The Ugliest Thing I've Ever Seen In My Life.

I was laying in bed this evening nursing a very bad headache, and while I was laying there in the fetal position hoping that some miracle would take away the constant, throbbing pain that felt like one thousand umpah loompahs jackhammering my frontal lobe I was channel surfing.

I stopped cold on the Shop NBC channel when I saw this.

I could not believe the sheer ugliness of it.

Oh. My. God.

Who would wear this ?

And where would one wear something like this to ?

Who is the woman who says to herself;

" I know what I've been missing my whole life ! A diamond and gold ring of a lion done in the likeness of Elvis. "



I just don't know what else to say.



XO

Bunny

The Stop & Shop Diaries.

Today The Mister and I made a quick trip to Stop & Shop for a few things. Mostly it was a pretty uneventful trip, boring you might say.



But I have a couple of observations.......



1. As most of you know, we are into the snacking foods. ( i.e. anything crunchy and in a bag )We were in the chip aisle ( big shock there, I know ) and noticed that Lays has come out with a new flavor of chip...drum roll please....Crab Seasoning. I went looking for more info about this on the Lays website, but could not find anything. I think it may be a test flavor in a limited market. TM and I stood in the chip aisle for a few minutes trying to decide what exactly that would taste like. This is one of those times it would be wise to have free samples. I don't think anyone would buy an entire bag of Crab Seasoned flavored chip without trying them first.



2. Ever seen a 14 year-old boy bag up maxi pads ? They were the very last item he bagged up. I don't think our poor bagger even wanted to touch them. Then when he did pick them up he put them in a bag like he was holding a live bomb. TM and I both made this observation and giggled to ourselves on the way out of the store.



XO

Bunny

Crack In A Sack.

Let me introduce out newest snacking obsession. BBQ flavored kettle corn - or as The Mister refers to it -crack in a sack. I am beginning to realize that TM and I are quite prolific snackers.

More to the point, we seem to love anything that is crunchy and packaged in a bag.

We've got some mad love for Stacey's Pita Chips

and I'm sure you remember The Snyder's Buffalo Wing pretzels.

Oh, and Steph totally got us hooked on Plocky's.

( the thing about Plocky's is that unfortunately for us they are only sold at Roche Bros, which means that I can only get them if I am in the vicinity of work. And then I usually end up getting at least three bags in a trip...'cause I just never know when I may be in near a Roche Bros again. And heaven forbid I run out of Plocky's. )

Our chip cabinet ( yep, an entire cabinet devoted solely for the purpose of containing bags of chips and their various compatriots) is loaded with at least a dozen different varieties of snacking materials.

Is there a rehab or a 12 step program for this sort of thing ?

TM was playing around with our camcorder this afternoon when he suggested that we remake The Guns Of Navarone

starring our cats.

And he gets on me for my cat fur pics ?!

Whatever.




XXOO

Bunny

Julia Child Need Not Worry.

Most of the time I think that I am a pretty good cook. I am not a chef, that is The Mister's job, but I like to think I can hold my own.
I do the basics really well. Sloppy joes, spaghetti and meatballs, pot roast,baked chicken,pasta salad, brownies, you get the idea.
Once in a while I try out a new recipe.
Tonight I decided to try out Zucchini Crust Pizza. I found this recipe on another China mom's blog and it looked yummy.

It went a little something like this...

2 cups grated zucchini
mixed with
1/2 c. bread crumbs
2 eggs
and
1/3 c. parm.
I skipped the parm and added crumbled soy mozzarella
and added salt and pepper.

Mix those together and bake flattened ( and round ) on a well oiled a pizza pan @ 375 until golden. About 20 minutes.
Then add any pizza toppings you like and put back in the oven until cheese is melted.
I used crushed organic tomatoes. uncured, nitrite free pepperoni, tri colored peppers, red onion and soy mozzarella. Oh yes, I also purchased the zucchini and red onion at the farmers market.
Are you choking on the granola yet ?

Let me tell you where I went wrong.

1. I forgot to remove the blade attachment on the food processor as I was grating the zucchini.
This left me with zucchini soup that I had to strain all the excess water out of.
2. I did not oil the pan well enough.

Which means that we had to scrape the " pizza " off the pizza pan. So it really wasn't so much a pizza as is was heaped onto a plate into an unrecognizable pile of mush.
But it was really quite tasty.
Really.

XO
Bunny

You Can Do It, But We Have No Intention Of Helping You.

Yesterday we rented a rug cleaner from the big, orange home improvement mega store.

The rug cleaner was due back today and I had the good fortune ( lucky me ! ) of being the one to bring it back as TM was working. I was the one who wanted the rugs cleaned in the first place, so I guess that it is fitting that I be the one to return said machine.

