<span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Discover bubbles.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6WS00wiI/AAAAAAAABPQ/26vOHAymCkg/s1600-h/DSC04997.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6WS00wiI/AAAAAAAABPQ/26vOHAymCkg/s400/DSC04997.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339574094141899298" border="0" /></a>I know what you're all saying. "Aw!" "Oh, how cute!" "Look at those curls!"<br /><br />See? Like I said, I know.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Bake!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6vKZmosI/AAAAAAAABPY/no1mmleBbjc/s1600-h/DSC05004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6vKZmosI/AAAAAAAABPY/no1mmleBbjc/s400/DSC05004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339574521376973506" border="0" /></a><br />Oy.<br /><br />I just don't know what I did wrong.<br /><br />Well, actually, I might have a few ideas. I let it rise for an hour and a half, punched it down and let it rise for another hour where I should have let it rise for an hour, punched it down and let it rise for another 30 minutes. When I brushed on the egg white, this overinflated baguette wannabe sort of, well, <span style="font-style: italic;">de</span>flated.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6841EhyI/AAAAAAAABPg/qKDJHIE9kuA/s1600-h/DSC05007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6841EhyI/AAAAAAAABPg/qKDJHIE9kuA/s400/DSC05007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339574757178509090" border="0" /></a>Now it's an oblong focaccia. Yeah, that's it - an asymmetrical, UFO-reminiscent, mildly pitiful oblong focaccia.<br /><br />Mildly. This is what happens to a person when she is not only on the brink of insanity thanks to the styrofoam we call bread in this part of the country, but also trying to save $1.79. Because <a href="http://www.918couponqueenblog.com/">the Coupon Queen</a> has bit me. Hard. I'm bruised and bleeding, but at least I'm leaking sanity and not cash this time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Terrorize defenseless puppies.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn8o22pEGI/AAAAAAAABPw/J5wV8rVo_PI/s1600-h/DSC05011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn8o22pEGI/AAAAAAAABPw/J5wV8rVo_PI/s400/DSC05011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339576612074098786" border="0" /></a><br />Oh, boy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn8ttROCKI/AAAAAAAABP4/59fvbqtvwKo/s1600-h/DSC05012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn8ttROCKI/AAAAAAAABP4/59fvbqtvwKo/s400/DSC05012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339576695400564898" border="0" /></a><br />All I can say is, Welcome to the family, little doggies.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Grow dimples.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn9P9gwprI/AAAAAAAABQA/mUJzoSoaHPA/s1600-h/DSC05009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn9P9gwprI/AAAAAAAABQA/mUJzoSoaHPA/s400/DSC05009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339577283876267698" border="0" /></a><br />As if you needed a reason.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Eat stuff. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn9nbJXV2I/AAAAAAAABQI/ag6h_ROwm7Q/s1600-h/DSC05017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn9nbJXV2I/AAAAAAAABQI/ag6h_ROwm7Q/s400/DSC05017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339577686968194914" border="0" /></a><br />Why, no, a love of food doesn't run in the family - I just don't know why you would suggest such a thing.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Eat more stuff.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn-FwA9d3I/AAAAAAAABQQ/gKcUgJutE5c/s1600-h/DSC05021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn-FwA9d3I/AAAAAAAABQQ/gKcUgJutE5c/s400/DSC05021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339578207966164850" border="0" /></a><br />Cheese it up, Dad. Cheese it up.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Rock out while, you guessed it, eating stuff.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn-dewNEMI/AAAAAAAABQY/v8O-Lgz9pqM/s1600-h/DSC05022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn-dewNEMI/AAAAAAAABQY/v8O-Lgz9pqM/s400/DSC05022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339578615649341634" border="0" /></a><br />From whence I came. Now you all don't have to wonder what's wrong with me anymore.<br /><br />Just kidding, Dad. You keep on rockin'.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Make green Jello.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6PmrEJRI/AAAAAAAABPI/SOzjHH4p3uY/s1600-h/DSC05035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn6PmrEJRI/AAAAAAAABPI/SOzjHH4p3uY/s400/DSC05035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339573979210589458" border="0" /></a>Now in Lilting Lime flavor. Don't offer any to the kids, if you know what I mean.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Bust a move.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ShoAvxsfLKI/AAAAAAAABQ4/ouqmQrfmBPE/s1600-h/DSC05024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ShoAvxsfLKI/AAAAAAAABQ4/ouqmQrfmBPE/s400/DSC05024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339581128994925730" border="0" /></a><br />The Lilting Lime Jello served in the smart little martini glasses had nothing to do with this. Nothing at all.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ShoAhhHBPXI/AAAAAAAABQw/eHfgDmX0kv8/s1600-h/DSC05028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ShoAhhHBPXI/AAAAAAAABQw/eHfgDmX0kv8/s400/DSC05028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339580884024638834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Smile.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn_i3c0N8I/AAAAAAAABQg/p4O9gpWMvCU/s1600-h/DSC05031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn_i3c0N8I/AAAAAAAABQg/p4O9gpWMvCU/s400/DSC05031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339579807689881538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn_1aYDy7I/AAAAAAAABQo/LkJ4walcLwE/s1600-h/DSC05029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Shn_1aYDy7I/AAAAAAAABQo/LkJ4walcLwE/s400/DSC05029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339580126302817202" border="0" /></a>How can you help it? It's the Oklahoma way.<br /><br />Have a great holiday, everyone. Consume your Jello responsibly.