elmo disaster

the instructions for the elmo pattern are too sketchy, trying to do teddy bears instead, very disappointed.

short

abby scurried around trying to pack as many of her clothes as possible in the shortest possible time. she had just accidentally read an incomming text on jeffs phone that confirmed payment was received for services to be rendered. what services she wondered and was afraid to guess. her husband had been acting unusually irritated with her and since the marriage was on a downturn recently she did not know what to think. why did she always think the worst? she had been watchnig too many episodes of 48 hours  when she would stay up late at night waiting for her son to come home fron a friends house.jeff  had been married  and divorced before she had meet him at a pep rally for congressman  jack devereaux.  his wife had died in a car accident  three years earlier, which upon investigation was deemed suspicious but findings had been inconclusive. jeff was not considered a person of interest. abby had always been unsure of herself as a young teen and things had not changed much at college in williamstown, where everyone was someone, everyone's parents owned horses and were members of the country club. she felt very uninteresting and dull and the only boy she dated came out of the closest while in her third year of college. she had been devasted. she had trusted the boy and had flowered under the undivided attention he gave her. she now guessed that it had been a ruse to keep the inquisitive at bay. sure they had sex and he was very tender, almost too tender. wow she sure  knew how to pick them. ok quick now, jeff was still in the shower and she had  time to get the emergency money she kept hidden in her tampon box in her closet and get out of the house.

ski trip

my son chris is on a ski trip with his peeps, as he calls them, his best budds. chris does not know how to ski, more importantly this is the first time he is away from home without any adults, like a school trip etc. so mama is quite nervous, add to the mix that the peeps are driving themselves to their destinationin . thankfully all the young men are responsible young people and they all know how to drive and follow the rules of engagement so to speak. yea but i worry about all those other yahoos out there driving on our quebec roads who don't even stop at the stop signs. those who are still drinking and driving, what am i supposed to do with all this worry. well the kids will have fun that's for sure but mom has to learn to let go, we have had many many talks chris and i on a variety of subjects and he is such a smart and funny young man and he knows i would kill him if he did something to endanger his life.  we have to let our kids fly on their own, wow, that is hard to do.

omg!

ok you grandmas out there! i have found a blog that has a pattern for get this, a crochet elmo and cookie monster! yyaaay!! guess what i'll be doing soon as i get my hands on some red yarn!the carpet in the den is full of white cat hair and the natives are restless as i am on a crochet bonanza, made three hats, for a friend's grandbabies and not getting anything else done. this is the blog for the elmo and cookie monster patterns http:/a-crochet-ninja.blogspot.com  

the cookie monster one is done with the hairy yarn, so if you mess us you can not undo it, forwarned is forearmed as they say, did i get that right? so i am very excited. also does anyone know where i can get a variety of yarn on the south shore other than zellers?  i am thinking they would make great projects for the childrens hospital, yeeha i am so happy about this find. my grandson already has two elmos but i think one more elmo is in order, making it the 3 elmos, like the three tenors, yess!

my favorite carrot soup

8 carrots
8 potatoes
8 shallots
olive oil , salt and pepper
8 cups of chicken broth

peel carrots and potatoes and cut up into 1 inch pieces
clean shallots and cut into thirds
place in roasting pan and toss with olive oil, and season,
bake at 400 preheated oven for 40 minutes.

when vegies are tender place in food processor and blend until smooth, add to chicken broth, warm up and eat! how easy is that!

discoveries

I found this face cream called "super magic BB cream" from korea. It is amazingly smooth, I would say smoother than any other cosmetic  foundation out there.the bb stands for blemish balm, it was intended as a post operative cover up of the redness that comes with face peels and also blemishes that become inflamed.this cream only comes in cream no 21 and beige no 23. I have found that the cream is too white for all over face foundation but I have found that you can use it around the eye area and it goes on smooth and prepares the eyes for shadow and also adds light to the mature eye area! I use no 23 for the rest of the face.it it foundation ad moisturizer and spf as well and the best of all it covers well and is not greasy and does not settle into the lines of your face and get all powdery like. I get it through ebay.. it also goes by the name Missha bb cream/ check it out for yourself.

comfort gnocchi

my favourite gnocchi recipe

1/2 lb baking potatoes
1 1/2 cups to 2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 lagre egg well beaten

1-boil potatoes until fork tender but do not let skins split, about 30 min
2-remove skins while still hot

3-push through ricer and let cool on balking sheet spread out and sprinkle with  the salt.
4-after about 20 min when potatoes have cooled add the egg and mix together  then add 1 cup of the flour and mix until flour is absorbed but not too much as over kneading  will toughen the gnocchi, if needed  ( if dough is still too sticky to handle) add a little more flour and knead just until mixed

5-divide the dough into 3 equal parts and then divide each part in two again and roll to about 12 inches and cut into pieces of 3/4 inch
shape into gnochhi by rolling onto a fork to get the indented lines that will hold your pasta sauce!

Cook immmediately or flash freeze
when ready to cook the frozen gnocchi use more water than usual and cook in small batches so they do not stick.
sprinkle freshly grated parmesan
this recipe yields about 70 pieces

ponder

there is a crack in everything.. that's how the light gets in... L. Cohen