A Sobering Thought

I am perfectly content not having a kid right now (I cannot fathom having a newborn at barely 23 like my mom at that age, with me) despite the fact that a good portion of my graduating class already has kids, is presently knocked up, just popped out a kid, or has a preggers girlfriend/fiance/wife...

However, I thought I was doing good buying a brand new car at 20. Today 1 person I graduated with (who falls into the preggers category discussed above) closed on a house...and another is in the process of doing so.

THESE PEOPLE ARE BUYING HOUSES. AT 22 AND 23. Fuck. I feel supremely inadequate. I mean the boy and I are living with his parents because we want to be in a bit of a better financial position before renting a damn apartment, and these people are HOMEOWNERS.

Like I said, I thought I was doing pretty okay. Then you have people like this...and next to them I feel like a bum :P

This. Definitely this.

Honey Mustard Sauce

Okay, I swear to God this blog isn't becoming a cooking blog.
Really.

However, I came across this recipe on the back of a bag of honey BBQ chicken wings and threw it together. I didn't know that honey mustard was so ridiculously simple to make.

Jar o' honey mustard.

All you need is 4 things: Mayo, mustard, honey, and Worcestershire sauce. And honestly the Worcestershire sauce didn't even make that much of a difference - I tasted before and after adding, so if you don't have a bottle, I wouldn't worry about it.

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce


1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup mustard - deli mustard or yellow, I used yellow.
1/2 cup honey
Dash of Worcestershire Sauce - I put a dime sized amount.

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Dip your chicken, or whatever your little heart desires to use it with. Seriously, that's how easy it is. I put what we had left in a canning jar left over from the raspberry applesauce my aunt made me for Christmas, but I suppose a little gladware container or Tupperware would also work.

I made baked salmon with dijon mustard earlier this week, I kind of want to try it with this now.

Pinterest Explosion.

Apparently This is the key

To Pinterest Greatness

Yes, that does say 225 repins and 52 likes...in maybe 5 hours

I mean I find Willy Wonka memes funny, and I was having problems finding some for my newly minted Willy Wonka pin board, so I googled ones to pin. This one obviously resonates with a lot of people :)

So, in conclusion:

In light of this afternoon I had to make this one for myself :)

Rihanna, I Have Lost All Respect For You.

The title of this post, ladies and gents, pretty much sums it up.

In case you're celebrity gossip oblivious, Chris Brown beat the snot out of Rihanna in 2009. Restraining orders ensued, ect...so on and so forth. Chris Brown has acted like a giant woe is me pussy bitch the whole time and still doesn't
understand why people hate him.

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Now the new thing is that now that time has passed, they're getting friendly again. There's rumors that despite Chris Brown having a girlfriend (um, what fucking SANE woman would go near that with a 10 foot pole? Anyway...) that he and Rihanna are seeing each other on the sly. This chicky-poo of Señor Woman Beater has denied this until she was blue in the face, so honestly, who cares if he's being a dirtbag or not in that respect...because he hit a woman, and you can't go much lower than that.

What I can't wrap my head around is why the fuck they would release remixes of their respective singles with the other on it, especially Rihanna. I understand you can collaborate on a song completely separately - Hayley Williams of Paramore never set foot in the same studio as BoB to do "Airplanes". However, on what planet is releasing a remix with the ex that beat the shit out of you a good idea?! True, the shock value and publicity are probably making the money roll in as we speak, but any respect people had for you her being a strong woman is being flushed right down the crapper. Now I'm reading that it was all Rihanna's idea. Why am I not surprised?

Congratulations, you've forgiven him. (Again, why?) It doesn't make what he did any more acceptable. I hate to say it, but although she's not an acceptable role model by any stretch, young girls are going to think forgiving and potentially getting back together with someone who beat you is the right thing to do. And that is why I have no respect for her anymore.

Notes from the road

I know I made I Haz a Choo Choo Train Problem to keep my train nerdery out of this blog, but as I'm on a train nerdery adventure, it might be fun to follow along there or on my twitter :)

Whitney Houston: is it really necessary?

Today was Whitney Houston's funeral. Because of this, I have largely ignored Twitter for the day.

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a celebrity gossip addict and that I read Perez Hilton's site religiously. However, I don't get why we need to livestream and livetweet a funeral. Yes, Whitney was talented. Yes, her life should be celebrated - as should anyone's upon their demise (People like Hitler, Kim Jong Il, ect excepted), however there is absolutely no reason why this event should be a media fiasco and live streamed. Do you walk in off the street to some random person's funeral? No? Because live streaming a celebrity funeral is the virtual equivalent.

You didn't personally know Whitney, cut the shit. Honestly, I'm a little disgusted that this is an apparently acceptable practice now.

Anyway...that concludes today's rant.

KITTY!

Hi, my name is Nibbler and I'm an adorable little kitten who will be sucking up Heather's attention for a while!

DIY Microwave Popcorn

I realize this is probably a little late, considering everyone is watching the football game and stuffing their faces with other snack foods - however the consumption of snack foods in my house is what led tho this post. I could really give two shits about football, however for the sake of household harmony, go Patriots, so I'm sitting in the other room wasting my evening on Pinterest.

A few weeks ago, I popped loose popcorn kernels in a paper lunch bag in a microwave for the boyfriend - he was amazed and had no idea you could do such a thing. In case you fall into that category, let me enlighten you. You probably won't want crappy bagged microwave popcorn ever again.


What You Need:
1 Paper Lunch Bag
1 Tablespoon of Oil - I used canola, olive or vegetable also would work
1/3 - 1/2 cup of popcorn kernels


What To Do:
Measure out the kernels and dump them in a bowl. Pour the oil and mix. You can skip this step and throw everything in the bag, but the bottom of the bag gets way oilier and you'll have a puddle in your microwave. Once you've mixed the oil up into the kernels pretty well, dump it into the lunch bag. Sprinkle some salt in and fold the bag twice to close. There's no need to secure the bag closed beyond this. Put the bag in the microwave. I start with 2 minutes and go from there. Here you can use the standard microwave popcorn gauge: when popping slows to 1-2 seconds between pops, your popcorn is done. One day it took 2 and a half minutes, today it took almost 4.


When it's done, take your popcorn out and salt/butter/season to your liking. I find the popcorn is a little drier than regular microwave but SO much better. I have some buffalo popcorn seasoning from Target and with a little salt and a little melted butter...om nom.


There ya go, do it yourself microwave popcorn.

Finished product: Orange is the buffalo seasoning.