INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (3251,1,'2011-01-11 19:53:27','2011-01-12 02:53:27','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A sampling of recent BellaMania!:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazed upon Bella and stopped in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have not responded.  I\'m sure they are swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute\"!  Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet are overly concerned on who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping and harrassing my friend, Gregg, who is trying to play guitar when a dog photographer asks if she can take test shots.  She then hires Bella for a </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul asked if he could write a song about Bella.  O.k., o.k.  I made that one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-4','','','2011-01-11 19:53:27','2011-01-12 02:53:27','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3252,1,'2011-01-11 19:55:59','2011-01-12 02:55:59','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A sampling of recent BellaMania!:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazed upon Bella and stopped in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have not responded.  I\'m sure they are swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute\"!  Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet are overly concerned on who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping and harrassing my friend, Gregg, who is trying to play guitar when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle asks if she can take test shots.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul asked if he could write a song about Bella.  O.k., o.k.  I made that one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-5','','','2011-01-11 19:55:59','2011-01-12 02:55:59','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3253,1,'2011-01-11 20:12:30','2011-01-12 03:12:30','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A sampling of recent BellaMania!:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet are overly concerned on who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course.  Since Victoria selects only the creme de la creme, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.   If Victoria spotted her, this might just change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-6','','','2011-01-11 20:12:30','2011-01-12 03:12:30','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3254,1,'2011-01-11 20:14:28','2011-01-12 03:14:28','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A sampling of recent BellaMania!:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet are overly concerned on who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course.  Since Victoria selects only the creme de la creme, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.   If Victoria spotted her, this might just change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-7','','','2011-01-11 20:14:28','2011-01-12 03:14:28','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3255,1,'2011-01-11 20:16:24','2011-01-12 03:16:24','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course.  Since Victoria selects only the creme de la creme, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.   If Victoria spotted her, this might just change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-8','','','2011-01-11 20:16:24','2011-01-12 03:16:24','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3256,1,'2011-01-11 20:17:12','2011-01-12 03:17:12','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course.  Since Victoria selects only the creme de la creme, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.   If Victoria spotted her, this might just change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-9','','','2011-01-11 20:17:12','2011-01-12 03:17:12','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(3257,1,'2011-01-11 20:20:28','2011-01-12 03:20:28','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crme, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.   If Victoria spotted her, this might just change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-10','','','2011-01-11 20:20:28','2011-01-12 03:20:28','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3258,1,'2011-01-11 20:23:44','2011-01-12 03:23:44','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.   If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status might just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-11','','','2011-01-11 20:23:44','2011-01-12 03:23:44','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(3260,1,'2011-01-11 20:26:43','2011-01-12 03:26:43','','SONY DSC','','inherit','open','open','','sony-dsc-5','','','2011-01-11 20:26:43','2011-01-12 03:26:43','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3259,1,'2011-01-11 20:23:52','2011-01-12 03:23:52','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.   If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status might just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-12','','','2011-01-11 20:23:52','2011-01-12 03:23:52','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(3261,1,'2011-01-11 20:25:49','2011-01-12 03:25:49','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-13','','','2011-01-11 20:25:49','2011-01-12 03:25:49','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(3263,1,'2011-01-11 20:28:17','2011-01-12 03:28:17','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-15','','','2011-01-11 20:28:17','2011-01-12 03:28:17','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(3262,1,'2011-01-11 20:27:24','2011-01-12 03:27:24','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-14','','','2011-01-11 20:27:24','2011-01-12 03:27:24','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(3264,1,'2011-01-11 20:30:21','2011-01-12 03:30:21','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-16','','','2011-01-11 20:30:21','2011-01-12 03:30:21','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(3265,1,'2011-01-11 20:32:47','2011-01-12 03:32:47','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the dog in the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-17','','','2011-01-11 20:32:47','2011-01-12 03:32:47','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(3266,1,'2011-01-17 18:31:28','2011-01-18 01:31:28','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the dog in the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4176.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3267\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4176-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-autosave','','','2011-01-17 18:31:28','2011-01-18 01:31:28','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3267,1,'2011-01-11 20:46:14','2011-01-12 03:46:14','','SONY DSC','','inherit','open','open','','sony-dsc-6','','','2011-01-11 20:46:14','2011-01-12 03:46:14','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4176.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3268,1,'2011-01-11 20:33:04','2011-01-12 03:33:04','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the dog in the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-18','','','2011-01-11 20:33:04','2011-01-12 03:33:04','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(3269,1,'2011-01-11 20:46:35','2011-01-12 03:46:35','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the dog in the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4176.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3267\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4176-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-19','','','2011-01-11 20:46:35','2011-01-12 03:46:35','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(3270,1,'2011-01-11 20:47:38','2011-01-12 03:47:38','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3245\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a>When you are World\'s Most Precious Pooch, everyone wants a piece of you. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sampling of recent <span style=\"color: #008000;\">BellaMania!:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I\'ve ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!