Vespas & coyotes

This young woman rides her Vespa from San Francisco to NYC.

On her trip, she falls in love with Wyoming, and after getting to NYC, decides she wants to live back in Wyoming. She now lives there, and is raising a baby coyote that's super cute!

Argh for the day

Ok people, if I want to listen to music at work I bring my own music, and play it quietly through my computer at my desk. I do not make everyone listen to it. I do not make it loud. I can control the volume and if I want to listen to a song, I can, or I can skip it, or whatever.

Please tell me why you must now play Christmas music over the intercom throughout our office.
1. I did not ask for you to broadcast music,
2. The intercom broadcasting should be used for paging people for calls or meetings
only, not extra stuff,
3. I do not want to listen to your guitar/Kenny G/country/acoustic/etc Christmas
music that you like, or that’s “tame” enough to be broadcast office-wide,
4. Please turn it down. Come sit at my desk and try to talk on the phone, see how it
works for you without music volume control.
5. These songs are getting stuck in my head and it’s only been going for 10 minutes,
6. It’s still NO-VEM-BER! NOT DECEMBER! I.E. NOT CHRISTMAS YET! I’m not interested
in Christmas yet, or having Christmas forced on me yet.

Pumpkin waffles

Pumpkin waffles found here - mmmm, mmmm, good.

Banana cake heaven

My friend Sara makes this wonderful Banana cake. I made some last weekend for a potluck. It's great by itself, without any frosting. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized it would also be fabulous with peanut butter frosting. I've yet to make more, but my tastebuds are hungry for it.

Sara’s Banana Cake

1/2 c oil
1.5 c sugar
2 egg yolks
1 c milk
1 TBSP lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c mashed banana
2 c sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Grease & flour 9x13 or equivalent pan. Cream oil & sugar & add egg yolks. Beat well. Add milk, lemon juice, vanilla & beat well. Add mashed bananas & dry ingredients. Stir until combined.

Bake 350F for 35-40 minutes.


Peanut Butter Frosting

5 TBSP butter, softened
1.5 c plus 2 TBSP confectioners' sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c smooth peanut butter
2 to 5 TBSP 2 percent low-fat milk

To make frosting, mix butter & confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer. Add vanilla & peanut butter & beat well. Add 2 TBSP milk slowly, beating with a mixer until very creamy. Add up to 3 additional TBSP milk if necessary to achieve desired consistency.

PB&J

I have no idea why, but this video struck me as greatly amusing.

I'm not a great fan of PB&J sandwiches, and if I have one, I generally like to dunk it in a glass of milk. One way I really like PB&J is in french toast. Yes, french toast. I take my slice of bread, spread peanut butter on it, then some jam, then slap another slice of bread on it, dip the whole thing in the eggy batter, and fry. It makes the PB&J kinda warm and melty, and is just yummy.