Friday, April 21, 2023

Pitchers and Pitchers: Fly on the Wall

 

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 Welcome to a monthly Fly on the Wall group post. Today 2 bloggers are inviting you to catch a glimpse of what you’d see if you were a fly on the wall in our homes. Come on in and buzz around my house. At the end of my post you’ll find links to this month’s other participants’ posts.





I keep my cell phone turned on and beside my bed at night. If anything happened to either of the boys (and let's face it, it often does), I want them to be able to reach me.

When I get up in the morning, before I even get out of bed, I check my email to see if anything has come in over nightthat needed my attention.

The other day I woke up and although there were no new emails, when I checked my other folders, there was something in "drafts," which was strange, I had no drafts.
 


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Apparently, I was busy at 3 :26 am.



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I was having a tough time in the kitchen. When I come up with recipe ideas . . . let's just say that the picture in my head is quite often much prettier than the end result.

College Boy: You look unhappy, what's wrong?
Me: My cookies look like toddlers decorated them.
College Boy: I doubt that, let me see.

He looks at the cookies, then looks at me:

College Boy: Now mom, no reason to be insulting the toddlers . . .


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I had made a Chocolate Raspberry Ice Cream Pie. It actually came out pretty and I was confident when it came time to take my pictures.

I took them and uploaded them so I could start editing. I was both surprised and dismayed.

Me to College Boy: Is it just me? Or do you see Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer too?


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He did.



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was at home, a friend was going out shopping and texted me, apparently wanting some company.

Friend: I have to go to the outlet stores, want to come with? Or are you busy.
Me: No, I was just working on some crunches.
Friend: Oh, exercise.
Me: No, Nestles.



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College Boy buys and sells rare and limited edition albums. One Thursday, he found that he had misplaced his debit card. He immediately reported it missing, but was concerned about being able to make participate in a foreign drop the next day, his other credit card will often kick out foreign purchases.

I allowed him to write down my credit card info (no storing it in his cell, that's not private, Google sees all). If his card kicked out the purchase, he'd use mine.

Me: Once you finish the transaction, I want you to ball up that piece of paper and eat it.
College Boy: Eat it.
Me: Yes.
College Boy: How about I bring it home, you can season it and fry it and serve it with dinner?
Me: Deal!

And just like that, I had another taste tester for my Cordon Bleu Subs.



Cordon Bleu Subs, comfort food in hoagie form | recipe developed by www.BakingInATornado.com | #recipe #sandwiches

Cordon Bleu Subs


I could not wait for baseball season again this year. I'm not a fan of the game itself, but I'm a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. Even watched all of the preseason games this year.

But it wasn't really looking all that good, to me anyway. The Sox had one of their worst seasons I could remember, due to poor pitching, last year. After watching some of the preseason games, my hopes weren't high this year.

Hubs: I'm heading out to work, do you need anything while I'm out?
Me: Yeah.
Hubs: OK, what do you need?
Me: A pitcher.
Hubs: Like for water?
Me: No, like for throwing.

The next day:

Hubs: I'm heading out to work, do you need anything while I'm out?
Me: Yeah.
Hubs: OK, what do you need?
Me: A pitcher.
Hubs: Like for throwing?
Me: No, like for water.

That should keep him busy . . . or confused . . . or both.



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At the very end of last month, a week into spring, I woke up to see it snowing, 2 inches on the ground. I posted to the Baking In A Tornado FB page what I thought was going on with Mother Nature:


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A little later, I was looking out the front door when I started to laugh.

Hubs: What are you laughing at?
Me: Want to see the epitome of irony?
Hubs: Huh?
Me: Look down the street.


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Apparently our neighbors had their spring lawn treatment done the day before. And there was the sign . . . covered with snow.



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Not funny, but spine-chilling, here's something that happened that had me wondering if I'm living in a Stephen King novel:

I enjoy living in the age of electronics and convenience, but I also feel violated by the ability of web sites to track us, hear us, and target us for marketing. We have no privacy, and I think we're in dangerous territory.