\"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I\'m sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, \"World class cute!\"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>\r\n	<li>On Bella\'s daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, \"She looks just like the dog in the ads!\"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>\r\n	<li>Vet techs at Bella\'s vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>\r\n	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We\'re minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/\" target=\"_blank\">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>\r\n	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>\r\n	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3246\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4147-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>As if all of this weren\'t enough, on Day 106, Bella\'s puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to \"puppy preschool\" which is yet another \"Michelle-ism\".  <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella\'s trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href=\"http://positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet\'s <em>It\'s Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I\'m assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella\'s status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria\'s show originated). </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella\'s school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href=\"http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3247\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3248\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4133-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4176.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3267\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC4176-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 106:  Canine Modeling -- It\'s a Ruff Life','','inherit','open','open','','3243-revision-20','','','2011-01-11 20:47:38','2011-01-12 03:47:38','',3243,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/11/3243-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(3273,1,'2011-01-12 20:27:13','2011-01-13 03:27:13','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-183','','','2011-01-12 20:27:13','2011-01-13 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03:33:04','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3277,1,'2011-01-12 20:34:19','2011-01-13 03:34:19','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-187','','','2011-01-12 20:34:19','2011-01-13 03:34:19','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3278,1,'2011-01-12 20:41:59','2011-01-13 03:41:59','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-188','','','2011-01-12 20:41:59','2011-01-13 03:41:59','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3279,1,'2011-01-12 20:51:17','2011-01-13 03:51:17','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-189','','','2011-01-12 20:51:17','2011-01-13 03:51:17','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3281,1,'2011-01-12 20:59:39','2011-01-13 03:59:39','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s so true.  How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies outside of work find time to COOK?  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Confession:  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing to stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I tell Nana to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking from scratch. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as an upcoming project, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog of trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Dip Lady:  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit E -- The Aftermath<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100193.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3280\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100193-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-2','','','2011-01-12 20:59:39','2011-01-13 03:59:39','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3280,1,'2011-01-12 20:58:40','2011-01-13 03:58:40','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-190','','','2011-01-12 20:58:40','2011-01-13 03:58:40','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100193.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3282,1,'2011-01-12 21:01:19','2011-01-13 04:01:19','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-191','','','2011-01-12 21:01:19','2011-01-13 04:01:19','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3283,1,'2011-01-12 21:00:12','2011-01-13 04:00:12','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies outside of work find time to COOK?  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Confession:  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing to stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I tell Nana to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as an upcoming project, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog of trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E -- The Aftermath</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-3','','','2011-01-12 21:00:12','2011-01-13 04:00:12','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3284,1,'2011-01-12 21:02:06','2011-01-13 04:02:06','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies outside of work find time to COOK?  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Confession:  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing to stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I tell Nana to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as an upcoming project, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog of trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-4','','','2011-01-12 21:02:06','2011-01-13 04:02:06','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3285,1,'2011-01-12 21:02:29','2011-01-13 04:02:29','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies outside of work find time to COOK?  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Confession:  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing to stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I tell Nana to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as an upcoming project, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog of trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-5','','','2011-01-12 21:02:29','2011-01-13 04:02:29','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3286,1,'2011-01-12 21:12:11','2011-01-13 04:12:11','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as an upcoming project, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-6','','','2011-01-12 21:12:11','2011-01-13 04:12:11','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3287,1,'2011-01-12 21:12:25','2011-01-13 04:12:25','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as an upcoming project, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-7','','','2011-01-12 21:12:25','2011-01-13 04:12:25','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3288,1,'2011-01-12 21:17:10','2011-01-13 04:17:10','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Whew!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-8','','','2011-01-12 21:17:10','2011-01-13 04:17:10','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3289,1,'2011-01-12 21:18:11','2011-01-13 04:18:11','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Whew!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-9','','','2011-01-12 21:18:11','2011-01-13 04:18:11','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(3290,1,'2011-01-12 21:19:01','2011-01-13 04:19:01','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-10','','','2011-01-12 21:19:01','2011-01-13 04:19:01','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3291,1,'2011-01-12 21:19:39','2011-01-13 04:19:39','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addiced to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E -- In the trash<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-11','','','2011-01-12 21:19:39','2011-01-13 04:19:39','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(3292,1,'2011-01-12 21:26:25','2011-01-13 04:26:25','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out.  