Ice cream cake update: the brownie bottom was dumb. I mean, it was delicious, but it stayed frozen way longer than the ice cream, and the proportions were kind of off. Next time I would try the pound cake, and probably more ice cream to cake. Or do Sue's ice cream lemon meringue!
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 20, 2017 12:42:29 pm PDT #11727 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - May 20, 2017 12:48:22 pm PDT #11728 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks for passing on your hard-won brownie ice cream cake wisdom, Jesse.
Hooray for successful surgery! Easy~recovery~ma.
Despite my doubts last night, I am successfully en route to Alask! Well, at least as far as airport, that counts as en route, right?
Jesse - May 20, 2017 12:51:37 pm PDT #11729 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ALASKA!!
meara - May 20, 2017 1:08:35 pm PDT #11730 of 30002
The ice cream pie I made yesterday went over quite well (Oreo cookie crust, cookies and cream ice cream layered with crushed thin mints, Andes candies on top, all at the request of the birthday girl).
Now trying to convince myself to put real clothes on and go to a friend's BBQ. But I don't wanna get off the couch.
Consuela - May 20, 2017 2:14:18 pm PDT #11731 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
whoot, Alaska! Eat some great salmon, and say hello to the vanishing glaciers!
I ran the dog, ate breakfast, and went to dog training, which was HELLA hot. We were all completely wilted and the dogs kept hiding in the shade. Came home, ate some protein, and collapsed into a much longer nap than I intended to.
But now I am rested and showered, and I'm going to drop off a check as a deposit on my new car, and go see Monsoon Wedding. Fun!
sarameg - May 20, 2017 2:42:42 pm PDT #11732 of 30002
I'm going there later this summer! Whole family. Up to Denali Nat'l Park, then south to Chugach & Kenai Fjords.
Laura - May 20, 2017 3:46:46 pm PDT #11733 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
whoot, Alaska! Eat some great salmon, and say hello to the vanishing glaciers!
Yes! Enjoy!
I have had a lazy day. Super rare so almost guilt free. I think doing the dishes was the only thing productive. I read and napped and played on my computer. I should do this again tomorrow!
Jesse - May 20, 2017 4:27:23 pm PDT #11734 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I acted like my mother's partner at dinner with two couple friends of theirs, and it was actually really nice.
aurelia - May 20, 2017 10:34:31 pm PDT #11735 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've spent the last two days nursing a migraine which finally seems to be fading some. So naturally, at 2:30am, I am now wide awake and hungry.
Jesse - May 21, 2017 4:54:11 am PDT #11736 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hope you got decent sleep, aurelia.
I think one of the hardest parts of parenting must be not keeping a grudge. Earlier this morning, the kids next door were getting in trouble and then an hour later, they were teaching the little one how to ride a two-wheeler. I feel like I would still be annoyed from the earlier stuff!
And in other news, I bought some Danskos for the first time yesterday. I think they are great? But of course I won't be sure until I really wear them, and then it will be too late to return them. So we'll see!