Use the hints provided to name a candy bar. I'd give you that candy bar for every answer you get right, but tough tamales. Answers will come in a later post, so you'll have to check back for them. I'll leave you hanging for a while...
1. Famous swashbuckling trio of old
2. Indian Burial grounds
3. Galaxy
4. Red Planet
5. Home of movie stars
6. Not laughing out loud
7. Can't hold on to anything
8. A famous author
9. A famous former baseball Player
10. Famous NYC street
11. Twin Letters
12. Superman's other identity
13. A sweet sign of affection
14. Favorite day for working people
15. What bees make
16. Nut Happiness
17. Pleasingly Plump
18. Two female pronouns
19. A feline
20. Single women looking for him
21. Round flotation devices
22. Sun Explosion
23. Bite w/crackling noise
24. Determines who wins most games
25. A Dry Cow
26. zilch
27. A lot of money
28. geeks
29. growth stunted
30. Duke
Friday, May 19, 2006
Silver, Blue, and Gold
"Give me silver, blue, and gold
the color of the sky I'm told.
My rainbow is overdue." - Bad Company
That song is totally talking about my life.
the color of the sky I'm told.
My rainbow is overdue." - Bad Company
That song is totally talking about my life.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Fortunate fortunes
I tried to make fortune cookies from scratch over the weekend. It was an experience. To Sum up: They may not be perfect but they taste good. Here's my adaptation of a recipe I used from dianaskitchen.com.
Fortune Cookies
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter -- melted
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Combine ingredients in order, mixing well after each addition. Chill 20 minutes. Make cookies 2 at a time. On greased cookie sheet, drop a spoonful of dough for each cookie. It is very important to spread dough very thin with back of spoon to about 3 inch diameter.
Bake about 7-10 minutes or until edges are lightly brown. Working quickly, place a fortune** in the center of each cookie. Fold cookie in half enclosing fortune, to form a semi-circle. Grasp rounded edges of semi-circle between thumb and forefinger on one hand. Place forefinger of other hand at center of folded edge, and push in, making certain solid sides of cookie puff out. (Or instead of using your finger to make the indent, push the side of the hot cookie on a counter edge) There's not much time to make the cookie shape because it will get hard fast! That's why they suggest doing 2 at a time. Remember: it will be hot!
Place each cookie in small size muffin tin or a cup, open edges up, until cookie is set. Store in airtight container.
Beforehand: Cut some paper into 2 inch x 1/2 inch strips. Type or write fortunes on them, to insert in cookies.
Fortune Cookies
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter -- melted
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Combine ingredients in order, mixing well after each addition. Chill 20 minutes. Make cookies 2 at a time. On greased cookie sheet, drop a spoonful of dough for each cookie. It is very important to spread dough very thin with back of spoon to about 3 inch diameter.
Bake about 7-10 minutes or until edges are lightly brown. Working quickly, place a fortune** in the center of each cookie. Fold cookie in half enclosing fortune, to form a semi-circle. Grasp rounded edges of semi-circle between thumb and forefinger on one hand. Place forefinger of other hand at center of folded edge, and push in, making certain solid sides of cookie puff out. (Or instead of using your finger to make the indent, push the side of the hot cookie on a counter edge) There's not much time to make the cookie shape because it will get hard fast! That's why they suggest doing 2 at a time. Remember: it will be hot!
Place each cookie in small size muffin tin or a cup, open edges up, until cookie is set. Store in airtight container.
Beforehand: Cut some paper into 2 inch x 1/2 inch strips. Type or write fortunes on them, to insert in cookies.
Monday, May 01, 2006
Cavies n'at
We got ourselves a little pet this weekend. A cute little cavie/guinea pig that was dubbed Mr. Frodo by my LOTR freak husband whom I'll call "Sport-O." Frodo is his little buddy. He already has him sqeaking and purring. If we ever get him a friend, that piggy will be named Samwise. :) If you don't know what I'm talking about pick up a book, or watch the movies. Believe me, it's not hard. But getting another one is for another day. One at a time. Gee- Sounds like kids. Well, this is a dress rehearsal for getting kids I suppose.
Anyway- I told my family about our new addition and we couldn't believe the reactions we've gotten. Negative reactions. It's so strange. People think that these little critters are mean and yucky. Nothing like stereotyping the poor little guy. He didn't do anything wrong except for pee on Sport-O the first day we got him. All that matters is that Sport-O will enjoy having a little buddy at home while he works away at his business all day, just as long is Frodo doesn't start to chew on the pewter figurines he paints.
It would've been too hard to have a dog or a cat because we don't live in a very big apartment, plus with the traveling we do, that would make it more difficult to bring our pets around. We've already got a cavie sitter lined up for the next time we go out of town, so problem solved. Unless- they let their cats "play" with Frodo....
Anyway- I told my family about our new addition and we couldn't believe the reactions we've gotten. Negative reactions. It's so strange. People think that these little critters are mean and yucky. Nothing like stereotyping the poor little guy. He didn't do anything wrong except for pee on Sport-O the first day we got him. All that matters is that Sport-O will enjoy having a little buddy at home while he works away at his business all day, just as long is Frodo doesn't start to chew on the pewter figurines he paints.
It would've been too hard to have a dog or a cat because we don't live in a very big apartment, plus with the traveling we do, that would make it more difficult to bring our pets around. We've already got a cavie sitter lined up for the next time we go out of town, so problem solved. Unless- they let their cats "play" with Frodo....
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