Go figure. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Whew!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  You won\'t get sick, but it\'s not going to cure you either, pumpkin.  Sorry! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-12','','','2011-01-12 21:26:25','2011-01-13 04:26:25','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(3293,1,'2011-01-12 21:27:59','2011-01-13 04:27:59','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong>Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</strong>.  Go figure. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Whew!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-13','','','2011-01-12 21:27:59','2011-01-13 04:27:59','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(3294,1,'2011-01-12 21:28:08','2011-01-13 04:28:08','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-14','','','2011-01-12 21:28:08','2011-01-13 04:28:08','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(3295,1,'2011-01-12 22:04:51','2011-01-13 05:04:51','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a <em><strong><a href=\"http://www.cookinglight.com/magazine/\" target=\"_blank\">Cooking Light</a></strong></em> magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from <em>Cooking Light</em>.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a <em>Cooking Light</em> mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong> at <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/29/day-63-festival-of-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">The Festival of Lights</a></strong> a year ago November.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Me:</strong>  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dip mixes from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dip Lady:</strong>  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:</span> </strong></span> Since you are not as accessible as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong>, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now that I\'ve aired my dirty pantry, tell us what is in yours in the comment section.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-autosave','','','2011-01-12 22:04:51','2011-01-13 05:04:51','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3296,1,'2011-01-12 21:28:26','2011-01-13 04:28:26','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else that eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-15','','','2011-01-12 21:28:26','2011-01-13 04:28:26','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(3297,1,'2011-01-12 21:29:36','2011-01-13 04:29:36','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-16','','','2011-01-12 21:29:36','2011-01-13 04:29:36','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(3298,1,'2011-01-12 21:30:40','2011-01-13 04:30:40','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that in the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-17','','','2011-01-12 21:30:40','2011-01-13 04:30:40','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(3299,1,'2011-01-12 21:31:42','2011-01-13 04:31:42','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-18','','','2011-01-12 21:31:42','2011-01-13 04:31:42','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(3300,1,'2011-01-12 21:33:23','2011-01-13 04:33:23','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-19','','','2011-01-12 21:33:23','2011-01-13 04:33:23','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(3301,1,'2011-01-12 21:34:06','2011-01-13 04:34:06','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intention to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-20','','','2011-01-12 21:34:06','2011-01-13 04:34:06','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(3302,1,'2011-01-12 21:35:17','2011-01-13 04:35:17','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives when even thinking about entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-21','','','2011-01-12 21:35:17','2011-01-13 04:35:17','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(3303,1,'2011-01-12 21:36:52','2011-01-13 04:36:52','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lam?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-22','','','2011-01-12 21:36:52','2011-01-13 04:36:52','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-22/',0,'revision','',0),(3304,1,'2011-01-12 21:37:57','2011-01-13 04:37:57','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-23','','','2011-01-12 21:37:57','2011-01-13 04:37:57','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(3305,1,'2011-01-12 21:38:42','2011-01-13 04:38:42','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-24','','','2011-01-12 21:38:42','2011-01-13 04:38:42','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(3306,1,'2011-01-12 21:39:41','2011-01-13 04:39:41','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at The Festival of Lights a year ago December.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-25','','','2011-01-12 21:39:41','2011-01-13 04:39:41','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-25/',0,'revision','',0),(3307,1,'2011-01-12 21:41:07','2011-01-13 04:41:07','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from The Dip Lady at <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/29/day-63-festival-of-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">The Festival of Lights</a></strong> a year ago November.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Me:  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dip Lady:  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as The Dip Lady, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-26','','','2011-01-12 21:41:07','2011-01-13 04:41:07','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-26/',0,'revision','',0),(3308,1,'2011-01-12 21:44:37','2011-01-13 04:44:37','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong> at <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/29/day-63-festival-of-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">The Festival of Lights</a></strong> a year ago November.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Me:</strong>  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dips from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dip Lady:</strong>  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong>, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-27','','','2011-01-12 21:44:37','2011-01-13 04:44:37','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-27/',0,'revision','',0),(3309,1,'2011-01-12 21:45:59','2011-01-13 04:45:59','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong> at <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/29/day-63-festival-of-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">The Festival of Lights</a></strong> a year ago November.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Me:</strong>  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dip mixes from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dip Lady:</strong>  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:  Since you are not as accessible as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong>, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-28','','','2011-01-12 21:45:59','2011-01-13 04:45:59','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-28/',0,'revision','',0),(3310,1,'2011-01-12 21:47:45','2011-01-13 04:47:45','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong> at <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/29/day-63-festival-of-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">The Festival of Lights</a></strong> a year ago November.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Me:</strong>  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dip mixes from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dip Lady:</strong>  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:</span> </strong></span> Since you are not as accessible as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong>, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance!  