the other dude, Oscar, is a total slob and they are so FUNNY!" He's been singing the Odd Couple theme song for days. The kid has also, at long last, discovered I Love Lucy, which he deems "hysterical" and dramas like The Rifleman, Mission: Impossible and Gunsmoke. I love it!

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Yesterday, I noticed this, written on the top of the recycling bins at Jude's school...

PLEASE tell me that someone other than me read this as "No Hot Flashes"!

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RTT: Sherlock, Cornwall and 4G

Jude is NINE!

Happy Birthday my angel!! Saturday was a long and hellacious day of track meet and screaming boys until the wee hours. But I will save that for another day.

In the meantime, here are a few Random Tuesday Thoughts...

Oh my GOD! As if my Sunday television viewing wasn't brilliant enough with Game of Thrones, The Killing and Mad Men, they have now brought Sherlock back!

Sherlock Season Two is better than ever! Did you watch it? Oh you HAVE to! Sherlock had an almost-love-interest - a brilliant dominatrix! And by almost-love-interest I mean that he seemed to be actually thinking about having sex. With a woman! Which for Sherlock was a big deal. Very sexy. And we got a sadly brief glimpse of Benedict Cumberbatch's naked bum!

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A friend posted this on Facebook...

You know...they would never have written that sign if it hadn't happened. Just saying.

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And while I'm talking about my Brit tv obsessions (well, I was talking about it back before the Trojans), I have FINALLY started watching Doc Martin on Netflix.

Which has been recommended to me numerous times, and is a little less gritty than I usually like, but I'm completely loving, especially because I've thought Martin Clunes was kind of yummy ever since he guest starred on Doctor Who back in the early '80's...

...mmm, not exactly remembering what the lipstick and earring was about. And yes, I AM a silly geek, but I don't care. And I don't know why I find curmudgeonly (nice way of saying asshole) doctors so attractive (House). Anyway, worth watching.

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So all of this Doc Martin watching has me checking out UK real estate again. The show is shot in Port Isaac, Cornwall - a DREAM location. Absolutely gorgeous and charming. Look at this place, The Victoria House Cafe.  For only 575,000 pounds, I could buy this cute little cafe with an apartment above it. I would be the PERFECT ex-patriot cafe owner/love interest for the curmudgeonly doctor! Or what about this house, Fern Cottage, haven't you always wanted to live in a house with a name?! So charming. This is where the curmudgeonly doctor and I could move once we get married and I give up the cafe business. Sigh...

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Okay, I am so excited I can barely CONTAIN myself! The other day, I was in the Apple store, buying Jude his very own iPod Touch for his birthday (big hit, btw), and when I pulled out my vintage iPhone, the Apple dude very politely asked me why I had never upgraded my phone. I hemmed and hawed and admitted that it just cost too much, and I hated to spend the money until the phone completely went out, even though the damned thing is SOOOOOOOOOOO slow that I want to throw it out the window at least 3 times a week. The dude looked at me as if I was just as dumb as a stump (and clearly, I AM as dumb as a stump) and informed me that since I was such a valued AT&T customer, I could upgrade from my archaic 3G to a 3Gs for FREE, or another generation to the 4G for only $99. So I have bought myself a Mother's Day present! My new 4G is arriving tomorrow. I will no doubt spend the next few days on a New Phone Honeymoon. All sorts of new apps which my old phone couldn't handle. Happy, happy, joy, joy.

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And that's the end of my randomness for this week. Visit Stacy and check out the others.

 

RTT: Geek, Johnny Depp and Geek

RANDOM TUESDAY THOUGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I'm sorry, was I shouting?)

Gretchen = Geek Example #1 -

I'm dying to go here - Dickens World. It's a Charles Dickens theme park in Chatham, UK!

You can walk through the dank corridors of Marshalsea Prison or take the Great Expectations Boat Ride. It's like an English Major Dream Vacation!

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Is anybody else sick and tired of the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton collaboration? I mean, I have absolutely ZERO interest in this new Dark Shadows movie.

