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1. Why I continue to buy bananas when no one will eat them, since they seemingly turn brown on the way home from the store?
2. Why someone would be shocked to be fired as a bookkeeper when all they did was screw everything up?
3. Why my five year old suddenly believes she needs help to pick up the Littlest Pet Shop Death Traps in her bedroom? I am positive that I do not remember playing with them, nor taking every single one out of the toy box.
4. How I lived 29.8 years without knowing the amazing-ness that is Nutella?
5. Why my son acts like I’m puling out his eyeballs, every single time I cut his fingernails? It’s not like I haven’t done the same thing once a week since he was born, over 16 months ago. Also why he doesn’t seem to mind having his toenails cut.
6. Why people continue to get so grouchy on Twitter when everyone discusses TV shows/Awards Shows or anything, as it is on. If it isn’t on in your time zone at the same time as everyone else, stay off Twitter. That can’t be that hard to figure out. But the same people complain about it over and over and over again.
7. What in the world the coins are for in the new Bejeweled?
8. Why my brownies always end up mushy, no matter how long I cook them, nor if I follow the high altitude directions?
Why do bananas turn brown so fast? I buy them green and still within 4 days they have browned, really?!? I love bananas but can never eat them fast enough. LOL
I just ignore the Twitter madness. I try not to spoil TV shows, but award shows are a different story. Oh, well!
XOXO
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Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 8:50 am
@AmazingGreis, For them to think people can’t talk about TV when it’s on is just insane. I mean, that’s half the fun of Twitter. Heck, i didn’t even watch the show last night, but I found the Twitter descriptions to be dam funny.
I know this is blasphemy, but I kind of hate the new Bejeweled Blitz. Why did they mess with it—coins, detonators, scramblers—it was fine without it.
Don’t feel bad about the Nutella—I’m 40 and just discovered it last summer. I feel a little cheated, like someone really should have gone out of their way to clue me in on that chocolate magic.
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Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 8:49 am
@Mo, I don’t like it either. I think they ruined it.
People really need to share Nutella with the world. Just sayin.
I like mushy brownies. Just mail them to me!
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Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 8:52 am
@Bridget, Ewwwwww, you do? I actually use them in smoothies for the kids.
I don’t know how you survived this long w/out Nutella. I would think you’d have symptoms of Nutella deficiency by now.
Yeah I just left when the Grammy stuff started. I don’t watch so I don’t care. Staying on & bitching about it just makes you look like, well, a bitch. And not in a good way.
Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 8:52 am
@avasmommy, I DON’T KNOW EITHER. Ha. Gah, I adore the stuff.
I would almost rather be “spoiled” than sit through 3.5 hrs of a show that I don’t necessarily care about.
I just discovered Nutella as well, at 24.3. Yum. Feel like I was totally missing out.
We live at 4500 ft and NEVER follow high altitude directions. Mushy brownies are delicious.
New Bejeweled is annoying. Even more so when I remember that they didn’t bother to update the iPhone app. Which I paid for.
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AmazingGreis Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 8:36 am
@Angela, I heard that the iPhone ap is supposed to be updated! After playing on the iPhone for so long I can no longer play in FB.
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Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 8:57 am
@Angela, Oh the brownies were good, that’s not the problem. I guess it’s the brand I use, or so I’ve been told.
I read somewhere just last week that if you break up the banana bunch and place the bananas so they don’t touch, they won’t ripen as fast. Now, as for why you’re buying them if no one will eat them, I’m not sure I can help you with that.
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Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 9:05 am
@Karen Chatters, Oh we’ll eat them…when they are almost green. Which lasts about as long as it takes for me to get them home.
I’m trying to figure out where I’d put 8 individual bananas.
i’m so glad i live in a time zone that gets the shows 1st. i can be the ruiner and not the ruinee! LOL j/k share the brownies. thanks.
Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 9:09 am
@Becky @TheRealBecks, Sometimes I like to pretend to ruin shows that I don’t even watch, just for kicks. I’m awesome like that.
Did you know they sell Nutella at Costco. In a double-pack of super big tubs. My husband had to tear me away from it yesterday.
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Issa Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 9:13 am
@Allyson, Liz just told me that last week. I meant to look when I was at Costco the other day, but got all grouchy and didn’t buy a thing.
I have already probably eaten half a container. In two days. Ahem.
I have and yes I make – homemade nutella!
Dark chocolate with fresh roasted hazelnuts.
