Careful – if you follow this link, you could get a cute burn… Didn’t I warn you?! 😉
Jeanne posted about our adventures on Saturday, including my picture! Hmm, apparently she felt some pressure to post that picture…
Reading Update
Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead. The sequel to Succubus Blues, this is a well-written and at times rather steamy *fans self* paranormal romance featuring succubus and bookstore assistant manager Georgina Kincaid. Definitely recommended.
Working for the Devil, Dead Man Rising, The Devil’s Right Hand, Saint City Sinners, and To Hell and Back by Lilith Saintcrow. These five books comprise the well-written and very compelling Dante Valentine series. (So compelling that I read the entire series in a week, even though I did spend much of books 3-5 being annoyed at Dante.) This is part futuristic urban fantasy and part paranormal romance.
Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery by Blaize Clement. The latest Dixie Hemingway mystery was a good read – much, much better than so many of the “niche” mysteries.
I’ll continue to randomly post the gluten-free recipes I’ve adapted from “regular” recipes until I run out of them. You’ll be surprised at how quickly that happens! 🙂
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
3/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 c brown sugar
3/4 c white sugar
2 tsp vanilla (or so – I just kinda dump it in there…)
2 eggs
1 c sweet rice flour, 1 c rice flour, & 1/4 c tapioca flour (or you can just use a total of 2 1/4 c of Bob’s Red Mill GF Flour Mix)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 -1 tsp xanthan or guar gum
1 c chocolate chips
Cream butter and sugars. Add vanilla and eggs and mix well. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Add chocolate chips. Bake for about 10 min at 350F, or until the edges are just starting to turn golden brown. Do not overbake. Let sit for a few minutes on the cookie sheet so they can set. These cookies don’t warm up well in the microwave – they get a bit crumbly. Also, I tend to bake a pan at a time and keep the rest of the dough in the fridge, as these cookies dry out faster than the traditional kind.
Here’s May with one of her beloved hot pink furry mice (HPFMs). Shhh… don’t make eye contact… she’s a leeeeeetle bit obsessive about playing fetch…
“Hmph. I don’t think being on the other side of the computer screen is a good reason to not play fetch with me. So there.” -Mayhem
Hehe 🙂 I’ll play fetch with you May.
I’m going to hunt out those ingredients and have a try 🙂
And we’re supposed to believe that you knitted 2 rows? Hmm! Maybe when I see Mermaid …
Oooo, Marina’s getting pushy! See me, I just think the silent stare in the direction of Mermaid will work! 😉
Thanks for the recipe. I signed up to bring something in for our bake sale at work in a couple of weeks, and I may just give these a try…
Gandalf sez he’ll play with you May!
Yeah… I was wondering about Mermaid, too.
This may be the first picture Jeanne’s posted of you without cleavage!
So why isn’t ‘the scarf’ in your hands in that photo? Hey I made your flourless chocolate cake on Saturday, it was INCREDIBLE!!!!! I even got a request for the recipe… so I sent him to your post. Also made Mel’s chocolate pie (also flourless-the filling anyhow), also wonderful. I meant to post about it.. will next time.
I tried May, seriously I tried. You won’t follow me around all day will you?
I threw it – but she brought it right back.
May looks pissed off in that picture! Like you tried to steal her catnip or something. LOL!
Here, May…see the mousie? Hereya go, (throws mousie for May) go get the mousie!
I guess the cat told us!
Chris- I have a Labrador Retreiver- who does not retrieve (or swim)- she is a disgrace to her breed.
I will have to tell her that even cats can play fetch!
May, I’ll play fetch with you if you’ll remind Mel that he’s supposed to bring the mice *back*.
what? this one wasn’t good enough for you?
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/04/ladies-and-gent.html
I bought Mr. E a pack of those furry mice this weekend and he’s already destroyed them all.
That was a really cute picture of you! It’s great to see you looking so happy and healthy!
you still have HPFM? Wow!
That sheep picture is very cute.
I have a friend who’ll like to see your gluten-free recipe, so thanks for posting it.
May looks like there might be some dire consequences to you if you don’t play fetch.
Oh! Ouch, ouch, ouch, the cute, it burns. Why? Why didn’t I listen to you!
Thanks for another recipe to try, my new oven sure appreciates the workouts.
May, come on, I’m just getting over cute burns, put that raspberry away, it stings.
Hehe, HPFM are too awesome. I shall have to be on the lookout for some.
Fraulein Kally is very obsessed with playing fetch. Her all time favorite fetch toys are those rubber Livestrong bracelets and rubber head bands. She goes nuts when I bounce them off the ceiling – but I’m sure that drives the upstairs neighbor crazy. She’ll also sit right next to toy she’s just fetched and wait for me to send another one out for her. Silly kitties playing fetch like puppies.
May’s tongue prompted a gigantic “I LOVE KITTIES” out of Little A! 🙂
*puzzled frown* you knit?
I’d play fetch too 🙂 Maybe some of these kittens will learn how here.
Don’t you love it when they stick out there tongues? Too cute!
Where’s the scarf?
I thought May was playing the game my Pagan plays. She’ll leave the toy a foot away from herself and pretend to ignore it. Until one of the other kitties stops to sniff it or show interest. Then WHAM! Pagan swats em up good! Can you say ambush?
Maybe if we all play fetch with May, she’ll get exhausted. Those cookies sound good!
The HP ones are the best May! (Since you can’t have the cookies, yum!).