Mrs. Preppy: June 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

Quick Sand Bread

Why in the world does my banana bread sink like quick sand? I follow the directions and have even tried to bake it for a little longer, but it still sinks.

What am I doing wrong? HELP!

Here is the recipe I use:

Ingredients
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups flour
Pinch of cinnamon

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Oil and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Using an electric mixer, cream the shortening and sugar. With the mixer running on medium speed, add the eggs one at a time. Add the bananas and mix well. Add the baking soda, salt, flour, and cinnamon and mix thoroughly. The dough will be sticky. Pour the dough into the prepared pan and bake about one hour or until the center is brown and set.

Friday, June 26, 2009

The million dollar question...

What in the world did Danielle do to Dina???

I did some online digging and this is what I found:

According to Danielle's blog on bravotv.com she says, "As for the end of the Reunion, when Caroline said such horrible things to me, I had no idea at the time what "disgraceful" acts she was referring to. I only found out later what she was talking about, from someone in her own family. I simply gave a phone number to her ex brother-in-law to contact proper people with questions that he had concerning something that was absolutely none of my business. I was asked to give this information to him. If I had to do it again, I would have declined and preferred not to get involved. But I think my minimal involvement did not justify Caroline's behavior towards me."I heard from New Jersey gossip floating around that Danielle gave Dina's ex-husband phone numbers to contact the authorities to report child abuse because she was alleging that Dina was abusing Lexi. However, the claims were dismissed as soon as they were brought up.That's why Caroline said that she wouldn't say what "it" was because Dina asked her too, because she didn't want to re-hatch something that Dina was no doubt mortified about and wanted to forget, even though it wasn't true.

Personally, I like Dina and all of her fake bubbie glory. Who knows what really happened..... All I know is that Season 2 is going to be drama, drama, drama!

Flying with Baby

Next week we leave for a week long beach vacation! I love the beach and I am hoping that Miss A loves the beach as much as her mama. And if she doesn't, there will be plenty of other people around to give me some time to worship the sun. Seriously, I can be out from sun up to sun down and love every second of it.

Plus, Miss A is going on her first plane ride! Do they still give out wings to little kids/babies when they fly? She needs some to go into her baby box. (Yes, baby box. A big brown box with all of the mementos -- I am not a scrapper)

Anything I need to know to make the flight a little easier with an almost 4mo old? Right now we am planning on strapping her into the Baby Bjorn and only using the stroller when we have to. Hopefully my AA status will help us out and give us priority bulkhead seating. One thing I know for sure, she is going to be dressed super cute. It is hard to get mad at a sweet little baby when she is dressed cute - right?

Oh yeah... and packing. Ugh. I HATE packing for myself, but now I have to pack for the both of us. At least her clothes are small and I can bring lots and lots of options. It is the **other stuff** that is making my head spin.... stroller. car seat. pack n play. Bumbo (for the beach). monitor. toys. diapers. milk/formula. bottles. Holy moly. Looks like I am going to be making a trip to Target once we get there because I would much rather just buy some of this stuff.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Thank You

Dear McDonald’s drive thru lady–
I see you on average a couple times a week.. Sometimes I am on my phone; sometimes I have Velcro rollers in my hair. Sometimes I might look like I am still asleep, but please know that I am thankful. Thankful that you take the extra 30 seconds to wipe down the Diet Coke that has spilled over from the top of the Styrofoam cup. This might not sound like a big deal, but once a Sonic worker did not wipe down the sides…. And I was wearing white pants…. And I put the large beverage between my legs….

And as much as I love drinking every last drop of that heavenly nectar, I am also thankful that you don’t overfill the cup. Have you ever tried to stick a straw into a too full cup? Disastrous.

I know my large diet coke is not that exciting of an order, but at 7:25am, it is the little things that make me smile.

Yours truly, Mrs Preppy

So, if you are ever at the McDonald’s on the corner of by my office and way too early, rest assured that there will not be any Diet Coke running down the side of your Styrofoam cup.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Chinese Gender Predictor

***I used the chart found on The Bump***

Since we did not find out the sex of Baby M, I was eager to see if this old chart was accurate.

And it was!

That was the only home gender test that I did, but since then I have tried the pencil/string/needle thing and I said we would have 2 girls. Hum.....

Anyone else have success with these crazy things?

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Rapunzel, Rapunzel

Last year (around this time) I chopped my hair off for Locks of Love. I maintained that short do for a while, but now I am ready to have my looooong hair back. Yet, for some reason when I get my hair trimmed I always agree to “framing the face” and “adding body” or “take some of the weight off.” That is just hairdresser code for “I am going to keep cutting your hair because long and straight hair is boring.”