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Never Jam Today
08/24/2010
You know, I think I forgot to mention that the day TinyDoom! arrived, I'd emailed off the revision on the third theater book, been to my 38 week check-up, dropped off two art pieces at the framers, and purchased forty pounds of apricots with which to make jam.
Cross my heart, forty pounds of apricots.
We'd been waiting for the local organic grocery store to get their ginormous boxes of fruit in, and I got the call from The Husband as I was about to head home from the framers. Switched gears, headed to the next town over and loaded up the cart with nommy nommy jam-making awesomeness, then happily browsed the produce, and picked out a bagel sandwich and an IZZE soda to eat on the way home. At the register, I added three cream caramels to the bag (deliciously like homemade) then waddled out to the car to unload the goods. All the while, my brain was chanting "ba-gel! samm-ich!"
I tossed my bags in the truck, then unloaded the fruit... and felt a sort of sploosh-sploosh-sploosh.
Cue this face: O_O
And a: No way, that is not what I just thought it was.
In utter denial (and in need of a restroom) I went to Costco just down the road. Decided it wasn't what I thought it was, but if it was, I should grab the things we need... like a giant sack of sugar with which to make the jam. Called The Husband from the vicinity of the diamonds and electronics.
"What would you think if I told you my water broke in the parking lot of Sunny Farms?"
Cue his face (I assume): O_O
And: "I'm calling the Women's Clinic to see if you need to go back."
So I zoomed around, grabbing not only the sugar but two flats of muffins and a box of cinnamon twists (apparently I DO require dessert while under duress...) and then was told via Boy that I should head back to see my nurse/midwife, who also did not think it was what I thought it was.
Turns out, though, it was. And by the time I got to the hospital for the mandatory stress test, everyone on the L&D floor knew I had forty pounds of fruit in the trunk of my car, although the story had gotten twisted in the game of telephone and they thought my water had broken in the parking lot of WalMart.
*picturing myself as Natalie Portman in Where the Heart Is for a moment*
Stress test over, I bundled myself home to try and get the contractions going, which I certainly did.
By running 40 pounds of apricots through my KitchenAid grinder and freezing them.
;)
Skip a Starbucks Day
08/23/2010
My friend CJ Redwine and her husband are asking if people would skip a coffee indulgence for a day to support their efforts to bring home their adoptive daughter from China. If you can spare $5 (or $10, or $20!) please head over to her blog.
Unexpected Midnight Adventures
08/18/2010
Monday, the power cut out and the SugarBean caused a toilet malfunction. At the time, I grumbled, but I should have been grateful for small disasters.How you can need a garbage can
08/04/2010
And come home with something else entirelyGinger Me This, Batman
08/04/2010
I paused in the editing this morning to compose a version of the Barefoot Contessa's Ultimate Ginger Cookie with the child (I couldn't help myself...
kristine-smith blogged about them with the most delectable picture!)
I was forced to make a few tweaks, given that I was out of ground nutmeg and ground ginger--as I most likely have been since Christmas, when I get my usual craving for spice cake. I substituted light for dark brown sugar, and I also only used 1/2 cup of crystallized ginger, because That Stuff Be Strong. Also, when the dough started giving my KitchenAid stand mixer the shakes, I tossed about 2 Tbsp. softened butter in.
Did everything else, including let the egg come to room temperature, exactly as the recipe called for.
And HOO BOY COOKIES OF WIN.
*pauses to let my eyes roll back into my head*
The only way they could get any better is if I used them to make homemade peach or nectarine ice cream sammiches.
*AARGLEDROOL*