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I'll tell this story backwards. The moral of the story is don't make pies when you're tired.
At my last trip to the store, I got enough ingredients for 3 pumpkin pies: one for Matt's feast at work, one to take to my grandpa, and the other to take to my other grandparent's house. I now need to make another trip to the store to get ingredients to make 2 more pies.
I made the first pie when I got home from work and did it in a rush. It would not set and I couldn't figure out why. What I did know was I couldn't send that pie to work with Matt tomorrow.
So I made the second pie. It seemed to go better the second time around but it puzzled me why I had so much filling left over. I've made this pie before and didn't recall that happening.
After thinking about it for a few minutes, I decided to read the recipe for the millionth time and discovered it called for 1/2 8 oz cream cheese. My brain eliminated the 1/2 the first two times.
So in his attempt to be sweet, Matt came over to assure me the third pie would be perfect and then he discovered his guy on the video game was in fact still alive and he rushed off to play the game again.
Here's hoping pie #3 sets. |
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BARACK OBAMA : The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change ! The chicken wanted change !
JOHN McCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON : When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH : We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY : Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL : Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
BILL CLINTON : I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY : Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON : Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR.. PHIL : The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE : That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty ! You can You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN : To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART : No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS : Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY : To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS : Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE : It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES : I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN : Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS : Did I miss one? |
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I guess you could call what I have to say me being on my soapbox, but I think it's something that's very important to not only me but those I know who have either been through miscarriage or are having problems conceiving.
The most common question I've gotten lately is "Are you and Matt trying?"
I realize this question is probably asked innocently from most and some are just nosy. However innocent the intent though, I'd like to explain what it is like on the receiving end.
There isn't a day that goes by that a woman who desperately wants children and is having whatever problem doing so doesn't think about it. Anything she creates to "busy" her mind from it is temporary and short-term. Then there's that pivotal time of the month where there's a glimmer of hope that maybe this time the result isn't negative. When it is, that glimmer of hope sinks down another notch and she again does whatever it takes to occupy her mind until that chance comes around again.
Being asked "are you trying" is like pouring salt in the wound, a reminder of everything she doesn't have. If a woman is pregnant, chances are the world will know b/c it's one of the happiest times in life.
So far, I've been polite and answered the question with a one word response but sometimes it gets so frustrating I want to answer with sarcasm and say, "well this month we're going to try abstinence b/c our current methods just don't seem to be working."
If you can't relate because you've never had a miscarriage or trouble conceiving be aware that there are people you probably don't even know who are having problems b/c it's a very private matter and consider that before asking someone if they are "trying." |
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If things continue as they are, we're moving to Canada. Anybody want to come? |
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