He keeps playing the same silly, freaky character over...

and over...

and over...

and over...

Enough already!

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The other day, Jude and I were driving in the car, discussing his upcoming birthday. He's decided that he doesn't want to have a big theme birthday this year. Which makes me both sad (he's growing up) and happy (WHEW!). Anyway, we haven't really planned it yet, but I think he's going to have just a few pals over for a sleepover and that's it. I asked him if they wanted to do anything special, maybe play a game or watch a movie, and he said no. Then about a beat later he said "When I'm in high school, and have parties, we'll play a game called Spin the Bottle."

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gretchen = Geek Example #2

Drama Major humor...

I am a reeky, clay-brained, canker-blosson! What are you?

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This is NOT written by my child, but stolen off the internet. Enjoy...

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Gretchen = Geek Example #3 -

I desperately wish for this sign every time certain children are dropped off at a Cub Scout meeting and left for others mind...

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And on a quick serious note: 

Two noteworthy events this week which gave me pause -

1. The 20th anniversary of the LA Riots. I will never forget them. A few sad, angry, frightening, tragic days, when the straw broke the camels back, and people went temporarily insane.

2. The One World Trade Center, which is the tower they are building to replace the World Trade Center has officially reached the height that surpasses the Empire State Bldg. and makes it the tallest building in NYC.

May it forever stand proud. And may Jude never force me to go to the top of it (I know he will!)

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Go forth and visit Stacy!

RTT: Lonely Farmers, Show Tunes & Geek Cakes

Another Tuesday, another Random Tuesday Thoughts...

I saw this on tv and almost peed myself...

 

Ha! It's a real site - Farmers Only! The only online dating site for Americas Farmers.

According to the website, "This group makes up America's Heartland – the slice of America with good old fashioned traditional values, values that were never lost by the farmers of our country."

So why are there so many pictures of trashy looking women in Daisy Duke cutoffs riding tractors?!

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I have a new favorite way of entertaining myself while I'm doing housework. Our Direct TV cable company has a bunch of music stations, and I have discovered their Show Tunes channel. My mother would have LOVED this station! All show tunes, all the time. I sing along at the top of my lungs while I'm mopping or doing dishes or whatever. I'm seriously hoping that the UPS man doesn't show up while I'm in the middle of dancing along with Rita Moreno on "America" from West Side Story. Though I'm sure he's seen worse.

 

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I may be late to the game here, but you all, especially those of you with boys, MUST read this lovely piece - 25 Rules for Mothers of Sons. I agree with them all. And I SO wish I'd written this first.

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The other day, I had hunted all around for my reading glasses, and couldn't find them. I finally had to leave, got into the car, reached up to pull down my sunglasses and discovered this on top of my head...

Yes, that would be TWO pairs of reading glasses + my sunglasses. I have finally, officially become my mother.

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I LOVE this weird and wonderful website - Between the Pages: where pop culture and food meet. They have pictures of great sci-fi geek cakes! The Enterprise...

Star Wars wedding cake...

Dr. Who...

Very inspiring!

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My new iPhone game obsession! Swipe Four.

It's SO addicting! You make four letter words using the letters they give you. It's so simple, but completely fun. I HIGHLY recommend it. Well, not if you want to actually get anything done in your life.

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Alright, short and sweet today. I'm working on brevity. It's very difficult. We'll see how it goes. Be sure to hop over and visit Stacy's other random thinkers!

RTT: Sunday Nights, Toilet Seat Covers and Korean Tea

Is it really Tuesday again? Geez.

I am SO loving Sunday nights! I look forward to it all week. Suddenly, ALL my favorite shows are back and all on the same night - Game of Thrones, The Killing and Mad Men! I'm in tv heaven. And speaking of Mad Men, check out this Mad Men Cocktail Culture iPhone App. Since this week's Spin Cycle topic just happens to be Cocktails, it's the perfect time to download this app! It not only has excellent recipes for a bunch of classic cocktails, but also a little game in which you mix up cocktails on your iPhone and then drink little virtual drinks. Which is amazingly unsatisfying.

