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TGIFF! Yes, there are two Fs there. For good reason.
We finally got our oven. It's awesome! I'm going to break it in with some Nutella Chocolate Chip cookies for this weekend's cookie swap.
So far the weatherpeeps are calling for snow tomorrow. I'm going to be hellapissed if this is the one time they're right and it seriously interferes with my cookie plans.
NOTHING gets between a girl and her christmas cookies. NOTHING.
Yesterday I drank way too much coffee, thanks to visiting the office coffee machine at 7:30, a trip to the coffee shop at 9, and a co-worker bringing me a cup of the SB Christmas blend around 11. I was WIRED. I thought a beer would help to counteract the effects of the caffeine, but didn't think about the fact that I hadn't really eaten all day. I'm a cheap date. One Blue Moon and C has to drive us home.
I hate it when people brag about how brilliant their kids are, but if you're going to gush about how your 2 year old is destined for Mensa, at least use spell check so you don't end up sounding like an idiot, yourself.
"She is a mocking bird and is also showing us that she is very cleaver."
Really? She's cleaver? I guess intelligence isn't genetic, after all.
Did you see the crazy news released by NASA yesterday?
My conspiracy theory is that we've already had contact with other worldly beings. Maybe the X-Files was just a way for the government to test the waters to see how people would react to alien stories.
Just kidding. Or am I?
Dunkin did a study on how people eat their gingerbread person cookies. According to their research, 64% of people start with the head.
The full article provides a quote from a real, live scientist: "If one chooses to bite the head first, it indicates an achievement-oriented individual, a natural leader, who won't take no for an answer. If the initial bite is the right hand, it reflects an individual who tends to be skeptical and pessimistic, while those who initially bite the left arm have a flare for creativity and are more extroverted. Those who first choose the legs tend to be more sensitive, reveling in the company of others."
So that's the problem in society today. 64% of us are achievement-oriented and won't take no for an answer. So much for compromise.
I don't eat gingerbread people, or anything shaped like any living thing, so what does that make me? I guess crazy, because I've been that way since I was 3, when (according to the lore of Original Bean) I cried because I didn't want to eat a chocolate bunny at easter. It made me too sad. OCD! Whee!
I had to laugh when I saw this headline yesterday - Working Moms are Stressed Out – But so is Everyone Else
I'm sorry, but how is that NEWS?
Here's a little tip: If you have BIG NEWS to share, don't let those closest to you (or those who think they're closest to you, very close family, anyway) find out about it on Facebook.
Next week I'm going to talk about my favorite gifts that I've ever given. C's birthday present from this year is at the top of my list, so if you love a geeky guy who's into gadgets, come back and check it out. You won't be disappointed.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Gingerbread men should always be eaten head-first, anything else is a cruel torture. A swift beheading is the least they are owed.
ReplyDeleteYay! for a new oven :-) I was oven-less one Christmas, had to bake my fruit mince pies in my Mum's oven.
i loved your blog!!! we are hoping for the snow they promise tomorrow here in DC!!! we are all ready for the fluffy! but i have nothing planned, so we can do the snow and then cocoa in front of a fire :-)
ReplyDeletei saw the nasa thing, wouldn't that be funny?? wonder what they would think of us, maybe they do the drive by and think "no way we are stopping there, look at how they treat each other!" no layover for the alien here.
i too am am a cheap date. i like my coffee, all day long i like my coffee, and my glass of wine brings me down during bath. but then i don't hit the bed, and the alcohol becomes sugar..... woohoo, household chores at 10pm....
I have a friend who has been referring to her child as "exceptional" for years. Lady, your kid has no manners and is obnoxiously annoying -- that's not exceptional, that's hideous.
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous. I want a new oven; have for years. Husband says no new one until we move. :-(
That "scientist" explaining the gingerbread man eating is actually a former writer for the X-files.
ReplyDeleteGreat story/legend about the candy Easter bunny.
I seriously love you. That is all.
ReplyDeleteI know how you wives are when you want something new. That cooking debacle was NO MISHAP. It was a carefully orchestrated plan to get a new oven. I'm betting that even the fire department was in on it. You're not fooling anyone.
ReplyDeleteI never felt comfortable either biting into a cookie shaped liked a real person. There's something just weird about that. It makes you feel like you're actually hurting the poor little guy.
If gingerbread cookies weren't made from gingerbread, I might eat them. Sugar cookies, though, sure thing - I'll eat it. not sure where I start though LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm a real cheap date, too. Hope you got some sleep tonight.
Kristin _ The Goat
Isn't Matty funny? :)
ReplyDeleteNutella cookies?! Omg-I had no idea. I just googled a recipe and plan to make them this weekend. Send me yours if you have a favorite.
Loved the gingerbread fragment and have already made it my favorite for Friday :)_
Congrats on your new oven!! Have fun at the cookie swap :)
If gingerbread cookies weren't made from gingerbread, I might eat them. Sugar cookies, though, sure thing - I'll eat it. not sure where I start though LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm a real cheap date, too. Hope you got some sleep tonight.
Kristin _ The Goat
i loved your blog!!! we are hoping for the snow they promise tomorrow here in DC!!! we are all ready for the fluffy! but i have nothing planned, so we can do the snow and then cocoa in front of a fire :-)
ReplyDeletei saw the nasa thing, wouldn't that be funny?? wonder what they would think of us, maybe they do the drive by and think "no way we are stopping there, look at how they treat each other!" no layover for the alien here.
i too am am a cheap date. i like my coffee, all day long i like my coffee, and my glass of wine brings me down during bath. but then i don't hit the bed, and the alcohol becomes sugar..... woohoo, household chores at 10pm....