eep that sounds... full of possibilities, Kristin.

I'm making banana bread. I just found out we're out of brown sugar. We have white sugar, dark brown corn syrup of dubious age, maple syrup and honey. I was planning to add chocolate chunks and butterscotch chips. Maybe I don't need additional sugar. Any ideas?

I have brown sugar that I am trying to teleport to you right now. Is it working?

If teleportation were working I wouldn't be sitting in a chair at an airport, now would I?

brown sugar sub: ( 1 cup brown -- any of the below)

1 cup (215 grams) raw sugar

1 cup (200 grams) white granulated sugar

1 cup (200 grams) white granulated sugar plus 1/4 cup (60 ml) unsulfured light molasses

For light brown sugar - substitute 1/2 cup (110 grams) dark brown sugar plus 1/2 cup (100 grams) white granulated sugar

Read more: "Ingredient Substitution - Joyofbaking.com" - [link]

thanks beth!

ND's mom decided she wanted to take the family on a cruise, so she paid for the whole family (ND's sister & husband, niece & boyfriend; the two of us, and mom's caregiver) to spend a week on a cruise ship in the Mexican Riviera. I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth--it was amazingly generous and should be fun--but we should have some interesting stories to tell after a week trapped on a boat with the crazy fam.

Well, it definitely won't be a boring vacation.

Oh, Kristin and ND, that should be interesting!

Anne, are you taking it easy? Sending you some tea...

I need some different perspectives. I just took a break and finished the quilt top for CBD's parents housewarming present. I LOVED it until I put the final border on. Now I hate it. Is it just me, or does that last border need to go? Is it too much of that fabric?

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I'm pretty sure boring will not be an adjective used to describe the vacation.

vw, I think the quilt is gorgeous!

I have no helpful suggestions on fake nails, but I know someone around here does--Jesse? Someone else has dealt with it too...