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-29','','','2011-01-12 21:47:45','2011-01-13 04:47:45','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-29/',0,'revision','',0),(3311,1,'2011-01-12 21:53:29','2011-01-13 04:53:29','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a Cooking Light magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from Cooking Light.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a Cooking Light mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong> at <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/29/day-63-festival-of-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">The Festival of Lights</a></strong> a year ago November.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Me:</strong>  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dip mixes from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dip Lady:</strong>  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:</span> </strong></span> Since you are not as accessible as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong>, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now that I\'ve aired my dirty pantry, tell us what is in yours in the comment section.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-30','','','2011-01-12 21:53:29','2011-01-13 04:53:29','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-30/',0,'revision','',0),(3312,1,'2011-01-12 22:03:50','2011-01-13 05:03:50','<p>That\'s a definite \"maybe\". </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I don\'t cook.  I assemble meals.  (I stole that from <strong><a href=\"http://marthabeck.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Beck</a></strong> years ago.  She\'s brilliantly funny.  If she\'s ever speaking at a bookstore near you, GO!)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s so true.  <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">How does any woman who works a full week and attends to hobbies/kids/puppies/life find time to COOK?</span></strong></span>  Are you frickin\' kidding me???</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It\'s both expensive and unhealthy to eat out all the time, so I assemble.   A typical dinner for me is a grilled chicken burger (from a drug-free chicken who roamed the range), a steamed (and previously frozen) veggie, and maybe some brown rice.  Woohoo!!  Isn\'t that exciting?   </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Confession:</strong>  I am also addicted to the whole wheat crumbed chicken tenders from Whole Foods.  I\'m sure that everyone else who eats them are under the age of 12, but they\'re fast, healthy, and tasty. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>EVERY Sunday my Nana asks me what I\'m cooking for dinner, and EVERY Sunday I have nothing stellar to report.  If I baked muffins for breakfast that morning, I throw that into the conversation to appease her.  I am awarded bonus points for always baking them from scratch. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>With all of this grandmotherly guilt imposed upon me, I asked Mom for a <em><strong><a href=\"http://www.cookinglight.com/magazine/\" target=\"_blank\">Cooking Light</a></strong></em> magazine subscription a year ago Christmas.  Santa Mommy delivered.  Thanks, Mom! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One year and a few weeks later, I have yet to cook a recipe from <em>Cooking Light</em>.  <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That\'s right.  12 ISSUES and I have not cooked a damn thing. </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nice, huh? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I originally announced to a friend in a moment of Eureka-ness that I would cook one recipe from each issue for the blog!  And then realized that would suck 12 days from my project.  I\'m not so sure I want to do that. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>However!  I am committed to making at least ONE recipe on Day 109.  We\'ll see how that goes and then proceed from there.  The recipe worries me a bit.  More to follow...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Now what on earth does this all have to do with the bloody pantry, you ask?? </span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you are born under the astrological sign of Virgo, you crave a neat and tidy home environment.  You surely have bouts of messiness, but before long, you literally clean house.  Along with your cleaning lady. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you start a blog and adopt a puppy, this all goes to hell in a handbasket. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And the puppy\'s food, treats, bones, and other paraphernalia take over your pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>And then when you have good intentions to cook rather than assemble for a <em>Cooking Light</em> mini-project as well as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/\" target=\"_blank\">an upcoming Lusty Cooking project</a></strong>, you break out into hives at the mere thought of entering that pantry. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And since you are a freak of nature who actually gets excited about cleaning out your pantry, this sadly meets the criteria of your 365 project blog for trying \"one soul-scintillating thing each day.\"</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Oddly, I am not alone.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellow organized types are getting their freak on by decluttering their hearts out</a></strong>.  Go figure. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>But enough about them.  Welcome to my pantry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3273 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3274\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100198-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Allow me to share with you \"items of interest\" unearthed in Day 106\'s Pantry Expedition:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit A</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3277\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>See that white thingamajig resembling Aladdin\'s lamp?  For those of you who don\'t recognize it, it\'s a Neti pot.  Neti pots are used to clean out your sinuses.  The tip inserts into your nose.  It was sitting next to my Almond Milk.  Eeeewwww.  Oh, what we bachelorettes try to get away with! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>It now lives in my medicine cabinet. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit B</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3275\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3276\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pantry Door:  Before (left) and After (right)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have now officially moved into 2011.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit C</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3278\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100204-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mom bought these for me from <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong> at <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/29/day-63-festival-of-lights/\" target=\"_blank\">The Festival of Lights</a></strong> a year ago November.  (What is it with me and gifts from my Mom???)  I e-mailed the Dip Lady as soon as I found these.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Me:</strong>  I was just cleaning out my pantry and came across your dip mixes from a year ago November!  Eeeekkk!!!  I’m so sad that they got lost in there!  Are they still good? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dip Lady:</strong>  Hi, Michelle.   You are fine to use them and they are good. I have had customers that have had them longer and used them and they are just fine.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Whew!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Which reminds me...