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One of my Facebook friends posted a link to this website - Nina Katchadourian. It totally cracks me up. This woman is a serious artist, who had the incredibly silly idea to create a series of photographs entitled Seat Assignment: Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style. While on a boring flight, she went into the airplane bathroom, stuck the toilet seat cover on her head and took a picture with her cell phone...

She loved the picture so much, that over the next two years, she went on 70 flights, and took over 2000 pictures in the bathroom.

PLEASE check out the website, they are hysterical! I love this woman.

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This reminds me of my youth in Austin - much time was spent in a tube, doing things that may have defied this sign...

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I have become a little crazy about a new tea - Korean Citron Honey Tea.

Yes, I know it looks like marmalade, but it's not. You spoon it into a cup, add hot water and have this really delicious lemony tea. And....I know that most of you don't live within walking distance of a Korean market, like I do, but you can even get it from Amazon...

True, $10 seems like a lot for tea, but that is a HUGE jar. So BUY some. I'm actually looking forward to my first cold of the season.

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The other day on Facebook, Jen from Sprite's Keeper mentioned how excited she was that they finally have a new Trader Joe's nearby, and I realized how dependent I am on the place. I really don't know what I'd do without it. It's amazing how many TJ items are staples around our house. In addition to their great food/great prices and amazing ready-made foods, I have a number of super easy meals that involve just mixing together a bunch of stuff from Trader Joe's that I keep around the house. Last night, we had one of our faves, which I will share with you. If you have a Trader Joe's near you, MAKE THIS. If you do not, you have my deepest sympathies.

Trader Joe's Tuna Lemon Pepper Pasta

1 pkg. TJ's Lemon Pepper Pappardelle Pasta

1 12 oz. bag TJ's Artichoke Hearts, frozen

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 can water-packed tuna, drained

1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley

1/2 jar capers

grated zest of one lemon

salt to taste

Bring a large stockpot of water to a boil. Add the pasta. Boil for 10 minutes. After about 7 minutes, dump in the bag of frozen artichoke hearts. Cook the 3 minutes more. Drain, then return to the stock pot. Add in the rest of the ingredients. Mix. EAT.

Serves 2. Which is good, because it has too much green stuff in it for Jude.

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Hope everybody is having a lovely Tuesday thus far. Please visit Stacy's place and see the other Random Tuesday Thoughtites.

RTT: Easter Recap

I feel like I've been hit by the proverbial bus. Is there a proverbial bus? Well, you know what I mean. I am weak, but still able to scrape up some not very Random Tuesday Thoughts.

I am one church singing fool. Witness:

• Holy Thursday - 7:00 to 11:00. Trilingual mass. Yes, I said TRIlingual - English, Spanish, Tagalog. Washing of the feet.
• Good Friday - 10:00 to 3ish. Stations of the Cross. Veneration of the Cross. Serious music. Basically a very long funeral.
• Holy Saturday Easter Vigil - 7:00 to 11:00. Baptisms, confirmations. More trilingual stuff.
• Easter Sunday - 10:00 to 12:30. Easter mass. This year, we've made so much money off our bingo that we could afford to hire a brass section -

Cool.

Here's the view from the choir loft...

...impressive, right?

Here's the view of the choir loft. Our hats were particularly excellent this year...

Jude and I cleaned up pretty well...

Oh, and here's Jude enjoying mass...

Here's Jude with Lynn and Darren's daughters...

After this shot was taken, Jude smirkily informed me "I had my hand on Isabella's butt."

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After church, we had lunch with Jimmy's Cousin Cathy and some friends. Jude was clearly on a roll with the ladies (I think it was his dashing suit). After lunch, he gave backrubs to the women at the table...

...while I had a much deserved Bloody Mary.

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And where, you ask, was Jimmy during all this? Sick as a dog. The poor man had a fever, which fluctuated between 99 and 102 for FIVE days. I felt so sorry for him. As I ran out of the house to my next choir event shouting "JUDE, take care of your father..."

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The good news: The Easter Bunny brought Jude this...