Yes, it takes some work but I am so worth it!
Also, I have no kids so can take the time to make this with no helpers . . .
Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:33 am
@gaylin, I can’t make boxed brownies the right way, I do believe homemade nutella would be beyond me.
Nutella is THE. BEST. Buy it in a glass jar if you can, it’s better than in the plastic jars…
My mother says to keep bananas in the fridge, so the insides stay the perfect ripeness, even though the skins turn brown.
Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:34 am
@Joy, I will have to look next time. I was just happy to actually find it.
I am so with you on this list.
So with you.
My other one—why does everyone feel the need (both on facebook and on Twitter) to tell you when their kids are puking, or they are puking, or the dog puked…
I hate puke.
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Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:45 am
@Heather, ME TOO!!!! I always wonder why they do that. It seriously makes me start Lysoling the house.
Nutella is amazing. My daughter will east it with a spoon if she can.
Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:46 am
@Capital Mom, That is the only way I’ve ever had it. On a spoon. Nekkid Nutella.
I learned so much about bananas! lol I buy larger bunches than I’ll be able to eat in order for them to go bad so I can make banana bread.
My brownies are always gooey – like, uncooked-gooey – too. Ghirardelli?
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Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:49 am
@Chibi Jeebs, Yep, Ghirardelli. Hey, at least I’m noticing it’s not just me. They taste too dang good to worry about it.
Chibi Jeebs Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:23 am
@Issa, I had no problem with their mixes for years, then they “improved” the product and it hasn’t worked for me since. I’ve tried metal baking dishes, glass baking dishes, lower temps, higher temps, less water: no go, just GOO. Well, the very middle, anyhow. And since I’m not an edge-piece-lover, that is a travesty. *sniffles*
I guess I should stop being lazy and try making REAL brownies. Like, from scratch. O_O Hold me, I’m scared!
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Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:26 am
@Chibi Jeebs, You don’t like the edge? I don’t know if we can be friends no more.
Real brownies? Scratch? I don’t understand. Issa no comprehend.
Chibi Jeebs Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:28 am
@Issa, NO, NO, NO! It’s the perfect combination, really: you like the edge, I like the middle – no brownie competition!!!
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Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 am
@Chibi Jeebs, Your quick thinking wins again.
I just made banana bread last night out of the bananas I bought that no one will eat. Banana bread, on the other hand, disappears in my house while it’s still warm from the oven.
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Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:50 am
@Twenty Four At Heart, At my house too. I make it often. Sometimes though, the dang bananas just get thrown away.
1. OMG, I do the same thing. Every time I’m at the store. It’s like they have some kind of weird spell on them that makes you feel an inexplicable need to buy them.
2. People are weird.
3. And why is it that they feel the need to take every single teeny tiny toy out at the same time?
4. I only wish I had never discovered it… I could eat it by the spoonful right out of the jar. Oh, wait a minute…I DO eat it that way. It’s dangerous stuff!
5. My kids did the same thing for the first two years of their life. Both of them. Even though I’ve never even come close to cutting their nails too short. WTF?
6. One of the first times I used Twitter, I gave away the winner of Survivor. People were pissed. That’s probably why I stopped using it – until BlogHer of course!
7. No idea.
8. No idea.
Wow – I was really helpful here, wasn’t I?
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Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:52 am
@Kari, I think it’s because we know they are good for us, so we think we need to buy them. Or something.
I am like the most paranoid baby nail cutter too. I sliced Bailey’s finger when she was 6 weeks old. Five years later and I’ve still not forgotten.
And yes friend, you are very helpful. Always.
TOLD YOU ABOUT THE NUTELLA!!!! Tell your kids I said your welcome.
Also, I don’t tweet about shows b/c it just doesn’t seem nice to my WC friends. I do like everyone’s perspective, but if I were on the WC I would be annoyed. But I would also just stay off twitter. But that would annoy me too.
Also, thank you for reminding me I need to get brownie mix for Mike b/c he is always whining that I never make them b/c I don’t like them. Yeah, yeah I’m weird, I know. LOL
Issa Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:54 am
@Lu, I would gladly tell my kids that, if I was going to EVER let them have MY NUTELLA. Ahem.
Oh, thank goodness you didn’t spend another second Nutella-deprived!
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One of the reasons I am married is to have someone to cut the girls’ nails, because I am not up to the task. I’ll just pay the mortgage and other hard stuff. I cannot deal with those teeny tiny nails.
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