Filling out the FAFSA

For those who don't know, the FAFSA is the federal student aid form that high school seniors and college students fill out each year to see which aid they qualify for, if any. It's a terribly lengthy process.
I had to fill this out myself when I was in school and I just don't remember it being QUITE the task that it is now. At least it can be done online, but it's LONG! Whew!

I would love to pay for someone to fill out for me. It's a big job.

Easter Festvities! WOOT!

Early morning Easter baskets....Everyone got a homemade bunny, courtesy of the Cashmere Bunny Tutorial. Only the blue bunny is actually cashmere, however. These are Emily's and Terah's baskets.

Planning the Easter Dinner and making Easter Eggs.

Today we dyed Easter eggs using silk neckties. We got the idea from Martha Stewart, although, hers turned out much better.
Martha Stewart's Silk-Tie Easter Eggs
Here are ours.

UUUGGG!

My pet peeves are amassing....

I'm STILL annoyed at the misuse of the words "gender" vs. "sex".
GENDER is on the outside, SEX is biological!!! Unless your fetus is clothed and using accessories, and has a big sign, YOU WON'T KNOW the gender at the ultrasound. Instead, you will discover the sex, which is identified by particular male or female body parts.

It's NOT that hard to grasp, I didn't think.

I think I saw a lovely illustration of how gender and sex are different in a toy catalog. They offered dolls for sale. You could chose the gender, but not the sex. That is, they would dress the doll as either a boy or a girl, but the PHYSICAL BODY didn't change. It had NO sex, but did have gender.

I hate people who write "alot" instead of "a lot"...is it REALLY that much work to type an extra space?
Another is "ya'll" instead of "y'all". The word is a contraction of "you all", not "ya will". I believe NO extra effort is needed to put the apostrophe in the correct place.

Okay, I'm done for the day. Maybe. ;)

Loathsome Eggrolls & Sweet/Sour Sauce Recipes

Here is my fav eggroll recipe. Do not use spring roll wrappers for these. Use only egg roll wrappers.
See previous blog entry for further information.

You CANNOT use spring roll wrappers to make egg rolls!

No matter WHAT anyone says!
I was making a HUGE batch of eggrolls the other day, and our local stores didn't have any egg roll wrappers. They only had wonton and spring roll wrappers.
So I did a thorough search and found a ton of places that basically said "sure! Use the spring roll wrappers! They work great!"