Archive for December, 2008
Chess Pie
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 stick butter, melted
3 large eggs, beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
Combine all ingredients in bowl and whisk until smooth
Pour into lined pie shell and bake at 350 degrees until golden brown and center is set when touched with finger, 55 – 60 minutes.
Cool before serving
This is sickeningly sweet [...]
I’ll spend tomorrow crammed into an airplane being sneezed on by my seatmate, and will spend a few days listening to the same old stories and arguments that I’ve heard a hundred times before.
Also, my sister has informed me that it’s really, really cold where I’m going – which should be fun as I don’t [...]
This is the extra steep stairway to the perms – a few times up and down these and my knees will hurt for the rest of the day. At least it’s got good handrails. Some of the stairways have old wooden handrails which throw off weapons-grade splinters – which, of course, renders said handrails useless.
I’d [...]
I’ve had post-salmonella syndrome for the past week – not sick anymore, but not hungry at all and no energy to do anything. I worked two days, but luckily they were short days – one insert day and one day changing fluorescent tubes in an office building.
Today was the first day that I’ve actually had [...]
I would have posted this on Friday, but I was completely wrecked after working all night Thursday night (and getting food poisoning from the catering truck. Again), so here it is a day late.
Shooting in office buildings means contending with dropped ceilings – most of the time they’re just a pain in the ass (and [...]
It was the deviled eggs that did me in.
Thursday, I had dinner at a friend’s house. Earlier in the year, we’d decided that since times are tough all over, we’d do a potluck this year – normally my friend does all the cooking and won’t let anyone help, but this year she gave in to [...]