</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A Suggestion to the Spicemakers of the World:</span> </strong></span> Since you are not as accessible as <strong><a href=\"http://www.diplady.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dip Lady</a></strong>, could you PLEASE put expiration dates on your bottles???  Do you think we remember which Thanksgiving we bought the cloves for???  For the love of Pete!!!  Throw us a bone here!!!</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit D<br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3279\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1100194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When you don\'t have human children, you tend to go overboard with the dog. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Exhibit E</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3282\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P11001931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>These items were trashed. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Megan, that Emergen-C I administered to you at work the other day expired months ago.  Oops!  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am embarrassed to report that I was storing shelled nuts circa 13 months ago.  Ladies, I\'m sure you\'ll agree that no one likes old and shriveled nuts.  Good riddance! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now that I\'ve aired my dirty pantry, tell us what is in yours in the comment section.  <br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 107:  Clean Pantry = Clear Mind = Maybe I\'ll Cook Now','','inherit','open','open','','3271-revision-31','','','2011-01-12 22:03:50','2011-01-13 05:03:50','',3271,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/12/3271-revision-31/',0,'revision','',0),(3313,1,'2011-01-14 10:11:40','2011-01-14 17:11:40','<p><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3318\" title=\"wnm\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wnm-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" /></a>I still remember my extreme excitement when I first heard of Dan Pink\'s book  <em><strong><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\">A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future</a></strong></em> a few years ago.  You mean to tell me that I\'ve felt like a right-brained artsy fartsy geek all my life, and now I\'m going to take over the future!  Wahoooooo!!!! </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I immediately secured a copy on audiobook.  I\'m a HUGE fan of absorbing non-fiction through osmosis while driving.  As an added bonus, my little audiobook car ritual lulls me into a calmer, gentler driver which is a great thing for a chick who learned how to drive in the urban jungle. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I learned many interesting ideas through Mr. Pink\'s audiobook that he narrated <em>himself </em>(thank GOODNESS! )</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Authors!  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No, really.  They do.  Mr. Pink says so.  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No, really.  They do.  Mr. Pink says so.  ','','inherit','open','open','','3313-revision-4','','','2011-01-13 16:54:17','2011-01-13 23:54:17','',3313,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/13/3313-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3322,1,'2011-01-14 09:57:39','2011-01-14 16:57:39','<p><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3318\" title=\"wnm\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wnm-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" /></a>I still remember my extreme excitement when I first heard of Dan Pink\'s book  <em><strong><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\">A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future</a></strong></em> a few years ago.  You mean to tell me that I\'ve felt like a right-brained artsy fartsy geek all my life, and now I\'m going to take over the future!  Wahoooooo!!!! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I immediately secured a copy on audiobook.  I\'m a HUGE fan of absorbing non-fiction through osmosis while driving.  My little audiobook car ritual also lulls me into a calmer, gentler driver which is a great thing for a chick who learned how to drive in the urban jungle. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I learned many interesting ideas through Mr. Pink\'s audiobook that he narrated <em>himself </em>(thank GOODNESS! )</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Authors!  Alert!!:</strong> </span></span> Do not, I repeat, DO NOT allow your publisher to hire an actor to narrate your audiobook!  And I am saying this as a former actor!  Pleeeaaaase read your book yourself.  It comes across as genuine and authentic vs. a performance.  This has been a free public service announcement from Audiobook Junkies of America.) </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Here is what I didn\'t learn from Mr. Pink\'s audiobook:  He\'s hysterically funny! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>How do I know this?</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Because the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my company hired him as a keynote speaker for one of our conferences.  On Day 108.  I love it when we break out of the office for uber-cool stuff.  Thanks a mil, NPS!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Added bonus:  Dan Pink\'s hysterically funny and informative talk inspired 2 blog days.  Coming soon to a blog post near you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Today\'s homework:  Read or listen to his book.  </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>If you\'re a right-brainer, celebrate but don\'t get too cocky. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>If you\'re a left-brainer, we still love you.  But you\'ll need to expand your horizons a bit.  Mr. Pink is here to help.   </p>','Day 108:  Right-Brainers Rule!  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','','inherit','open','open','','3313-revision-6','','','2011-01-14 09:57:39','2011-01-14 16:57:39','',3313,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/14/3313-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3321,1,'2011-01-14 09:56:39','2011-01-14 16:56:39','<p><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3318\" title=\"wnm\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wnm-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" /></a>I still remember my extreme excitement when I first heard of Dan Pink\'s book  <em><strong><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\">A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future</a></strong></em> a few years ago.  You mean to tell me that I\'ve felt like a right-brained artsy fartsy geek all my life, and now I\'m going to take over the future!  Wahoooooo!!!! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I immediately secured a copy on audiobook.  I\'m a HUGE fan of absorbing non-fiction through osmosis while driving.  My little audiobook car ritual also lulls me into a calmer, gentler driver which is a great thing for a chick who learned how to drive in the urban jungle. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I learned many interesting ideas through Mr. Pink\'s audiobook that he narrated <em>himself </em>(thank GOODNESS! )</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Authors!  Alert!!:</strong> </span></span> Do not, I repeat, DO NOT allow your publisher to hire an actor to narrate your audiobook!  And I am saying this as a former actor!  Pleeeaaaase read your book yourself.  It comes across as genuine and authentic vs. a performance.  This has been a free public service announcement from Audiobook Junkies of America.) </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Here is what I didn\'t learn from Mr. Pink\'s audiobook:  He\'s hysterically funny! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>How do I know this?</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Because the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my company hired him as a keynote speaker for one of our conferences.  