I can't get my act together and I don't know why

Well!....I'll be darned. 

I am too tired to bake a bunch of cookies that I wouldn't eat. I only shop in quik marts or do drive-thrus.  My house is an external reflection of the goings on in my mind.  I want it clean but for some reason, my house obeys the first and second laws of thermodynamics and I don't have the spark of energy to kick off the cleaning therefore my house is rapidly headed toward disorder at the speed of light. 

I am chronically worried and just plain not happy right now. 

And if I made a mud-pie, I'd likely just throw it at somebody! 

Hanna  

Well as a kid I never liked to clean my room.  So I suppose I'm continuing with that.  I started being afraid of cancer at the age of 11.  So I'm continuing with that. 

The only thing I liked to do as a kid that I'm not doing now is swim. There is no pool here.  I also liked standing in the rain in the summer and getting totally soaked.  I'm positive this would be considered unacceptable behavior by my husband if during the upcoming summer we should have a torrential rain (those were the kind I liked) and I went outside and laid down on the steamy pavement to get pelted with big fat raindrops, or ran through the grass with my top off.  These were some of my faves as a kid. 

As I got older, I totally loved making out with my boyfriends, but that is also a no-go at this point. 

I also liked Play-Doh.  OK Althea, what can you do with me? 

ps - please don't tell me to clean my room - I heard that a lot as a kid!  

Grumpy Hanna 

Hey Shirley!  Hi!  Where did I ask you this....probably some other thread....did you have to make your husband cubed steak or pork chops again last night??!  Don't those daggone meals just keep on coming around!  Tonight's chicken at my house.

OK, no laying on the pavement in a downpour - this I can pretty much promise, but it's a shame.  Now Althea up there would probably say go for it.  On the other hand, I'm getting hungry here and this Red Velvet cake is sounding pretty good.  Hmm.

I'm grabbing my keys and going to the store now.  It'll be a mix for sure, but what the heck?  Just say the word chocolate and MY arse is kicked into gear!!  Thanks you Carolina sweetie pie!!    

Hanna, I cooked the chops last night and chicken tonight.  Saw I spelled your name wrong UP THERE.  My granddaughter's name is HannaH..with an H..lol

I "allow" my grandbabies to play with playdoh.  It's their father that hates the mess.  Heck, when they're here the house is wrecked anyway.  It's wrecked when they're not here!

I can't get my act together cuz I've been too lazy to make that red velvet cake.  It's good for ya though.  You puree beets and put in it...makes it purtty and red (I guess).  Get this...for the icing you whip up heavy cream..whipped cream..use cream cheese and another fancy cheese that I cannot remember the name of.  Also, of course, powdered sugar.  After you cream the cheeses and sugar and vanila you fold that into the whipped cream.  Oh, I'm going to have to give 3/4 of it away if it doesn't come out like crap.

Maybe tomorrow......

Shirley

BTW, I baked the cake yesterday for my dh's b'day.  Good excuse to make such a high fat, high calorie cake.  I finally had a small piece last night, and believe it or not it was good and moist.  Must be those good ole beets in it.  Not only are the beets healthy, but there's a lot of dairy product ON the cake...mucho calcium!  LOL  The history behind the beets in the cake....they were used in the depression to make Red Velvet cake because something-or-another (probably the food coloring) was too expensive.  I can't remember what I read...So, I'll steal...Pardon me if I repeat myself. Can't remember jack.  (BTW, who's "jack?").  When I have time I'll look it up.

Shirley

I just had left over chocolate birthday cake for breakfast.  I skipped the icecream and had a glass of milk.....that makes it healthy, right?  Oh, and I ate it off a papertowel so I didn't have to unload the dishwasher to get a plate....can you say LAZY?

Deb C

Cake. I love cake. I have always loved cake. I really love cake and ice cream cause no matter when I have cake and ice cream I feel like I'm at a birthday party. 

Carrot cake is VERY healthy.  Also it weighs a lot when you pick it up. It weighs more than chocolate cake.  I'm wondering about this beet cake.  I've seen mixes for Red Velvet cake but no where on the box does it confess there are supposed to be beets in there.  Devil's food cake is the only cake name that creeps me out.  Angel food cake sounds better but it is like condensed cotton candy in my opinion.  Plus, it always sticks to the roof of my mouth.  I like pound cake. And spice cake. 

I also like the old fashioned cakes like the brown sugar, and the orange juice cake, and the 1234 cakes.  There was a cake that had some kind of soda in it. Like soda pop, not baking soda.  It was called Watergate cake, but I forget what soda was in it. 

I love cream cheese frosting.  Now there's an excellent frosting!  

