fall
with harvest over, the farm is quiet and there is time to pet the kitties. there are still odd little jobs to be done, like trimming trees, cleaning the tractors, and climbing up grain bins to tend to the wheat. for outside jobs, eggboy and eggdad must race against the daylight because the days are so wildly short.
eggboy gets enough sleep, he has time to cook venison for dinner. his post-harvest non-sleepy self is so goofy, my face hurts from laughing so much.
-yeh!
you know how on thanksgiving you have your special eating pants that stretch real nice to allow for maximum turkey consumption but even then sometimes you eat too much because the food is just too good and you really wanted more stuffing so you had more stuffing and in the end you're like crap i didn't leave room for dessert? and you know how on hanukkah a similar thing happens where you wear your special eating pants but latkes are just the best and you can't help yourself from eating 12? and you know how you have to now combine the two holidays this year and somehow take advantage of both latkes and turkey on the same day? annnnnd eat dessert? yeah, we're all fucked.
but i have a possible solution! dollhouse-sized versions of everything. starting with the sufganiyot.
my recipe is over on the jew and the carrot. it was a fun one to put together and it reminded me of all those little cartons of dunkin donuts munchkins that were the sign of a true fourth grade party. these donuts have soft fluffy innards and a sturdy, sugary shell. they're really satisfying to bite into. and do they kinda look like boobies?
-yeh!
welcome to the battle of no-shame november vs. the shower.
all this month i've played with the idea of just waiting one more day to shower. but then common sense enters the equation and i have to go out in public or eggboy tells me to shower. i don't know, i've been rather tame in this whole shameless month business (however i am wearing turquoise juicy pants currently, so there's that).
please excuse me for writing my no-shame november list a third of the way through november. i trust you've all been eating nachos and lunchables and other shameless snacks for the past 12 days? (oh, just me? oh...)
hopefully the idea of no-shame november is nothing new to you and you're currently smelling your armpits to make sure that they're just a little bit smelly.
so put on your uggs, brew up some tang, and get listing!
shameless loves, the 2013 edition
saying screw you to bread crust.
uggs. sorry i'm not sorry.
chocolate o'clock. it happens twice as often during november.
i just burped.
emoji. mainly the santa claus and onigiri ones.
those days when my entire calorie intake consists of cake batter.
scotch eggs.
dreadlocks.
interrobangs.
...what are you shamelessly loving this month (or every month)?
-yeh!
i have this asshole of a to-do list sitting on my desk. it is hilariously long and my only hope is that i can grace through it without stress eating nachos or something of the equivalent. jk already did that yesterday. as excited as i am to have these deadlines, it's still a long freaking list. so i'm just going to make an alternative one because that's fun and it's a good way to procrastinate and maybe you'll get some ideas of what to do this weekend:
have fun with rubber stamps! one time, mum and i cleared out the entire sale bin of the michael's rubber stamp department. it was a really strong decision. they are the perfect things for homemade greeting cards, especially when using a computer printer boggles your mind and even more especially when you want that rustic homemade loving vibe. you can get away with more misspelled words that way.
launder your bath mat. for the longest time i thought i smelled bad whenever i was in the bathroom... even on days when i showered. and then i realized it was because i hadn't washed my bath mat since i got it three months ago. (all together now... "ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!")
introduce yourself! sometimes on instagram or twitter or pinterest or in comments here i see the same names over and over and then i get lost on the internet trying to comment back or follow back. i do way better with email (or the contact form at the left), so if you're not too sheepish, drop me a line and say hello and tell me your favorite dinosaur. or cake flavor, either one.
climb a tree. i bet a lot of good climbing trees got lonely when the internet came out. i remember my pre-internet tree-climbing days. they were fun. if it weren't so icy and cold out, i'd totally try this soon. (ooh, and if you're climbing a crab apple tree (because those are the best trees to climb) you should definitely bring back some apples to candy, a la imen!)
become acquainted with the mulberry. have you ever had a mulberry? i've never had a mulberry. i always just thought they were a leather handbag.
listen to new tunes. i have been so satisfied with some music that's come out recently. i regularly sing along to lucius' new album, lily & madeleine make me want to watch the sun rise every morning, death cab's new release brings me back to eighth grade in a good way, the new arcade fire is one you should know if only for conversational purposes, and the son lux. the son lux. just listen to "lost it to trying" and hold your mind together because it will blow your mind. also, get your hands on the new genghis barbie album! (and not just because it includes my snare drum recording debut as dumpling barbie.)
...ok is that six things? alright cool. let's pick a giveaway winner... ms. katie kelly! congratulations! send me your info, lady! her absurd pastry was the snicoissoodle... a snickerdoodle flavored croissaint. sweet pete, get me one of those!
have a looooovely weekend everyone!!!
-yeh!
