Kitty Deschanel

Thank you so much to everyone who voted in this week's Best in Show competition. It was a very close race, but on the last day one talented blogger ran away with the election. You might recognize some of her work: Who wouldn't want to receive one of these darling cherry cards? Love the blue nail polish! Congratulations, Fuzzy Slippers Designs ! I spent longer than I'd planned browsing through all your creative posts. There are so many fun card designs! Here is your award: Thank you to all the bloggers who participated in the Not "Baaad" Sundays blog hop last weekend. The linky will be back up tomorrow, along with another chance to win the Best in Show award. I hope to see you soon!

I found the recipe for these hush puppies here . I had half a can of creamed corn to use up, so I decided to make hush puppies. Just look at all that oil! While waiting for the first batch to finish cooking, I decided to take a photo of my recently organized pantry. By next week, when it's no longer neat and tidy, I'm really going to appreciate this photo! Why do we have so many cans of tomato soup?? After frying up 3 batches, here is all the oil that was left: That's right - absolutely none whatsoever! But that can't be right. Sexy Nerd and I didn't eat all that oil, did we? How much was in the pan to begin with? Come to think of it, I'd rather not know how much oil we started with. Feeling a little guilty and grossed out from frying up so many hush puppy sponges, I decided to experiment with cooking the rest of the batter like a giant, corny pancake. *This is not recommended if you want your hush puppies to taste like hush puppies! A

Sexy Nerd constantly harasses me about my thrifty ways. His case against me may have improved last night, when he was cutting a zucchini and this happened: He claims that he could have lost a finger and perhaps even have been killed. Maybe it was just an extra-tough zucchini? On a side note, has anyone seen any bargains on knives lately? I think we have plenty - an entire drawer full of ones just like this! - but I suspect Sexy Nerd is going to throw them out.

Sexy Nerd and I visited my family in Tucson for Christmas (remember the airport frisking I received? Good times.) I blogged about Christmas day, but was a bit lazy about the rest. When you think about it, January 17th is really pretty close to December 26th. The Plan: Everyone meet for breakfast, then head next door to the Reid Park Zoo with my cousin, her husband, and their 2 kids The Reality: The restaurant that we drove across town to eat at was closed. No biggie. Sexy Nerd and I love McDonalds breakfast burritos (and I love Cinnamelts! Oooh, the ooey gooeyness!) Change in Plans: Follow my aunt and uncle's car. We'll eat breakfast at their house instead. Back across town. Waaaay past the Reid Park Zoo. Past several McDonalds. Have you ever noticed how spread out everything in Tucson is? Albuquerque is much more compact. What to do when going back and forth in an unfamiliar city while a frustrated Sexy Nerd drives and ignores you? Self portraits! At my au