Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: Just-Follow-Me Mode
Bob is traveling this week and will probably blog later, but right now we're pedal to the metal on Agnes. But in case you were wondering what it's like when he's in full-speed-ahead-I-know-what-I'm-doing-just-follow-me mode, here's the e-mail I got from him, with the latest version of Act One attached:
I'm moving on to the rest of Act Two.
It's pretty clean so you can key in your MINOR changes.
The only rough spot I left is where Lisa Livia is still around on the porch when Shane and Joey come up there but she can leave with Maria then.
Otherwise the time flow is fine.
Of course I know you'll mess it up.
But it is FINE now. Just FINE. Now.
And now I have to go read it and fix all the places he screwed up and then tell him about them. There may be a rant about writing partners who do not know how to TAKE DIRECTION coming up shortly.
You know, if he wanted blind obedience, he should never have left the Army.
86 Comments:
I agree he should never have left the army if that's what he wanted. Fix to your little hearts content. You made me LOL and I really needed that. Thanks Oh Great Wise Cherry!
YES! love that you guys are working so hard. and how are the rest of the books?
J: Just got done with a CB. Man, they are greedy.
B: at least they don't picture you naked
J: *shudder*
"There may be a rant about writing partners"
knew we could count on you to get him to blog, Jenny! and so glad you blogged yourself.
This is so funny. I think it's a miracle the two of you can write together. I believe I would have killed him. There are ways. He has a lot of them in his books. Or maybe torture would be better. But then again, you're already doing that.
yzzqecvy Yesterday Zoe zapped quintets equally 'cause vampires yelled
I gave up a GOD in my ms but I figure if Jenny can finally ditch cole slaw and Bob lost Princess, I could toss Zeus out of the scene. It hurt let me tell you. That lightning bolt left quite the scorch mark on my butt when he departed.
Shopping was a hoot. The Devil Wore Prada not too shabby. The clothes, ah the clothes. Not a fruit basket in sight.
Whoo hoo!!! Jenny heard the singing. she had to intervene put a stop to the noise that sounded like Tal was sacrificing ten cats. But it worked. High five guys. It worked!!!! She blogged at 1800 hours PST! We are the pain in the butt bombs! Yay!
rg
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inbetween boring quotes he opines
You think she's trying to figure out how to hide the body? And who is she going to get to impersonate The GAM in two weeks?
Kidding. Kidding. Geez. Can't anyone take a joke these days?
Thanks for coming up with an excuse for Bob, Jenny. Traveling? In his kayak, right? Up and down the waterway, looking for pirates? Or did he get caught up in that time warp and, having no chocolate or laughter, is still finding his way back home?
Well, good to know he's ok. We were worried. Thought maybe he'd died of mortification or something similar, after some of the latest comments. Never mind, he doesn't read them, does he? Umm, he doesn't, right?
bw
Go ahead and fix everything that needs fixing. Then it'll really be good. Now. Very good. Now.
MINOR changes? Oh man, that just had me ROTF. Tell him you decided to change Lisa Livia's name, and see if he thinks that is "minor". If nothing else, it would be good for a laugh when he gets spun up, right? (Bob, if you're reading this, knowit's all in luuuuuuv, ok? I mean, hey - you're still our EGG, y'know?)
CMS: be careful. Zeus may come after you. as a goat. but only if he's horny. (ain't education grand?)
BCB said "And who is she going to get to impersonate The GAM in two weeks?"
were you going to ask for the job? you were, weren't you? CBs, willing to do anything, eh? shame. *tsk tsk*
singing. the power is grand.
Ya know, traveling is no excuse for ignoring us! I mean geez, most hotels I know have internet these days! And well, we all managed during our little trip back in time (300 plus posts!).
I love the e-mails that you two have back and forth. I think it's that kind of banter that makes your colaberation work.
Okay, now you ask, who the heck is Jen-t, well it's me! The every changing freak, jtslim, jupitorjen, now just plan Jen-T. Actually, thought it more professional since my deal with Triskelion went through and I've entered the land of e-pubs. I even made my own website.
Enough about me, Jenny, you go make those necessary changes and well all enjoyes rant. God, I love this place!
Congratulations Jen-t. Easier to write too. :)
JenT, please, let me be the first CB to offer proper CONGRATS!! WOOOHOOO, you did it, baby!! Can you see me down here in VA, from all the way up there in NY, just bursting with fruit flavor for you and your amazing self??
oh, rss, you beat me to it! darn it all!! and I left you a message in the commetns of the last blog.
