Pinterest is a great place to organize ideas for holidays and events, and since we were having some family over to our house for Easter, I created an “Easter” pin board. I actually made a couple of the things I pinned, and they turned out pretty well!
I poured that over fresh cooked green beans. Voila.
I also made a Pineapple Upside Down Cake – a first for me, but it turned out really well. I found the recipe on one of my favorite sites, Smitten Kitchen. I started by making a caramel sauce, covering fresh pineapple with it, and then pouring the cake batter on top.
Then I turned it upside down!
Delicious!
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Lately I’ve been sending Jenny frantic texts and IMs saying something along the lines of “WTF should I post about today?” Because honestly? I can’t think of anything.
(Ok, I can think of one thing – the dog. We’re in the midst of a one-week home visit and I’m trying to keep my damn mouth shut until I know if I am tethered to this life forever we are going to adopt him. Stay tuned.)
But fortunately other people have lots of really funny, brilliant things to say, so at the risk of sending both all of you away never to return to this blog, here’s what I recommend you read today.
The new (and improved) mommy war, from Kami at The Fence. Here’s one of my (many) favorite lines: Say it with me: The Mommy Wars are nonsensical. We all work hard. We all love our kids. End of story, Media. A-freaking-men.
Everyone knows you should read The Bloggess, but now she’s written a book. I can’t wait to read it.
Speaking of bloggers who wrote books, last week I read Stephanie Neilsen‘s new book, Heaven is Here. I loved it.
So go read those things today, but come back tomorrow… I’m sure we’ll have interesting things to say by then. Or something.
Sadly, I have finished every available episode of Toddlers and Tiaras on Netflix. {Sad face.} I must confess, I loved every. single. minute. I can’t wait until the next season is available on Netflix!
I wasn’t just entertained by T&T, I was educated. And because I love you, my dear readers, so very much, I am going to share with you, the top ten gems of knowledge I gleaned from three heart-stopping seasons of Toddlers & Tiaras. Here goes!
1) If your daughter’s name is Kayleigh (many, many spellings), Kylee, or anything that rhymes with those two names, she will do well in pageants. Keep that in mind, pregos of the world.
2) People who like to put their daughters in pageants also like to give their daughters crazy-a$$ names like “Cealy” and “Salee” (pronounced See-lee and Say-lee). (These two girls were of course BEST FRIENDS, also.) Listen people, if “Cealy” or “Salee” was not your mother’s maiden name, or your maiden name, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS NAMING YOUR KID THAT. It’s just ridiculous. Quit making up names! (I’m talking to you, mother of Sparkal Queenz.)
3) Many three-year-old “divas” will scream and cry when you glue fake eyelashes onto them and pierce their scalps with hairpins. WEIRD!! Also, they don’t like getting their eyebrows plucked. Wusses.
4) Pageant moms are either a) crazy b) their child’s slaves or c) living vicariously through their daughters. Although I am not sure why they would want to wear a short, 70-pound dress covered in heavy stones with six petticoats, a weave, fake eyelashes, and fake teeth, but…THEY DO.
5) If you let your four-year-old throw screaming fits during her sessions with her pageant coach and use a pacifier, she will NOT do well in pageants. But, she will still be your princess. And, her failure to succeed will always be the judges fault.
6) If you dress your daughter like a slutty pop star for the talent competition, she will do well. Even if she is a two-year-old in a Madonna-esque cone bra bustier. Yay for YOU!
7) Spray tanning a dancing four-year-old is “challenging”.
8 ) When a pageant mom sees her five-year-old onstage dressed up like a twenty-five-year-old (in a short dress), she will cry. Because apparently that’s touching?
9) Every pageant mom thinks her daughter stands out in a crowd because of her “personality”. Every. Last. One. Also, their personalities all SHINE when they’re onstage. SHINE, I tell you!
10) All the judges are looking for the “total package”. What is the total package? It’s like, the total package. DUH.
Share the wealth! What have YOU learned from watching all those pageant princesses?
