I’m not sure where I got this meme. It’s been in my draft folder for weeks/months. The rules are simple: Each answer has to start with the same letter as the first letter of your name and if an answer is a place name it should be real, not fictional. If someone who answers before you has the same first letter, try to come up with different answers than they did. Feel free to play if you so desire. And so……
Your name: Marcy A type of tree or shrub: Magnolia Something an astronaut would study: Microgravity Eight-letter word: Mellow A sports team (any sport): Montreal Canadiens (does that count? If not, Maple Leafs) A character in movie or play: Matt Hooper (Jaws) A nickname (or endearment) for someone you like: My pet Something that could get you arrested: Motor vehicle theft Something you’d take to a picnic: Macaroni salad A reason someone might get an award, medal, or trophy: Making the best pie at the county fair. Something that makes you smile: Mimosas
I am notorious for baking only during the cooler months. It was one of the first things that I warned Sweet Baboo about me. But a few nights ago, he got this look on his face — it was his “gee, I wish I could have something chocolate” face. I just go to mush when I see that face, so I hauled out my cookbook (okay, computer) and found this recipe for cookies. Very easy to make, BUT!!!! you MUST boil the chocolate combination on the stove for exactly one minute!! No more no less!! Too little and it won’t harden — too much and it will become brittle and explode! (Just kidding about the exploding.)
2 cups granulated sugar (I made mine with 1 1/2 cups — didn’t notice a difference)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup butter
3 cups quick oats (don’t use the old fashioned - I know from experience)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place oats, peanut butter and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Set aside.
Combine sugar, milk, cocoa and butter in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute (no longer and no less!). Remove from heat. Pour over oat mixture**; stir well.
Drop by large spoonfuls onto wax paper and let cool.
**Based on my own klutziness, I chose to pour the oatmeal into the chocolate combination. From experience, pouring hot anything is not a good idea for me!!
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My mind has been playing with this topic now for a few days and I’m sorry to say that not much bubbles up. The American Heritage Dictionary has all kinds of things to say about this word — the one below seemed to fit the bill for me.
1. Evil by nature and in practice: “this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred” (Winston S. Churchill).
2. Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic’s wicked wit.
3. Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions.
4. Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench.
5. Slang: Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation
Maybe it’s a New England thing, but wicked is not a word that I use extensively, especially in the sense of bad/immoral/mean/rotten/sinful blah, blah, blah. (I have lots of other, much more (ahem) creative, although not totally original, words that I use when I need to express myself negatively. Perhaps there will be a Sunday Scribblings topic devoted to that particular subject in the future!!) Instead, I seem to use it as an adjective as listed in #5 above- to enhance the adverb, usually in the positive — as in wicked good. And also as in, it’s wicked easy to get off the track while blogging — as I was putting this post together, I managed to visit and leave comments on 7 or 8 other wicked great to read blogs!!
My arthritic thumb has finally gotten the best of me. Sweet Baboo made this frame for me a few years ago and I used it extensively, but not so much in the last 5 years or so. It’s a beautiful piece, but it’s a shame for it to sit in my sewing/craft/home office room when someone could be using it. These pics should be clickable so that you can see them larger. (Please ignore the debris in the background of the pictures. I took these pictures about a year ago when we were putting in our new carpeting so all of my “stuff” roamed from room to room until we were finished.) If you have any questions, please leave them in the comment box below and they will be forwarded to me.
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