Thanks Dee. Thanks rss!
Dee - happy belated b-day! I meant to say that back on the last post.
I've got to get some sleep. I've got a big golf game tomorrow! it's the handicap challange! yes, I'm very handicaped when it comes to golf, but it should be fun.
Jen-T our friend the published author. Congratulations!!!!!!!! ATTA Girl! Good for you. You stuck to your guns and changed that contract to what you could live with and you won. That's great. Go celebrate.
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Quick, duck under Ulysses tent. He's faraway.
JJ: as i was reading it i was just waiting for a comment about the lake. you think you can hide from a CB? especially the one that during a movie, before any plot line is given away, knows the ending? like The Village, which i liked. but enough about me.
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and what's the website? we need to know so we can read your book. duh. it's what CBs do.
woo hoo Jen-T!!!! Now we can say, "I knew her when..." And when you and RG and all the others are working hard to give us new things to read we'll remember your comments here on the blog and wax nostalgic about when you had time to play with us little people
So, about 12 hours ago I was stressing so hard I thought I was going to explode- things got screwed up with my home loan and I actually ended up with two of the buggers, luckily it was for the same house, but... Anyway, my good loan guy called me on his way back from bereavement leave and he thinks he can get it all worked out. I was so relieved I started crying on the phone. I'm such a weenie sometimes! The upshot of all this happiness is it looks like I still get my house at the end of the month!
Scope Dope is there a special kind of eyepatch that you're wearing? Or can I can grab one from the drugstore to decorate for you?
yafkg- isn't that the sound a vomiting yak makes
Jen-T, JJ, whoever you are at the moment--CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!
And Bob, dear, if you're reading this, remember: You may be a God Among Men--but we're WOMEN!
ujtiv -- Uh, Jenny, Talpianna is vibrating...
LOL!! I'm betting nothing Bob learnt in the army has prepared him for you, Jenny.
Jen-T - well done. Details, we need details.....
ylxycf - you look exceptional yelled crusie fans
Conscripted Cherry: I'm glad it looks like you'll have your house soon.
jqmjr red Jenny quit manuvering justifying Robert
"And now I have to go read it and fix all the places he screwed up and then tell him about them."
LOL! Ah, Jenny. Some how I think that is the part you live for - the "tell him about it" phase of the conversation.
Glad to see the post since that means you survived the tornado watches/warnings and nasty storms towards Dayton last evening. Unless, of course, you were blogging from a raft somewhere. Wouldn't put it past ya.
Congrats Jen-T!
Hope everything works out for you with the new home. I've got my fingers and toes crossed. Just use some of the cherry magic and all will be well : )
Jen-t: Huge congrats on your first sale! Hold on to a piece of that feeling and we'll celebrate in two weeks! Good luck in the tournament, though not sure how you're going to make contact with the ball when you're floating off the ground like that.
CC: Girl, don't you know there is no crying in house buying? Of course you'll get your house. But I have to know: when you pack to move, do you box everything up in exhibit crates? [grin]
OH: LOL. Yeah, I can just see ME up there with The Cherry. Not. I may be a stoic Minnesotan at heart, but even I have to move once in a while. No, I'm more likely to be the one sitting quietly in the back row, observing and taking it all in. I don't do well in front of a group. The flood gates between my brain and my fingers are all wide open most of the time, but the ones between my brain and mouth are old and rusted and mostly stuck shut. I'm pretty quiet in person. Yeah, yeah, go ahead and laugh yourself silly, but I'm being serious. Sigh. I'll come back later when you're done.
SHANNAN: Geez. If you're still following along, meant to say this several days ago: Big congrats on your first sale, too! She isn't just "into" scifi, she writes it and just sold her first story in an anthology. (Did I get that right? Can't remember the details.) She also writes an interesting blog.
bw
sceyo: she can eat your oreos
Jen-whoeveryouarethisweek: CONGRATULATIONS!
Jenny, too funny. Bob wrote DLD and did a book tour with you, really he should know better by now. But this way you'll get some amusement by messing with his head. I rather like Dee's idea of telling him you are changing Lisa Livia's name. But its FINE now, just FINE. Now.
*eye roll at Bob* Geez, don't you know CherryBombs don't take orders and The Cherry takes orders worse than the rest of us.
It's good to see that brother/sister is too/is not Mommmmmmmm, he's touching my side of the seat dynamic has not died.
Nothing but good times ahead.
