Dear Mister Google:

I don't like your new scroll bar.  It's ugly and it's hard to find.

Sincerely,

the Luggage & Co.

Lowest Annual Salary for Homemakers...

If you were out doing the things you do for your family, for hire.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-homemaker-worth-182358580.html

I've been meaning to post these for a little while, and forgetting.

*  "If I had today only what I thanked God for yesterday - what would I have?"

*  Young boy in his testimony saying, "Me and my dad were reading..."  Such a nice picture - Dad reading the Bible with his son.

This is totally unimportant, but exciting in a minor, geek-like way, nonetheless.
Having successfully jailbroken my ipod, I figured out how to put pictures on the background on all the screens!

On the subject of never being satisfied, instantly upon succeeding with that, I began to want a different picture on the home screen than on the rest.... ;)

How to Beat a Moose

• Buy one candy bar of the near-3-oz size.  Preferably 70% chocolate content (or darker).  Mint-flavored is very nice.
• Put ice in a large bowl.
• Put a small bowl inside the large bowl, on the ice.
• Pour water into large bowl so that ice water comes half-way up small bowl's sides.
• Put candy bar in kettle.
• Add 1/3 cup water to kettle with chocolate in it.
• Melt water and chocolate together.
• Pour melted chocolate (and water) into small bowl.
• Whisk like fury.
• Stop whisking when chocolate (and water) is the consistency of soft whipped cream, or thick, home-made chocolate frosting.  It shouldn't run off the whisk.  (*Edited in to say it shouldn't run off the whisk too much.  We've discovered in practice that the amount of chocolate in the bar relative to the amount of Other Ingredients makes a big difference.  Orange-flavored Lindt bars don't work at all.  But if it's still runny, it may set up quite nicely in the fridge.  And if you whip too much and it gets solid on you, you can still eat it, though it will be dry.  But you can also scrape it back into the kettle, rewarm it, and try again.)
• Dump out water and melting ice.
• Pour chocolate mousse into small bowls.  
• Refrigerate as long as possible until temptation is too great to resist.
• Eat.

For those of you who would like to watch a demonstration, as well as listen to a nice chemical explanation in a pleasant British accent, the following you tube video provides such.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g28-9NVUHj0

Seriously, best mousse ever.

Would anyone care to tell me what having a utility bill has to do with getting a driver's license?  I'm a bit peeved with my favorite state in the Union.  Apparently, a social security card and a previous driver's license are no longer enough to prove that you're a citizen; you now have to bring proof in the form bills, rental agreements, pay stubs or... a hunting or fishing license.  

What about people in this uncertain economy who have moved home to live with their parents as adults and aren't paying rent?  Who have been laid off from their jobs?

What about people who have lost their homes and are living out of cars?  

You can't be a citizen unless you're rich?  

Information gleaned from various conversations:

If you are rushing someone to the hospital for an urgent matter (not via ambulance), call and let them know you're coming.