On Day 108.  I love it when we break out of the office for uber-cool stuff.  Thanks a mil, NPS!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Added bonus:  Dan Pink\'s hysterically funny and informative talk inspired 2 blog days.  Coming soon to a blog post near you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Today\'s homework:  Read or listen to his book.  </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>If you\'re a right-brainer, celebrate but don\'t get too cocky.  If you\'re a left-brainer, we still love you.  But you\'ll need to expand your horizons a bit.  Mr. Pink is here to help.   </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>','Day 108:  Right-Brainers Rule!  No, really.  They do.  Mr. Pink says so.  ','','inherit','open','open','','3313-revision-5','','','2011-01-14 09:56:39','2011-01-14 16:56:39','',3313,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/14/3313-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3323,1,'2011-01-14 10:08:06','2011-01-14 17:08:06','<p><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3318\" title=\"wnm\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wnm-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" /></a>I still remember my extreme excitement when I first heard of Dan Pink\'s book  <em><strong><a href=\"http://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind\" target=\"_blank\">A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future</a></strong></em> a few years ago.  You mean to tell me that I\'ve felt like a right-brained artsy fartsy geek all my life, and now I\'m going to take over the future!  Wahoooooo!!!! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I immediately secured a copy on audiobook.  I\'m a HUGE fan of absorbing non-fiction through osmosis while driving.  My little audiobook car ritual also lulls me into a calmer, gentler driver which is a great thing for a chick who learned how to drive in the urban jungle. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I learned many interesting ideas through Mr. Pink\'s audiobook that he narrated <em>himself </em>(thank GOODNESS! )</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Authors!  Alert!!:</strong> </span></span> Do not, I repeat, DO NOT allow your publisher to hire an actor to narrate your audiobook!  And I am saying this as a former actor!  Pleeeaaaase read your book yourself.  It comes across as genuine and authentic vs. a performance.  This has been a free public service announcement from Audiobook Junkies of America.) </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Here is what I didn\'t learn from Mr. Pink\'s audiobook:  He\'s hysterically funny! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>How do I know this?</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Because the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my company hired him as a keynote speaker for one of our conferences.  On Day 108.  I love it when we break out of the office for uber-cool stuff.  Thanks a mil, NPS!</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Added bonus:  Dan Pink\'s hysterically funny and informative talk inspired 2 blog days.  Coming soon to a blog post near you. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Today\'s homework:  Read or listen to his book.  </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>If you\'re a right-brainer, celebrate but don\'t get too cocky.  You still need to</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>If you\'re a left-brainer, we still love you.  But you\'ll need to expand your horizons a bit.  Mr. Pink is here to help.   </p>','Day 108:  Right-Brainers Rule!  No, really.  They do.  Mr. Pink says so.  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No, really.  They do.  Mr. Pink says so.  ','','inherit','open','open','','3313-revision-10','','','2011-01-14 10:08:33','2011-01-14 17:08:33','',3313,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/14/3313-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3328,1,'2011-01-15 09:56:16','2011-01-15 16:56:16','<p><a href=\"http://www.yogatoday.com/videos/953126027\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3329\" title=\"chakrachallenge1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chakrachallenge1-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" /></a>You are correct.  Today\'s post should be Day 109, but I am a selective rule breaker and get a thrill from shaking things up and throwing them out of order. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This is time sensitive:</span></span></span></strong>  Today I just finished my Day 112 activity which is Day 1 of the YogaToday.com Chakra Challenge.  I wanted to share it with you in case you are inclined to join me (which I just know you are!)  :-)</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you\'re thinking, \"What the HECK is a chakra?\" go <strong><a href=\"http://healing.about.com/cs/chakras/a/learnchakras.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>I am a yoga snob.  I hate to admit it, but it\'s true.  I\'m picky about my studios and my teachers.  My snobbery is very unyoga-like.  Oh, well.  </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A few years ago, I read an article in Women\'s Health were uber-yoga-dude <strong><a href=\"http://baronbaptiste.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Baron Baptiste</a></strong> mentioned a website called <a href=\"http://www.yogatoday.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.yogatoday.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong>  I have been a fan ever since. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The three yoginis who alternate teaching these online classes are THE BEST. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Need I say more? </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Yoga Snob hath spoken.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Now...who\'s joining me for the Chakra Challenge?</span></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=490413408401&amp;set=a.490413353401.272299.37437463401\" target=\"_blank\">Get thee to their Yoga Today Facebook Fan Page for more details.  </a></span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></span></strong></p>','Day 112:  Will You Take the Chakra Challenge with Me?  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What\'s Yours?  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What\'s Yours?  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What\'s Yours?  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What\'s Yours?  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What\'s Yours?  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What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-5','','','2011-01-15 16:07:21','2011-01-15 23:07:21','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3346,1,'2011-01-15 16:08:59','2011-01-15 23:08:59','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Too many passions, too little time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordsmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordsmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-6','','','2011-01-15 16:08:59','2011-01-15 23:08:59','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3347,1,'2011-01-15 16:15:17','2011-01-15 23:15:17','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So many passions, too little time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\n\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-autosave','','','2011-01-15 16:15:17','2011-01-15 23:15:17','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3348,1,'2011-01-15 16:09:12','2011-01-15 23:09:12','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Too many passions, too little time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordsmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordsmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-7','','','2011-01-15 16:09:12','2011-01-15 23:09:12','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3349,1,'2011-01-15 16:10:36','2011-01-15 23:10:36','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Too