Bon Cheri Bomb said ... Or did he get caught up in that time warp and, having no chocolate
Uh, we all know chocolate is the RIGHT THING, but men think beer is the right thing. Little do they know! I sure hope those italics thingies work this time. If so, watch out, I'm going for COLOR the next time.
You all have already offered SDCB all the neato keeno things except, how about twinkling cherry-colored lights on the eye patch? Making ??? out of ??? I forget, but it's a good one-liner.
kfrngwps: You've got to be kidding, Blogger.
MINOR changes and FINE just FINE. . . He knew he didn't have a chance when he wrote that e-mail.
ScopeDope - we love you, you look amazing, and just think how your new fashion trend with the eyepatches is already spreading.
JenT, you over there - the one we've been talking to all these months - CONGRATULATIONS! Now spill about that web-site and where we can read this story of yours.
Conscripted Cherry - have fun moving into your new house.
vqnuyrd
very quiet, never use your real disguise
(Sorry, I'm outta practice.)
Poor Bob, he doesn't stand a chance, but then again, he should know that by now. I mean, he's a guy. Like someone pointed out he might be GAM, but we are women, and women rule the world (umm, just like Neeley and Hannah!) I so loved BOL, if you haven't read it, you should, it's quiet insightful and the whole BodyGuard of Lies thing is very cool.
And a big thank you! You guys are all so sweet. I hope it's okay that I post this here, since you all asked for it, my website is www.jennifertalty.com, of course you have to wait until June of 2007 to get the book and it comes out in e-format first. I dont have a print date. I'm sure the website will change, since I did it last night at um like, midnight. I also have stuff to add and I want to do a newsletter and all sorts of self-promo stuff, but one thing at a time.
I didn't get to play golf today, raining cats and dogs here in upstate NY. Bummer, I don't get to play golf a lot and I really like the game. My DH keeps telling me I'd be really good at it if I played more, of course he plays at least 3x per week, and well, I've got the kids, he's got the paycheck. Men, you can't live with them you can't shoot them, but you can (if your Jenny) re-write their stuff!
Poor Bob.
pachabzn - pac-man has a bob, zulu, not
congratualtions jen-t that is terrific!
Now I'm going to go a bit off topic here, but I made the best brownies I have ever tasted! They are Betty Crocker Hershey's Triple Chocolate Chunk. They have mini kisses, semi sweet chunks and milk chocolate chunks. Seriously these thigns are to die for, and the best part is, I got a big huge box at Sam's club and can make 4 more batches.hee hee hee :)
liz
green: wyxjp... ummm yeah I'm way to new to start with this one
jen-t, congratulations!!!!! That's fabulous news. Your website is gorgeous, by the way. Dee happy belated birthday, welcome all newcomers : ) No time to write more now, got to run.
rg
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every vague person gets zapped 'ventually
JEN-T
The others have said...I'll add ...CONGRATS!!!
Bob has military discipline in spades...but the CB's....no way...we're highly non disciplined!!
Jennie is the best thing that Bob has...keeps him on his toes and corrects his writing.
Good times ahead!
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it takes funny YECas Jennie korrects
Liz said:
Now I'm going to go a bit off topic here, but I made the best brownies I have ever tasted! They are Betty Crocker Hershey's Triple Chocolate Chunk. They have mini kisses, semi sweet chunks and milk chocolate chunks. Seriously these thigns are to die for, and the best part is, I got a big huge box at Sam's club and can make 4 more batches.hee hee hee :)
Aha, a brownie challenge. Liz, I have a recipe for the best brownies on the planet. No mix can compare. I'd be happy to share the recipe.
Yes, Bob, talk of recipes on a blog. Evens out when we complain about weight issues. *g*
ygxtwoh: Yes, gals x-pect to win over hardheads.
Minor changes? Hmm. You could always say that the book is now called Agnes and the Hypochondriac Accountant.
Jen T. -- Major congratulations for the sale to Triskelion!
Agnes and the Hypochondriac Accountant
Can't...stop...laughing...Holy Spreadsheets that's hilarious, Mary Stella.
Bob would find a way to make it work too. Bob can fix anything. (grin)
Jen-T: I'm so happy for you! I'll be there June 2007, reading your stuff. (I put it on my June 2007 to do list in my planner, so I'm ready.)
Minor changes are in the eye (or keyboard) of the beholder, don't you think? For Jenny, I have the feeling that the changes will indeed be minor, yet Bob will view them in a different light.
Surely this is what continues to strengthen the partnership. Right?
