links for 2010-02-05
-
hahahahahahahahahaha
links for 2010-02-05 Read More »
February 2010
PRIDE Month is Coming – Make Pancakes!
I want rainbow pancakes for breakfast – at least four times during PRIDE month (which is June for you non-queer calendar folks.) These are the best PRIDE pancakes EVER. I know, June is really very far away but I’m cold and I’m ready for warm weather. And rainbow pancakes. Maybe TW should do a trial run this weekend, just to make sure she can do them in June?
PRIDE Month is Coming – Make Pancakes! Read More »
The Battle of the Labyrinth
I was a huge Percy Jackson fan after reading the first book. I talked so much about Percy that Rick Riordan’s wife stopped by my old Books in Bed blog to leave a comment. I really enjoyed the second book, too. And then there was the third book which I liked but… something happened and I was less enthusiastic about Percy. I don’t know if it was anything Percy did (or Riordan) or if it was just that I was in children/YA fiction madness and I just couldn’t manage to read one more piece of children’s literature – no matter how much I might want to.
Whatever it was, I never read book four – until Liz started reading the series and became fixated on it. When I told her I hadn’t finished the series, she told me that I HAD TO… so I reserved Battle of the Labyrinth and it took me forever to finish it. It wasn’t Percy’s fault (or Luke’s either) and it wasn’t Riordan’s fault. It’s me, I’m just not finding enough time to read. I enjoyed the book well enough but like KitCat, I found the Labyrinth a lot less scary than I expected to. The Labyrinth should have been really really frightening – and it just seemed like a normal day in the life of a Half-Blood Hero.
I think Book Five is upstairs on Liz’s bedroom floor. I’m trying to decide if I just want to go ahead and read it or if I want to head back to my TBR list or some general library reading. Will I enjoy book five more if I read it right after book four? Or should I hold off and think about it for awhile? Decisions, decisions.
Oh, I almost forgot… while I was reading The Battle of the Labyrinth, I asked TW what color ink her “pen” would write…If she had one like Riptide…. She said hers would be purple, which isn’t much of a surprise. Mine would be blue – or red – I can’t decide. What color “pen” would you have?
The Battle of the Labyrinth Read More »
#momspotting meme
TW is a #momspotter and has a #momspotter meme that she’d like folks to take. I figured I’d play along. I do work for BlogHer.com, (though I’ve not been asked by BlogHer.com to join the meme.)
Here goes:
1. Which expensive electronic device do you or your children most admire? Well…. Let’s see. We’re almost all fans of the iPhone and almost all of us have iPhones. We really like the Macbook Air, and some of us have them. I’m kind of partial to the iPad and if I ever stumble across an extra $700, I’ll buy one.
2. Do you ever use your computer in the kitchen? NO. Definitely NOT.
3. What ratio of new recipes cooked in your home come from the Internet vs from a cookbook you own? I would know this how? I don’t cook. Hah.
4. Does your family regard a recipe as something printed from the computer, on a handwritten card or something on the kitchen netbook? Interesting question. I think they freak out by recipes from handwritten cards. It’s the memory of the asparagus jell-o…
5. Do you have a television or other electronic entertainment in the kitchen? No. No. No. NO.
6. What is the eating in front of the computer rule in your house? I almost always eat in front of the computer. I don’t have a problem with it but if you spill something on your computer, you’re going to have to pay for a new one… or do without. Right Chris?
7. How many places can you order dinner online from in your area? NOT ENOUGH.
8. What is the BEST recipe you have ever made from the Internet? Chocolate covered cherries. Yep. I made these. From a recipe given to me on a message board.
9. What’s the least used kitchen gadget in your home? The Mr Bartender. http://blip.tv/file/get/Dtanton-MrBartender995.wmv
10. What is the oddest recipe your family has tried after seeing it on the Internet? After asparagus jell-o, nothing is really odd.