I have lo-cal itsy bitsy Hostess creme filled cupcakes in the house right now, so they'll have to do for the time being.

Now I want to try Shirley's latest chicken recipe.  Sounds delish! 

OK ladies , it all you're fault. I absolutely have to bake a cake. And , my mom used to bake the best chocolate cake with chocolate frosting that I ever had. I am going to give it a try. Old fashion , two layer , I can't wait. yum , yum.

Okay.....now your all making me DROOOOOOL! Sinc emy Betty Crocker skills are lacking I think I'm gonna go get me some cookies and cream icecream right now! AHH another few calories to add to my fattening bum that needed to be refitted this week! You should see the stack I hauled out that doesn't get over the hips anymore...BOO! Oh well heck....off to get icecream so I can sit and slurp while I envision all that cake!

Aw, Honeygirl, it ain't that bad.  I've seen much worse.  Mine! LOL

I know what you mean by having willpower to lose weight BEFORE bc.  I had lost over 20 pounds and still needed to lose more.  Well, I do not know where the will power or motivation went.  I hate myself!

I fixed a nice dinner that was healthy.  Then, I ate a piece of cake and I wasn't even hungry!  Getting that thing out of my fridge!

Shirley

Shirley, I'm glad you baked that cake.  Now I can fess up to baking a cake without fear of getting exiled from this thread.  LOL  I know why beets are used in that cake.  It goes back to the days when sugar was rationed during WWII and beets provided some sugar content and the right color for devils food.  I hope you and hubby enjoyed every last morsel.  

I tried a new recipe today for a cake.  Today is my cat's birthday, so what better reason to bake a cake.  It's Mother Ann's Birthday Cake.  It's from a shaker cookbook I checked out from the library.  I was in there looking for vegan cookbooks because I'm trying to scale back consumption of dairy and egg products.  I don't like beans and I've steered clear of soy since dx.  I suck as a vegan and I haven't even started yet.  Especially when the next shelf has a shaker cookbook and I'm quite certain it was calling my name.  

This cake calls for TWELVE egg whites and a half pound of butter.  It's a white cake with white frosting, and I really don't care for frosted cakes usually.  I found it so intriguing, I just had to try it.  The historical part described the women finding fresh twigs of peach trees to impart a peach flavor into the egg whites.  I mean, really, this has got to be a pretty darn good cake if women not only separated a dozen eggs but then used a TWIG to beat the egg whites until they're stiff??  And there there's two more egg whites in the frosting!  It's a 3 layer cake with peach jelly inbetween the layers.  I couldn't find peach and used apricot instead.  Boy howdy, this cake is really good cake.  I even like the frosting.  I doubt I ever make one again in my life!

Next time, I'm doing pound cake.  It's my favorite also.  Probably 90% of the cakes I've baked in my lifetime is pound cake.  It's good at breakfast, lunch or dinner.  Anytime.  I wonder how many times I'll need to jump on my new rebounder to burn all these cake calories.   

HI Miss S , Carrot cake with cream cheese is my fav too. No , I didn't bake it-yet. I am trying to be strong , its not because I didn't have all the ingredients to make it , yeah , thats right , I'm being strong... Oh , I forgot to tell you. That piggy pic you posted is one of my favorites! I had it on my fridg for a long time.

I have a question though , how come piggies look sooo cute all pink and fat and wrinkled , and I don't!lol

Yes Miss S , you get off here right now and clean , we will gladly watch!

Have a great day!

Have to love this thread!   Just sat down an hour ago to catch up on the board and decided to grab a rather large slab of double chocolate brownie with chocolate frosting I made last night for lunch!  OF COURSE, I also grabbed a large glass of milk so I did get some nurtition also!   But I have to admit it was a box mix, not from scratch as you 'Betty Crocker's do!  Wow!  I'm not a baker at all, just a quicker-fixer-upper when it comes to cravings of the heart, er...stomach

 Wanted to add though...........can't remember who it was that thought they 'shouldn't' go lay down on the pavement in the rain?  DO IT!  Only today, I'd have to do it on a hill that was easier to roll off when it was time to get up!   And the play doh?  Heck! I used to have the kids do it outside where the rain could wash away the crumbs created!  You could too!   OR!!!!!!  you COULD combine both your loves!  Play with your playdoh when the rain is due in a hour and then wash up while laying in the grass after the play-doh party!

If you love to do, why not! DO IT!  Life is simply too short and too serious to NOT DO IT!

Oh, and I should add.................I cleaned my desk on April 18th or there abouts.  Today it is 1/2 covered with laundry, medical bills, pills bottles and my a few scarves I've run out places to hang   Oh, and a bag of chocolate Lindt truffles to boot!   Woe is me........................I'm bad!