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How I celebrated Valentine's Day
Tuesday, 16 February 2016 08:41 pm"All I Really Need Is Love, But A Little Chocolate Now And Then Doesn't Hurt!"*
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Last week, I made earrings for three of my friends at work—Irene, Juli, and Sara—and brought candy for Laine. That was a lot of fun because it seemed to take them all by surprise and make them happy.
Over the weekend, I marathoned all the Andy Hardy movies, in order. Now that's a series of movies a fan can love. There's great continuity (except for some cast changes and an older sister who disappears after the first movie) and they actually talk about things that happened in previous movies.
My favorite thing about them is the attitude about necking. Andy is always talking about it being "good, clean fun," and the girls like it as much as the boys do. Of course, kissing is as far as it goes, but still, this is not something the "Family Values" people would approve of. Oh, and Andy's sister dates a married man—and keeps seeing him even after he tells her!
Not that the "Family Values" people would approve of most of the messages the movies have: fair play, kindness to others, helping people who are less fortunate than you are, being fair and honest. It's very soothing to spend two days in Carvel.
Saturday, I cleaned out Meg's litter box. It was a big day.
Sunday, it snowed and I never left the house. In the afternoon I made cupcakes.
I found out you can replace the eggs and oil with a cup of yogurt. It makes the cupcakes more dense and muffin-like. I used yellow cake and added nutmeg and cinnamon to make spice cake. I also put in some red food coloring, in an attempt to make them pink, but you know something? Red plus yellow does not equal pink. I used two mixes, so there should have been forty-eight cupcakes, but the batter was much thicker and I only ended up with thirty-six, but it didn't matter—I couldn't carry more than thirty-two anyway. I put butter cream on them, then drew hearts with red decorating icing. I got pretty good at drawing hearts.
Monday, I took the cupcakes in to work along with candy for Pam, and a pot of tulips for Jeanne, who was coming to have lunch with us. Again, much surprise and pleasure. And lunch was a lot of fun, and I got a nice surprise when it Jeanne paid for my lunch as a birthday present.
*Lucille van Pelt
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Last week, I made earrings for three of my friends at work—Irene, Juli, and Sara—and brought candy for Laine. That was a lot of fun because it seemed to take them all by surprise and make them happy.
Over the weekend, I marathoned all the Andy Hardy movies, in order. Now that's a series of movies a fan can love. There's great continuity (except for some cast changes and an older sister who disappears after the first movie) and they actually talk about things that happened in previous movies.
My favorite thing about them is the attitude about necking. Andy is always talking about it being "good, clean fun," and the girls like it as much as the boys do. Of course, kissing is as far as it goes, but still, this is not something the "Family Values" people would approve of. Oh, and Andy's sister dates a married man—and keeps seeing him even after he tells her!
Not that the "Family Values" people would approve of most of the messages the movies have: fair play, kindness to others, helping people who are less fortunate than you are, being fair and honest. It's very soothing to spend two days in Carvel.
Saturday, I cleaned out Meg's litter box. It was a big day.
Sunday, it snowed and I never left the house. In the afternoon I made cupcakes.
I found out you can replace the eggs and oil with a cup of yogurt. It makes the cupcakes more dense and muffin-like. I used yellow cake and added nutmeg and cinnamon to make spice cake. I also put in some red food coloring, in an attempt to make them pink, but you know something? Red plus yellow does not equal pink. I used two mixes, so there should have been forty-eight cupcakes, but the batter was much thicker and I only ended up with thirty-six, but it didn't matter—I couldn't carry more than thirty-two anyway. I put butter cream on them, then drew hearts with red decorating icing. I got pretty good at drawing hearts.
Monday, I took the cupcakes in to work along with candy for Pam, and a pot of tulips for Jeanne, who was coming to have lunch with us. Again, much surprise and pleasure. And lunch was a lot of fun, and I got a nice surprise when it Jeanne paid for my lunch as a birthday present.
*Lucille van Pelt