*crickets chirping*
Hello? Hmm... tough room.
Hey - get that brownie recipie on this blog right now! I want it. Then I share with you my recipie for double chocloate vanilla chip cookies that I make every christmas (2,000) of them and my DH and I make cute little baskets to send out to his princples and customers.
I am always looking for new recipes... spill it Mary Stella and if you want I can tell you my swedish creme recipe.
liz
blue- pzsnuqe
Patient zebras swagger north under quick eyes...
I'll get better, I swear.
As has been previously mentioned, chocolate is never off topic. Brownies doubly so.
I make some pretty rockin' brownies, myself, but since I kind of throw things in it's hard to give a recipe with things like "add Droste's cocoa powder. How much? Um. Enough? The right amount? So it looks right?"
conscripted cherry glad everything got straightened out about your home loan. To answer your question, the eye patch I use is the flat one that is like hard sponge on one side and black material on the other. We went to three drugstores looking for more today and couldn't find the right ones. My drugstore is going to order three for me.
I think the cherrry coloured twinkling lights would be a little much on the eyepatch. But go for it if you want one. /;)
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How would Doherty kill women. Robert likes zex.
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Probably irritated Robert expects using Jenny's words unites.
Somehow I erased a line. The twinkling lights comment was for gator person
BROWNIES
I like them thick and chewy. Choc chips or maybe pecans, but a brownie is something that shouldn't be messed with too much. I did learn that adding pinch of cinnamon to the batter makes the chocolate taste richer. I also like just a drop of rum flavoring. Just a drop.
shannan: BCB mentioned you sold something too. come here and tell us so we can congratulate you properly. and so we can hear the details.
CC- congrats with the house. (forgot to say that before.) so, what's it like?
JJ (who i'm just gonna keep calling JJ): again, congrats. will check out your website today and i'm sure in June-07 you'll mention it came out (which is good because my memory is a little shaky). good job!
liz: i was doing so well and then you mentioned brownies. and now everyone else is too. *sigh* guess i'll just have to buy some now...(i'd bake them myself- i am a good baker, afterall- but when i bake i get one piece and then my family devours it)
JJ: awesome! (just went to your website). had a couple of spelling mistakes in bio ("play hockey, knows" with an s; "ful-time"), but cool! very, very cool. plus, it looks very romancy.
ahhh, brownies~! Did I mention that I just LOVE you people???
GG- You sound like me, that's exactly how I cook. I learned it from my Grams and my Mom. I can remember the first time I cooked Thanksgiving dinner by myself. I was in the Navy, in Puerto Rico, and I burned up some phone lines calling home for instructions. Keep in mind I was all of 20 at the time. "Now how exactly do I season this bird? And what consistency should the cornbread stuffing be? How do I create gravy from the drippings? When do I add the pineapples and cherries to the ham? Which side of the foil should be facing out?" And I got instructions like "You know. Add some seasonings, whatever kind you like. Maybe some thyme, some oregano, sage, whatever you want it to taste like." Well, I wanted it to taste like turkey, right? Then I got "Just crumble your cornbread into a big bowl, add some eggs, onions, celery, seasonings, butter. Just mix it all up and bake it." Yeah. What temp? How many eggs? How much butter? No idea. Then more along the lines of..."Take some of the drippings, put 'em in a pan, add some cornstarch and some cold water, and stir until you have gravy" Uh-huh. Finally though, I finished, and fed about 15 people. It was fantastic, and I have never doubted cooking that way since. We did a cookbook at church a few years back, and everyone sent in all these precise recipies, with perfect measurements. Mine was more like "Add a bag or two of chocolate chips, then stir the heck out of it til it looks like mud pie batter". I only got a few laughs.
I add mini chocolate chips to my brownies, so they add to the chocolate-y-ness, without being an interruption in the texture (which is why I tend NOT to do nuts); I used to put in coconut, but several of my colleagues don't like it (hmph). Also, I put in a slug of crème de cacao , or maybe another liqueur if I'm feeling adventurous.
Congrats, JenT, and best of luck, Conscripted Cherry! Major life milestones, here...
I love Agnes and the Hypochondriac Accountant! Duelling neuroses...
I hope we're not causing burnout by singing demanding blog songs. In our various time zones...
arjnwggc: actuaries rarely juxtapose natality with general growth conditions
Dee:I like your church cookbook recipe. I had an aunt who made an awesome faux poundcake. When I tried to get the recipe, she said things like use fruit butter and nut extract and hold a teaspoon over the bowl. Pour the extract in and let it overflow into the bowl. Huh? My sister-in-law managed to get the recipe translated into real measurements and she makes it for family occasions. What's hilarious is I cook by the so it overflows a little method too. And have been heard to utter oops when my spices pour instead of shake.
