On the left side of the sanity bell curve
I am a writer. I am a wife. I am a mom. I am a gamer. I am riddled with ADD. Order changes daily.
This is one of those bread recipes where it looks like you REALLY knew what you were doing and look at the amazing baker you are! but the hardest part of this recipe is portioning out the dough and then not ripping it. You can do this. Promise. Stuff you need first: ~ 3 cups… Continue reading Braided Egg Bread Recipe
This was supposed to have gone up earlier today but it kept getting away from me. Silly tech links. SO, instead of adding interesting and witty comments, I’m pretty much just gonna link to stuff I came across today that found interesting. I promise pithy comments next time. Did Wikileaks just become your problem? CONFIDENTIAL!… Continue reading Geek Links
Last night, Tucker, the kids and I watched Community’s Christmas special: Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas. It’s done in claymation just like my all-time Christmas favorite – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. However, claymation is where the similarities end. Rudolph was all cute and worried about public acceptance in the face of…well…he had that nose thing. The Community… Continue reading Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas Tonight!
The aliens have embedded homing chips in my children’s brains. Or maybe alarms. Both? Picture a quiet morning with the television off and the kids in their rooms, playing without incident. I weeded through my email and read about the newest software update for Droid phones: Gingerbread. The thing is, I haven’t even gotten Froyo… Continue reading Alien Homing Device
*I started this yesterday but got bored so I’m finishing it today. You’re welcome.* After days and days of working on a story I finally submitted today – and screwed up the submission form so I had to call them and get it fixed and I almost puked from the whole ordeal – I’m out… Continue reading Mayo and Rubber Band Balls
Back in 2002 I sat in my car outside of Quiznos. I was on my break and the sun had just gone down. It was almost time for me to get off work anyway and I figured I had earned a quick nap. The seat was on it’s way to a fully reclined position when… Continue reading Caramel and Coffee and Whipped Cream…Featuring Norah Jones
Do you remember back in school when the teacher would be out and you’d have a lazy sub or maybe your teacher was being lazy and you’d get to watch a video? The sound of a projector clicking around still makes me sleepy. I have a story I have to edit to enter in a contest… Continue reading Movie Day or I Should Be Editing Not Watching YouTube
Heather published a post today entitled Practical Gifts for New and Aspiring Cooks and as I went down the list, I kept noticing stuff I have in my kitchen. And then I started sending Heather links of stuff I liked that she didn’t have on her list and I had planned on just leaving a… Continue reading 8 Kitchen Gift Musts for the Home Cook
Today is one of those days when it seems people need to hear they’re OK just the way they are. Nothing needs to be changed so they’re worthy of love. They’re lovely just they way they are. When’s the last time you heard you were fine? You were perfect the way you are? You don’t… Continue reading You’re Lovely
Mom’s here for Thanksgiving. We’re having brined chicken, dressing, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, some kind of rolls and caramel pie. Yay for Thanksgiving! Yay for food. That’s not the point. Point! Where’d you go?! About ten minutes ago, Mom and I were talking about the West Memphis Three case. I’m originally from around… Continue reading Cereal Killer
