Oh yeah, fuck cancer. We are in the midst of our first holiday season without Jack (DW's dad). It sucks.

{{{ND}}}

I just sent out ecards to my sisters, and now I'm wondering at the current etiquette of Christmas cards. I really don't want to go buy cards, fill them out, and spend money on stamps, but I'm not sure if ecards, even nifty ones, are considered "thoughtful" enough.

Frank, I'm so sorry. Fuck cancer indeed.

I'm watching a What Not To Wear in which they put a 360 mirror in a mall and then picked someone from all the people who "tried out." The woman they went with would not let Nick cut her (way way way too long) hair. I'm irrationally pissed that she kept someone else from the experience when she wasn't really ready to commit. I could see it if someone else nominated her, but she chose to put herself in the running! LAME!

While waiting for lunch to nuke, I was making small talk with head o theater, asking (half joking) if we were going to send an invite to the show to the Bush's since they are moving to town. Turns out one of the board members is a close friend. As in Mrs B stays with her sometimes. Talk about 6 degrees of separation! I'm 3 degrees from The Worst President Ever. Crazy world, eh?

I have three large brown bananas. Does anyone have a favorite banana bread recipe?

Lots of ~ma to Frank and family.

Laga I just made some really easy banana bread last week. DH said it was the best I ever made:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

I had a blood test today. I flinched while she was putting the needle in and ended up bending my arm while the needle was in my elbow. It's developing into a pretty interesting bruise.

The glucose drink they give you for a glucose tolerance test? Gross.

The glucose drink they give you for a glucose tolerance test? Gross.

Word. I had to drink a huge amount of that stuff when I had to take the test for gestational diabetes. Nasty, nasty stuff.