Strawberries: A pint Leave 'em on the counter the afternoon before you make it if you can. Hull and slice, dump in sugar to taste (I use about 1/8 of a cup). Put in blender, add a wee slug of Gran Marnier, hit pulse 2, maybe three times for 1 second each. You want it chuncky

I put it on store bought pound cake, and add whipped cream made with a wee amount of sugar and a couple of shakes of cinnamon, capful of real vanilla extract.

But I've eaten it without the pound cake, with just the whipped cream, or sans whipped cream, over ice cream.

I had a salad with sliced portobello mushrooms, red peppers, tomato and dried cranberries, with a feta-balsalmic vinaigrette.

But that was lunch, and I think I'm just gonna have a couple of frozen burritos now. I'm kinda tired.

I'm skipping ahead because I open up the New York Times today and not only saw my good friend from college, she was standing next to Michelle Obama.

I knew she was doing an event but it's cool to see such a great photo.

I put it on store bought pound cake, and add whipped cream made with a wee amount of sugar and a couple of shakes of cinnamon, capful of real vanilla extract.

I considered something like that, but the only pound cake and angel food cake around here is crap, unless one goes to the froo froo store.

I made yummy chicken for dinner in the slow cooker. Sans actual recipe even! Chicken thighs, garbonzo beans, cashews, olives, lemon, broth, and some spices: cumin, turmeric, and cinnamon I think. Anyway, yum.

Now I am feeling all sated, although I would happily follow it up with strawberry shortcake.

Bonnie Says: Miss Piggy’s Outfits Far Sexier Than Katy Perrys’!

I had a nast instameal from target for lunch (omg, salt! but was that hungry) and for dinner? Froz nanner-soymilk and sugarfree chocolate milkshake. And this is with a fridge full of spinach empanadas, mixed fresh spinach and mesclun, white nectarines, teeny tomatoes and a loaf of savory-sweet chile bread. What can I say, I was so hungry I didn't want to waste the good stuff (not counting the milkshake.)

Floors are vacuumed and mopped, toilet no longer resembles a frat house nightmare (note: this is not due to me or my bodily functions. My pipes to the upstairs are nearly 80 years old and iron, hence rust, which results in a gross looking orange film in the bowl after about a week. I clean the tank every 3 months or so, but the pipes, they still rust.)

I am not sure if I have mentioned it here, but the Archer Farms Honey Cinnamon Almonds at Target are CRACKtastic.

I waited until the temp went down to 90 to go for a walk and now I am roasted. Milkshake dinner sounds like a good idea.

I was going to suggest cream biscuits to go under the strawberries but I would have to go find my recipe and I think it's close to what Ginger posted.

Oh, swamp cooler, why did I ever leave your sweet embrace?

Great picture, Cash!

I am icing my thumb. I'm a little concerned about this, I gave someone the thumbs up gesture today and there was this electric twangggg through my thumb. It had started with a mild pain at the base of my palm/thumb and escalated even though I wasn't stressing it, it isn't my dominant hand, I haven't been doing stripping that really stresses it. I looked up some anatomy, it is def tendon. Uhg. Was talking to my neighbor and she was all dire. She had something like this happen last year and she still has issues.

Of course, she already had carpal tunnel to begin with.

It isn't really painful, just... electric. Kinda fun if it wasn't, you know, WRONG.

OTOH, this is joint-weirdness week, so it might all go away in a few days, along with the wonky knees and elbows that feel like they are popping out of socket.