Dear Charles,
I am sorry to report but your spree has ended! Someone else has linked to me! I know I wasn’t your one and only link (even though you were mine) but I still felt special. Very special. But now I have another person linking to me:
Perhaps this is the start of a huge tidal wave of linkage! We shall see!
Hugs and Kisses,
Donna
I have an idea for a costume. I can dress up as…..
Ayn Rand!
What do you think? Or is that just too weird?
And the other issue is where does that leave my sweetie pie? What will my little pookie bear dress as? Howard Roark? John Galt? Nathaniel Branden?
Perhaps I am better off dressing as another woman I deeply admire– like… ANN MARGRET!
At least it’s a frightening idea…
I picked apples today! Went to a farm in New Jersey and picked a basket of beautiful apples! The weather was perfect and the trees were loaded with fruit. I had a blast! I plan on making the Jewish Apple Coffee Cake and an apple pie. YUMMY!
This evening I made the worst dinner ever! I steamed cod and veggies and I made coconut rice. Nothing came out quite right. The coconut rice refused to cook within the time I gave it so it was dished out Al dente. The cod was rubbery and the veggies were mushy and brownish. I threw the cod and veggies out. I kept the rice cooking and about two hours later it was done and tasted pretty good. I can’t believe I screwed up an entire meal!
I wonder when dressing up for Halloween went from dressing ghoulish to dressing up as pretty much anything? At one time, if you were going Trick or Treating or going to a party, you would dress as a witch or a ghost or a zombie or something macabre. Now it seems people dress as pop culture figures or vocational figures or superheroes or anything non-evil. I am really trying to figure out a costume and none of my ideas are dark. Of course I am also trying to come up with something that does not require the purchase of a costume so I am going with things I can find within my wardrobe… “I can be a hippie or a samurai warrior or a whore!” Gosh, this really doesn’t say anything good about my taste of clothes, does it?
My mom made this last week and it was DELISH! I wanted to make it today but then I discovered I have no baking powder. Once I get some baking powder, I am making it!
Cake Batter
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 cup oil
3 cups flour
3 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Apple Mixture
6 apples diced or thinly sliced
2 tablespoons cinnamin
5 tablespoons sugar
Mix cake batter and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Next make apple mixture.
Grease bundt cake pan. Put a layer of batter in the bottom of the bundt pan. Then put an apple layer, then batter, and end with an apple layer.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour 10 minutes
Mix everything by hand
I made muffins this morning. They were from a mix. Just add milk, stir and pour into muffin tins. I make muffins with semi-frequency and the one thing I hate is filling up the muffin cups. It’s just a pain. Did I put enough in? Am I dripping all over the place? Are they even? blah blah blah. So this morning instead of placing the mix and milk into a bowl, I put it in a ziplock plastic bag. I squeezed and kneaded the batter and then when it was ready, I cut off the corner and filled up the cups by squeezing the bag like it was a pastry bag. And can I tell you there was barely any clean up? Perhaps this is a known shortcut, I have no clue, but I still feel a need to put it out there for other muffin makers who may not be in the know.
I just ate the Chicken Masala for lunch. It reheated well. I was looking around for other Chicken tikka Masala recipes and I found this one. Next time I am craving Indian, I am going to make it. I kinda wish I had just done it right last night rather than going with a Sarah Lee Semi-Homemade recipe. Oh well. At least I learn.
Sunday, October 12, 2008 was a record setting day for Donnaville.com! It’s the most visits ever! 348 people dropped on by! People weren’t stopping in to hear the vocal stylings of Cindy and Bert— no, Mr. Charles “Dustbury” Hill directed them here. They were in search of the startlingly six footer-ish lady he met back on one of his famous world tours! Here I am!!! It’s true I did meet Mr. Charles “Dustbury” Hill. I shall always fondly remember that night. He was a true gentleman. But getting back to web page traffic, the only traffic I get comes from Charles. Don’t believe me? Check this out:
What’s wrong with this picture?!? Charles gets me– why not anyone else!?! Helloooooo?
I’m just teasing, I just get a kick seeing one referrer and wanted to share it.
Erin is having a Halloween Costume Party and she invited [name omitted] and me!!!!! I am really excited! Her last Halloween Party I went to was back in the late 90’s and I remember it was SO MUCH FUN! My favorite memory of that party (my last memory too since I think I shortly blacked out) was when Erin put some funky music on the stereo and we did the Soul Train Dance Line! It was great! In fact, Erin doesn’t know this but I actually secretly recorded it for posterity. Here it is:
via videosift.com
Yeah, I know. For a bunch of white people we sure had the groove. I attribute it to the vast amounts of Manhattans and Yuenglings we drank that night.
And here’s some actual photos of that night courtesy of Erin’s extremely old Geoshities page! I am the girl dressed in red. I was supposed to be a devil. Yes, there is a man holding up my leg in the one photo. It’s upsetting to me, it really is. I lost those great shoes! 🙂 Looking at these pictures I can’t help but reminisce. The girl in the very first photo was a stripper Erin befriended (No not the angel! That’s Lisa! The other girl is the one I am referring to). We met her at Carla’s Poetry Slam in New Hope. She had a slave. She kept him chained on a leash. The few times I tried to talk to her she kept changing the subject to Sheisse Films. I really think she was molested as a child. There is simply no other explanation for that woman’s extremely odd behavior. To this day I will always remember her walking into the Halloween party at Erin’s parents’ house and Cathy saying, “I love your Dominatrix costume!” and Mistress Mercy snapping back, “I AM NOT WEARING A COSTUME!”
Oh Erin! I do hope you invite some odd guests this time too! I simply can’t wait!
One more thing– anyone have any ideas for costumes? Leave it in the comments. I honestly have no clue. But here’s the thing, I don’t want to do any of those weird slutty/sexy lady’s costumes. Suggest away! (ex. Emma and Steed, Dog and Beth, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and “Cowboy” Bob Orton, etc)