My past few tries at bread baking have been reasonably successful and I can't begin to tell you the joy this brings me. I think there is nothing that I enjoy more than homemade bread fresh out of the oven. My mom is a wizz with yeast, but for years my attempts have all failed. Every holiday her yeast rolls are the staple food and there would be hell to pay with my grandfather and my cousin if those yummy serving sized babies didn't make their way to the table. This past Christmas I made her walk me through every minute detail of the process and in the end the rolls were my creation. I came home to bake bread for my big holiday dinner with Bonnie and it wasn't as good as having my mother's watchful eye, but it was edible and delightful all the same. I haven't made any attempts since then, though since Friday I've been having a monster craving from being in a Foley's Bakery shop. (mm...foley's...) So, tonight as Bonnie left for work I started in on some whole wheat bread. I just took it out of the oven and sliced that steaming first bit off, slathered it in Cabot Creamery butter and savored every little bite.
I'm contemplating driving to the hospital to share the bready goodness with my girlfriend. It would be the thoghtful thing to do, but alas it's nearly bedtime on a school night and the temperature has dropped quite a bit since this afternoon. Perhaps I could store it in the freezer til I see her on Wednesday? Oh the moral dilemmas I have...
Who was your first celebrity crush?
Submitted by Glory.
I still stand by that I was the first person to love Leonardo DiCaprio. I loved him when he was short and greasy and wearing flannel on Growing Pains. Damn he was a hot 12 year old...
Though, I must say, I'm almost ashamed to admit it today. I have mixed feelings about his worldly popularity.
It's easier to list my cleaning products than to think of 5 things you don't know about me. Thanks for the idea, Jaime!
Nighttime face wash. I brush my teeth, I wash my hands, I take out my contacts and I get a steaming hot washcloth all lathered up with this stuff.
Morning (in the shower) face wash. I joke about the biggest problem with this being sure to not rinse the exfoliating "rocks" into your eyes. And more than once I've rubbed them out of my nostrils midday. But my face feels softer and generally cleaner. I use the blemish control version. I have used the standard version, but it doesn't keep my breakouts as low as the salicylic acid version. Ahhh salicylic acid....
This is my conditioner. I'm currently on the hunt for the perfect shampoo, so I can't share that with you. I love the lavender smell of this. I love that it's organic. I love that it's relatively inexpensive ($5-6?).
What I need in a shampoo: something that won't leave my scalp dry, itchy or flaky. Something that won't leave my hair greasy, stringy, or flat. Something that won't strip out any "color enhancing" I might or might not do. Preferrably something natural and/or organic. Jaime, shall I try yours? I do have a $25 coupon to the new whole foods....
Bonnie totally got my hooked on the "all in one" almond castile soap. I use it for body wash, but apparently I could use it to wash my hair, my dishes, perhaps even my car?? My biggest challenge is to keep from drinking it- it smells so delicious! For a short time I was finishing up a bottle of Body Shop Satsuma citrus body wash and if Bonnie was using the almond stuff at the same time it was like we were making some sort of fancy dessert in the shower. Yum.
I'm just such a sucker for Aveeno. When I get out of the shower I lather myself all up in this stuff. I like how it's not greasy, it rubs in easily. It doesn't have a grandma smell and it doesnt' leave me feeling sticky. Again, quite affordable.
When I'm all done getting clean I top myself off with a little 'brown black' thickening, lenghtening mascara. I feel naked without it. It's my only every day makeup staple (I think I get the love for mascara from my mom- it's her only staple as well) Though when I'm feeling fancy I do get out my liner wind up 'pencil' and my liquid/gel shadow.
I know the sold out, but I still love Tom's. My mom used it the other day when she was here, and apparently it's an acquired taste. I don't remember because I prefer it now. *knock on wood* 27 years and cavity free....
When I first discoverd this back in college I described it as "eating Girl Scouts..." Um...that was inaccurate- more like eating Girl Scout COOKIES. I'm a hardcore chapstick addict. I'll try other products here and there, but I always come back to the 'girls in green' for my lip mosturizing satisfaction.
