Kitty Deschanel | Food, Wine, and Travel Adventures in an Airstream Basecamp

After reading about my candy bar and dishwasher disasters, a friendly commenter wrote: Her next trick: frying the microwave!  Please tell me that you have a microwave story? I'm sorry but I don't have a microwave story, other than the handful of times I've melted plastic bowls by forgetfully leaving a metal spoon inside. Really, who hasn't? I do, however, have a stove story. I was in middle school and my family was preparing to move from San Jose, CA to Albuquerque, NM. Our house was spotless because my parents were getting ready to put it on the market (the value of homes in the Bay Area skyrocketed a few months after they sold the house, but that's a story for another day). Home by myself, I was wasting the afternoon reading magazines and came across an idea for something nice to do for my mom. The magazine (American Girl, I think) suggested that I melt down my old crayons and pour them into heart-shaped molds. I had heart-shaped molds! I gathered up al...

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A moment ago, I was lounging around lazily in my pajamas, reading American Baby magazine (no further comment on that).Suddenly, my leg was itchy. The itchiness moved . I glanced down and saw this: Not that icky, you think? Not even crawling up your leg?? Well, perhaps this will convince you: Blech!

Remember my Flower Delivery Mystery from a while back? Well, much to Sexy Nerd's horror, my secret admirer struck again, this time at my work! OH NO, Sexy Nerd! Somebody loves me. Coming home with a big bouquet of flowers was Sexy Nerd's worst nightmare. The good news? The flowers were actually from my boss. (Gotcha!) I did tell my "secret admirer" story to Sexy Nerd when I got home though, just to keep him on his toes. Come on, you know you would have too. My flowers also came with a card. A few weeks ago, I posted a comment on my Not "Baaad" Sundays Linky Party that my boss wanted me to get her website to the top of Google. Problem? I had no idea how to do that! Lots of online study and time later though, we are the #2 result. And a word of warning to result #1 - you're going down, biyotch! Scrambling for the top Google ranking requires hard work, determination, and lots of curse words. After learning that the flowers...