I agree with MCB. Brownies, thick chewy and unmessed with. Except when I add cream cheese, or make them with cherries and cherry liquor. Then there is the recipe I had for a cookie that used cocoa, instant coffee and chopped marachino cherries. Unfortunately, my recipes were amongst the things that got burned. One day I'll look for that one on-line. I haven't made it for years because I'm the only one in the house that eats it. I am craving brownies. I do have a big box of mix in the cabinet. I bet the boys would help me eat them if I made some. Okay. Another way to procrastinate writing a synopsis.
Dee how do I reach you about the house without signing up for a blogger account?
funny my verification edibsedl edibles eaten delightfuly linger
Oh some of our family favorites, are not measured. The old "a little in the palm, or "so it looks right" or "put in a little and then add more if it doesn't look right".
I can't resist contributing an old and well-worn joke (there may be someone who doesn't know it!) to the comments about cooking without precise measurements. That's the universal, traditional way to cook, after all - 'add a sufficient quantity of sugar', the 18th-century recipes used to say.
Okay: joke. A husband and wife are enjoying a superb meal in a restaurant. The wife is so impressed that she asks their waiter if they could meet the chef, so as to congratulate him personally. The chef duly appears, and the lady begs him for the recipe for the delicious dish they have just eaten. Though very reluctant, the chef finally agrees to describe the ingredients and method. He expresses all quantities in terms such as, 'take a couple of handfuls of this; add a small pinch of that', and the customer, hoping to be able to replicate the dish in her own kitchen, is getting worried. But quite not as worried as when the gifted cook reaches the climax of his recipe: 'and just before serving, add a mouthful of wine'.
:-)
Oh, well. If we're sharing cooking stories and how old family recipes come to be ...
A husband watching his wife preparing a roast notices that she cuts the ends off before she puts in the pan. When he asks her why, she replies, well it makes better drippings and besides that's how her mother did it.
So at the next big family dinner, DH notices his MIL do the same thing and asks why. She says, well it browns nicer and the drippings have more flavor; and besides, that's how her mother did it.
Major family gathering and his wife's grandmother is present. The women start discussing old family recipes and DH says, what about the roast? What about it, the grandmother asks. Why did you slice the ends off the roast? DH asks her.
She replies, "Because the pan was too small."
Dee: That kind of recipe is what I call a "genetic recipe." To anyone outside the family, they make no sense. But you kind of know how it works because you've been in the kitchen when someone else was doing it and somehow it's imprinted in your DNA. I got the cooking gene from my father and the baking gene from my mother, so I do both.
There are dishes that I had no idea how to make, but I got what I thought were probably the right ingredients and, lo and behold, they end up tasting just like the stuff my (grand)parents made. Genetic recipes.
Which I suppose, with my father's family from Vienna and Prague, includes "add enough butter and it will all be ok." I'm sure that's in my DNA as well as Min's. :)
Dee when I was first married we lived in the UK. Our phone bills were always huge becuase I would have to ring my Mum usually at the most expensive times to ask her inane things like - how do you cook custard. What do you do to x dish to make it taste so good etc etc.
Got brag though - I make the best gravy this side of Colonel Sanders. Even better than my Mum.
cwhdfhxa - cook with highly decent food, have xtra alcohol
ah cooking. my mom has never made the same recipe twice ("i think more of x here and oh, lets try some y and i think i'll skip the z and..."). i can do it both ways- exact recipes or "oh, you know what it looks like, then add the sugar". my dad has amazing cooks in his family so we all have that gene, and my mom is pretty good too. i, however, am the only good baker in the immediate family.
ah, woman's basic dilemma: stay in the shade or brave the heat for a brownie. shade-brownie. shade-brownie. dang, i'm getting the brownie, aren't i?
Agnes and the Hypochondriac Accountant
And by the way, his name is no longer Shane, it's Speen...
Recipes: Wasn't it the original Fanny Farmer cookbook that called for "One glug of molasses"?
irpqe (in illegible red) --I really prefer quiche 2 eggplant.
