Saturday, August 20, 2011

Blind Squirrel Bakes Brownies Unassisted as Family Looks on in Amazement .

Here are my three good things for the day:

1.  I baked a delicious batch of ginger and chocolate chip brownies without assistance.  I usually avoid the kitchen like a bat avoids daylight, so this is kind of a big deal. First off, the fact that I was even motivated to bake at all is a miracle in itself. Second, I am very nearly the world's most incompetent chef*. People constantly overestimate my ability to perform simple food-related tasks that even a blind squirrel could probably accomplish without too much disaster. (Alison, remember that time that you asked me to take the chicken out of the freezer and put it in a pan of water to defrost? I'll bet you thought that there was no way I could screw that up. You fool.) But I brought my A-game today. The Force was with me, and I turned out those brownies like June Cleaver on her best day AND cleaned up the kitchen afterwards. I even swept the floor. You may praise me. 


2.  Borders is going out of business, so I went over this afternoon and bought five books for an extremely reasonable price.  So I have this problem where I can't go into a bookstore without buying something. Borders is my current enabler until it closes forever, at which point I will be forced into involuntary detox. Maybe that will make me pay my library fine so that I can start going back to the good old Hunterdon County Public Library again.

3.  I wrapped a birthday present like a present-wrapping ninja.  I even used two different kinds of ribbon. Booyah.

Have you thought of your three good things? It's so easy. Like taking candy from a baby. That's right, I said it.

*Seriously though, if God Almighty spoke to you from his little house in the clouds and told you to cook him a passable meal within sixty minutes or else the world would end, and you could choose either me or a cucumber as your assistant, I would go with the cuke. It will cause you less trouble, and if you fail, you'll at least have it to munch on while you wait for the Apocalypse.    



3 comments:

  1. You are so funny...

    1. I might live in a small town, but it has a really great farmer's market, and I got 2 bags of veggies for about $10 this morning!

    2. We just got a candy shop downtown. Vanilla caramel fudge. Enough said.

    3. Our public library has at least half the books on my reading list, and I am taking every advantage of free education!

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  2. Yay Brit! Those are such good things. They just sound like summer to me. I would be at that candy shop EVERY DAY.

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  3. AND - the brownies were awesome!

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