Riot and Frolic

– lately, since it's been hotter than usual, I've been wearing dresses ALL THE TIME.  I go about my usual routine: weeding the garden, playing with the little ladies, stopping at the grocery store or Menards.  You know, the "usz" (short for "usual" – how would you spell that?).  

I get a lot of comments about it.  Random strangers saying things from "You look nice" to "Awfully dressed up for the hardware store". My reply is always the same, "I'm sorry, but I think you have me confused with someone who wants to wear pants."

That's right.  Pants-less.  Love it.

– does anyone else get high from paying off bills?  Sending in the "total balance due" on bills is so satisfying.  Maybe this is what being an adult feels like.  

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Being an adult feels like being high?  Talk amongst yourselves.

– canning.  I was trying to play it cool as I quartered the heirloom variety (I really have to look what kind they are, because they are crazy-delicious and I would love to recommend them by name) along with the roma tomatoes and sent them through the food mill.  But I had a huge pot of pureed tomatoes.  I was pretty confident it wouldn't turn out like the first canning attempt.  

After cooking it down and reducing it by half, I still got 6 jars of sauce!  Still being nonchalant as I took the jars out of the water bath, I was euphoric when the first one "tink"ed.  It's just such a solid indicator of success.

Again, adult = feelings related to drug useage.

– I don't use the mouse to go back and erase typos.  If I see a typo five words back, I'll just delete the whole thing and re-type it.

– the little ladies picked two of the peppers from the garden.  I'm a little mad, only because I have no idea what kind of pepper they are, so I have no idea what to do with them.  Green, conical, long as my hand – anyone?

– I've been using this app called Cozi, mostly for its to-do list and shopping lists, but today, I was dicking around on the website that syncs with the app and they have a meal planning feature.  

AND, they have a button that you can add to your bookmark bar called "Add to Cozi Meals" and if you find a recipe you like from anywhere on the web, you can save it to your recipe box on Cozi.

But here's where I lost my mind: once you save the recipe to your Cozi recipe box, you can click on that recipe and it has a button to add all the ingredients to your shopping list.  

See a recipe, put it in your recipe box, put in on your meal plan, put the ingredients on your shopping list, all from one app.  

IT'S LIKE PINTEREST WITH FOLLOW-THROUGH, PEOPLE. 

[drops mic]

This week: bald men!