Slothfulness Update! And A Crew of Roadside Urinators!

Hey Bloggo-buddies! How's hanging, anyway? Sorry to be such a stranger, but heck, I've been kinda busy half the time and kinda enjoying doing not much of anything the rest of the time. We all need a break now and then, eh?

The good news is, after a long summer of eating boring slop at cadet camp, my desire to get my ass in the kitchen and create is heating up again. Check out this half-bulgur, half-cornmeal, low-sugar blueberry loaf I made the other day:

Pretty, right? Too bad it tasted like damp, crunchy cat litter. Back to the 'ol drawing board on that one!

I also ponied up some serious cash at the supermarket and tried this: It's All Good Tuscan Style Chik'n Breasts.

Considering I laid out six smackeroos for just two of these, I expected all that and a bag of chips. But I was cranky right out of the gate when I saw that they basically looked like recently-removed cat brains. (You may be grossed out, but you can't say I'm not right, now admit it....)

These are pretty much, (if not exactly) the same fake shit that President's Choice uses in their dee-licious Meatless Breasts, but these boil-in-the-bag babies had the consistency of a rubber ball and about as much flavour as my wool socks after a hot day in my combat boots. Eight vociferous thumbs down from The Fam on this one.

In other news, we've been busy scraping and repainting out 90-year old farmhouse. No new fangled vinyl siding for this bunch! I kinda like my house to feel a little old-fashioned, you know? And it breathes in the winter, meaning we stay healthier. Ok, so the snow sometimes drifts in under the back door, but whatevs. That's what warm socks and The Snuggie were made for.

Of course, school is back in. (WooHoo!) My kids are growing up so damn fast; they're in grades 9 and 10 this year. Another few years and Courtney will be off to college, and I can knock out a wall upstairs and have the walk-in closet I've always dreamed of..:0)

In other exciting news, they're paving in Hooterville! Our street (which is the home of two schools, BTW) is finally getting the road paved, (and all it took was a bunch of kids hitting their heads on the bus roof after the bus hit a bad dip in the road and, as the kids say it, "made air."

Cool. As you can see, the road crew is about as energetic as every other road crew the world over. I don't know if you can make this out, but one guy is working and three other guys are propped up on their shovels shooting the shit and watching him work.

They even had to fix up the end of our driveway in the process. They actually did a nice job, which they damn well better have since they asked my husband's persmission for the crew to piss behind my garage. Yes, you read that right, they wanted to use my asparagus and rhubarb patch as their own private urinal. Hubby gave permission before thinking that one through. Thank God the asparagus and rhubarb season is long over for this year!

Anyway, I'm busier than a cow calving and I've got a lot of shit on the go, but I hope to get back to postin' right regular like. So drop by again soon! Kisses and one-handed gropes to you all.....:0)