My cell phone even decides what is and isn't spam, removing from me the ability to make my own decisions.

But the other day, I really freaked out:

Hubs (calling me from his cell): Sorry I missed your call.
Me: I didn't call you.
Hubs: I have a missed call from you at 9:30 this morning, I'm just now seeing it.
Me: I didn't call you at all this morning, and I was in the shower at 9:30. Hold on a second, let me look at my call history.

Yup, my cell shows a call to my husband, which I didn't make, at a time when I wasn't near my phone.

Wonder if the next thing will be unordered groceries at my front door . . .



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I had checked the news, so I had the TV on, but I was ignoring it, sitting on the couch writing a blog post. I hadn't heard my friend come in.

Lynne: Bow Wow.
Me (turning to look at her): You get a new puppy?
Lynne (nodding towards the back wall): No, Bow Wow, Bow Wow.
Me: Are you telling me you identify as a dog?
Lynne (pointing to the TV): You're watching Bow Wow, the rapper.
Me: Phew, for a minute there, I thought I was going to have to look into buying you chew toys for your birthday.



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Hubs comes home, the TV is on, and I'm running in place beside the couch.

Hubs: What are you doing?
Me: Running in place.
Hubs: Why?
Me: I'm exercising, I want to lose weight.
Hubs: How long have you been doing this?
Me: I don't know, maybe 5 minutes.
Hubs: How long are you going to keep it up?
Me: Until I drop from exhaustion, maybe another 5 minutes or so.
Hubs: So, 10 minutes or so. How much weight are you hoping to lose?
Me: About 25 pounds.
Hubs (walking away): Let me know how that goes . . .

 

 

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Cordon Bleu Subs
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Ingredients (makes 2 sandwiches):
2 sub rolls
1 boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked and cooled
3 TBSP mayonnaise
1 tsp sweet hot mustard
4 Ritz crackers
1 TBSP butter
2 sub rolls
6 slices meunster, provolone, and/or the cheese of your choice
8 black forest ham slices
1/2 tsp paprika

Directions:
*Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
*Chop the cooked chicken. Mix together the mayonnaise and the mustard, then add the chicken.
*Crush the crackers, melt the butter, mix together and set aside.
*Slice the cheese in half and place along the insides of the roll, covering both sides. Next, layer 4 slices of ham into the rolls, followed by the chicken. 
*Place into a baking dish, split side upSprinkle the cracker crumbs, then the paprika over the top.
*Cook for 20 - 25 minutes, until hot.
 

18 comments:

  1. All good, but the crunchies got the giggles. Donna

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  2. Yes. The weather. EVERYWHERE. The weather.

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    1. It was almost 80 degrees on Monday, and 40 degrees on Tuesday. Absurd.

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  3. Yeah, that phone call thing is creepy. Big Brother is always watching......but hey, that sub looks good. And now I'm craving a sub sandwich.....even though my waistline is yelling NOOOO!

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    1. I had the sub for dinner, somehow that doesn't feel as bad as having a big lunch.

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  4. What kind of vitamins do you take? Feels like I need better ones to have energy like yours!

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  5. A family member just served on a jury, and the prosecution showed various evidence that the accused had been in the area of the crime including GPS records from her phone and Ring-type doorbell footage. For good or bad, we are all being tracked.

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  6. I've seen so many video cameras in people's windows around (even I have one) that I know everything I do outside is being tracked. You just can't get away from it now.

    Now that I see rudolph, I can't unsee it. lol

    That sub looks so good.

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  7. Heeheehee! You always come up with some great stuff.

    Funny how it's the moms who keep a phone on at night "just in case" one of the kids call. I do the same.

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    1. Unfortunately, I've had too many late night calls not to know that I need to keep that phone on.

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  8. I haven't dropped by in a while as for some unknown reason some blogs wouldn't load but all good this morning
    I also have my phone next to me at night just in case

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