There was FB Before I Joined?

A blog friend was tripping  drinking involved in some kind of blog challenge I don’t quite understand and decided to  rope me in  include me. You can read about it on her blog The Family Pants, but basically the challenge has something to do with a tagging game that took place on Facebook years ago. Apparently you’d be tagged in a FB post and then have to answer a bunch of questions. Family Pants posted 45 questions she had answered in 2009 and 45 new questions she’s answering in the present.

I was dragged onto FB, kicking and screaming, just a few years ago by a sister who lives 1500 miles away and insisted I play Scrabble (incessantly) with her while she recovered from surgery. So before I even try to get my head around this challenge, I'm desperately working on this new little nugget: YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A FB BEFORE I JOINED? 

Apparently so. And now a challenge that started there has moved to the blogosphere. So I guess this is what I'm expected to do: Ask and Answer. Since I wasn’t on FB back when this game was going on, I decided to ask a group of questions and answer them twice, as I might have years ago and as I would today. This may not be how this is supposed to play out, but when left to my own devices you’re just going to have to take what you get:

Question	Way Back When . . .	Now
Do you want to answer 90 questions?	Sure.	Hell no.
Will you answer a few questions honestly if you get to make up the questions yourself?	Sure.	Hell no.
Why do you blog?	Blog? How old do you think I am?	To forget that my kids are trying to treat me to a slow and painful death.
Name something you’ve done that you never thought you would do.	Parasail in Cancun.	Control my bladder while parasailing in Cancun.
Anything else you’ve done that you never thought you’d do?	Ski on a Black Diamond run.	Survive having accidentally turned onto a Black Diamond run.
What’s your favorite thing to bake?	Bake?	Cupcakes. Unlike with a cake, no one can whine about getting a smaller slice.

Chocolate Sponge-cake Cupcakes

my view from the top & on my way down

Questions stolen from The Family Pants

Way Back When . . .

Now

What's your favorite color?	Blue	It depends; on Grand Marnier day amber, on Chambord day purple, on Kahlua day, brown . . .
Do you have a gun?	No.	Yes, I raised 2 boys. We have water guns, nerf guns, cap guns and if all else fails, our index fingers.
Do you have ADD?	No, I'm just easily distracted.	Yes, I have teenagers so I do have A Desire to Drink.
What do you prefer to drink in the morning?	Coffee.	Yes.
What's your favorite lunch meat?	Seriously? That was the best you could do?	BakonVodka. It IS SO a thing, look it up.
Do you think The Family Pants will have a good sense of humor about this post?	What the hell is a Family Pants?	She started this, she’s just gonna have to put on her big girl panties and live with it.

So there you go. Done and done. Any more challenges up your sleeve? Bring it!  

And in the meantime Menopausal Mother, can't wait to see what you do with this.

Chocolate Sponge-cake Cupcakes
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Printable Recipe

Cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups + 3 TBSP sugar
1 pkg dark chocolate chips (12 oz)
1 stick butter
1/2 stick margarine
2 tsp vanilla
5 eggs
1/4 cup flour
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
Frosting:
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 stick butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
approx. 1/3 cup milk
 
Directions for Cupcakes:
*Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Put 24 cupcake liners into cupcake tins.
*Separate the eggs.
*Put chocolate chips, butter, margarine and 1 1/2 cups sugar into microwavable bowl. Microwave 1 minute and stir. Keep microwaving at 10 second intervals until the mixture is smooth. Stir in the vanilla and set aside. Allow to cool a bit.
*Beat the egg whites one minute. Add the cream of  tartar and other 3 TBSP sugar. Beat until stiff and peaks hold.
*Beat the egg yolks into the chocolate mixture. Stir in the flour.
*Fold half of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture. Once incorporated, fold in the rest of the egg whites.
*Pour into cupcake liners and bake for approx. 20 minutes. They’re done when the center is set and they spring back to the touch.
*Cool completely before frosting.
Directions for Frosting:
*Put chocolate into microwave safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute. Stir. Keep microwaving at 10 second intervals until it’s smooth. Let cool to room temperature (about 5 to 10 minutes).
*Beat in the powdered sugar, butter and vanilla.
*Beat in the milk a little at a time until it reaches a consistency that can be piped onto the cupcakes.
*Put into piping bag (or a gallon sized plastic bag, then snip the tip).
*Pipe onto cupcakes.