Recipes- in one of the cookbooks in my collection (1890-1910) my favorite recipe call for "10 cents of marshmallows"
my mom has the best brownie recipe in the world- quick, easy, no yucky melty chocolate just pure yummy cocoa- and as many times as I've made it mine never comes out as good as hers- and they're pure unadulterated brownies without any additives to ruin the experience
BCB exhibit crates? of course not! I use only white cotton gloves, which are donned after having washed my hands in Ivory soap, to touch anything in my home. All items that are not on exhibit, er um, being used are safely wrapped in acid free tissue and stored in acid free and lignin free boxes. These boxes are then placed on metal shelves. All items are numbered and the numbers are listed on the box in ascending order. All items are then entered into a computer database so I can find each item with just a few keystrokes. NOT I get enough of that at work. I'm using old fruit boxes and empty suitcases right now to pack in.
Thanks for all the well wishes. Getting a house isn't as big as getting published, but it's definately reality changing for me
*looking around* I guess I'm the only one around here that can't cook. Drat.
A Lori Story (Family name for my disasters):
The recipe called for the zest of 1 lemon. I gave myself a pat on the back for knowing how to zest a lemon, and then proceeded to zest the ENTIRE lemon peel into the recipe. I'm sure you can imagine how that turned out, but my family, being the supportive (and very hungry) group that are, ate it anyway. I didn't. It was gross.
I make a great chocolate chip cookie. I figure if I have that, I can survive on the barter system.
ovzlg: "Ouch." Vain zebra leaves grunting.
lori said "I make a great chocolate chip cookie. I figure if I have that, I can survive on the barter system."
it's true. you need one good dish and you can use it for the rest of your life. i must admit, i use my chocolate chip cookies that way too.
i CAN cook. doesn't mean i really like to. especially when i'm hungry. puts me off the dish i make. i know, i'm weird. it's why i like it here so much- i'm in good company. :)
I totally agree about having one good recipe-when another goofy friend and I went prom shopping with a much younger friend this spring we went over some life rules for her, including things a single girl should always have- one of the things we put on the list was the ability to make one meal well- doesn't have to be fancy, but well-
CC: I'd like to hear the other things on that list, once you've finished cataloging your old fruit boxes. That was too funny.
My mom, who is a great cook/baker, is going through a minimalist phase. It started when my dad had to cut back on salt. My sisters and I tease her now that if a recipe calls for a cup of heavy cream she'll instead put in a teaspoon of water. "It tastes just as good, and it's better for you. And you can use half the amount of sugar, too. It's fine, really, just fine."
bw
Lori - the ability to make good chocolate chip cookies is one of the more important survival skills. It can take you far. Most people will help you out in return for CC cookies.
I make a danged good one myself. Rich and chewy. But my true calling is Snickerdoodles.
You guys ... dang. You're still on, cringe, can't even type the words, ch ... oc... o...l...ate eve...ry ...thing, got to go get some.
I've been avoiding this blog entry. I'm on a diet. Have to squeeze into my good clothes for National ya know. wink wink
rg
xcellent chocolate very humongous yellow honeycomb (that would be an Aussie violet crumble bar)
mcb - about those snickerdoodles. Do you roll the entire dough ball in your cinnamon/sugar mixture? or just dip one side?
My MIL and I have been debating this issue for a few years now.
marcia in ok said...
mcb - about those snickerdoodles. Do you roll the entire dough ball in your cinnamon/sugar mixture? or just dip one side?
Oh, the whole thing. The more cinnamon the better.
Poor RG. Here's a recipe that won't make you hungry:
10 hyper/sleepy/crabby (pick one) 18-yos
2 cars
2 tents
several sleeping bags, pillows, towels
1 portable grill
1 bag charcoal
2 large coolers
food, snacks, drinks for 30 (should last one day)
1 dog going crazy in back yard
1 cat hiding somewhere in the house
10 ringing/buzzing cell phones
1 last minute request for cash
2 Advil (for me)
Mix together for 1 hour
Let stew for 30 minutes
Leave 4 cars in driveway/street
Take all other ingredients and drive two hours to the beach
Yield: 1 mom who is actually looking forward to going to work today
So, how's everyone else's day going so far?
bw
My mother still tells people that I made it through college by cooking. When I needed something done (help moving, a ride to the airport, etc.), I asked a friend and, in return, said "I'll make dinner for you." Apparently she finds this hysterically funny, so she tells everyone. I only found this out recently.
On the list of things a single gal should have: if of age (not yet, OH, but soon enough), a bottle of champagne in the fridge. Comes in handy for celebrating, consoling a sad friend, cheering yourseful up, treating yourself just because, etc. I also have 4 martini glasses in the freezer, but they just live there. There's room and it's as good a storage space as any place. I haven't used them since the last time I threw a party, but they're in there.
