Because pimpkin ain't easy??

In the immortal words of That Guy on Dave Chappelle, hell yeah. Can't edit now, because that's too good.

Somewhat relatedly, I should not be allowed in Cost Plus without a minder.

I would love to be a cheesemonger! Are the only things you can mong cheese, fish, whores and war? Of those, cheesemonger is clearly the best. Although I am sure there are many fine fishmongers who elevate their profession, I am not tempted to become one.

This weekend: I have a 5k with both my parents tomorrow, and a heart health walk of some sort on Sunday (also with my parents and also Walter and I still need to sign up for that come to think of it...) and then three more days off, hooray! Today I plan to make some actual plans so I don't fritter all that time away waffling about what to do.

Timelies all!

Tomorrow night there's a housefilk/sing/party and Sunday(weather permitting) will be Baby's First trip to the Renaissance Faire.

The only time I really got annoyed at someone over a dietary restriction thing was one of my cousins, who was going to some quack "doctor" who kept telling her that she needed to restrict more and more things. One year, at Rosh Hashanah, she was on no dairy, no gluten, and several other things that didn't really impact what I was cooking. I was in charge of making all the side dishes, so specifically made them all gluten-free in addition to being vegan. (And I know how to read labels -- these were as gluten-free as possible while being cooked in a kitchen that used gluten in other stuff.) When she came for dinner, she wouldn't eat any of them, because she insisted that "You never know" what gluten the manufacturers might have snuck into their products, and she also wouldn't eat anything made with dairy-free margarine or dairy-free chocolate, because she said that there wasn't any such thing, and all those "dairy-free" products (which were labeled dairy-free and vegan and parve and lots of other words indicating NO DAIRY) actually all had hidden dairy. But she ate the matzo ball soup, because she said that she was fine with one matzo ball, but two would make her sick. I gave up on planning any dishes around her food issues after that.

Baby's First trip to the Renaissance Faire.

That's terrific!

No such thing as dairy-free margarine or chocolate? That's a new one on me. Totally brings to mind that scene from The Office where Angela says "Never mind, I'll just eat bread" at the Diwali party because she's vegetarian.

Signed up for heart walk, realize there is conflict with football and mostly have made my peace with that (not letting my DVR go into energy-saving mode seems to have solved that not recording things problem. I am, of course, conflicted about that but I will do it over the short-term). Considering making an Irish coffee before I begin my next task, because why not? And I have a new coffee-making device to try out. Because I have a problem. But I didn't buy a teapot nor any wine, so, some self-control.

I will be Hampdenfesting and going to the Lake Montebello's centennial celebration down the road: [link]

Totally want to take a tour.

Unfortunately ALL tomorrow.

I did buy beer because it was Valar Morghulis Dubbel Ale and I'm not made of stone. And got carded. I'm sure because they have A Policy, but still, seriously?

Also, I can report that Flying Cauldron Butterscotch Beer is gluten free. Or claims to be, anyway.

Link to the fb page has cool old pix [link]

When she came for dinner, she wouldn't eat any of them, because she insisted that "You never know" what gluten the manufacturers might have snuck into their products, and she also wouldn't eat anything made with dairy-free margarine or dairy-free chocolate, because she said that there wasn't any such thing, and all those "dairy-free" products (which were labeled dairy-free and vegan and parve and lots of other words indicating NO DAIRY) actually all had hidden dairy.

Even I know that some margarine is not vegan, but some is! Oy.

I am happy to volunteer for any aspiring cheesemongers to practice their arts!

I didn't mean to snark and run. I shouldn't post when I feel like this. I will say that list pushed my buttons, because it sounded a lot like one pushed by quacks to people I've known. I've also known several people remarkably like Hil's cousin.

I know it has to be hard to eat away from home with food allergies and intolerances. I find it remarkably difficult to keep people from putting mayonnaise on sandwiches.