The Terrible Two's

We have found a shirt that sum up the terrible two's .....

However, shot's like these make us see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Beer- it's not just for drinking

A few weeks ago a friend gave me a starter of Amish Friendship bread. You know these- you keep them in a zip loc bag for 6 days (squeezing it daily), then add a few more ingredients, squeeze for a few more days, divide, bake, and pass along. This particular bread was sweet, a cinnamon bread.

The baking brought back another college memory- beer bread. Yes, we actually did more than DRINK beer, we cooked with it. This very simple bread is delicious. The top is crunchy and slightly salty...mmmmmm. So, having a left over beer from the race back in October, I figured that baking was the only thing it was good for (I don't drink beer, and after being in the fridge for 5 months, figured no one else would either...). So, I looked the recipe up online, found it, and baked it.

Here is the recipe:

Beer Bread

3 cups self rising flour

1 -12 ounce beer

3- T sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes.

My college roomies and I developed quite a habit for this bread. It is best warm topped with butter.

Warning: Now the above picture is what the bread should look like. However on one occasion we used a micro beer that we had in the fridge...the results, well see for yourself. My advice is to stick with good ol' beer.....

What a sweet ride....

So today I was randomly checking out craigslist (yes, I admit it, I am addicted) which I do almost daily. The stuff you find on there is great. My favorite is the 'free' section.

Anyways, I was looking today and came across this guy that drives across the county in an old purple bread truck that he is living in. Check out his site http://purple53.com/. Funny thing is that he just left Wake Forest, NC headed out west. He was advertising in the 'rideshare' section looking for someone to ride along with him.

What a life!!! Sometimes it sounds appealing to just pack up and leave, see what is out there. There are so many places I would love to see- maybe I'll get there someday. May not be in a cool purple hippie van, but I'll get there somehow.....