All good things come to an end.....
And so it goes....our waterbed has officially died. Have you ever wondered what water smells like that's been in a rubber liner for over 15 years, even with conditioner in it!?!? Well, I'm here to tell you that it's not something that you want to hurry up and bottle to cherish a lifetime, that's for sure!!!! Since it's a king size bed, it took a few hours to get it drained, and even then, we could never seem to get ALL the water out of the dumb thing! We ended up heaving the mattress out of the bed frame and dragging it through the living room to get it out the front door, we didn't have a problem until it got pulled over the door frame and it ripped....thankfully, it didn't make a mess in the house, but rather on the front porch! Whew! We have since ordered a new pillow top mattress for the bed and I can't wait to get it!!!!!!! We've been sleeping on the futon in the living room. I must say, it is pretty comfortable, although a tad bit smaller than what we're used to. Only 4 more days to wait.
It's been SO nice to have Ben home this past week, I don't even want to think ahead to Sunday when he must return back to school...*sigh*. HOWEVER, he WILL be home for the summer in just a couple of months, so, I do have that to look forward to :)
The cookie sale at school went fairly well. After our band teacher reimbursed me for the ingredients, we ended up making about $91, which I don't think is too awful bad for a small cookie sale. Now, I just have to decide if I'm ambitious enough to try to do this every Friday. I honestly don't think it's something I want to do by myself, but it's more or less like pulling teeth to get anyone to help, I dunno, I guess I'll ask around to see if I can get anyone to help out, it's good money.
Speaking of baking, I made, for the first time, apple cake with caramel icing. The icing recipe didn't turn out quite like I thought it should, partially because the directions weren't very good. I believe that the first ingredients that have to be cooked should be brought to a soft ball stage on the thermometer, but the recipe said to only boil for 6 minutes on medium heat. From reading the rest of the directions, it's supposed to take on the form of fudge to a certain extent, but the finished product that I came up with was more like a caramel syrup. Don't get me wrong, it tasted great, but it seemed to make the cake a little soggy. If I decide to make it again, I'll try to take it up to the soft ball stage and see if there's a difference. Baking is science, if you don't get it right the first time, keep trying....well, unless you're working with nitro or something, hehe, no second chances there!
March is now here, well, 7 days into it. I think it came in like a lamb too, I can't remember what the first was like...hmmmm, can anyone remember? Any-who, along with March comes reading and at school, they've kicked it off quite well I think. They have all the kids excited about reading with the promises of prizes. I actually wish they had done that sort of stuff when I was in school. The only reading program we had was R.I.F. (reading is fundamental) and for every 10 books you read, you could pick out a free book...the funny thing is, I do believe that I still have one of my free R.I.F. books somewhere....yeah, yeah, yeah, for those of you who truly know me...you're saying..."NO!?!?! YOU kept something!?!?!" hehe, for we all know I keep EVERYTHING!!! Hey, what can I say, we all have our faults.
Someone in our town has yet again revived a restaurant. This 'building' has housed at least 6 or 7 different things in the 21 years I've lived here. Now it's Bigfoot's BBQ. I guess one of the owners foot size is 13. I guess that qualifies to be called bigfoot. A friend of mine and I ate there today. I had a pulled BBQ pork sandwich. The most confusing part of the whole process was deciding which sauce to get...she had us try 3 different sauces that they make there. The first was just a sweet sauce, the second was a sweet and spicy and the third just a spicy (it was yellow), I opted for the second one. When they bring it out, it's not saturated with sauce, just the port with the sauce squirted on it....of course, I had to get the bottle and add a LOT more :) It was pretty good I suppose. I guess there's already a countdown to how long they'll remain open. I hope it's for a while!
Well, I guess I should relinquish control of the puter to one of the child_units that just came home from practice. I have to get supper going anyhow.
Don't forget, daylight savings time starts this Sunday! Spring Ahead!
Y'all read a book,
Love Ya :)
It's been SO nice to have Ben home this past week, I don't even want to think ahead to Sunday when he must return back to school...*sigh*. HOWEVER, he WILL be home for the summer in just a couple of months, so, I do have that to look forward to :)
The cookie sale at school went fairly well. After our band teacher reimbursed me for the ingredients, we ended up making about $91, which I don't think is too awful bad for a small cookie sale. Now, I just have to decide if I'm ambitious enough to try to do this every Friday. I honestly don't think it's something I want to do by myself, but it's more or less like pulling teeth to get anyone to help, I dunno, I guess I'll ask around to see if I can get anyone to help out, it's good money.
Speaking of baking, I made, for the first time, apple cake with caramel icing. The icing recipe didn't turn out quite like I thought it should, partially because the directions weren't very good. I believe that the first ingredients that have to be cooked should be brought to a soft ball stage on the thermometer, but the recipe said to only boil for 6 minutes on medium heat. From reading the rest of the directions, it's supposed to take on the form of fudge to a certain extent, but the finished product that I came up with was more like a caramel syrup. Don't get me wrong, it tasted great, but it seemed to make the cake a little soggy. If I decide to make it again, I'll try to take it up to the soft ball stage and see if there's a difference. Baking is science, if you don't get it right the first time, keep trying....well, unless you're working with nitro or something, hehe, no second chances there!
March is now here, well, 7 days into it. I think it came in like a lamb too, I can't remember what the first was like...hmmmm, can anyone remember? Any-who, along with March comes reading and at school, they've kicked it off quite well I think. They have all the kids excited about reading with the promises of prizes. I actually wish they had done that sort of stuff when I was in school. The only reading program we had was R.I.F. (reading is fundamental) and for every 10 books you read, you could pick out a free book...the funny thing is, I do believe that I still have one of my free R.I.F. books somewhere....yeah, yeah, yeah, for those of you who truly know me...you're saying..."NO!?!?! YOU kept something!?!?!" hehe, for we all know I keep EVERYTHING!!! Hey, what can I say, we all have our faults.
Someone in our town has yet again revived a restaurant. This 'building' has housed at least 6 or 7 different things in the 21 years I've lived here. Now it's Bigfoot's BBQ. I guess one of the owners foot size is 13. I guess that qualifies to be called bigfoot. A friend of mine and I ate there today. I had a pulled BBQ pork sandwich. The most confusing part of the whole process was deciding which sauce to get...she had us try 3 different sauces that they make there. The first was just a sweet sauce, the second was a sweet and spicy and the third just a spicy (it was yellow), I opted for the second one. When they bring it out, it's not saturated with sauce, just the port with the sauce squirted on it....of course, I had to get the bottle and add a LOT more :) It was pretty good I suppose. I guess there's already a countdown to how long they'll remain open. I hope it's for a while!
Well, I guess I should relinquish control of the puter to one of the child_units that just came home from practice. I have to get supper going anyhow.
Don't forget, daylight savings time starts this Sunday! Spring Ahead!
Y'all read a book,
Love Ya :)
posted by the parental unit | 4:23 PM
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READING IS FUNDAMENTAL needs your help!
Please visit RIF.org and take action to re-instate their funding.
"The President's proposed fiscal year 2009 budget eliminates the RIF Book Distribution Program. Unless Congress reinstates funding for this program, RIF will be unable to distribute 16 million books annually to the nation's youngest and most at-risk children."
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