Evening braindump from my pretty little tweet machine.

• 00:56 Operation Peanut Butter Bread is a great success. Next comes Operation Don't Eat All The Peanut Butter Bread Yourself. #
• 10:07 Although I was 40 minutes late due to a 3-lane wreck on the interstate, I had Funyuns, and everyone loves my bread, so I am happy. #
• 12:31 It is hard to keep my ( Read more... )

Tonight's baking went better than it has in the past ( Read more... )

Evening braindump from my pretty little tweet machine.

• 07:18 I am opting for work at 9 instead of 7 this morning. I was up late last night engaged in thoroughly dorky activities. #
• 12:56 Obama action figure. Come for the plural sets of hands, stay for the samurai sword. gamu-toys.info/sonota/sw/obama/obama.html #
• 13:08 A local food blog's ( Read more... )

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I had an awkward but nice chat with the check-out girl at Kroger about the Newman's Own ginger mints I purchased and the crappy reusable grocery bags sold at Tom Thumb. She reminds me of a quirky girl who went to my college, which just makes me wonder how many women who look a lot like me and share a couple of my same interests (reusable bags, ( Read more... )

It's bake day again. Tonight, I'm mixing up the recipe just a little. I'm making 2 loaves of the regular stuff and two loaves that, instead of vanilla pudding and cinnamon/allspice to season, will involve chocolate pudding and chocolate chips ( Read more... )

Good morning! Have a little Country Roads from Whisper of the Heart:

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I had an energy drink when I got to the office and am feeling pretty good. I will probably go to Lenny's for lunch ( Read more... )

Such a productive day.

( Ok, a lot of it was shopping. )

Dogs: Bones has gotten clingy in the mornings. She used to just go back to bed with Spock as soon as they ate and went outside, but she's started to come into the computer lab (where I spend a great deal of my at-home early morning) to say hi, want to get up in my lap, be a bit whiny, and eventually settle down in my boyfriend's office chair. Sweet ( Read more... )

My recipe calls for a cup of oil. I only had 2/3 cup vegetable oil to use in two batters, so I put 1/3 cup vegetable, 2/3 cup olive oil. Reading the internet, I find that is not the most awesome thing I could have done. Damn it. I hope that it turns out ok, because not-awesome bread might just break my boyfriend's heart. This time, I only made 2 ( Read more... )