Why are you "Friend Requesting" me on Facebook when I don't speak to you in person? AND I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME?

What up good people..?
Yet another "Facebook Issue" has come into play as I continue to try to mind my own business in this day to day grind I call "Life"...
I won't say that I'm a hobbit, I actually like people (at least more than my spousal counter part does ;-) But I'm not really one to like EVERYONE that I meet. That's just impossible. But I try not to be rude to anyone because, that's just disrespectful. Sometimes people mistake your kindness, or "lack of meanness" (yes I just made that a word) as "you are my friend"... So not the case... But as I sit here and write this, I have at least 5 'Friend requests' sitting in my que on Facebook. So I simply state:
Why are you "Friend Requesting" me on Facebook when I don't speak to you in person? AND I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME?

I'm not gonna lie - this tends to happen to me quite a few times, usually with people that I see at a certain place that I will not name because it might give it away. All I will say is that the place is located in Ann Arbor, behind Mack Elementary school, on Red Oak...

But, why? WHY do you feel the need to hit me up?

Is it because we have a common bond? Perhaps we attend church together, or we work in the same building. We may choose to dine at the same place on a few occasions - that makes one of us a stalker, and I know it's not me...

Perhaps you feel this could draw us closer, we have the same friends, and even are in the same ministries at church. We might just be cordial every time we do see each other. I should probably let you know, that's because Mrs Moore raised a polite young man, not because I want to be your friend...

Maybe you're on "Facebook overload". I get it, you're new to the whole "social-networking" thing and you want to amass as many friends as you can in the quickest amount of time. Please do not use me to get your numbers up! I do understand that you may not have had that many friends in high school; don't try to over-compensate now...

I get it, you're trying to regain your glory of when you were younger and cool and isht and EVERYONE wanted to hang with you. I'm not that dude! I'm like Trench from Naughty by Nature; I do my dirt all by my lonely!!!

But it's cool - handle yours and keep on sending friend requests. Just make sure that you don't get your feelings hurt when I ignore them...

Holla!

Bread Maker - NOT!

So I've been experimenting with our bread maker since we got it some time ago. I've only been successful at like 2 loafs so far though. I don't remember the name of the 1st successful one, but it was some kind of Italian bread. The one that I've made the most and been the most successful at is Raisin Bran Bread, but that was prolly due to necessity. We had a good 10 or so boxes of the cereal that we needed to get rid of and thanks to the success of the bread, we're down to 4. However, one cannot nor does anyone want to just eat Raisin Bran Bread so I'm once again attempting this regular bread thing.

So I started with a recipe for making just plain ol' regular white bread. It smelled good and seemed like it was progressing really well until I opened the bread machine up and got a whiff of the semi-burnt bread. It wasn't burnt, BUT it was definitely darker than what I was aiming for with this bread. I wanted a nice, soft, light brown loaf of bread. FAIL!

I so didn't get what I wanted. I'm beginning to think the bread machine is broken or something. Maybe it's getting too hot too quickly. The inside looked fine ... But that outside made even me think twice about eating it. [Side Note: In case you don't know, Husband is what I call a Bread Racist. He won't eat bread if it's too dark. He'll eat the inside of it, but eating the crust is NOT happening if it's too dark. That amazes me because, well, Husband is not the lightest kid on the block & he has written a blog on crust having a bad rep (An Unfair Rep) ... anyway end of side note.]

I'm thinking that maybe I can still keep the bread maker and make it work for us. Here's what I figure. I could use the bread maker to make the dough for me. Then I can take it out and bake it in the oven to my desired firmness and crust color. And this is what I tried.

SUCCESS! It worked so well that we actually consumed the entire loaf in a week. It's a rarity for us to do that even when we buy a smaller loaf at the store. Oh yeah, this is going to work. Now, I only made plain white bread this time around, but next time I'll get a bit fancier. Heck, I may make up several batches and freeze then so we can thaw and bake and will. I know I have to make some biscuits for the Deac too now that I think I know what I'm doing :) ... I'll take pics the next time too; the bread was gone before I thought to take a pic for the site.

Big Ups to the MI Baby Shower Committee

The MI Baby Shower is occurred this Saturday and it was great. I'm not big on the whole baby shower concept because they're usually pretty corny, BUT the MI Baby Shower Committee did an excellent job! I had a great time & the vibe was that all of the guests did as well ... woo hoo! I tell Kiddo all the time that they're already very loved and they have "councils" of people who will love them, guide them, and spoil them forever and ever. I'm sure she or he hears me too because I ensure that there's a kick right before or after I say it. But yeah, this shower definitely proved that and so I wanted to definitely give a shout out to the committee. Also, thank you to all who attended, gave gifts, gave some love our way, etc ... I'll post pictures and whatnots as soon as I can.

The GA Baby Shower will take place after Kiddo's arrival so I'll keep you all posted on that too for those down that way. The GA Baby Shower Committee will set a date after Kiddo's arrival.

In Other News:

We had our last Childbirth Education class this past Tuesday and it was quite an experience. The class itself was very informative and our teacher was very laid back and completely honest about what to expect. Plus, she's had 7 kids (including a set of twins) so I'd call her an expert in the childbirth department. Anyway, we watched a DVD that really had us a bit uncomfortable. It was a DVD with 5 birth stories and the video camera was all up in the process. We actually saw the babies coming out for the 4 that had vaginal births. I mean I was in the room for my Coco-boo's birth, but I didn't see all of that because of our angle and I figured that'd be the angle this camera would take ... ooohhh was I wrong! I don't consider myself a squeamish person, BUT I do know that I'm more modest than most and I didn't enjoy seeing the birth process from that perspective. Funny thing is I had considered allowing my birth to be recorded, but I always thought it would be very the perspective of the support person who doesn't move from my side. Oh well ... Due to St. Joe's configuration, we may have to skip that!

Kiddo News:

Anyway, I don't really have any updates on Kiddo because we haven't had any more (nor do I think we'll be getting another) ultrasound. The doc at my last appointment did say that the baby was in the proper position. However, she also said that Kiddo could always turn again since there's still a bit of room. Kicks are pretty impressive these days, but I contribute that to the fact that room is running out and so pushing on mommy's tummy from all angles may be more enjoyable these days ...