"G.GordonLiddeee, this is DELICIOUS!"

...that's what Hubby exclaimed when I fed him today's Watergate Salad. I'd never heard of Watergate Salad until Jimmy slipped a box of pistachio pudding into our cart a few days ago, I just didn't have the heart to utter once more "no Cutie...we don't need that" so we brought the box home and used it as a reading experiment:



...which turned into a recipe experiment:



...and then an eatin' experiment.



As far as a history experiment goes (why is this called Watergate Salad??), I must yield to the almighty Wikipedia because when it comes to history I'm braindead'd.

The origin of the name “Watergate salad” is obscure. Kraft Corporate Affairs said, "We developed the recipe for Pistachio Pineapple Delight. It was in 1975, the same year that pistachio pudding mix came out." Kraft, however, didn't refer to it as Watergate Salad until consumers started requesting the recipe for it under the name. "According to Kraft Kitchens, when the recipe for Pistachio Pineapple Delight was sent out, an unnamed Chicago food editor renamed it Watergate Salad to promote interest in the recipe when she printed it in her column."

And here I thought Watergate was some Nixon/Forrest Gump thing. Ok, wait...I'm receiving word that Watergate is a Nixon thing, see I thought it tasted Nixony, thank the lawd for live internet reporting, eh.

In other news, on the same shopping trip (thanks, ahem, Walmart) we picked up a yard of choo-riffic fabric...







...which turns out to be a fun use of $4.44 (the discount price of The Beast, mmuuuuuwaaaahahahaa...) Happy fore-twenny!

Happy Patriots' Day!

'Tis the third Monday of April so of course that means: it's Patriots' Day for us he-ah in Maine. Growing up I didn't know the whole country didn't have this holiday, to this day I'm still not quite sure what the holiday is all about (my eyes went blank when I just now looked it up on the Wikipedia--but all is not lost, I do think the Wiki eternally schooled me on where to put the apostrophe) and we celebrated with a patriotic dinner, of course. Featuring:

Franks & Beans



Bread from a can





And put all together with a soft-sided hot dog roll



Hope you had a Happy Patriots' Day (whatever it is....)

On the Ho zon

A 'Ho zon' is a Plymouth Horizon that is missing the 'ri' part of its rear silvery label, or that's what my hubby tells me how it was on his Plymouthian compact vehicle of the 1980s.

Now that we're in the 2010's, on our horizon is:









Checking out the $7m upgrade to the Portland Public Library.












Taking charge of our crayon scraps.
















Scouting locations for Jimmy's Birthday Party #3












Inviting folks to the privilege of participating in a write-in campaign for my ho zon hubby's band The Mallett Brothers in the Best New Act category of the Portland Phoenix's Best Music Poll (aka many pleezes and sweaty heartfelt thankyuhverymuches for clicking a write-in vote on over. <=) [also available for votes in the Best Rock Act and Best Heavy Music Act categories are: Sun Gods In Exile, Ocean, and Twisted Roots.]















Curious George, ALIVE, and coming to a town near me.









And those are our ho zontal prospects on this Sunday. And I can't jussay it enough, Sunday evenings are so much more divine when you don't have to work Monday!!! Jussayin'!

Hangin' on da stoop

It was a good day for enjoying some sun and some mechanical bubbles...









...and with playing with some sidewalk chalk. I like to call it chalk talk as in "You wanna hang for some chalk talk?" or "Stay tuned for some Chalk Talk." Y'know, cool like that.













"Chalk" to you tomorrow. Haha! Bubbles!


Sun!
(just ignore me)

Adventure Su'r'syot

Not to be one big Thomas commercial but I was sad that we were going to have to miss the Thomas and Friends Play Date at our local Toys 'R' Us on Saturday,



...so I took Jimmy to the ol' T'R'U on our own, with the camera!

I got the ZOMG face when we arrived at the parking lot.



Once through the doors, the Force fed the way...



...to Thomaslandia.







I can't get enough of the cute chunky Thomas trains they now have...



Jimmy kicks his heels up at the everything else.



Later, the third time popping the weasel:



(Hubby says it sounds like the broken, British, depressed robot ice cream truckman, "I'm sorry, all we have left is the Strawberry...")

And then a fruckride before some proud dedicated employee gleefully advised me that you're not allowed to take photos at Toys 'R' Us. I said "Ok" then took this picture...



...and then kept encouraging Jimmy to play with all the fakemobiles until she left. bitch

We managed to leave the store with paying $0.00. Yay, T'R'U! Lot's of fun, lots of play, lots of ideas, and no entry fee yet!

Frühlingsglaube

It's getting green outside!











Funny, I don't remember it getting this green this early before... *cough*global.warming.is.awesome*cough*cough*

A Dino Is Bornasaurus---In Our HOUSE!

Day 1:





Day 2: Peep!



Day 3: Cute, Cozy, and Carnivorous!



Day 4: Rawr!





Day 5: Dehatched, Decamped, and Scheming. Muuuugguuuuaahahahahaahaaaaawr!



No, just kidding, that wasn't a real dinosaur egg, it was a fake one that Jimmy found in his Easter Box-asket from his Great-Awnt Betty. 5 days of egg-based Merrimentasaurus Rex!