...the Darth Maul Double-Bladed Lightsaber. The bad news is that the Easter Bunny brought Jude this...

Which means that I am forced into lightsaber battle on a bi-hourly basis. I'm such a sucker.

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Made these for an Easter egg hunt...

...cascarones, Mexican confetti eggs. Lots of silly, albeit messy, fun. I should probably do a how-to, but it's a little late in the game. Maybe I'll remember to do a Works For Me Wednesday next Easter!

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So there's Easter for you. And now Spring Break has begun. Which means I'll never rest. Oh joy. Please visit Stacy for more random fun and games.

RTT: Sexy Dwarves, Hunger Food and Darren

We had the BEST weekend. But I'm going to tease you, and tell you about it TOMORROW. Aren't I cruel. In the meantime, I do have a few...

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Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones!! I have finished the entire first season, and seen the first episode of Season Two - a feeding frenzy of blood and gore and sex and intrigue. I'm LOVING it! And I have a new crush. Tyrion Lannister. The sexiest dwarf in the world.

I must admit that until now, I have been rather close-minded regarding the sexiness of dwarves, but Peter Dinklage has opened my mind and heart. If I was a King's Landing whore, I would allow Tyrion to have his way with me for free. Oh yes, it's true.

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And speaking of Game of Thrones, I desperately want one of these neckaces. Hmmm, should I align myself with the House of Stark, the ancient kings of winter, whose sigil is the direwolf?...

 

Or should I side with my man Tyrion and the House of Lannister. Evil, power hungry and the richest of all the great houses in the kingdom, whose sigil is the golden lion...

 

And what the hell is a sigil anyway?

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I must admit that I haven't made it yet, but I'm dying to cook up Katniss' favorite food - Hunger Games Lamb Stew...

Somebody actually wrote an entire Hunger Games cookbook, which seems slightly odd, considering it's all about being hungry.

But this sounds very worthy of the fare in The Capital...

Hunger Games Lamb Stew with Dried Plums

5 pounds lamb fillet, shoulder or leg, cut into 2-inch pieces
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 cup water
4 cups beef stock
2 teaspoons white sugar
3 teaspoons brown sugar
3 cups diced carrots
1 cup diced zucchini
1-1/2 cups diced celery
2 large onions, diced
3 potatoes, cubed
5 cups dried plums
2 teaspoons dried thyme
3 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
2 teaspoons chopped fresh basil
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley
2 bay leaves
1 cup ginger ale

Directions

1. Place lamb, salt, pepper, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Toss to coat meat evenly.
2. Heat olive oil in a large pan and brown the meat, working in batches if you have to.
3. Remove lamb to a side plate. Pour off fat, leaving 1/4 cup in the pan. Add the garlic and onion and sauté until the onion becomes golden. Deglaze frying pan with the 1/2 cup water, taking care to scrape the bottom of the pan to stir up all of the tasty bits of meat and onion. Cook to reduce liquid slightly, then remove from heat.
4. Place the lamb and garlic-onion mixture in a large stockpot. Add beef stock and sugar, stirring until sugars are dissolved. Bring mixture to a boil, cover, and simmer for 1-1/2 hours.
5. Add the vegetables, dried plums, herbs, and ginger ale to the pot. Simmer for 30-45 minutes, or until meat and vegetables pierce easily with a fork.

Serves 8 to 10.

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Over the past few years, I have often mentioned my friends Lynn (the Curly Girl on my Blog Roll) and her husband Darren. Notably here , when Darren took what should have been MY seat at the Emmy awards, and here, when their precious daughters came to stay with us for three days .

Well, Darren, after years of people reading his hilarious Facebook status updates and telling him he needed to do something with them, has finally started his own blog! Please, please PRETTY please check him out - Daddy/Daughter Fun Time. We could certainly use another good Daddy blogger in our midst. Please support him!!

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Run along now. Well, run along AFTER you have visited Darren. That's all for Tuesday. More tomorrow.

RTT: Rockets, Geeks and Peniss

Sigh...

