Um, Here Ya Go

by Leslie

We’ve got company coming this evening for a down-and-dirty couples 80s trivia challenge that Dave and I fully intend on winning. We’ve already choreographed an elaborate hand-slapping, hip-bumping celebration dance designed to torture the losers. I’ve got a lot to do today to get ready (especially since I accomplished nothing more than rocking at on-line karaoke yesterday). So, I don’t have time to take all the things I want to share with you and wrap them up in a nice little package with a pretty pink bow on top. So, here they are tossed into a plain brown paper bag.

I’ve lost 5 pounds. Yay! I’ve got to give some of the credit for this success to my squishy cat, Katie, who has single-handedly (or single-pawedly?) increased the difficulty of my work out to a super duper fat burning level by acting as a living, moving obstacle course. She runs figure eights around my legs while I do The Twist. She lays on her back dangerously close to me and rolls from side to side while I do The Pony, completely undisturbed by the fact that I could crush her to death with one slight misstep. She walks alongside me, darting in front of me here and there, as a I march!, march!, march! and pivot! from side to side. I’ve calculated that she adds approxmately 2,000 extra steps and an immeasureable amount of bouncing to my exercise routine by forcing me to dodge her. The end result is weight loss, so I’m not complaining.

My husband is a great singer! You already know about the on-line karaoke jam we had here, yesterday. Well, after a whole lot of coaxing, I convinced him to record a duet with me. We practiced a time or two and he half-heartedly droned along. Then, I hit the record button, shoved the microphone in his face and watched the transformation take place. He sang! Really well! And he even performed a bit. Sadly, the microphone couldn’t pick both of us up and he refused to record one alone, so you’ve got to take my word, for now. Of course, you could always visit him here and beg him for a tune. He’s having a comment drought and would be so high from all the attention, I’m sure he’d oblige (especially if it means you’d be back to hear the song).

Speaking of karaoke, have you seen the movie Duets? You should.

We got snow! It happened on Sunday. We had a lot of fun playing in it.

I taught Julia how to make snow angels and she went straight to work covering as much of our property as possible with them. We did some sled riding, or more acurately, garbage can lid riding (they moved faster than the sleds).

I found a fabulous new way to prepare potatoes. We live on a pretty strict budget, which means we do without some extras, like elaborate and exciting side dishes at dinner. Our budget is so tight currently that we have one choice: potatoes. In an effort to make potatoes in new and different ways, I stumbled upon this little treaure: tongue tingling potato wedges. All you do is cut your potatoes (after you wash them, of course) lengthwise into four wedges. Then, spray the cut sides with some cooking spray and dunk them in some seasoned bread crumbs mixed with grated parmesan cheese. Place them on a greased baking sheet and cook them for about 20 minutes or more at 425 degrees. They’re done when they look all brown and you can poke them real easy with a fork. Serve with some cool dipping sauces. They are delicious. It’s like a party in your mouth. Or maybe my starved taste buds are a little overactive due to the new diet and they’re only okay. I don’t know. You’ll have to try them.

Sorry about the brown bag. I’ll give you something real pretty tomorrow.

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Comments

7 Cool Kids Came To Play

Karly on January 23, 2007 3:45 pm
Ooh, those potatoes sound yummy. I never have potatoes in my house…they always end up rotting. But, I bought some yesterday for mashed potatoes…might just hafta make those instead.
Daddy Forever on January 23, 2007 11:34 pm
Congrats on losing 5 pounds. It looks like you have a lot of snow. Until the snow melt, I don’t think you ever run out of ammo.
Ruth on January 23, 2007 11:44 pm
Yay for the 5lbs gone!! That is awesome. The potatoes sound good, maybe we will try that tomorrow, we are always looking for something other then mashed!!
kelley on January 24, 2007 10:54 am
Mmmm, potatoes. Personally, I’m not sure there’s a way to make them not delicious. Your potato wedge recipe sounds yummy, and even easy enough for me! Do you like sweet potatoes? You can do some interesting things with those, too (beyond the standard brown sugar thing). And they’re supposed to be really healthy. I like to hunt for recipe ideas at Allrecipes.com (they let people rate the recipes and comment on them, too, which is helpful).

Have fun tonight!
kelley on January 24, 2007 10:56 am
btw, Duets? Sounds awesome and hilarious. I love the little blurb on Amazon: “…a bored suburban businessman turns outlaw karaoke singer, among other plotlines. ”

Outlaw karaoke singer!
Michelle on January 24, 2007 4:08 pm
Get that man on video and let’s his abilities!
petite mommy on January 24, 2007 6:55 pm
We love potatoes here so I’ve gotten quite creative with them. Sounds yummo!