G-G: Good point. If not champagne, at least a bottle of white chilling. You never know when there might be an emergency girls night at someone's house.
You should also have on hand the fixings for an emergency appetizer or casserole-type dish. Something you can throw together to contribute.
And several take out menus, in case you can't leave your friend long enough to actually throw something together, but she HAS to eat, so you can order in.
Because men come and go, but a good girlfriend is worth her weight in gold.
Add to list:
At least one outfit where you know you look amazing, not too dressy, not too casual, in the event of being invited somewhere and not knowing the appropriate dress code.
The name of a really, really good hairstylist who you can trust, preferably also a professional relationship with said individual, in case of interviews, need for change, etc.
Several local area maps, because sometimes you want to get in your car and won't have mapquest with you.
A hammer, a phillips screwdriver, a flat screwdriver, a pair of pliers, and people from whom you can borrow other tools if needed.
And know how to check the air in your tires and add oil to the engine. Because there's never a guy around to do this stuff when you really need one.
Love all the talk about cooking. Everyone at work thinks I'm a fabulous cook. Little do they know that's because they taste the few dishes that I do really, really well. Bwahahaha. They don't have to know that if I try anything new, it's hit or miss. Thankfull, I've never blown up my kitchen. Good thing, too, because I'm currently remodeling the entire kitchen. If I blow it up after spending all this money, I'll be royally ticked.
I belong to a Charity League known for certain recipes. (My mother belonged and put me up for membership.) The signature recipes are protected with such great secrecy that -- well, if we ran the White House, there'd have been no CIA agent leaks. Seriously, I could give you the famous lemon tea bread recipe but then I'd have to shoot you and destroy and hide the body so nobody could glean the ingredients from your DNA. *G*
The Double-Chocolate Decadent Brownie recipe does not belong to the League, so I am free to share it.
4 - 1 oz squares unsweetened chocolate
2 sticks of butter
2 scant cups sugar
4 large eggs or 3 XL eggs (size matters)
1 cup of flour
1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups of mini-marshmallows.
Get a large microwaveable bowl. Melt the squares of chocolate for approx. 2 mins. Add the butter. heat for another 2 mins. Stir til completely melted. Hand-stir in the eggs one at a time. Stir in each of the remaining ingredients one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition.
Pour everything into a 9 X 13" metal baking pan. Bake approx. 45 mins in a 350 degree oven. Check them after 30 mins, then check at five minute intervals. Brownies should be "melty-gooey" but not raw.
Cool 10 minutes, then cut. Cool completely after that. Pour giant glass of cold milk and enjoy.
The mini-marshmallows are the real secret. They melt completely and make the brownies really rich and delish.
Ooooh, love all of the creative recipes.
Believe it or not, I am a good cook. More a bush cook than anything (no recipes) and no-one ever gets my recipes because it's always a pinch, a tad, a dollop, or a bit. I cook and taste, taste and cook, and somehow get it just right.
But I'm not reading these "choco thingys." I'll return to the blog after Nationals, no, after my trip to Australia and then I'll write them down. My sisters are all smaller and trimmer than yours truly and they are going to want to go swimming, plus we'll be at the Barrier Reef, so why not. Sigh. Me in a bathing suit. Yuck.
rg
qgtmecqk (got to work)
Speaking of family recipes. We used to go to my grandmother's on Sunday and she always insisted on preparing dinner. It was always the same...Chicken and Rice. We often asked her what her secret was because we could not replicate the taste. I found out when I lived with her.
1 chicken size doesn't matter. Cut up
l can Campbell's Mushroom Soup
l Can water
1 cup rice
whatever amount you like of Instant Coffee.
Put in 9X13 pan or pan that will take all ingredients.
Bake in the oven at whatever temperature you want depending on when your company is coming. (That is what she said.)Cook low and slow or hot and fast.
I cooked it at 350 degrees for an hour. I finally fiddled with the instant coffee enough times to get the taste right.
Forgot to tell you all glamour geek take note. Went shoe shopping the other day from hell. I saw beautiful heel with just so intricate designs on the arch and they were lovely. Ooodles and oodles of pairs of those. What I bought was a pair of size five men's rubber shoes with velcro fasteners over the arch to compensate for my swelling feet. I had to abandon my cherrybomb/flip flogs because of the swelling. Sorry about that. These shoes fit my feet, are light and I can wear them in the rain. A real bargain for $20. Can't beat that. They don't even look that bad. Haven't figured out how to put cherries on them yet. /;)
green fgyrid OOh, that's really cold.