many passions, too little time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordsmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-8','','','2011-01-15 16:10:36','2011-01-15 23:10:36','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3350,1,'2011-01-15 16:10:36','2011-01-15 23:10:36','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Too many passions, too little time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordsmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-9','','','2011-01-15 16:10:36','2011-01-15 23:10:36','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(3351,1,'2011-01-15 16:11:24','2011-01-15 23:11:24','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Too many passions, too little time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-10','','','2011-01-15 16:11:24','2011-01-15 23:11:24','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3352,1,'2011-01-15 16:16:11','2011-01-15 23:16:11','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So many passions, never enough time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-11','','','2011-01-15 16:16:11','2011-01-15 23:16:11','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(3353,1,'2011-01-15 16:17:59','2011-01-15 23:17:59','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So many passions.  Never enough time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-12','','','2011-01-15 16:17:59','2011-01-15 23:17:59','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(3354,1,'2011-01-15 16:26:46','2011-01-15 23:26:46','<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3339\" title=\"smithmag6\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/smithmag6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My Six-Word Memoir:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So many passions.  Need more time.</span> </span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> </span></strong></span><br class=\"spacer_\" /> </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Your turn.  Please share in the comment section below. </p>\r\n\r\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then visit one of the coolest websites in the history of websitedom at <a href=\"http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.sixwordmemoirs.com</strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p>','Day 109:  I Composed My Six-Word Memoir.  What\'s Yours?  ','','inherit','open','open','','3338-revision-13','','','2011-01-15 16:26:46','2011-01-15 23:26:46','',3338,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/15/3338-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(3355,1,'2011-01-17 01:11:26','2011-01-17 08:11:26','[caption id=\"attachment_3358\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gelatinous Goo aka Speedy Chicken Pot Pie\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130180.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3358\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130180-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy disgusting culinary catastrophe all started when my mother gifted me with a <strong><em><a href=\"http://www.cookinglight.com/magazine/\" target=\"_blank\">Cooking Light magazine</a></em></strong> subscription a year ago Christmas.  One year and 12 issues later, I never cooked a recipe.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=cooking+light\" target=\"_blank\">I pledged on Day 107</a> </strong>that I would cook one recipe from the January 2010 issue to absolve myself of all thankless gift receivee sins.  In a moment of delusion, I pondered cooking a recipe from each of the 12 issues, but I can now assure you that pigs will be flying and hell will be freezing before <em>that</em> ever happens.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nMy recipe du jour seemed harmless enough:  Speedy Chicken Pot Pie.  Sounds yummy, right?\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nDoes the Speedy Chicken Pot Pie pictured above look yummy to you, my friends?  Hmmmmm???\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1150182.jpg\"></a>\r\n\r\nGranted, I couldn\'t bring myself to schlepp to the regular grocery store for Simply Potatoes (whatever the heck those are).  I substituted red, white, and blue potatoes from Trader Joe\'s.  In retrospect, I suppose I whipped up a Speedy Patriotic Chicken Pot Pie.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>I WASN\'T THINKING THAT THE BLUE POTATOES WOULD TURN THE ROUX INTO A PALER SHADE OF BLUISH-GRAY GOO!!!!</strong></span> </span>\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nAnd since when does roux turn gelatinous????   What up with this roux recipe, Cooking Light???\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nThe leftovers were evolved into something more exotic:\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3359\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"I actually ate these leftovers because I was too lazy to fix something else for dinner. \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1150182.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3359\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1150182-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nI SWEAR to you that all of these photos are untouched.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nLuckily, my friend, David aka Captain Adventure was my dining partner that evening.  He gets his nickname for traveling all over the world to dangerous, off-the-beaten-beaten-beaten path places, so he\'s eaten plenty of disgusting food in his day.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nDavid assured me that the Speedy Patriotic Chicken Pot Pie was \"edible\".  I was grateful that he didn\'t ask to call for pizza.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nHe was a good sport and cleaned his plate like a good boy.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3360\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"All gone! Now THAT&#39;S true friendship. \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130181.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3360\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130181-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nA very good little girl waited in the wings for her turn.  I caught David trying to sneak her a table scrap before I freaked out and reminded him that table scraps are not healthy for poochies.  (Captain Adventure travels too much to own a dog.  Please forgive him.)\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3361\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gratuitous &quot;World&#39;s Most Precious Pooch&quot; Photo\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130179.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3361\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130181.jpg\"></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Comic Relief Moment of the Night:</strong> </span></span>When the onions were burning during phone call distractions, \"Disco Inferno\" was playing on iTunes.  Remember that song?  \"Burn, baby, burn!  Disco Inferno!  Burn, baby, burn!\"  I could not have scripted this better.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nApple is known for its \"intuitive\" technology.  My iTunes apparently has intuitive comic timing.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saving Grace of the Night: </span></strong></span>I don\'t consider investing time and effort in a disappointing dinner at the end of a long day \"soul-scintillating\" (which is supposed to be the determining factor for all of my blog activities).  I dreamed that this would be very Top Chef, and instead it turned out to be Hell\'s Kitchen.\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\nCaptain Adventure to the Rescue!  He just so happened to bring along his computer and latest iMovie of his recent travels to Burma.  He invites you to take a look, too!