I made homemade caramel sauce. There was a point in the process where I poured heavy cream onto molten sugar and it expanded to three times its original volume in hot froth and steam. It was very dramatic.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Dec 13, 2015 10:18:49 am PST #11383 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
-t - Dec 13, 2015 11:28:54 am PST #11384 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds exciting.
Burrell - Dec 13, 2015 1:14:40 pm PST #11385 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Homemade caramel sauce is amazing.
Suzi, you are truly a saint. I can barely handle parenting my own kids.
sj - Dec 13, 2015 1:21:05 pm PST #11386 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does anyone have a good resource for "funny" bow ties and socks (I'd love to get him a matching set if possible) for my 12 year old nephew? I'm suddenly really wishing I had kept the business card for this awesome bowtie vendor I had seen at a craft show last year.
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2015 1:56:04 pm PST #11387 of 30003
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The sky is overcast as we wait for a storm to roll in. But for just a couple of minutes, the sky sank below the cloud level and illuminated the valley before it went down behind the mountains. Tolkien would have loved my valley.
Consuela - Dec 13, 2015 3:08:06 pm PST #11388 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hey, folks. It's been a mad weekend of family and activities with the under-8 crowd, so of course I'm exhausted. Crashed on the futon with the dog loudly chewing her squeaky ball and a nice hot toddy now.
I think the ~ma must have paid off. My brother made the wisest decision he could: he's taking the consulting gig his old company offered, and will patch together a couple of other part-time gigs, and actually live with his family for the next year (he's been doing a Monday-to-Friday commute from Denver to DC, which has been awful). I'm really pleased: I hope this means he gets to spend some solid time with his kids and relax a bit with his wife.
Me, I'm trying to decide if I should get off the couch and make macaroons, or just sit here and maybe start watching Jessica Jones.
Atropa - Dec 13, 2015 3:58:48 pm PST #11389 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Teppy! Thank you for the hair ornament!
Steph L. - Dec 13, 2015 4:09:28 pm PST #11390 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You're welcome! I thought of you as soon as I saw it.
Zenkitty - Dec 13, 2015 4:25:32 pm PST #11391 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Who sent me the green snowflake ornament? It must have fallen out of a package or an envelope because I found it on the floor and I know I've never seen it before! It's very pretty and I put it on a hanging basket to wait until I get the tree up. A mystery snowflake appeared!
It really has been chaos around here, with the moving of stuff and the enthusiastic helpers.
esse - Dec 13, 2015 5:26:35 pm PST #11392 of 30003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Tep, I remember when you got that car! And when we drove around in in together for the first time. :) Good times.
I spent my afternoon/evening taking a friend to the Zoo Lights, which is like one of those holiday light drives only at the zoo, and with a little train ride. It was silly and fun, and we saw polar bears. My friend is Japanese, and we spend a fair bit of time discussing words, both in American English and Japanese. Apparently in Japanese, polar bears are called white bears (which makes rather more descriptive sense), or shirokuma.