Frankly girls, yex really is delightful.
Just realized, on a hardwood floor these shoes go "Ribit, Ribit". I kid you not. Bob are you one with frogs too?
red kdqse
Keep Doherty quoting serious editors.
RG sez: My sisters are all smaller and trimmer than yours truly and they are going to want to go swimming, plus we'll be at the Barrier Reef, so why not. Sigh. Me in a bathing suit. Yuck.
The fish do not care how you look in a bathing suit, my love. Enjoy the beauty of it and know that this one is really, really envious (having never been to Oz or NZ at all, but they're on my (increasingly long) list of places to go).
And your a cherrybomb, so obviously you're gorgeous. We are all intrinsically so because of our wit and brilliance.
SDCB: So sweet of you to think of me when looking at shoes! Thank you! Frogs, huh? Hm...maybe there could be frogs in the hotel caper, after we move on from gators and flamingos.
daliq: cheap reproductions of famous glassware
SDC said:
1 chicken size doesn't matter. Cut up
l can Campbell's Mushroom Soup
l Can water
1 cup rice
whatever amount you like of Instant Coffee.
Put in 9X13 pan or pan that will take all ingredients.
So THAT'S the secret recipe for Coq au Cafe! *g*
Hey, I hate shoe shopping. Does that disqualify me as a bona fide cherry bomb?
lqajhdny: Ladies quickly advance, join hands, New York.
mary stella: No, you don't have to like shoes (I didn't til 2 years ago). You just have to like reading. Otherwise we're pretty indiscriminate. :)
g-g: add to your list:
-ice cream in the freezer, along with a chocolate bar (for emergencies)
-a plunger
-a really comfy pair of shoes
-sunglasses you look good in
-an extra $20 in your pocket for all dates you go on
-the number of a laughing buddy and the number of a crying buddy
-a good book on you at all times
mary stella: hate the shoes too. well, don't so much mind shoes, it's the shopping for shoes. ugh.
and rg: your beautiful. be quiet. and your going to Australia (no.3 on my list of places i want to visit). but i understand...which is why i too shall go back to these recipes. sooner or later.
Nah fish dont care but those great whites like gals with meat on their bones ;-)
xkfusk - xtra kind friends undo shoes kindly
DUG: LOL. don't mention that to JJ or she'll never visit. it'll be Jaws: Death Down Under
red: paydh: look, already words: pay DH.
Scope Dope wrote: 1 chicken size doesn't matter. Cut up
Oh, yes it does--as I found out when I tried to roast a stewing hen for a company dinner!
ogjkt -- Oh, Glamour-Geek! Jenny killed Talpianna!
Talpianna sez: ogjkt -- Oh, Glamour-Geek! Jenny killed Talpianna!
Goodness gracious! I certainly hope not!
Y'all already hit on some of the things on our single girl survival list. But here is part of the one we put together.
The list of things every single girl should have includes:
the ability to make at least one meal well
enough dishes, silverware, and linen to be able to set a nice table
two nice wine glasses
A stocked tool box, and the know how to use it
a good guy friend
a dress you look great in
the ability to do basic car maintenence (change a tire, check the oil, air tires etc.)
a good bottle of wine
a nice flower vase
the phone number for a reliable plumber and electrician that will deal with you honestly and not screw you over
a good jazz cd
None of these items have to be expensive. You can set a nice table with Corelle and items from the dollar store. And it doesn't have to be enough for 16, just for two.
There were some other items on our list, but I'll stop here so we can retain at least the illusion of our PG-13 rating.
conscripted: I am so disappointed about not getting the censored part of the list...but I can guess... ;)
Add a corkscrew for the wine and the ability to use it effectively. The bottle's no use if you can't open it.
Thanks DUG, I'm already scared about the pythons, the spiders, and the crododiles, now I have to think about great whites, too?
Truthfully, I'm looking forward to the adventure but I had to write something when I saw the verification. Heh heh.
wooddyk (I aint' touching that one with a forty foot pole.)
HEY! I was just looking at CC's list and there ain't no chocolate on it! We're talking survival tools!
Sorry like this verification. Glad you liked the chicken recipe. It was a family secret for over 50 years. Till I spilled the beans.
green jckha Read the next post and you will understand this sentence.
Jenny certainly kicked his ass.
scope dope: right on!
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