Amanda's questions

 

 

 My Friend Amanda gave me these questions to answer.  Thanks for nominating me!

 

1. When was the last time you cried?Watching Les Miserable with my sister two weeks ago.  I also cringed a lot.  Christina was sick and she kept blowing her nose.  So Gross!

2. What is your favorite outfit?hmmm. my denim skirt and my blue blouse with a sweater. 

3. What is your most recent triumph?  I painted my daughters room and bed posts. 

4. Where have you always wanted to visit, but haven't yet?Israel.  Not sure if that one will ever happen what with all of the instability in the area. 

5. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?an olympic runner and an astronaut (pilot). 

6. When you have 10 minutes of time to spare between responsibilities, what do you do?read a book (usually takes longer than the alotted 10 min.) or see what is going on in the world via internet

7. What is your least favorite household chore?Laundry!!  by far.  I hate laundry so much!

8. What is the household chore you might actually look forward to?organizing a room.  I don't much like the work but the outcome keeps me excited enough to do the job (sometimes).

9. What is your favorite kids' music? I have used to be favorite kids music but I can't listen to it anymore because I have heard it so often.  My used to be favorite kid music is the sound track from the Muppet Movie. 

10. What talent do you wish you had developed in your youth?  Ballet.  I love ballet.  It is so pretty and fun to do but I didn't start until college and my body just couldn't do all that it needed to be able to do. 

11. Without looking it up, what's your favorite go-to recipe?Best pancake recipe ever!  In a large bowl 3 cups milk; The juice of 1 lemon squeezed into the milk;  Let sit for 5 min.  6 Tbls melted butter; 3 eggs beaten.  mix all of these ingrediants.  Be sure to mix the butter in slowly.  Add 3 cups flour.  3 tsp Baking Powder; 1 1/2 tsp salt;  1 1/2 tsp baking soda.  mix until combined but batter should still be lumpy.  Don't mix too much.  Heat a skillet on Med.  (I have to play with the temp. every time.  It should be hot enough to brown the pancake slowly enough so that the inside starts to cook but the outside doesn't over cook.)  When the skillet is hot enough rub a stick of butter on the surface just enough to create a thin layer of butter.  Drop 1/4 of a cup of the batter on the skillet.  When the edges look dry not shiny and the middle starts to develop bubbles turn the pancake over.  I play with this recipe a lot.  Something I tried recently was 1 cup heavy cream and 2 cups milk to replace the 3 cups milk.  So good but so unhealthy.