Yes, I was one of THOSE people....

...who watched the "Royal Wedding." Not that I "give a duck." As the lovely Brits would say. I was in the same thinking as Frankie, on the last new episode of TV show "The Middle." She was harassed about wanting to watch the wedding, because it was pretty.  My thoughts exactly!  (Although she did take it a bit further than that. But, you will have to watch it for yourself to see.)And guess what?! It was pretty and they seemed genuinely happy.  I must say I am a bit of a romantic. I remember seeing pictures of the late Princess Diana's wedding and just loving her dress and the procession... I was all of 5 1/2 years when that brilliant event happened. I always enjoy seeing beautiful, happy brides and of course, the happy groomsmen, too.  I think my favorite part of the whole thing was when Kate and Will came out on the balcony to see the enormous crowd awaiting them and it clearly took her by surprise. She said, "Oh wow!" at the sight of so many people there to see her and her new husband start their life together.  Oh! To be a princess..... Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't want to get married like that in a million years!! And the fact that I'm already married.... There is a lot to be said about eloping. Not so much fanfare, saving yourself a trillion dollars, not worrying about losing weight and the fact that your face won't be stuck in a permanent smile, like the Joker (in "Batman", in case you don't know what I mean) after smiling, for hours on end....  It can all become too much of a chore.

Well I really should bring this to the end. I have a party to prepare for and have done basically nothing so far. Thankfully it's just family. They will just have to endure the dust bunnies and cobwebs and be thankful for a free meal.........................  Later!

Well the good news is...

We weren't washed away in the storm. The bad news is, not everyone was so lucky.  There is a two hour delay in our school district and many others, because of flooding, washed out roads, etc...  I received official word that there are a number of roads under water in a nearby town and lots of buildings with flooding, too. There are advantages to living on a hill and this is one of them.

I was woke up at 2:30 am and after pulling the earplugs out of my ears (yes, I wear earplugs -- don't judge -- they work great for most snoring/outside noise) I discovered that there was a LOT of thunder and lightning happening.  That said, I couldn't get back to sleep.  I think I am now feeling the same weariness I did when I birthed child #1, on this very day, some years ago. Except I don't have the very large stomach or horrible contractions every couple of minutes. Which is a GREAT thing. ;)  Like I now always say, "Been there. Done that. Got the t-shirt. And I won't be revisiting that event. Again. Ever."

All righty! That is all for now.... Be back soon, I promise!!

My movie thoughts and a story about my car...

I saw the movie "Water for Elephants" Monday night, with two of my BFFs. We got take out at a cute little cafe called "Nezuntoz", pronounced "knees 'n toes" like the "Head and shoulders" song (if you aren't a parent, you may not know what I mean...) We got to the movie about 5 minutes before it started, but, the beautiful thing about having a friend who lives right next door to the theater and it being Monday, is that we still got excellent seats.  I also had artery clogging, "layered" movie popcorn, which was delicious. It has been a while since I've been to the movies, so it was a must. Anyway, we all enjoyed the movie. It strayed a little bit from the book, but, nothing that detracted from the story. It was kind of a chick flick, but, I think a guy would probably like it, at least a little. Robert and Reese were great, too!   This will definitely be a movie that I will be picking up on dvd. 

  

Onto the story about my car. I was shopping at Walmart and when I came out of the store I noticed one of my tires had gone soft. When I went to check the air pressure I noticed that the tire would not stop hissing out air. I drove over to the more spacious Sam's Club lot and proceeded to fill it with my air compressor. It was really low, so while waiting I called the hubby and then my dad, trying to get a hold of someone who might now what to. But, alas, neither of them was reachable. I knew I had a problem, after switching off the compressor and the air kept coming out.  THEN it dawned on me that Sam's has a tire center. After doing my necessary shopping I went to the tire center and presented the tire guy with my dilemma. He jokingly said it would be $49.95 to fix. I was like, "Really?" But, he appeared to be joking - at least I hoped. After he took my info, I drove the car around back. The tire guy was already out there with another vehicle - lucky me! He was nice enough to take my key and get my car in immediately! I went back into Sam's club and sat on the waiting benches outside of the tire area. I wasn't there more than a minute and the tire guy came out and said he was done.  He said that something in the stem of the tire was loose and just needed to be tightened with this itty bitty tool. AND there was no charge! WHOOHOOO!! I just loved that!! Immediate emergency tire service and no charge to boot!! I totally understand it was an easy fix, but, was just pleased that he didn't take advantage.  I give 5*'s to Sam's Club for that!

