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“If people are making fun of you then you’re probably doing something right.”-Amy Lee

“It’s not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing.”-Terry Pratchett

“When I look at the world I’m pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.”-Carl Rogers

“I firmly believe in standing by what you are. I was never taught to dim my light to pacify other people.”- Iliza Shlesinger

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”-Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”― Albert Einstein

“I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father’s shop. Carrying you is far more enjoyable.” “How sweet,” Annabelle mumbled sickly, her eyes closed. “Every woman dreams of being told that she’s preferable to a dead cow.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”-Isaac Asimov

 “Well, you know what they say: If you don’t have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me.”
—Clairee Belcher, Steel Magnolias

“The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.”-Terry Pratchett

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Simple Sunday- Snarky Musicians

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“Composers shouldn’t think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism.”-Howard Dietz

“I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.”― Duke Ellington

“If you talk bad about country music, it’s like saying bad things about my momma. Them’s fightin’ words.”-Dolly Parton

“Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.”― Igor Stravinsky

“Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human. Bach tells you what it’s like to be the universe.”― Douglas Adams

“I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.”— Ella Fitzgerald

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“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.”-Dr. Seuss

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”- e. e. cummings

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.”- Audrey Hepburn

“Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.”- Washington Irving

“It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”-Betty White

“Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.”- Carl Hiaasen


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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” —Jane Austen

“No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.”- H. G. Wells

“I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”-Terry Pratchett

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like.”― Lemony Snicket

“Every now and then I like to do as I’m told, just to confuse people.”― Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones

Recipe Roundup
Recipe Roundup

Recipe Roundup

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My coworkers got me an assortment of tea infusers and a huge tumbler, as well as a Joann’s gift card for my birthday. They know me so well. 🙂 I’m excited to use all of them, but especially the shark one.

One of the books we found at the library book sale was this gem: The Gallery of Regrettable Food by James Lileke. 

It has pictures and commentary on old foods and recipes from the late 50’s – 70s. The author wrote the book after finding some of the old cookbooks that had been given to his mom after they moved into their new neighborhood. The chapters are titled things like “It’s 10 P.M. – Do You Know Where Your Wieners Are?, Moldorama, Glop in a Pot!, Dreck from Foreign Shores, and So You’re Going to Serve…a Salad.” Also, my absolute favorite “Eat Brains and Whip Hitler!” Not surprisingly, that last one has wartime recipes for offal and rarely eaten parts of animals. It’s fairly horrifying.

This description is from one of the party sections.

The pictures of hotdogs in jello do not seem appropriate for a family blog… They are also black and white, so seem vaguely sinister. The writing is excellent. At some points, I was laughing too hard to share with the Husband. I would highly recommend reading this if you get the chance. It’s too funny to pass up.

Now, on to serious food talk. 🙂 I made crockpot beef stew, and homemade mushroom alfredo this week, in addition to some new recipes.

I tried another muffin recipe from the Food Network Jan/Feb 2018 issue. This one was definitely pretty much a cupcake, although it was a little less sweet. It was a Double-Chocolate Salted Caramel muffin.

They were delicious. Since I had leftover dulche de leche, I made Dulche De Leche ice cream from Laylita.

Homemade dulce de leche ice cream

This was also delicious and has received the Mom seal of approval. 🙂 She stayed with us overnight while waiting to fly to visit my sister in law. Fancy was ridiculously excited for someone else to pet her.

It’s a little less sweet than I expected, but it’s lovely and smooth. I was surprised that it didn’t turn icy, since it doesn’t have eggs in it. It does have three cups of cream and a cup of whole milk. I used half and half instead, which may have helped. 🙂 I’m planning to eat it with my coconut cake from my birthday. 🙂

I made one of the husband’s recipe picks. Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken from Food Network May 2016. 

I made homemade pasta and sautéed chard, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, and garlic in olive oil. The Husband tried the veggies and did eat them, although they were not his favorite. He likes the chard better in things than by itself.

So those were our dinners. This week starts my week with more late evenings, so it will be interesting. We did go to Costco and stocked up on a huge pile of meat, so we do have a lot for slow cooker and freezer meals as needed.

Now, I need to go sew something. Fancy kept me from doing that by laying on my lap all day. Pets were more important. 🙂 Have a great night!