No explanation for the title of tonight's blog. I've just had that song stuck in my head all day and thought I'd share the ear worm. Sorry!
Anywho, after dealing with the day that would never end at work, I finally came home... to a house completely destroyed by my 4 darling daughters. Seriously? You can't be bothered to place your shoes on the shoe rack in the entryway or put your backpacks where they go without Mom yelling at you to do so? Then I got to explain to DD#1 that doing a half-ass job on washing dishes will make everyone sick... again. Then I, again, showed her how to properly wash dishes while the pasta water was waiting to boil. Maybe one of these days (hopefully before she moves to her dorm in August) she'll FINALLY get the concept. Then, again, I'm already planning on buying each one of my girls a copy of the
Martha Stewart Housekeeping Handbook of their own. (You know, the book that inspired my other blog from '09. Oh, and it covers manually washing dishes on pages 64 & 65. You're welcome.)
Dinner ended up being my emergency "Oh crap! I forgot about dinner!" meal - pasta with sauce and garlic bread. Tonight's pasta was cheese tortellini and the sauce was vodka sauce. I'm just annoyed I didn't have any pancetta. A half pound of pancetta, diced and sauteed until crispy and brown, then tossed into vodka sauce is absolute heaven. (Mental note: add pancetta to grocery list.)
I was hoping I'd get a chance to bake lemon poppyseed scones and blueberry buttermilk muffins tonight but that didn't happen. Hell, the DD's didn't even bother to wash the dinner dishes. *sigh* Maybe I can bribe the DH into doing them? I really DON'T feel up to doing them.
I'm wondering if I can convince the boss to let me take a half-day tomorrow (I'm already off on Friday) but I don't think that will happen. We've just started the month-end closing process for our financial books. Uggh! All I want is an hour or two to myself with no work, no kids, no husband, no phone... just me and Candy Crush... or maybe some uninterrupted crocheting time and a nice cup of English or Irish Breakfast Tea.
Earlier tonight I spent an hour or so making a music playlist for DD#1's high school graduation party. It's much easier (and cheaper) to just program a playlist on iTunes, hook up some speakers, and play that instead of hiring a DJ or renting a "DJ in a Box" (10,000 songs that I'm sure my daughter would like maybe a hundred of with a set of speakers... all for the low, low rental price of $250 a day. And that's the high school grad party "special" price from the rental place. Totally not going to happen.) While I'm still horrified by her intense adoration of Madonna, Lady Gaga and Britney (a/k/a overly commercialized made-for-radio auto-tuned music), I was
very happily surprised when she asked me to add The Ramones, Weezer, Muse, and Jason Mraz to the list. YAY!
Well, maybe I'll actually get some of that baking done after all. I'm thinking I'm going with the blueberry muffins tonight. Nothing like waking up to fresh muffins in the morning. Plus I got an amazing deal on organic blueberries last week ($1.99 a pint!) and I want to use the one pint I didn't freeze before they start going bad.
Good night.
*****Tonight's Recipe: Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins
2 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 C sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 C buttermilk
4 oz. butter, melted and slightly browned
1 1/2 C blueberries
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Sift dry ingredients together in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla. Make a well in dry ingredients and pour in liquid ingredients, mixing quickly. Fold in blueberries.
Spoon batter into greased or lined muffin cups and bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 20 - 30 minutes, until golden brown.
(Super easy recipe and they taste OMG AMAZING!)
