My Day In Pictures

This is the Apple Coffee Cake I baked last night.  Everyone at work loved it! 

I think this car either has a paper towel or toilet paper holder hanging in it's back window!  Why would they have this? 

 

 Went to Target after work to pick up a few things and just had to take this picture?  It's just so wrong wrong wrong!!  I wish things could go back to when Christmas items didn't come out until the day after Thanksgiving.

 

 O.M.G.!!!  I so need to get this for my cube at work!!  

 

 

De

The B is Back

No . . . . Not Bitch - although I am sure if you were to ask a few people today they might disagree - in my defense I did post an Oscar The Grouch sign on my cube to give everyone fair warning!

The B is for Baker!! I got inspired today to try something new using the apples I still have from Mom and Dads tree. I am baking a Brown Butter Apple Coffee Cake. I hope it turns out. I am always a little nervous when I try something new - not sure what each step should look like and how thick the batter should be. We shall see! It felt really good to be back in the kitchen baking.

So I had to stop at QFC on my way home to pick up a few things - usually a quick in and out because I have the layout memorized - start in the same aisle every time - works with my OCD very well. Not Today!! They are rearranging the aisles and everything is
moving. Are they remodeling you ask - nope! Apparently there is a new CEO and he is wanting to make his mark! What?!? Hey Mr. Out of Touch CEO - with all of the changes going on these days I could always rely on my QFC to stay the same - a nice comfort zone. Your store is more expensive than others in the area but I liked the layout and you were convenient. I think I am going to start going elsewhere. You know - the Target is carrying fresh grocery items now - and I can run other errands there too. Did I mention some of the changes are really stupid - in one freezer aisle they just swapped which side the dinner and breakfast items are on. They also now have the soda in the same aisle as the cereal?!? Not sure why. I hope when they are completely done they at least hand out maps so we can find everything.

De

Amanda Knox

The last few days I have been riveted by the Amanda Knox story.

I watched a Dateline special about it over the weekend. Some of the things they showed about the Italian prosecutor and the "evidence" they said they had just boggled my mind. This prosecutor was actually under investigation for misconduct on a previous case where he had accused the wrong people. In fact, I believe he had been convicted on the charges and yet was still involved in the Knox trial.

I guess I am naive and sheltered living here in the US. I just figured that any country that had a judicial system would follow the same rules of evidence that we do. Of course - most of my knowledge comes from watching Law & Order reruns.

I watched the verdict come in online yesterday. Held my breath and was so relieved when they acquitted her and said she was free to go. I watched live tonight when she landed back here in Seattle. It was very emotional.

I can't even imagine what it was like for her to be in jail in a foreign country where she didn't speak the language. If and when she writes a book about her experience I will definitely be buying it.

De