Me showing off my Republicans for Voldemort shirt
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I meant to show this shirt off ages ago. But I forgot.

Is it weird that I’m a little afraid that people will think I’m a Republican when I wear this shirt in public? I mean, there are some people living under a rock without any clue as to who this Voldemort person could be.

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Coconut Cream Pie
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Which reminds me…we still haven’t seen The Simpsons Movie…which is kind of surprising given how damned hot it’s been lately. I’m usually gunning to go to the movies when it’s 150 degrees outside.

Anyway…coconut cream pie. Despite it being the boyfriend’s turn to make dessert, I made it. He helped a little. A couple of weeks ago he made chocolate oatmeal cookies with coconut and chocolate chips. It was decided that these cookies would be great for a pie crust. So he made a batch of them the other night just for me to use in the crust. And we froze the rest of them for a future crust. Smart thinking, eh?

So I present my first cream pie. The crust is awesome. Then I made chocolate ganache and poured that over the crust. Then the custard on top of that. The custard was almost a failure as it was kind of made wrong (through no fault of my own…) and didn’t set very firm. So I added a little Knox gelatin the next day and all was well. The whipped cream went on top of that and then the toasted coconut. All in all, the pie is a success. The only thing that’s not great is the whipped cream…it’s gotten a bit soft this evening. Other than that, the pie is perfect. It was also pretty damned easy to make. The cookies for the crust was the hardest part…but now we’ve got enough for another pie.

I shouldn’t be posting blog entries. I should either be sleeping or studying for an algebra placement test that I have to take next week. Instead I’m killing time with blog posts about food.

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Mmm…made from scratch tiramisu
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I made dessert a couple of times while on vacation. First I made creme brulees…mostly for a girl from work leaving town. She loves my creme brulee.

Then I decided to make tiramisu. This is only my second attempt at homemade. The first time was good but not great. It was too dry. And didn’t have very much liquor. I also remember it being a pain in my ass the first time. That may have been partially due to it being the very first thing I made when I got my Kitchenaid mixer years ago?

At any rate, it wasn’t a pain this time and I plan to make it again much more often. Trader Joe’s carries the marscapone cheese pretty cheap and the ladyfingers are easy…especially with the boyfriend’s pastry bag. Yes, he has his own pastry bag.

This time I came close to overcompensating with the liquor and it was worth it. Yes, I did have to pour some liquid out of the pan after a couple of days…but that’s okay. The mix of coffee liqueur, chocolate liqueur and triple sec with loads of espresso was fantastic.

I felt a little guilty yesterday when I started eating it directly out of the pan. But then I looked at the pan and realized that the boyfriend may have been doing the same thing…who needs a bowl?

It’s nearly gone. I think it’s the boyfriend’s turn to make dessert. He suggested that he might make coconut cream pie. With a chocolate crust. Yummers!

Despite all of these desserts, I seem to be still losing weight. A loss that’s noticeable to people. Whatever it is I’m doing, I need to keep at it.

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More of my new layered hair.
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Kristal, the younger sister, told me that the other night when she visited and saw the new hair. We were eating dinner with the boyfriend and drinking a little wine (Sokol Blosser Evolution #9…mmmm) and talking about random stuff as we McKelvey girls tend to do…and she blurted out that my all one length hair wasn’t working for me. I, of course, asked her how long she’s thought this as I’ve had all one length hair for 15 freaking years. She just gave me a look that indicated she’s thought this for a loooonnnng time. The boyfriend thought it was pretty funny.

Gosh, I love this haircut.

It’s layered and curlier than it’s been since I was 5 and looked like Annie. It’s longer in the back but you obviously can’t tell that from this picture.

Do I look really young in this picture or what?

Anyway…I love love love my hair now. Even more than I did before.

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Birthday presents I just now got around to framing…
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Did I properly thank you for these yet, Alison? If not, I’m a bad person.

I must now decide where to hang them and the numerous other things I framed this week. For now they’re sitting at the end of my loveseat waiting for their new space.

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