If At First You Don't Succeed...

Think about going to the store to buy the color floss you want.  I had some dye paint.  I mixed the correct color and let the floss sit in it.  I made the mistake of rinsing.  I should have let it air dry.  I poured most of the dye/paint into a baggie with a piece of hand dyed fabric (the wrong color) and it's out on the porch drying.  I will heat set it.

I also grated a number of zukes that were in the fridge.  I baked a pan of zucchini brownies.  Using flour and sugar.  So I can't eat any of them.  I also baked a loaf of chocolate zucchini bread with walnuts and chocolate chips.  I can't eat that either.  Now I have a pan of zucchini pizza crust in the oven.  It looks just like it's cousin the cauliflower pizza crust.  I am "over baking" the crust right now, then I will turn it over and bake it for a long while more.  Then top and bake it again.  I have found that the longer I bake it, the stiffer it gets, and the more like actual pizza crust.  "Over Baking" is another word for getting something way too brown.  My husband refers to it as "burning".   I will always choose to eat something dry and crispy over something soft and juicy.  Juicy is a real turn off to me.  Juicy equals "not cooked long enough" in my recipe books.  And, yes, Deborah, I am one of "those" people who like the brownie edges.

I also chopped up the ripest tomatoes and added them to a saucepan with olive oil, onion and garlic.  I threw in a sprig of fresh basil.   The TruGreen guy, who knocked on the door to let me know he was fertilizing my lawn today, told me that whatever I was cooking smelled WONDERFUL!!!  I guess the aroma had escaped through the windows.

My horoscope suggests I will touched by magic today.  Won't that be nice?

1. Since the lawn has fresh fertilizer on it, I will be taking Riley for a nice long walk this afternoon.

2. My cable television is still messed up.  We got a cCard for the TiVo and ever since I have had a broken signal for about 10 channels.  Lifetime and HGTV have no signal most of the time.  And when I do get a signal, it breaks up.  

3. Watching Project runway last night was torture.  The picture was bad and the clothes were AWFUL.  The gal who learned to sew 4 months ago is doing the best job.  The others can sew, they just can't make anything worth looking at.

4. I called and ordered a new credit card.  They sent me a "new look" card a year ago and since I hadn't asked for a new card, I shredded it.  Well, I guess that wasn't a good thing to do.  It wasn't new, it was the replacement card, a year early.

5. I watched the Hour on Xfinity On Demand (for free) on Wednesday afternoon.  Today it costs $4.95 to watch it once.  I was going to watch episode two this afternoon while I did my baking.  BBC America.  There are lots of BBC America programs I would like to watch (L&O) but at five dollars each, I don't think I will.

6. Big Brother last night was like watching an overthrow of a dictator.  As usual, a little late to save a cast member I liked.  But watching Jeff's face as he realized he was "toast" was one of television's best moments.

7. Just got off the phone with two investment advisors.  My tiny little IRA Index Fund is closed to new investments.  And I am being pushed toward another, for $75 a transaction.  I am trying NOT to be too upset.  But I feel used and abused by Vanguard and Merrill Lynch.

No Magic Here.