Wiggly Walker

I'm sure you have noticed women who wiggle their butts when they walk. It amazes me how some of them sway so far to one side but they don't fall over. Not to mention wiggling like that while wearing 6" heels!

Well, I don't wiggle much. I know, because I watched my shadow today coming up from the mailbox. Nope...not hardly a sway.

Then I noticed some bulges on my shadow near my waist line. (Notice, the bulges are ONLY on my shadow!) Uh huh.....I need to shed some pounds or some bulges!

So I started thinking....I bet wiggling my butt would help burn more calories and who knows, it might even build up my flat butt.

I began to wiggle. And I wiggled and I swayed as I walked up the hill. Oooooh, I could feel those calories burning those bulges right off!

Then I started limping. Next thing I knew, my right hip was killing me. I was limping like a 3-legged dog! I must have wiggled myself out of alignment!

So I stopped wiggling and slowed my pace and gimped the rest of the way home.

So much for burning extra calories.



Out of the Mouths of Babes

I got to sub at the elementary school on Friday. I was outside doing recess duty when one little munchkin said, "Sandee, why is your hair all white?"

I replied, "Because I'm old. But it isn't all white, I have some brown underneath."

She made me show her my brown hair. I did and she announced, "Your hair is young underneath just like you!"

(Yes, I did invite her to come and live with me for the rest of her life and she just giggled and ran off across the playground.)



Shoe-Lovin' Cat

I can't take my shoes off without Hook crawling into them! These old Berkinstocks have been around so long, I've even had them re-soled. I kick them off when I'm in the swing or in the hammock. So this evening, I was swinging in the hammock when Hook started tossing my shoe around.

Maybe it's time I buy some new shoes and put mine in his cat bed to curl up with!

What a Doofus!



To Die For Cake

http://www.americanprofile.com/recipes/fudge-cappuccino-orange-torte/

Oh My Goodness! What a rich, rich and delicious dessert. I have made it before and my notes made it sound like I should make it again...so I did. Just for Jack's birthday.

Three layers of deep rich chocolate and orage flavors.

It is a very time consuming cake to make but I slice it thin and then freeze the pieces individually.

Mmmmmmm, definitely not a food to have around if you are on a diet!

Just for Lucy

As you all know, I follow Lucy's blog at Attic 24. I saw this photo and have to post it in honor of her love for hooky things. This is a yarn covered bus in Mexico City!

I don't know who the photographer was so I'm sorry I cannot give credit where it is due.

Especially for Carmen

Carmen mentioned the pie crust cookies that Mom made as kids and how she enjoyed them. I told her they are a part of our family pie baking now.

No sooner did I get to Mom's than she had me make an apple pie.

Sure enough, there was crust left over for cinnamon and sugar pinwheels.

Honestly, this pie pan was full before I went in search for my camera!

They never last long enough to cool down!

Talk about nostalgia! Mom's biscuit cutter from when we were kids. She uses it as her flour scoop.

An old tin can.

"I don't bake pies anymore," exclaimed Mom.

So why does she have so many doggone pie pans?

I went searching for one for my pie and could only find the small aluminum ones so I baked a small pie. Then Mom showed me the rest of the stack. OMG!!



Kent Bound

From the golden sun-kissed hills of Wenatchee, we headed for south of Seattle to Kent.

Mom and I walked her neighborhood and complimented a man on his beautiful flower garden. He picked a bouquet for us. (Hmmmm, I think I just found the colors for my next quilt!)

Mind you, Mom fell and broke her arm 4 weeks ago, she had just gotten her cast removed. She had injured both shoulders and we think perhaps sprained her wrist. Not to mention her face was all messed up.

She is 89 years old and check this out.... she is pulling weeds one-handed!

Oh boy, do I want to be just like her when I grown up!!

Let's see....does it look like Ina is winning at Cribbage?

To be continued....the next entry will be just for Carmen!