tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41993975759112943182024-03-19T03:48:27.163-05:00Baking in a TornadoWhen all the walls are caving in . . . what could it hurt to bake?Karen BakingInATornadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04908944310611937600noreply@blogger.comBlogger129411tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199397575911294318.post-33616435911074897372024-02-16T08:00:00.377-06:002024-02-17T16:30:08.458-06:00Soap or Soup: Fly on the Wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div></div><p style="text-align: right;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPs93dkb2jl0Eycvg7aKRUQZ9ZKAlAY5xBZKvPvsWuwHjr_KGMiZIrqU1ZqgIp6Hskmqwr5t-F5E77xF_08CFWxFLgOl9OfOO8UXEL2yJTCcYsnaeH5SSzB5VR5l7m8ve64s7jxHK4jHroTgIt9d1_1rZoBFSOpHxBgB9q8X2BtTEraPlm5OP-ia_feo/s2359/1293%20-%20Caramel%20Apple%20Crumble%201.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Caramel Apple Crumble | recipe developed by Karen of www.BakingInATornado.com | #recipe #dessert" border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="1779" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPs93dkb2jl0Eycvg7aKRUQZ9ZKAlAY5xBZKvPvsWuwHjr_KGMiZIrqU1ZqgIp6Hskmqwr5t-F5E77xF_08CFWxFLgOl9OfOO8UXEL2yJTCcYsnaeH5SSzB5VR5l7m8ve64s7jxHK4jHroTgIt9d1_1rZoBFSOpHxBgB9q8X2BtTEraPlm5OP-ia_feo/w482-h640/1293%20-%20Caramel%20Apple%20Crumble%201.JPG" title="Caramel Apple Crumble by Karen of Baking In A Tornado" width="376" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: large;">Welcome to our monthly Fly on the Wall, a blog post written in snippets. Marcia, Diane, and I invite you to catch a glimpse of what you’d see if you were a fly on the wall in our homes, at our writing desks, and in our worlds. Come on in, buzz around, see what we've been up to. Bet you laugh! </span></p><div><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs was leaving for work and, as he always does, asks me if I need anything while he's out. I rarely do, but I'd been having trouble finding eggs and we were running low so I aked him, if he was going to be near a grocery store, to see what he could find.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Later, I hear him coming in through the garage door and hanging his coat up in the closet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs (calling from the hallway): Guess what I got?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me (calling back from the den): Eggs?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: No, even better.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: Better? what did you get?<br />Hubs: Munchkins.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: Ummm . . . like little people?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: No, like donut holes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">That IS better, but I don't think I'll be scrambling them for breakfast any time soon.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Later that week, he was leaving again.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: I'm going into the office for a little while, do you need anything?<br />Me: Yes.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: OK, I'll stop on the way home, what do you need?<br />Me: Summer.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs' tire needed air and the pump was broken at the gas station where he usually goes. He wasn't sure where he should try next. I suggested googling it. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: I found a place that's close, but I can't picture it. It says it's at the corner of 120th and Jones.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: Yes, you know the place.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: I do?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: Yes, if you go up Jones, it's on the left, there's a gas station and a few store fronts. You used to get your hair cut there.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: I never got my hair cut at a gas station.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>OK, now do you see what I'm dealing with here?</div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">A fly, a few days ago, would have seen me giggiling now and then, for no apparent reason.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">I had been reading a book on my Kindle and I was starting to question whether English was the writer's first language. Some of the wording seemed odd. I wasn't quite sure until:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtAlFAl57ibeYNF0QSZh78ScDnnVH_2mQQmbhDZNU-zuCnJSe9U1JEIAWFoDQMshEdg7yjSnL_fvjHPRNZikOuptoIKo5CBhkTatfn32sC3HvYWXDQR65Q0RK4EjedaSgukmhiKXGeknSzPxl5myqps5SQ_vkeCWIapsuI_hxraU3QZMVoKbQyZwt6t0/s450/1294%20-%20fly%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Remember to Edit, a Fly on the Wall | graphic designed by, featured on, and property of Karen of www.BakingInATornado.com | #blogging #humor" border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtAlFAl57ibeYNF0QSZh78ScDnnVH_2mQQmbhDZNU-zuCnJSe9U1JEIAWFoDQMshEdg7yjSnL_fvjHPRNZikOuptoIKo5CBhkTatfn32sC3HvYWXDQR65Q0RK4EjedaSgukmhiKXGeknSzPxl5myqps5SQ_vkeCWIapsuI_hxraU3QZMVoKbQyZwt6t0/s16000/1294%20-%20fly%202.jpg" title="Remember to Edit, a Fly on the Wall by Karen of Baking In A Tornado" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Either this book was taking a sharp turn into some kind of kink, or somethng here has gotten lost in the translation.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">But it really was funny.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs had an early morning meeting in the next town over, and it just so happens there's a Dunkin' drive-thru on the way home. I've already mentioned that he'd brought some of their Munchkins home a few weeks ago.