myJaxonIf we don’t go crazy once in a while, we’ll all go crazy. - Hawkeye

Welcome to the 2007 edition of getting to know your friends. What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire e-mail into a new e-mail that you’ll send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to You. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your Friends that you might not have known. It takes a while just to read.

1. What time did you get up this morning? — 6:45am….Ian went to bed too early last night.
2. Diamonds or pearls? — Both
3. What was the last film you saw at the movies? — Transformers
4. What is your favorite TV show? — Grey’s Anatomy
5. What do you eat for breakfast? — Cereal
6. What is your middle name? — Marie
7. What food do you dislike? — Mushrooms
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? — Jesse’s Internet Streaming Music
9. What kind of car do you drive? — Toyota Corolla
10. Favorite sandwich? — Don’t really have one
11. Favorite item of clothing? — yoga pants and a tank top…barefoot of course
12. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? — the world….why should I limit myself?
13. What color is your bathroom? — Apartment white
14. Favorite brand of clothing? — Old Navy
15. Where would you retire? — someplace warm
16. Most memorable birthday? — 21st, spent it in Mexico
17. Favorite Sport to watch? — whatever the guys are watching
18. Furthest place you are sending this? — Colorado
19. Who do you expect to send this back to you? — Becca
20. Person you expect to send it back first? — no clue
21. Favorite saying? — Don’t really have one
22. When is your birthday? — Feb. 8th
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? — Depends on the baby’s sleep, but more of a night person
24. What is your shoe size? — 9-10
25. Favorite food for Dinner? — Cereal or Noodles
26. What did you want to be when you were little? — Journalist, Vet, Diplomat
27. What are you doing today? — Playing w/Ian, baking cookies
28. What is your favorite candy? — Reese pieces
29. What is your favorite flower? — Sunflowers, Daisies, Astromarias
30. What day are you looking forward to most on your calendar? — Ian’s 1st birthday
31. What church do you attend? — whichever one a friend takes me to
32. What are you listening to right now? — Ella Fitzgerald “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
33. What was the last thing you ate? — Garlic chicken and stove top
34. Do you wish on stars? — Yes
35. Do you believe in Angels? — Yes
36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? — Black or Green
37. What is your pet peeve? — Idiots being Idiots
38. Last person you spoke to on the phone? — Mom or Dad
39. Do you like the person who sent this to you? — If I say no, will she kick my butt?
40. Favorite soft drink? — Flavored lemonade
41. Favorite restaurant? — Logan’s Roadhouse
42. Siblings? — 1sister, 2 adopted sisters (former exchange students), and 2 brother-in-laws
43. Favorite day of the year? — the last snowfall of the season
44. Favorite day of the Week? — I’m a SAHM….any day where Ian is happy and not cranky works
45. Spring or Fall? — Fall
46. Hugs or kisses? — both
47. Chocolate or vanilla? — Chocolate of course
48. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? — Sure
49. What is under your bed? — maybe Toby
50. Who is the friend you’ve had longest? — Trish….see I can not call you PJ, duh! Give me some time, it’s been 15 years.
51. What did you do last night? — played Puzzle Pirates
52. Favorite smell? — Coffee (but I can’t stand the taste)
53. What are you afraid of? — Something happening to either myself, Jesse or Ian.
54. How many keys on your key ring? — maybe 5
55. How many years at your current job? — 12 months as a SAHM
56. Favorite city to visit? — East coast - Washington DC; West coast - San Francisco
57. How many towns have you lived in? — 11
58. Do you make friends easily? — nope

You heard me correctly….Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies. Now don’t go knockin them just yet. Have you tried them? Are you sure they are not good? Jesse handed me this recipe after going on and on about how great bacon is and how it tastes great with everything. Well, I was skeptical about this recipe, but I’ve made it and it’s not that bad.

The original recipe came from the blog Ooh you tasty little things…. She [Muffin] goes into more detail than I will, but she’s had a really great response to this recipe. I will admit, it’s strange biting into a chocolate chip cookie and tasting bacon, but it’s not horrendous. In fact, the bacon isn’t really that powerful. You get enough of a taste of something salty, but mix that with the chocolate and it really works. Yes, it’s strange and odd. But there are a ton of things that are strange and odd that are not so after you try them. It’s worth the experimentation.

Here’s the recipe:

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 egg
2-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups bacon, cooked and chopped into pieces (about 2lbs)

*An important note- Be sure to use real bacon bits, not Bacos *See large print at the bottom of this post*

Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

Beat together the butter, sugars, flavoring and eggs until creamy. In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir together. Dough will be slightly soft. If you want a cakier cookie, add another half cup of flour. Add in chocolate chips and bacon bits. Stir until well integrated. Place dough on a sheet of waxed paper and refrigerate at least an hour. Remove dough from fridge, pinch off 1 1/2 inch pieces of dough and roll into balls. Set dough balls about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten dough balls slightly with your fingers in the center.

Bake cookies for about 10 minutes, or until the dough starts to turn golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on a cooling rack while you ready the glaze.

Maple Cinnamon Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp maple extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tbsp water to make a thick glaze

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If lumpy, use a whisk. Spread a small amount of the glaze on the top of each cookie and top with a small piece of crisp cooked bacon.

Many many moons ago, I had an ICQ account. Awhile ago, I started a yahoo account for the game section. I had a hotmail account awhile ago and set another one up. What does all this mean….I have the instant messengers going again. Now that I have a laptop, I’m going to have it around, so why not.

So, if you have an ICQ, MSN, or yahoo account….look me up. I may not answer right away, but I’ll be nearby.

ICQ - 23399371
MSN - myjaxon@hotmail.com
Yahoo - myjaxons

It’s so shiny! I received my Christmas present a little early this year. It was a laptop. It’s an IBM ThinkPad T61. Its so shiny and new and it’s all mine. Now I can be on the internet or doing other things I want to do while I’m in the living room. It’ll be nice. Right now, well, before tonight, the only computer I really have access to is in the office (a desktop) and it’s kind of hard to get in there during the day while Ian is up. The office is as baby proofed as we’re able to do right now, but not really. Ian can still get into a lot of trouble in here, so I don’t like both of us in here at the same time. So that meant I was only in here after he went to bed. That also means I was in the office while Jesse was home. We weren’t spending all that much time together. But that’s all going to change now. Jaxon (my old computer) died a while ago and I’ve been using Draccus since and we’ve been saying the next computer we’re buying would be a laptop, well, now I have it. The new computers name is Stabby. Can you guess who named it. Either way, I’m ecstatic that I have a laptop. Now I’m going to go play with it.