Queen of Rambles

I can’t believe I have my act together enough to turn in an article on time for this issue of Mosaic Minds. Granted, it is still a rough draft and I have three other things I need to do, but I’m still impressed with myself. Usually I’m doing things at the twelfth hour [...]

I am so glad I’m able to write an entry tonight (knock on wood). Last night we were dealing with the baby from Hell and there was no way to take a half hour break and gather together a set of coherent thoughts. When the devil takes over our child we try to [...]

Margalit tagged me, so here is the google photo meme. You’re supposed to go to Google images and snag the first picture that comes up for each search. I cheated a little bit because I didn’t want to post pictures of people I don’t know on my site.
1) City where you were [...]

Wow. One thousand entries in this blog (not counting my old archives). You’d think that would compel me to write something especially meaningful, but nope. I don’t have time for that right now. Maybe entry 1001 will be the special one.
Onto the show. . .
Though I’ve been seeing [...]

Just how long can a couple of D batteries keep a swing swinging? I may need to buy stock in a battery company, since batteries seem to be a major necessity with a baby in the house. We’ve got swings, bouncy things, singing things, boob milking things, and picture-taking things. It’s amazing [...]

Whew! Are you all stuffed? I’m stuffed and I’m tired. So much for saying I wasn’t going to go all out. I skipped the candied yams and homemade mac and cheese, but our table was still groaning under the weight of all the food. Mike’s dad was duly impressed. I’m [...]

That title could be interpreted a couple of different ways. Don’t worry. I don’t have a house made out of gingerbread that’s installed with a big ol’ child baking oven.
My father-in-law loved the chocolate chip coffee cake (http://busycooks.about.com/od/quickbreads/r/chocchipcoffeec.htm but I made it in a big rectangle pan instead) I made yesterday and is [...]

My husband is obsessed with Wheel of Time. For those not in the know, it’s a fantasy series that has been going on way, way too long. I used to read it and Mike and I actually met at a Wheel of Time online discussion group. In the books, the author has [...]

Ever wondered how Oscar the Grouch ended up living in a garbage can? What would possess a person green muppet thingee to take up residence among dirty potato peelings, stinky old shoes and banana peels?
I’ve found the answer.
He was a grouchy baby and his mother put him in there! That’s why he’s green. [...]

I rarely cook potatoes. This fact may be the one thing that proves Kisha and I are not the same person. I just can’t get behind a potato obsession. There’s all that peeling and chopping and finger burning (potato juice aggravates my ever present finger rash). Why bother when you can open [...]