Today I also watched the movie "Easy A" with a friend. I have seen this movie a bunch of times and LOVE it every time!!! I can't explain why. It just cracks me up and I could watch it over and over and laugh and laugh. If I had a teenager though, I wouldn't be comfortable with them watching it, even though it is PG-13. I would however watch it with them as a learning tool, when I thought they could handle a movie on that subject matter.  But, thankfully I have at least a few years to figure that out..... Help me (!!!) when that time comes!!!

Right now we (the hubby and I) are watching "The Weather Channel" and watching some nasty tornadoes rip into the states down south. It's pretty intense!! Hopefully we are missed -- even though we are in a tornado watch area.... EEEEK!!!  

That's all for now and hopefully I have good weather news to report the next time I blog.... Later!

I guess I will start with cooking. But first...

The name of my blog came to me while I was wracking my brain for something clever. I am not sure how clever "Becky's Biscuits" is. It can be taken as a cooking theme or something more questionable. It could have been "Becky's Buns" or something of that nature. I am sure that would have made you think, you are going to get an eyeful of something risque.  But, alas, that is definitely NOT what you are going to get here.  So, if you stopped by for a peep show, you might want to go somewhere else....

 Now that I have established where this is going (at least for the time being) I will press on with some of my cooking adventures. Let me start by saying that I was told about a week ago that there was an expectation of five, yes FIVE, pies over the weekend while a family friend was visiting. Not too much pressure or anything. Let me also add that this visitor goes to school at the CIA, not the government run facility, but the school "Culinary Institute of America." Which means that this person is probably a "food snob."  The family critics are pretty harsh, so I can't imagine what the CIA professional will have in store for me.  I started with a mixed berry crisp (dessert #1) - thing and some mixed berry muffins, which were very good! I used a Diner cookbook, so they were done right, except that they had blackberries and raspberries in them, NOT just blueberries (by themselves), which I have been informed (by the family -- not the CIA student) are the favorite. Also on that same day I got a beautiful package from Amazon.com that had my new cooking toy!!!! AND a new cookbook!!! I definitely need a new cookbook..... Okay, maybe not. One of these days, I will take a picture of my cookbooks and there will be a lot of shaking heads. ANYWAY, back to my story.... My new cooking toy!!!

  A Donut Hole Maker!! My #2 dessert was a basic donut hole recipe with a chocolate whipped cream filling and a sugar glaze. 

  

Dessert #3, the next morning was "Blueberry Donut Holes" with a cream cheese filling and a cinnamon spice glaze. These were really good and were ALL eaten.

I then decided I needed to do something more "pie" like and made "Banana Cake" with frosting (dessert #4) that I have been told would taste good on s&*t (the frosting)! Not that, that has ever been tried. Well, at least by me.... It was delicious!

AND I also made "Strawberry Lemon Tart" (dessert #5) which, we clearly didn't need with all of the food hanging around here. 

Not everyone loved that one. But, I liked the tartness of the lemon bottom part. For the final critique, I didn't get any complaints from the CIA student and a couple of "suggestions" from the family members (and you know what I thought of that....) But, I did make FIVE desserts!!! Although I was told he was "just kidding."

 It might seem like that is all I do is cook. Well, that's not entirely true. I do have to fold laundry, vacuum, dust and make sure everyone has brushed their teeth, etc... You know important stuff like that. But, I'll save that for another day.

 I think I will retire my cooking habits for today into tomorrow and have a "leftover" couple of days. I am not sure how well that will go over with the rest of the fam, but, I won't worry about that. 

On a side note...... I am very excited about tomorrow. I am going to see the movie "Water for Elephants" with two of my BFFs. I will have to post my thoughts on that, after I've seen it.

 Well, I guess that is all for now...... I have a shot of Sambuca in one hand, that I am slowly drinking and it will undoubtedly make me sleepy and off to bed I will go. (Yes, I know, major run-on sentence -- get used to it!) ;)

And so it begins...

To blog or not to blog.... That is the question. After chatting with a friend and being encouraged to stake out my claim, to my lovely name, I decided to start.  I am not sure what it will amount to. Will it be about cooking, what I have read, movies I've seen, things I've done, life? Who knows. Perhaps it will be a conglomeration of all the above. My life has had it's fair share of ups and downs, ins and outs, zigs and zags. I have faith that there is some point to it all; that God has a plan for me. It doesn't all make sense or seem fair, at times.  But, like the game "Tetris," one of the few video games I do enjoy, we all fit into the puzzle one way or another.  I give no promises that it will be exciting or the least bit productive. But feel free to join me on this life "adventure".