I pulled up to the big, orange home improvement mega store and parked in the No Parking zone. ( oh yes I did ! )
I wanted to park as close as possible to the door as I had hurt my back** on Friday and did not want to have to lug the machine any further than I had to.
I took the rug cleaner out of my trunk, chipping a nail ( damn ! ) in the process.
I lugged said machine into the store and proceed to wait for 32 minutes to return it.


There were two couples in line in front of me waiting to rent various machines. Let's call them Middle Aged Couple #1 and Middle Aged Couple #2.
Middle aged couple #1 was attempting to rent a pressure washer from inept big, orange home improvement mega store employee #1. He could not seem to figure out how to process the transaction to save his own life.
Middle aged couple #1 woman, lets call her Mrs. Ugly Sunglasses, was becoming very irritated at said employee's ineptitude.

Middle Aged Couple #2 were outside getting a machine lesson from big, orange home improvement mega store employee #2.

20 minutes has gone by.

Just before all the flesh started to melt off my face Mrs. Ugly Sunglasses says to me
" Rug cleaner, huh ? "
I wish I would have had a wittier response like
" Jeez, is that you're supposed to to with this.....?? "
or
" Oh My God do I have some explaining to do..."
but the only thing I could come up with was
" Yup, my rugs are nice and clean now. "

Neither of the big, orange home improvement mega store employees have chosen to address me at all. The over head PA system started to play " Shiny, Happy People "....you think I'm kidding ?
By this time I would have preferred someone hit me repeatedly in the forehead with a ball peen hammer.

10 more minutes have gone by.

I was going to walk out, leaving the ball and chain rug cleaner behind.
Things were getting desperate and I had to save myself.

Big, orange home improvement mega store employee #3 makes an appearance.
(Where the hell has he been this whole time ????)
Surprisingly enough, he could have passed as Bob Ross's twin brother.

Finally, finally, finally I get a
" Can I help you ? "
About flippin' time.

I could not get home fast enough. I had to chill or my head was going to become unattached from my neck.
I poured myself a drink and listened to Wings.

Feeling much better now.......just another typical, run of the mill day in the life of bunny.

In other ranting....DAMN YOU S. CLYDE WEAVER !!! WHY CAN'T YOU SELL YOUR GRANOLA ONLINE !
Last night TM and I were watching Family Guy while passing the container of S.Clyde Weaver's very fine peanut butter, chocolate chip granola back and forth between us.
It was like we were taking hits off a bong.
I slugged TM if I thought he was taking too much granola.
Hey man, you've had that way too long....gimme.
Our container of S.Clyde Weaver's very fine peanut butter granola is now empty.
Bummer.

** I did hurt my back on Friday and was in a considerable amout of pain for about two days.
But fortunatley muscle relaxers are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. :-)

Here's to self medicating.

XXOO

Bunny

Vanilla Gelato, The New Heroin.

As you've probably gathered from my previous post we had ourselves a little day trip to Newport, RI on Saturday. We had a lovely day. Seafood at an outdoor cafe for lunch. ( lobster roll....mmmmmmm) We walked up and down the main drag of town. There was even an Irish Festival going on. We contemplated going to the festival, however admission was $12 apiece. We could not see paying that to see the entertainment that was free outside the chain link fence. There was also had an Irish market place that specialized in crap we don't need.
I mentioned to TM that had Bill been with us he would have had to go the Irish festival. 'Cause for Bill, being Irish is like heroin. Irish festival...must.go.in..cannot resist....
But I digress.


At any rate, on the other end of the main drag in Newport there is a gelato shop. We went in and tried their free samples before I decided on Strawberry Lemonade sorbet and TM had Madagascar Vanilla gelato.
At some point during the day TM dropped Madagascar Vanilla gelato on his left sneaker. I was not aware of this until yesterday.
No big deal, right ?



Yesterday, we kept hearing this weird thudding noise. We both looked around to discover that Chablis was practically making love to TM's left sneaker, while completely ignoring the right sneaker. She was purring up a storm and rubbing her face all over his shoe. She was even ramming her face inside the shoe. Then she'd roll over onto her side and lick the side of his shoe. At one point she'd pulled the shoe across the room by the laces. Then she'd walk off. Then she'd come slinking back to his shoe. She could not resist the vanilla gelato.
You'd think he dropped smack all over his shoe. She was like a little vanilla gelato junkie.
I'm not really surprised here. Chablis's food tastes run a little on the weird side.
One time she ate a kalamata olive ( ? ) and she's also been known to polish off an entire bag of beef jerky.


Of course this prompted us to get out the video camera in an attempt to get video graphic evidence.
But, the video camera was not charged and I probably would have spent an eternity trying to figure out how to upload videos to my blog.
Perhaps another time.

XXOO
Bunny

Newport, Rhode Island

XXOO

Bunny