Alright, Readers?

Hi. So I made it to London, and after a delicious Indian meal, dub and I are now going to try to adjust our sleep schedules to this time zone, which will be especially hard for me because it's like getting up reeeeeeeaaallllyyy early.

We also helped two groups of tourists find where they were going. I guess we either look like locals or at least look friendly and like we know where we're going. Anyway, we have a delightful day planned for tomorrow, featuring eating on top of some crypts. Seriously. Well, have a merry Christmas, and I'll try to update every so often.

Cardine

Because I'm A Slob Sometimes

You know what should become more popular and socially acceptable? Wearing aprons or bibs when you eat. I mean, I never want to get stuff on my clothes, and just a napkin on the lap somehow does not suffice. Especially when I'm eating angel hair pasta with tomato-based sauce. That's like death to my clothes. Delicious, saucy death.

And also, did you know that I think that aprons are kind of cute? Even the really ugly ones? Truly, I do.

So, what is your secret or not-so-secret pining and hope that you'll happily receive as a present for Christmas this year? Mine is either a blender, a toaster, or a hand mixer. I think there's a good chance I'll get one of those because I hinted around about it to the person in my family who has my name this year. I never thought I'd be so excited about small appliances.

Or is there a secret pining that you have about wanting to give someone something? Most of what I wish I could give is either too expensive or ... well, intangible for me to give. I guess I could just pray for these people to be able to have these gifts.

Does anyone else just feel happy about life lately and especially about Christmas? Anyone? Me! I do! I guess I am very aware of a lot of my blessings this year, and especially relating to other people. I am very fortunate to be associated with tons of cool people, and that's rad. Yes, rad.

Also, please enjoy the Christmas-themed stuff on my sidebar if you are that kind of person.

Sincerely, Cardine

p.s. I am doing the movie post again this year, but it could be late. Please be patient.

Month of Stealing Posts: The Pioneer Woman Cooking

I know that a few of my readers are fans of The Pioneer Woman for various sections of her blog. The one that I enjoy the most is her cooking blog. Clearly it's not the photo blog. I am still using the 3.1 megapixel camera that I bought in, like 2002 or something. I think my phone has a better camera on it now. Oh. Maybe not. 2.0 megapixels. Anyway, I am going to steal her post and do her blog right here on my blog. I hope that you enjoy it every bit as much as I do. And I do.

Leftover Pizza: What Every Single Girl Who Actually Came From *Utah Pioneer Heritage and Now Uses Modern Conveniences Eats

*Think handcarts, covered wagons, and settling the Utah Territory

First, get out a plate. Hopefully you have a clean one in your cupboard. Take it out, and put it on the counter.


Next, open the refrigerator. There should already be a pizza box there. Take out the pizza box.


Put the pizza box on the counter. Open the lid. Admire the leftover pizza. Doesn't it look delicious?


Put a piece of pizza on that plate.



Those are stray pieces of crust on the plate. It's not dirty, I swear!

Now here is where it gets tricky. You can either eat the pizza now cold, which is delicious, or you may choose to put it in the microwave oven. If you choose the latter, put it on for about 45 seconds to a minute. The amount of time varies, depending on your microwave. My opinion is that you should not overheat it. Better under than over, I always say.



Yeah, I'm not sure exactly what I was saying there, either. But hopefully you got a chuckle out of it.

Oh yeah, and after you heat it up, eat the piece of pizza already! Geez. Do I have to tell you everything?

And also, I am **giving away a KitchenAid and/or a cookbook to a random commenter on my blog. Entries will be accepted until Thursday at 11:59 p.m. MST.

**Prize will be given away subject to Cardine winning said products off of The Pioneer Woman's current prize drawing, which ends tomorrow morning. If Cardine does not win, neither do you. Sorry.

Amen.

Month of Stealing Posts: The Fugly Blog

I call it The Fugly Blog because I can never remember its name, which I know is really weird because it's a play on words, but ... well, whatever. I have memory problems. Anyway, stealing. I thought that since it was the CMAs yesterday that I could cash in on some really ugly dresses. But, in my CMA image searches, I ended up finding this photo, which wasn't from the CMAs, but it's really ugly... er... fugly.



This is a girl named Taylor Swift. I don't really follow country music and only mildly paid attention to that whole Kanye incident, so that's why I'm explaining it. If you're like me and you don't pay attention, you wouldn't know. She is 17 and very talented in the country music world, apparently. Enough to get awards. So there you go.

And also, she's wearing a sparkly bathtowel in public. What is she thinking?

What are you thinking? Ugly? Cute? Sparkly? Bathtowel? What?

Month of Stealing Posts: GraphJam

November is always my "month of" month. I will pick a topic and pretty much stick to posts that deal with that topic. I've done a month of bacon, enchiladas, relationships/cookies... and maybe that's it. I can't really remember, and I'm too lazy to look it up. Anyway, this month, I am just going to steal ideas for my posts from other blogs. How's that for being a lazy blogger? Awesome, I say. Just awesome.

First post.

Blog idea stolen from GraphJam.

The end.

If you would like to recommend another blog from which I should steal a post, please let me know. If not, then just sit back and enjoy my stolen posts!