Cub Scout camping. Again. This time rockets...

Could there be a more phallic boy activity than building/shooting off rockets?

Rockets = Fun

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Mmmm...okay.

 

I truly can't decide if this is cute or creepy.

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 I love this geek t-shirt website! They have an amazing array of funny t-shirts for every geek subject I love!

Dr. Who humor tees...

Downton Abbey humor tees...

Zombie humor tees...

Star Wars humor tees...

Pi humor tees...

and a surprising number of Jesus humor tees...

If anybody is thinking of getting me a belated birthday present, I'd love a Medium in one of these...

Gotta love bacon as element. Or this...

Or the best of all...

...which neatly combines choir geek humor with zombie geek humor. Gotta have it!

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I got this new face goo I'm trying out, that I got with a Groupon. It's this Pure Collagen stuff, which is called "Instant Face-lift Serum". Yeah, right. I've had it for three days now, and so far so good. I can't say it actually looks like I've had a face-lift, but I'm an optimist. The only problem is that it stinks. It really does. I keep devotedly applying it in "circular motions" twice a day, but it's starting to get to me. My face smells like...hmm, how to describe it. Kind of  a mixture of cow hoof and manure. This smell led me to some internet investigation about where cosmetic collagen comes from and lo and behold...cow parts. True. And it's on my face. Twice a day. The things we do for vanity.

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I am FINALLY getting to go see The Hunger Games today - I wanted to go on opening day, but I was involved in the aforementioned Rocket Camp. Grrr...the things we sacrifice for our children. But in the meantime, I have found a couple of excellent Hunger Games items to share with you...

Katniss Everdeen's Pinterest Page...

If it's too small for you to read, you can check it out HERE.

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Very good. See Stacy. Read others. Return next week for more Random Tuesday Thoughts.

RTT: Whoop-Ass, Hash and Weird Eggs

Miraculously, I have found TWO new network tv shows that I like...

1. Awake - When last I raved about sexy, brooding, Brit actor Jason Isaacs, I was watching the BBC mystery show Case Histories, and marveling that he was the same actor who played the evil Lucius Malfoy. Well now he's on NBC's Awake, and he's equally sexy and brooding, only now he's rocking an excellent American accent. I'm really enjoying the show so far, it's of the Lost/what-the-hell's-going-on-here vein. Too complicated for me to try to explain here. So you should watch it yourselves because it's fun. You can catch up on the first episodes at the NBC website here.
2. Missing - Ashley Judd as a middle-aged woman who KICKS SOME BUTT! I am loving this show because a) She's a middle-aged woman who actually looks like a middle-aged woman. and b) She kicks some butt, and looks good doing it.  She's a widowed ex-CIA agent whose son is kidnapped. She's searching the world to find her boy so she can serve up a big load of whoop-ass on whoever took him. I'd do the same, wouldn't you? If you missed the first episode you can catch it on the ABC website here. ALL MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN MUST WATCH THIS SHOW OUT OF SOLIDARITY. Plus, Ashley Judd has the same haircut that I do!

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Well now, this is simply brilliant, and an excellent idea for a party...According to this article, the wine director of Auberge du Soleil Hotel in Napa, CA has put together a list of Girl Scout Cookie wine pairings. I know it's a question you've all been worrying about, and now we have the answers! What to serve with a box of Do-Si-Dos? They suggest a 2009 Schloss Gobelsburg Gobelsburger Zweigelt. "The light-bodied and fruity Zweigelt paired with the Do-Si-Dos brings home the flavors of peanut butter & jelly." Bought one too many boxes of Savannah Smiles? Try serving it with a 2010 Dr. Loosen “Bernkasteler Lay” Riesling-Kabinett. “The lemon notes and powdered sugar create an amazing match with this off-dry, high- acid white wine.” And of course, both of the chocolaty faves, Thin Mints and Samoas, are best paired with a nice Tawny Port.

Don't say I've never taught you anything.

