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LET’S ALL WELCOME A NEW BLOGGER TO THE CORRAL.

~ thedailydish ~ 6 Comments

Good morning everyone! WHY YES< I WILL BE SHOWERING SOON. Thank you for noticing. But first. Today I have been asked to write a VERRRRRRY special email by my older daughter. You see, Maddie has (after mucho begging) been allowed to start her VERY OWN BLOG. This was suggested some time ago by none other than my good pal Curly, who claimed to be running out of decent venues to visit. Unfortunately I made the mistake of mentioning this idea to Mads, who has taken the idea and run away w/ it. AND SO much like the tick which tried burrowing its way into my tum-tum, Maddie’s got bit by the blog bug BAAAD, and has been harassing me at every turn since. Mommy when can I have my own blog. Mommy I want to use your camera. mommy help me put this up. And on and on and ONNNnnnnnnn.

So w/out further ado, WORLD. Meet Maddie.

SunflowerStripes is her new handle. I urged her to explain her choice of name, but she stated flatly NO WAY. I don’t want EVERRRRYONE knowing my game! And so, I will leave it at that. Please visit Maddie and welcome her to the blogosphere. I Promised her some serious stats. SO FOR HER SAKE, PLEASE GO OVER AND SAY HI. Otherwise, she will be bugging me to help her do more photos and more elaborate posts, and frankly, I am not even keeping up w/ my own blog, let alone hers.

Thanks in advance!

GOOD NEWS!!!

~ thedailydish ~ 8 Comments

Weeeellllll. How’s everyone doing?? ME TOO! It makes sense that my last post was about slacking, b/c it’s been two days and I haven’t been blogging – or even READING BLOGS – at all. Crazy! I know. And I am sorry. I have been thinking about everyone, but that whole “losing my dishwasher” thing really threw me over the edge. I am verrry pleased to announce however, that as of today, we HAVE A BRAND NEW DISHWASHER!!! And it is NOT ME!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to introduce Whirlpool 2. Look how beautiful he is!

WOW! My husband is HOTTTTTTTTTT. And the dishwasher is good looking too!

We did end up buying our new washer from Lowe’s. It was affordable (sort of) and did not leave me screaming inside anymore. So I am so happy. I did however end up having to wash a whole helping heaping of pots & pans.. Not good. I have a terrible time w/ dishwashing liquid b/c my skin is incredibly dry. I am going to have to moisturize like CRAZY to get them back to the level of suppleness they are accustomed to. It is HARD being a housewife, let me tell you.

SO. besides the whole DISHWASHER saga. Today was the first delivery & pickup for our CSA. For those of you unfamiliar with a CSA, it is a Community Supported Agriculture group, a produce co-op if you will, and it is AWESOME. A friend (HOLLA!! J.) and I are co-hostess-ing this year, and since she is away on vaca (hissssssssssss) I am taking the 1st half of the season. I met many lovely people today during pickup hours (and doesn’t THAT sound exciting – hah!) we got a whole delectable array of gorgeous organic veggies, including asparagus, portabello mushrooms and an assortment of greens. For dinner I made pasta w/ sauteed spinach and mushrooms, and it was FABBBBBBULOUS. Yum. Yum. YUmmmmm.

I wanted to remind all of you that tomorrow (or TODAY, depending upon when you read this) – FRIDAY, MAY 9th is your VERY LAST CHANCE to sign up to win a FREE NECKLACE in my (Curly-inspired) Pay It Forward. I am getting very excited to make those beautiful pieces and I am wishing you all the very best of luck at winning them. If you’ve yet to sign up, do so now. Time’s a-wasting! I will be drawing the 3 lucky recipients Saturday morn, once I have shaken off my beauty sleep and fed our huge cadre of animals. Woohoo. It should be lots of fun, since I am going to do a super high-tech *Picking it from a HAT* drawing. WOW. Until then, Good luck everyone!