Kitty Deschanel

Let's play a little label game. At the recommendation of my coworkers, I decided to try Blue Bell ice cream . It was okay. One particular ingredient seems very odd to me though. See if you can guess which one. According to the column on the left, Bluebell ice cream uses only the freshest and finest ingredients money can buy. They also "mix in a little love." The result? Partially hydrogenated soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup, just the way Grandma used to make it. I can forgive the long list of colorings and artificial flavors, but...an ingredient breakdown for almonds? Almonds are just almonds! Aren't they? Why are you adding partially hydrogenated oil (AKA trans fat) to your almonds, Blue Bell ice cream? I don't think I'll be buying Blue Bell ice cream again in the future. Made with loving care indeed. For Label Game 1, please click here . For folks who prefer their ice cream without gross additives, here's a quick, easy recipe for Pe

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A few years ago, Sexy Nerd and I spent 3 weeks apart while my mom and I visited family in the Seychelles. Although he made it seem like he didn't want me to leave, Sexy Nerd was secretly looking forward to it. He had a surprise planned. For years, I had wanted to buy a pretty new bed, just like this one: Unfortunately, being a full-time student and working as a Pizza Hut manager didn't leave me with any money to actually buy a bed. Sexy Nerd was also a poor college student. What to do, right? Build a bed, of course! It took up the entire bedroom in our rental house! Of course, we have since moved into our own house and our tastes have changed. Want to guess where I am heading with this? Fear not, my bloggy friends. Although the photo above looks like a hopeless mess, our bedroom remodel is actually close to finished (with more photos coming soon!) One of the last steps is to sand down this ginormous bed and restain it a dark brown. *Ugh!* We're qui

When we remodeled our kitchen, we painted the door to the laundry room with chalkboard paint. Let me tell you, if you don't have a chalkboard in your house, you are missing out! It is so much fun to write wacky messages together! The paint was a little tricky to obtain. They keep it locked up at Lowes , where I suppose it will be safe from all those elementary school teachers with bad intentions. We can only hope, right? Biscuit mostly speaks Spanish.   It's a long story. Christmas in August? Sure, why not! Cartoon Sexy Nerd never leaves home without his trusty Pocket Protector Neither of us speaks Spanish, (other than a few phrases we remember from college) but the phrases are supposed to say something about our dog Biscuit hiding under the safety of the table and searching for her turtle. If our online translator can be believed, it does.   Note that Pica is shedding profusely, like usual. She does not speak Spanish and is just mocking