I Should Be Cleaning. I'd Rather Blog!

Duh and I are going to Atlanta this weekend with his parents for a wedding.  So, I should be spending my day off cleaning and packing.  Nope.  I'm in the basement, blogging.  (At least I'm doing laundry!)

So we've all heard of this little website, Pinterest.  It's crack for the crafty person.  I can't seem to stop.  Once I get started I become a crazy person re-pinning all these amazing ideas!  I've got a few boards started. And I could really add on given the time!  I could waste hours a day going nuts.

What I really love about pinterest is all the FOOD! 

So in my blog today I wanted to share a couple of my favorite foodie blogs.

 My favorite right now is Buns In My Oven. A wonderful gal named Karly keeps me going back. Over and over and over.... and over... and over...again and again... and again (you get the point).  I love her recipes. I love her blog. I love reading about her family.  I feel like she and I could really bond.  Especially during that time once a month, (which is right now) when I crave food like nobodies bidness!! (left)



Now tell me that doesn't look AHHHH-Mazing!?!  Read the recipe. I promise you'll go dig out all the ingredients immediately!  I've posted about Karly before. She's got my taste buds hooked on line and sinker!  Check her out.

Next, I've got this little gem named Rachel who has some Divalicious Dishes!   I just came across her site last night and I've got a few favorites already.  I'm anxious to have another DBWP get together just so I can fix some of these tasty treats.

I'm really wanting to fix this Basil and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Breast for Duh. (right)   It looks so yum-yum-yummy!! And super easy.  I love to cook!! However dinner is lack luster in my home. It usually comes out of a box due to my schedule and and lack of kitchen space.  If you don't know already, my kitchen is the size of a shoebox. For children sized shoes.  I can barely turn around!! And don't get me started on my lack of counter space.

Lets Talk Up Coming Events.

I'm so happy it's grill season weather!  I'm looking forward to movies in the back yard.  I've been chatting it up with a few of you bitches. I'd like to get some movie requests in.  Right now you can already plan on watching To Wong Foo for the Strawberry Social.  We've not set a date for that yet. But keep it in mind.

The next event we have coming up will be the "Mother of all Bitches" mothers day event.  My oh so wonderful Mama is willing to let us use her place again.  I need to get some feed back from you lovelies on the date.  I was thinking May 13th earlier... and then realized that IS Mothers Day.  Part of me feels like this would be an inconvenience for some of you.  So please let me know.  I don't think I'll have any other Sunday available in May due to the large conventions coming into town.

I'd like to do a Brunch / Afternoon Tea like theme. Bring your mom, or bring your daughter.  As for the craft I was thinking we could get a our resident photographers to take some pictures of  Mothers & Children. My mom has a great piece of property with some excellent back drops.

Again, let me know your thoughts on this! I need to stop procrastinating and get this laundry folded.

As always, I LOVE MUH BITCHES!!!

ps... here's one more recipe!   Grilled Chocolate Banana Melt!!  by The Girl Who Ate Everything  I've yet to obsess over her recipes.  I just found this on pinterest this morning.

What a quick dessert!!!
 

Public Service Announcement

I have been meaning to sit down and blog for a few days now.  I've been thinking about reaching out to you, my dear bitches.  I wasn't expecting to be so sullen. However, I must get this off my chest.

Please be more alert on the roads.

The weather has been delightful. I haven't been spending much time inside my house.  I've been playing outside... a lot.  I've picked up my hula hoop and gone out to my front yard.  I love it out there.  I get to see my neighbors fight and draw on my drive way with side walk chalk.  And sometimes I let the neighborhood kids play with my stuff. (The 5 year old 3 houses down can hula waaaaay better than I can.)

It makes me absolutely panic and turn green when I see cars speed down my street.  I know I kinda live in the hood.  But just because it's the hood doesn't mean you get special privileges.  Slow down. I beg you. You're really not going to get where you're going any faster.

That's not even what pulls me down tonight.  Texting. And. Driving. STOP!! DOING!! IT!!

Is it really that hard to wait?  I understand the need to read the ever so tempting text message.  It's always a surprise.  It could be your mom telling you she loves you. Or the new beau you just met saying he wants to meet you for coffee, (or a nice tall Oberon because it was just recently tapped!) I get it.  But that second you go to look at your phone you're not only putting your self at risk, you're putting somebody else in risk.

I'm guilty of it.  I can't lie.  I look at my phone from time to time in the car while I'm driving.  Sometimes it's to look up an address with my google maps. I go places and it helps to look at the street view when I'm not really sure.   And I talk on the phone while I'm driving.  I don't like to. But I am guilty of it.  I've even sent that text at a red light.

I understand that sometimes we are distracted while we have to drive long distances.  We now have TV sets in our dash boards.  Or trying to juggle food into your mouth as you make a right turn, (have you ever tried to eat a taco while driving? impossible!)

Let me get to my point.

My coworkers father was on his motorcycle this morning.  Enjoying a ride during a perfect spring morning. The sun was out. The sky was blue. The birds and the bees busy making spring come alive. Before he knew it a car came out of no where.  He was flipped off his bike.  The girl who hit him was texting and not paying attention.

  A young girl, still in high school, was killed last night in an accident.  Poor thing was pushed into oncoming traffic.  The girl that was driving behind her was texting and not paying attention.

Thankfully my coworker still has her father.  He's alive. He's injured. But he's alive. She's extremely lucky that he was wearing his helmet. EXTREMELY.

This poor high school girl wasn't so lucky. My heart goes out to her family. To her friends.  In this small world that we live in I am some how connected to that poor girls best friend.  Thinking about her now, I wish I could reach out and hold her hand.  She lost her best friend.  I think about that poor girls mother. Can you imagine losing your daughter? Or your sister?  I can't help but think about the prom dress she's going to miss. The summer that she won't spend wasting away by the pool.

I can't imagine what these families must be feeling. I'm going to be a complete selfish asshole and say that  I don't ever want to feel what they are feeling.  I don't ever want to be the reason that they are feeling what they are feeling.

So I am going to encourage you to be more alert on the roads. I am going to take the extra time to look at the map before I even put the key into my ignition. To maybe make a grilled cheese and eat it before I walk out the door and eat my tacos with both hands while sitting at a table.  

Watch for bikers of both kinds. Watch out for kids in the street.  USE YOUR TURN SIGNALS! Just be aware of what is going on around you.

Please. And Thank you.


On a brief positive note I'm getting better with my hula hoop!

I love you muh dear bitches.  Remember. Be safe.