Yummy!

Had dinner with Mike and Tamara tonight (because when you are pregnant with triplets you should at least get some Taco Soup out of the deal!) and we ate this delicious cake. Quite accidentally I believe it is VEGAN! Ha, I served Mike vegan food and he didn't even guess! This is a guy that wears a t-shirt that says "I love animals...they are delicious."

I substituted 1/2 c of unsweetened apple sauce for part of the oil because that is how I roll. Served dusted with powdered sugar and sliced strawberries because Stater's had a HUGE container for $4.

Here you go internet...

Quick Chocolate Cake
Mixingbowl.com
6.5 pts.

Moist chocolate cake with no eggs

Servings: 12

Prep time: 5 min.

Cook time: 30 min

Total time: 35 min

Ingredients:

3 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
2 c. cold water
2/3 c. veg. oil
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

Mix together all ingredients and beat until well combined. Pour into 9"x13" cake pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
Serve with whipped cream, Cool Whip, ice cream or just powdered sugar.

Jump in your DeLorean...

Saw this Dress on the Forever 21 website and had a strange surge of memories from my 8th grade graduation.



It is true what they say, "If you wore it the first time, you can't wear it the second time." I am just afraid that because I experienced the 80's so early in life I will have to suffer through my grandchildren wearing pegged acid washed jeans, and using AquaNet hairspray. This by the way is why I was so afraid of getting bangs.

Blogger Beware

updated 5:43 p.m. PT, Wed., June 10, 2009

ST. LOUIS - When Danielle Smith and her family posed for their Christmas card photo last year, they knew they'd share it with family and friends. But the Missouri family wasn't expecting it to show up in the Czech Republic, splashed across a huge storefront advertisement.

Smith, 36, who lives in the St. Louis suburb of O'Fallon, said Wednesday that she posted the photo on her blog and some online social networking sites. It featured her, her husband Jeff and their two children.

About 10 days ago, a college friend was driving through Prague when he spotted their huge smiling faces in the window of a store specializing in European food. He snapped a few pictures and sent them to a flabbergasted Smith.

Is this the craziest thing? Note to self:only post low-resolution photos on my blog. Note to other bloggers:seriously reconsider some of the pictures of your kids you publish.


I do wish I had pictures of myself so good-looking that Czech grocers would steal them for ads. Wouldn't it be tragic to find a picture of yourself somewhere as a "Before" picture. I'm going to the gym right now.

Jack the Tank

Jackson on the occasion of your second birthday a better mom would have made a video montage of your sweetest moments. Instead I have decided to post a video of what I see as your future. As one might expect it's R rated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVVfRDU0H-A

I love you Jackson. You make me laugh, you make me cry, and I get out of bed each morning hoping I can teach you to keep attacking life at a break-neck pace, without actually breaking your neck.

By the way: no beer til your 21, that girl better be your wife, and eventually you will start having to wear pants.

Jack the Tank! Jack the Tank! Jack the Tank!