Yeah, but you get reminded of the bad ones forever.
Tonight there will be hockey! The jerseys are ready, as are the flags for the car. All I have to do is make it through the day. It has been a long summer.
Fortunately I still have an entire bag of Hershey’s dark chocolate kisses to help me make it through the day.
Here we are at Friday again. The weekend looms. Hopefully the looming won’t have anything to do with dumb ol Wilma. 
We had barbacue chicken last night with some nice zuchinni squash. I haven’t grilled chicken in a while but it came out real nummy.
All this talk about dark chocolate and kisses and whatnot is just killing me. I am struggling with the five pounds that set up squatters rights since I quit smoking and am determined to evict those suckers so knock it off already. 
Tupug
Just ask Bobbio. Beer and cockies anybody? 
Oh and for Snakescatlady:
GO COTTONMOUTHS!!!
I know that a cottonmouth is a snake and/or a hockey player. But it has a different primary meaning for me, and it took me a moment to understand why anybody would want to be that thirsty.
I haven’t finished my coffee yet.
So, tonight I’m going out to dinner with Mom, who’s up for the weekend to help me look for a condo. (Note: If your parents say “How 'bout we buy you a condo?” you must at least give them the satisfaction of helping you look for it. And yes, I’m wicked spoiled, but at least I’m aware of it.)
We’ve got four places lined up to look at tomorrow, and I’m very excited. I have visions of falling in love with some cute little townhouse and making the offer right there and then and having a new place to live by Christmas where I can have a real tree and a dishwasher and I can paint the walls any color I want and do my laundry inside the house and have a party without worrying about the people downstairs. I realize this is a process that takes months, in most cases, but I am The Empress of Instant Gratification, and I want to move now. Ashes[sup]2[/sup] can tell you how much our apartments suck. 
I came this close to making that chocolate cake. I printed off the recipe and actually took it with me to the grocery store. But cooler heads prevailed, as I was reminded that the entire house needed vacuuming (and possibly the living room carpet run over with the shampooer), the sheets in the guest room needed changing and Intensive Tidying needed to be done in preparation for the Arrival of the In-Laws. Couple that with the chili I’m making for dinner tonight, and you get no time for decadent cake. We grabbed some refridarated dough and called it Dessert. There’s been talk of going back for ice cream, too–so the downward pants movement project is probably temporarily on hold.
I should be re-arranging my office now in preparation for The New World Order (yes, I welcome my new PR overlords), but I’m too lazy.
I may have more adorable photos soon. Cherry Baby was running around like a mad thing in all his nakkie splendor last night, so naturally we have a bazillion new photos.
No need to promise pie, unless it’s lemon meringue.
Here ya go.
Hot Fudge Sundae Cake
cake:
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
2 Tbsp baking cocoa (I use Hershey’s)
2 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsps vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I use walnuts)
sauce:
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 1/2 cups hot water
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Spray inside of crockpot with nonstick cooking spray. (2-3 1/2 quart cooker). Mix first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Stir in milk, oil and vanilla until smooth. Add nuts. Spread batter evenly in crock pot.
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Mix brown sugar and cocoa together, add hot water and stir until smooth. Pour evenly over batter in cooker.
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Cover and cook on HIGH for 2- 2 1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Turn off crockpot; let cake stand UNCOVERED for 30 minutes.
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Spoon into dessert dishes, ladle sauce over cake.
(we usually skip the 30 minute wait, and gob this over vanilla ice cream).
I dunno how choc chips or similiar would melt down in this recipe. Perhaps if they were added during the 30 minute wait period–hmmm. Think I’m onto something here.
Just what have we been talking about that would trigger
**
Infidelity Recovery Now**
in the Google ads? 
Google seems to think us dopers as a whole are infidels. Or engage in infidelity. Or sump’n like that cause that’s been the ad in several threads I’ve been in today all over the board.
But when it’s not INFIDELITY, it’s PEACE & LOVE!!
Ah, sweet irony.
Maybe we’re supposed to strive for peaceful infidelity?
I’m down with that.
Well, sadly I don’t have binoculars, so I can’t tell you about their eye color, but toned - check, muscular - check, athletic - check. And mmmmmMMMMM, do they look good in their tight white baseball pants. And if they happen to bend over… well, this is a family show so I can’t tell you what I start thinking. It is good living next to the baseball field.
Here’s the butterscotch cake recipe. It’s not as decadent as the chocolate upside-down cake, but it gets rave reviews wherever I take it. One of the women at work says its her favorite cake now.
Butterscotch Cake
1 box yellow cake mix
1 box butterscotch instant pudding mix
1 ½ cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup butterscotch chips
Combine first 5 ingredients. Beat with mixer or by hand until smooth. Pour into greased 13x9 pan. Sprinkle chips over top. Bake at 350 for approx. 35 minutes.
Note that this can easily be converted into a rich chocolate cake by using choc cake mix, choc pudding mix, and choc chips. Actually, that’s the original recipe, but I needed a non-choc cake one time and invented this alternative. It’s really easy and quick to make. And really doesn’t need frosting because it’s very moist and nummy on its own. Although some ice cream wouldn’t hurt!
All these recipes this week! It’s great!
I live next to a baseball field, and I get old fat guys playing in the bar league, wearing sweatpants.
My baseball field sucks.
And no, I don’t have any work to do today, thanks for noticing.
I shoulda pointed out that it’s a college baseball field so they’re college athletes. No old fat guys.
I am inspired to add to the MMP Decadence Cookbook. This is kind of unusual, but believe me, it’s abo-frickin-lootly delicious.
**The Word’s Best (And Easiest) Chocolate Pudding **
From Vegan Vittles by Joanne Stepaniak
1 10.5 oz. package lite silken tofu (firm), crumbled
2/3 cup unbleached cane sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp. vanilla extract
pinch of salt
Place all the ingredients in a food processor fitted with a metal blade and process until smooth, creamy, and thick.
Transfer to a storage container, and chill the pudding in the refrigerator until serving time.
Yield: 1.5 cups
You don’t have to use unbleached cane sugar. I use regular, or fructose.
Dammit! College? Why can’t they be a little older? ::sigh::
donkeybear likes 'em older. They’re easier to chase down.
I just popped in to say that I’m all for the downward pants movement for women.
That is all. Carry on.
Back later.
Okay, I just <snerk>ed so hard that I hurt myself.
eleanor, I think I’m going to try out your crock pot cake recipe this weekend… Looks very nummy!
Very slow today at work. I’ve actually had time to work on Monday’s post (I still got it, right?) I’m torn between home improvement stuff or telling the world about the alien inthe cubicle next to mine. Should I put it to a vote?