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">I was in our office on our bank website paying bills when I noticed, in our account, a debit for that day. At Dunkin'.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs comes home, I can't see him from the office, but I hear him hanging up his coat.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs (calling out from the hallway): I have</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me (interrupting him): I know.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: You know?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: I know.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: What do you know?<br />Me: You stopped at Dunkin'.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: How do you know that?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: I have ESPN.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: You mean ESP.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: I know.</span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrQpmJD0HoWdhq0gBUXJGXaUz0xCvKYQ-8yB_633oSVhguQ78PlV8RSjEOsBk9DBtLh7rw13CcMZztCn9M_SnjHnTWEN9fm_McT0zv5hkywuIdl_iuR18tyB0G-LC1EjmWHsvpzr6DeSFnBYTC0f5shVReZL-v-9hM3pJcD7peSYGqtU4RQaKg74N3o0/s3176/1293%20-%20Caramel%20Apple%20Crumble%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Caramel Apple Crumble | recipe developed by Karen of www.BakingInATornado.com | #recipe #dessert" border="0" data-original-height="3176" data-original-width="2616" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrQpmJD0HoWdhq0gBUXJGXaUz0xCvKYQ-8yB_633oSVhguQ78PlV8RSjEOsBk9DBtLh7rw13CcMZztCn9M_SnjHnTWEN9fm_McT0zv5hkywuIdl_iuR18tyB0G-LC1EjmWHsvpzr6DeSFnBYTC0f5shVReZL-v-9hM3pJcD7peSYGqtU4RQaKg74N3o0/w528-h640/1293%20-%20Caramel%20Apple%20Crumble%202.JPG" title="Caramel Apple Crumble by Karen of Baking In A Tornado" width="412" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Caramel Apple Crumble</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy;">Later that afternoon, Hubs came in after having run a few errands. I had been in the kitchen, finally trying out a recipe (</span><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";">for a Caramel Apple Crumble with Rolo candies melted inside) </span><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";">that had been running around in my head.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me (talking to Hubs as he hung up his coat): I made a pie.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: I know.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: How do you know?<br />Hubs: I know.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: Do you have ESPN too?<br />Hubs: No, I have a nose.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs was at work, I knew he was busy, had a lot of paperwork to do, a meeting, and a few client appointments, so I was surprised, midmorning, to get a text from him:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Hubs: I forgot before I left the house, can you put some soup in the shower?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: Interesting, is that something kinky?<br />Hubs. Oh, umm, soap.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">Me: Less interesting . . . but still could be kinky.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I had made a big pot of my <a href="https://www.bakinginatornado.com/2016/01/blog-with-friends-baby-its-cold-outside.html">Crockpot Italian Soup</a>. After dinner, I put the leftovers into containers to freeze. The spare freezer is in the basement, in a room off of the man cave, so whenever Hubs plans to go downstairs in the evening, he takes whatever I want moved to the freezer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hubs: Do you want me to take the leftover soup downstairs?<br />Me: Yes, unless . . .</div><div>Hubs: Unless?<br />Me: Well, unless you'd rather take it up to the shower.</div><div>Hubs: Very funny.</div><div>Me: Maybe after you run out to the gas station to get your hair cut . . .</div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;">I </span><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";">still order many shelf items for pick up from the local grocery store. It's a lot easier for me to just go in personally for the meat and perishables.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Hubs: Is our grocery order ready? I can head out now.</div><div>Me: I ordered them for Tuesday, like I always do.</div><div>Hubs: And . . . </div><div>Me: I'm pretty sure today's only Monday.</div><div>Hubs: Oh yeah, I don't have to go until tomorrow.</div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";">Me: Either that or take a blanket and a pillow. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s1600/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="539" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqApEGl1z_k/XQ5I65CuiqI/AAAAAAABIZc/wHuwjmzwjyk-gSeAV8tctOnTAle4oCkJACLcBGAs/s400/Flies%2Bon%2Bthe%2BWall%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>I teased Hubs about his soap/soup text, but I (as usual) had one of those kinds of texts myself recently.</div><div><br /></div><div>Me: What is your current jail status?</div><div>PurDude: I'm at home, no orange jumpsuit and no bars on the door.</div><div><br /></div><div>I didn't realize what I'd typed until I read his answer. So, the back story:</div><div><br /></div><div>PurDude had our address listed on most of his paperwork. He's updated, but his health insurance keeps getting overlooked. His 2024 health insurance card had come here so I was going to send it. Until he said that he couldn't get into his mailbox.