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Oh dear God, it was tasty! Yesterday morning I took the leftover St. Patrick's Day Corned Beef and Potatoes, fried it up, and poached an egg on top. I should have taken a picture because it was so GORGEOUS, but I gobbled it up before the thought occurred to me. And I should give you a recipe, but I just stuck it all in a skillet and fried it up so... no recipe. You'll just have to trust me that it was outrageously good. Mmmmm. Next year, I must remember to make more corned beef just for the LEFTOVERS!

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So stinking cute...

 

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I fear that this is true...

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The other day on the radio I heard a study that said that 51% of men say they are the primary grocery shoppers in their families. PRIMARY. Could that be true?!! Do 51% of y'all let your men do the majority of the shopping?! Really?! I mean, can 51% of people's husbands actually cook? Jimmy's abilities are limited to what I describe as "weird eggs". Or is it that 51% of you trust your husband to actually buy the right stuff? Because I'd say that Jimmy shops for about 1% of our groceries, and out of that I'd say he gets about 10% of the purchased items right. So...well you can do the math yourself, but it's pretty damned pathetic. Please, PLEASE tell me that I am not the only one whose husband is this useless in this area.

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Okay that's it. Pretty please visit Stacy and read the other Ransom Thinkers.

RTT: Paper Dolls, Doggy Treats and XS

Daylight Savings Time has kicked. My. Butt. I swear, I don't remember ever having a harder time getting my system to adjust. I am dragging. Of course, it probably didn't help that I went to a party on Saturday night and didn't get to bed until 12ish, which was of course 1ish with the time change. And I may have had one or four margaritas. But still...By now I've had plenty of time to catch up on sleep, but I am still dragging. Why is that? Age? Is that it? Yet another symptom of getting old? Or am I just lazy. Ugh.

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And speaking of old and lazy...I got into Jimmy's car this morning and realized that his clock on the dashboard, which I have complained about being set to the wrong time for 6 months, because he never "fell back" the last time Daylight Savings Time changed... is now the right time again.

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LOVE these!!

Downton Abbey paper dolls!!

You can print them all out from HERE.

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Sunday night, Jude and I were in the living room watching Who Do You Think You Are?, when suddenly I heard a bang in the bedroom. A little while later, I heard Jimmy cry out for me in a weak voice? What the...? We ran into the bedroom, and there was Jimmy, with his hand stuck in the window. I should explain that we live in a 100 year old house, which has a number of old house quirks. The sash cords in all the windows are of varying degrees of functionality. Rather inexplicably, the windows in our bedroom operate backwards - the bottom sash stays put, and the upper sash panes open and close. In other words, you open the top of the window by sliding it down. Odd, yes. So apparently, Jimmy had been trying to open the window and the upper part of the window slid down really fast and crushed his hand against the bottom part. Poor thing. I tried desperately to pull the window back up, but it was totally stuck with his hand squished in there. I finally had to stand with one foot on the bed and one foot on the window sill and yank up with all my might and finally freed him! It was really scary, we both thought his fingers had been cut off or something, but after a couple of hours of ice and a handful of Advil, he ended up with just some bad bruises. Whew. But Jimmy is a BIG BABY about this kind of thing. Believe me, Jude's stoicism in the face of pain and injury comes from MY side of the family, not Jimmy's. He's most certainly going to milk his injury for DAYS.

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Our UPS man has ruined our little dog, Fancy.

The rather clever man keeps one of the pockets of his brown shorts filled with doggy treats. Every time we get a delivery, Fancy runs out to greet him - straight to his right pocket. She's become very well-trained. Unfortunately, not as a guard dog. Now, every time ANYONE comes to the door, she runs out and starts to lick their right legs, expecting to be given a treat. The other day, the FedEx man delivered a package, and when she ran out to him he said "Sorry, I don't keep treats like the UPS man!" I guess he's ruined all the dogs in the neighborhood!

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And since you just put up with that dullness, I will reward you with these funny things...

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Okay, you've worn me out. Dang, this time change thing has kicked. My. Butt. Oh wait, I already said that, didn't I. Well then you should head over to Stacy's for more random thoughters.