\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Captain Adventure\'s Burmese iMovie: </strong></span></span> <a title=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vinOwcerAXE\" href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vinOwcerAXE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vinOwcerAXE</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<br class=\"spacer_\" />\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Saving Grace 2: </strong></span></span>We have our upcoming <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> to turn this dud around.  Something tells me that these recipes will be simply divine, dahlings.','Day 110:  Would You Eat This?  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(View photos at your own risk.)','','inherit','open','open','','3355-revision','','','2011-01-16 17:24:29','2011-01-17 00:24:29','',3355,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/16/3355-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3363,1,'2011-01-16 18:07:08','2011-01-17 01:07:08','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130180.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3358\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130180-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>My disgusting culinary catastrophe all started when my mother gifted me with a <strong><em><a href=\"http://www.cookinglight.com/magazine/\" target=\"_blank\">Cooking Light magazine</a></em></strong> subscription a year ago Christmas.  One year and 12 issues later, I never cooked a recipe. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=cooking+light\" target=\"_blank\">I pledged on Day 107</a></strong> that I would cook one recipe from the January 2010 to absolve myself of all thankless gift receivee sins.  In a moment of delusion, I pondered cooking a recipe from each of the 12 issues, but I can now assure you that pigs will be flying and hell will be freezing before <em>that</em> ever happens.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>My recipe du jour seemed harmless enough:  Speedy Chicken Pot Pie.  Sounds yummy, right? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Does the Speedy Chicken Pot Pie pictured above look yummy to you, my friends?  Hmmmmm??? </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1150182.jpg\"></a> </p>\n\n<p>Granted, I couldn\'t bring myself to schlepp to the regular grocery store for Simply Potatoes (whatever the heck those are).  I substituted red, white, and blue potatoes from Trader Joe\'s.  In retrospect, I suppose I whipped up a Speedy Patriotic Chicken Pot Pie. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I WASN\'T THINKING THAT THE BLUE POTATOES WOULD TURN THE ROUX INTO A PALER SHADE OF BLUISH-GRAY GOO!!!!  And since when does roux turn gelatinous????   What up with this roux recipe, Cooking Light???</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>The leftovers were even more exotic:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1150182.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3359\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1150182-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>I SWEAR to you that all of these photos are untouched. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Luckily, my friend, David aka Captain Adventure was my dining partner that evening.  He gets his nickname for traveling all over the world to dangerous, off-the-beaten-beaten-beaten path places, so he\'s eaten plenty of disgusting food in his day. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>David assured me that the Speedy Patriotic Chicken Pot Pie was \"edible\".  I was grateful that he didn\'t ask to call for pizza. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>He was a good sport and cleaned his plate like a good boy. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130181.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3360\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130181-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>A very good little girl waited in the wings for her turn.  I caught David trying to sneak her a table scrap before I freaked out and reminded him that table scraps are not healthy for poochies.  (Captain Adventure travels too much to own a dog.  Please forgive him.) </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3361\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130181.jpg\"></a> </p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Comic Relief Moment of the Night:</strong> </span></span> When the onions were burning during phone call distractions, \"Disco Inferno\" was playing on iTunes.  Remember that song?  \"Burn, baby, burn!  Disco Inferno!  Burn, baby, burn!\" </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saving Grace of the Night: </span></strong></span> I don\'t consider investing time and effort at the end of a long day \"soul-scintillating\" (which is supposed to be the determing factor for all of my blog activities).  I dreamed that this would be very Top Chef, and instead it turned out to be Hell\'s Kitchen. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Captain Adventure to the Rescue!  He just so happened to bring along his computer and latest iMovie of his recent travels to Burma.  He invites you to take a look, too! </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Captain Adventures Burmese iMovie: </strong></span></span> <a title=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vinOwcerAXE\" href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vinOwcerAXE\"><strong>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vinOwcerAXE</strong></a></p>','Day 110:  Would You Eat This?  (View photos at your own risk.)','','inherit','open','open','','3355-revision-2','','','2011-01-16 18:07:08','2011-01-17 01:07:08','',3355,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/16/3355-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3364,1,'2011-01-16 18:11:58','2011-01-17 01:11:58','<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130180.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3358\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130180-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>My disgusting culinary catastrophe all started when my mother gifted me with a <strong><em><a href=\"http://www.cookinglight.com/magazine/\" target=\"_blank\">Cooking Light magazine</a></em></strong> subscription a year ago Christmas.  One year and 12 issues later, I never cooked a recipe. </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=cooking+light\" target=\"_blank\">I pledged on Day 107</a></strong> that I would cook one recipe from the January 2010 to absolve myself of all thankless gift receivee sins.  In a moment of delusion, I pondered cooking a recipe from each of the 12 issues, but I can now assure you that pigs will be flying and hell will be freezing before <em>that</em> ever happens.</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>My recipe du jour seemed harmless enough:  Speedy Chicken Pot Pie.  Sounds yummy, right? </p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p>Does the Speedy Chicken Pot Pie pictured above look yummy to you, my friends?  Hmmmmm??? </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1150182.jpg\"></a> </p>\n\n<p>Granted, I couldn\'t bring myself to schlepp to the regular grocery store for Simply Potatoes (whatever the heck those are).  I substituted red, white, and blue potatoes from Trader Joe\'s.  In retrospect, I suppose I whipped up a Speedy Patriotic Chicken Pot 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/></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130179.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3361\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130179-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1130181.jpg\"></a> </p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Comic Relief Moment of the Night:</strong> </span></span> When the onions were burning during phone call distractions, \"Disco Inferno\" was playing on iTunes.  Remember that song?  \"Burn, baby, burn!  Disco Inferno!  Burn, baby, burn!\"  I couldn\'t have scripted this any funnier.  :-)</p>\n\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" /></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saving Grace of the Night: </span></strong></span> I don\'t consider investing time 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