Time Suck

For the life of me I cannot think of anything to blog about today, so I made up this meme. Any similarities to other memes are purely coincidental. Frankly, this one's so boring if it reminds you of another meme I'm sorry because that means you had two horrible memes. Can you say that three times fast?

I tag everyone who reads it; leave me a comment and I'll come visit your site to read your answers.

1. What is your favorite movie line and why? "Sometimes ya just gotta say what the f**k"--Risky Business. I like this one because it's true. I also have a post that lists other great movie lines.

2. What is the worst movie you ever saw? Wired. It's a book-to-film about John Belushi's life. I couldn't make it 15 minutes before I turned it off. It was sucktastic.

3. How did you meet your significant other? Our roommates were dating each other. They didn't last. We got married.

4. How did you spend your 21st birthday? At Eskimo Joe's in Stillwater, OK. We were having so much fun people upstairs who'd heard about us were sending me shots. I vaguely remember being carried out the door of the atrium (no longer used). The next morning I woke up and apparently on the way out, the bouncer had decided it would be funny to stamp me all over.

5. What is your daily motto? "Just because you can doesn't mean you should."

6. Do you use your watch, cell phone, or car clock to tell time? watch

7. What's the last crafty project you tried? Did you actually finish it? Making cards by stamping and embossing them. Yes, I finished but now I have a bunch of cards I don't know what to do with.

8. What did you want to be when you grew up? Are you close? I wanted to be an astronaut. I still do. No, the closest I get to that is watching NOVA.

9. What's the stupidest thing you've admitted to in the last 24 hours? I revealed to Shannon that I thought "aspertame" was pronounced ass-part-uh-MAY.

10. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi

Death by Krispy Kreme

I'm having a little trouble with the whole birthday week. More precisely I'm having 1.4 lbs (and climbing) of problems with the birthday week. My birthday, as I've been shamelessly blogging about since last week, and my son's are just three days apart. We started celebrating on Thursday (which was two whole days BEFORE my birthday). I've had everything from beef wellington to chocolate lava cake to carrot cake to mexican food. Today, though, has been the kicker. My son really wanted to take Krispy Kreme donuts to school for his birthday. I only had one for breakfast and then went and worked out. Then Munchkin and I made those darn cake cones and I had to sample those. What kind of mother would I be if I didn't support my Munchkin in her domestic ways? Don't answer that; it's an entirely separate blog. Anyway, my son just arrived home from school and was toting one dozen Krispy Kreme donuts with him. Apparently the teachers didn't want theirs. I've had two Krispy Kreme donuts so far and the only thing that's keeping me from eating them all is blogging.

I started out OK, but I'm on a very slippery slope. I'm gonna be Alfred Molina's Comte De Reynaud character in Chocolat on Easter Sunday. Remember him all splayed out in the window with chocolate everywhere? Or perhaps I'll just be Augustus Gloop and take a header into the Krispy Kreme stream. Ah sweet, sweet Krispy Kreme icing. There are some days when I think Oprah hit it on the head when she said, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Today is not one of those days.
 

The Ever Popular Birthday Cone

Munchkin and I made birthday cake cones for my son's birthday today. Overall, it was just another opportunity for me see that I am truly kitchen retarded. I let Munchkin put all the ingredients into the bowl and let her help turn the mixer on. So far, so good. Then the batter looks very thick. Crap. I forgot to put the water in. I gave Munchkin the eggs, the mix, and the vegetable oil, but not the water. So I quickly add the water and it's just not quite right. By now you know my mantra: It's still good. I salvage what I can and pour the batter into the cake cones and bake those babies up. Here's what they look like (after Munchkin frosted them):

They taste OK. That stuff you see sort of hanging off the cones in waves is the spill over. Quite decorative, actually. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Rock, Paper, Scissors. Show Me What Ya Got!

Tbe fact that people would hold a Rock, Paper, Scissors contest is funny enough. The fact that contestants could win a trip to the finals in Las Vegas is about to kill me! What I want to know is whether they play the way my brother used to: If you lose you have to roll up your sleeve so the winner can take two fingers and whap your bare arm as hard as he can.

My REAL Birthday Present!

The awesome bag Shannon gave me (see post below) has a web site listed under the quote. I thought, "Hey! I'd like to see what else is available! I think I'll check it out." So, I did. And that's when I got my REAL birthday present. ;)

Here's the URL: http://www.taratainton.com
Please note this is not safe for work and you should probably shoo the kids out of the room for a minute. However, you may want to go ahead and call your significant other to the computer.

Of course, knowing Shannon and that she would NEVER have directed me to this site, I could not stop laughing. I immediately had to e-mail her, then CALL her to tell her I'd e-mailed her. Then I had to wait while she typed in the URL so she could see what I'm promoting as I wear my bag. I love my friends! Especially the ones who can laugh with me over these little things.