Yay, gainfully and happier employed MiracleBorns!

Go, MM! Yay with job having! May the job~ma do the trick for other Buffistae seeking employment, too.

Found out this morning that my big girl asked the African American woman across the street why her nose was so "squished".

Aims, 95% of people who are asked that kind of question understand that children will say whatever pops into their heads, and will not take offense. Those who do would have done something else shitty, so there’s nothing you can do about it. If Em said that to me, I’d say “honey, my nose isn’t squished, it’s just a different shape than yours. Here, see how my feet are flat and yours have that nice arch? We’re not all the same, and that’s what makes us interesting”. Of course, she will probably say something about my ass at the F2F, and then I will have to explain the magic of the badonkadonk. ;)

So, who's got a good guacamole recipe?

Well, I have an excellent one, but it uses the dreaded cilantro. It’s more of a proportion than a recipe, but here goes

3-4 avocados
2 scallions, finely chopped
½ bunch cilantro
Juice of 1-2 limes
1 small jalapeno, seeded and finely diced
Kosher salt to taste

Mash it all together. Actually, I like to mix everything but the avocado together first, to make sure that it’s evenly distributed, then I mash in the avocado with a fork, and fold with the rest of the ingredients. I like my guac chunky, and this cuts down on the mixing.

Tomatoes DO NOT BELONG in guacamole.

Sits next to Dana and Sox

And now I live in Utah and to my shame, I'm still surrounded by 98% lily white folk.

Well, you do live in Utah. Black people are scared of Utah.

Sits next to Dana and Sox

hopes there's extra sauce left over from last night

Black people are scared of Utah.

they're not the only ones...

Black people are scared of Utah.

You're not wrong.

they're not the only ones...

I'm doing my best, but there's only so much one lone Erisian can do. Still, every look of uneasy confusion on the face of a local-born Utahn is a victory. Every niggling thought of "She's not like everybody else, but she's kind of cool" is a triumph.

Congratulations, MM.

Also, this will be a surprise to no one. I have too much craft stuff.

Just remember, you always have to have 3-4 projects going, because if you finish all your projects, they might let you die.

Yay, MM! You and your phone can continue your love-hate relationshipw with benefits.

My feelings on tomatoes in guacamole depends on the tomatoes. The tasteless store ones should stay out of guacamole.

I feel remarkably like someone was beating on head with a hammer, and it's not a simile.

My mother is still a bit embarrassed about the time I said, "Why is that man so fat?" and the time my sister went up to the black woman who lived next to my grandmother and said, "Why is your face so dirty?" Those events happened more than 40 years ago.

I think that the hardest part is not emphasizing that there are all different sizes, shapes and colors of people, as I'm sure you and MM do. The hardest part has to be teaching children when the truth is not appropriate. You could just let her grow up to be Cordelia: "Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass."

Yay MM! Go Miracleborns with the awesome employment!

Kids say the darnedest things, really. They can't help it. I don't think anyone really bats an eye, except their parents. Hell, Sara does it to *me* all the time. "Mommy, what is that thing on your face? Mommy, why do your thighs jiggle?" It's a good thing she's cute.

My favorite was Jake, at three. He liked to ask what everything did. "What are trucks for? What is the sky for?" One day he turned around and looked at me and said, very clearly, "What are YOU for?" Um.

Yay, MM! You and your phone can continue your love-hate relationshipw with benefits.

You make it sound like I'm having angry sex with my phone.

I don't think calling it a "dirty fucker" counts.

I am firmly in the anti-tomato camp when it comes to guac. Put the tomatoes in a fresh salsa instead and leave more room in the guac for avocado!

My guac recipe is avocado, lime, cumin, cilantro, salt. (Tomatoes/onions/jalapenos go into the salsa. Which also gets cilantro, lime, and salt, and a drop or two of olive oil) Cube the avocados and stir everything together with a fork - if the avocados are ripe enough they won't need any additional mashing.