1. Made a birthday cake for my teacher friend's mom's 95th birthday this week. She wanted caramel icing, which I'd never made and was, quite frankly, a little afraid of. I used this recipe, and it took a while. But that was okay, because I had Brothers & Sisters streaming the whole time. And apparently the icing was exactly what they wanted. Shoot yeah!
2. Also, I am completely out of Brothers & Sisters episodes. I don't know what makes me more sad--that I don't have any more episodes to watch, or that I spent days of my life watching like 110 episodes of that show. But, since it's over, I need something new. I'm trying out Parenthood, and I've ordered season 1 of Six Feet Under. It needs to be something I haven't seen already because I need it to to keep me interested during ellipting, but it can't be too brainy (looking at you, The Wire) because I also want to watch it as a precursor to nap. Any suggestions?
3. Oh, also, while I was making caramel icing, I was on the step where I had to melt sugar in a cast iron skillet. I know caramel can be temperamental, and I didn't want it to burn, so while the sugar was bubbling, I decided to stick my finger right in it to check if it tasted burnt. Yeah, that felt good. Blast sure is learning some interesting language now, isn't he? So I've been spending some time nursing my poor finger lately.
4. Totes did some home repair work last weekend in the guest room/nursery. I read in a book that you're not supposed to feed your baby a diet of paint chips, so something needed to be done. Well, shoot. So there was scraping and sanding and hole-filling and sanding again and painting and curtain rod and new curtain hanging. Now the room looks clean and inviting instead of like some evil alien lair.
5. Remember how I went all bananas for my Tempurpedic travel pillow? Well, I lost it for a while, but found it under our bed last weekend while cleaning. Then, a couple of mornings ago, I woke up to find that Mitch had snagged my pillow and was using it. I guess we need to get a new one? Also, what kind of spoiled dog needs a Tempurpedic pillow?
6. Started a youtube playlist at school because they blocked Pandora. I added the 500 Days of Summer theme song to my list, but when it started playing, it played Patrick Swayze's "She's Like the Wind." Well if that isn't a wonderful Friday surprise, what is? She leads me to moonlight, only to burn me with the sun!
7. I think I might be starting to look actually pregnant instead of just pregnant with garlic bread and sandwiches. My jeans still fit and stuff, but I think there might be a little bit of a uterus lump now. Anyway, yesterday I went to try on some of the maternity jeans that Ann gifted me (thanks, Ann!), and I realized that they were insanely comfortable. I mean, they were basically all of the comfort of pajama jeans, but with the look of actual jeans! So I wore them, and I slept in them, and I haven't really taken them off since yesterday. Is it appropriate to wear maternity jeans for the rest of my life?
8. Oh, also, my face has broken out like a sombitch. My skin hasn't looked this bad since I was in ninth grade, before I realized that I can't use soap on it. And this really pisses me off because in my special deal with the universe I got a few things: a decent level of intelligence (ignore the incident from #3), good hand-eye coordination, manageable hair, and nice skin. And now, since I've been hosting Blast, my face looks like the before picture in a Proactiv ad. This is some bull jive, universe! We're in a fight.
9. Don't forget to vote for the Savannah Humane Society! Mitch thanks you!
May your week be free from injuries and full of candy!
2. Also, I am completely out of Brothers & Sisters episodes. I don't know what makes me more sad--that I don't have any more episodes to watch, or that I spent days of my life watching like 110 episodes of that show. But, since it's over, I need something new. I'm trying out Parenthood, and I've ordered season 1 of Six Feet Under. It needs to be something I haven't seen already because I need it to to keep me interested during ellipting, but it can't be too brainy (looking at you, The Wire) because I also want to watch it as a precursor to nap. Any suggestions?
3. Oh, also, while I was making caramel icing, I was on the step where I had to melt sugar in a cast iron skillet. I know caramel can be temperamental, and I didn't want it to burn, so while the sugar was bubbling, I decided to stick my finger right in it to check if it tasted burnt. Yeah, that felt good. Blast sure is learning some interesting language now, isn't he? So I've been spending some time nursing my poor finger lately.
4. Totes did some home repair work last weekend in the guest room/nursery. I read in a book that you're not supposed to feed your baby a diet of paint chips, so something needed to be done. Well, shoot. So there was scraping and sanding and hole-filling and sanding again and painting and curtain rod and new curtain hanging. Now the room looks clean and inviting instead of like some evil alien lair.
5. Remember how I went all bananas for my Tempurpedic travel pillow? Well, I lost it for a while, but found it under our bed last weekend while cleaning. Then, a couple of mornings ago, I woke up to find that Mitch had snagged my pillow and was using it. I guess we need to get a new one? Also, what kind of spoiled dog needs a Tempurpedic pillow?
6. Started a youtube playlist at school because they blocked Pandora. I added the 500 Days of Summer theme song to my list, but when it started playing, it played Patrick Swayze's "She's Like the Wind." Well if that isn't a wonderful Friday surprise, what is? She leads me to moonlight, only to burn me with the sun!
7. I think I might be starting to look actually pregnant instead of just pregnant with garlic bread and sandwiches. My jeans still fit and stuff, but I think there might be a little bit of a uterus lump now. Anyway, yesterday I went to try on some of the maternity jeans that Ann gifted me (thanks, Ann!), and I realized that they were insanely comfortable. I mean, they were basically all of the comfort of pajama jeans, but with the look of actual jeans! So I wore them, and I slept in them, and I haven't really taken them off since yesterday. Is it appropriate to wear maternity jeans for the rest of my life?
8. Oh, also, my face has broken out like a sombitch. My skin hasn't looked this bad since I was in ninth grade, before I realized that I can't use soap on it. And this really pisses me off because in my special deal with the universe I got a few things: a decent level of intelligence (ignore the incident from #3), good hand-eye coordination, manageable hair, and nice skin. And now, since I've been hosting Blast, my face looks like the before picture in a Proactiv ad. This is some bull jive, universe! We're in a fight.
9. Don't forget to vote for the Savannah Humane Society! Mitch thanks you!
May your week be free from injuries and full of candy!
2. Six Feet Under is excellent.
ReplyDeleteI've been watching Monarch of the Glen on streaming. It's kind of like Northern Exposure but in Scotland.
Not sure if you watched My Name is Earl when it was on, but it was pretty funny and is on streaming too.
Have you watched "Happy Endings"? It's definitely worth a shot.
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