</div><div><br /></div><div>I asked when that would be fixed, and he said he only gets mail on Hanukkah and his birthday, so he wasn't going to bother. After multiple arguments and knowing, since I got the EOBs from when <a href="https://www.bakinginatornado.com/2023/12/zig-zag-flee.html">he went to urgent care in November</a>, he'd be getting bills he should not ignore, I started arguing with him about reporting the issue. He finally agreed, and I was waiting to send him his insurance card until I knew he could receive it. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, mail. I wasn't asking about his jail status (yikes), I was trying to ask about his current mail status.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nd3xPFKkcRs/YJdAYotSSsI/AAAAAAABQHo/7tElgSVbkiokwTp3Or8Tdf66Hz4Eq_94wCLcBGAsYHQ/s507/FotW%2B2019.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Fly on the Wall, a multi-blogger writing challenge | developed and run by www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nd3xPFKkcRs/YJdAYotSSsI/AAAAAAABQHo/7tElgSVbkiokwTp3Or8Tdf66Hz4Eq_94wCLcBGAsYHQ/w319-h320/FotW%2B2019.jpg" title="Fly on the Wall by Baking In A Tornado" width="319" /></a><span style="font-family: "segoe print"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "segoe print";">Now click on the links below </span><span style="font-family: "segoe print";">and see what my friends have to share:</span></span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "segoe print"; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.menopausalmom.com/">Menopausal Mother</a> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "segoe print"; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://dlt-lifeontheranch.blogspot.com/">On the Border</a><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: lucida calligraphy; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KElyy_Yr7fc/WUU4UVFVbdI/AAAAAAAA5DI/0doggwu-waYDpGL_3YhztvAfJbrvcYlEACLcBGAs/s1600/Baking%2BIn%2BA%2BTornado.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: -webkit-center;"><img alt="Baking In A Tornado signature | www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="215" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KElyy_Yr7fc/WUU4UVFVbdI/AAAAAAAA5DI/0doggwu-waYDpGL_3YhztvAfJbrvcYlEACLcBGAs/s1600/Baking%2BIn%2BA%2BTornado.jpg" title="Baking In A Tornado signature | www.BakingInATornado.com | #MyGraphics" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "tahoma";"><u>Caramel Apple Crumble</u></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: large;"> ©www.BakingInATornado.com</span><br /><span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ZpsPkrzO1cw7jQE5jLmnQf_R1i4UDYRCPi60VHwVL4/edit?usp=sharing">Printable Recipe</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><u><span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: large;">Ingredients:</span></u></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1 pie crust and 1 TBSP flour OR a frozen deep dish pie crust</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1/2 stick butter, room temperature</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1/2 cup flour</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1/3 cup brown sugar</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">12 Rolo candies, unwrapped</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">5 tart or semi-tart apples, I use Braeburn or Cosmic Crisps</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1/2 cup sugar</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1 TBSP caramel syrup</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1/2 tsp orange zest</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">2 TBSP flour</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1/4 tsp salt</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">1/4 tsp apple pie spice blend</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><u>Directions</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*Freeze the Rolos. If using a frozen pie crust, defrost the crust.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*Mix together the butter, 1/2 cup flour, and the brown sugar until it comes together. Roll into plastic wrap and refrigerate.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*Place a large piece of tin foil on the middle rack of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*If using a refrigerated or fresh pie crust: spread 1 TBSP flour over the pie crust. Flip the crust over into a deep dish pie pan so the flour is on the bottom. Fit the crust into the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Crimp the edges.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*Peel, core, and cut the apples into 16 slices each. Mix with sugar, </span><span style="font-family: tahoma;">caramel syrup, </span><span style="font-family: tahoma;">orange zest, remaining flour, salt, and the apple pie spice blend. Place about 1/3 of the apples into the prepared crust, just covering the bottom. Mix the frozen rolos into the remaining apple mixture and spread evenly onto the apples in the crust.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*Place the pie on the tin foil in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Just before the 30 minute mark, remove the butter mixture from the refrigerator and slice (it will crumble).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*Remove the pie from the oven, leaving the oven on. Dot the butter mixture onto the top of the pie. Use a pie shield to cover the edges of the crust. Return the pie to the oven for 25 - 35 minutes, depending on how soft you like your apples.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: tahoma;">*Cool to warm or room temperature before slicing.</span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "lucida calligraphy";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Karen BakingInATornadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04908944310611937600noreply@blogger.com18