Sweet Release

I am free once more to pick stuff up, push stuff around, go back to work and fuck. Hooray!

Walked around some Hallowe'en stores this afternoon. I'm whupped. I'm going to take cupcakes to work w/me. I got some seasonal cupcake cups, an assortment of sprinkles & google-eyed toothpicks. I'm going to get some yellow or white cake mix & color it orange, and some devil's food cake mix & make orange & dark chocolate marbled cupcakes :) I frikkin' love Cupcake Wars - it inspires me. The Food Network inspires me, period. I finally made a successful roux last week for home-made clam chowder. The only problem was the portion - I made too much soup & not enough roux, so it only thickened to a certain point. I like my clam chowder super-thick. Night before last, I made another blonde roux for gravy to go w/baked chicken & mashed potatoes. I had the opposite problem - too much roux, not enough stock, so it was sort of a chicken-flavored pudding. Not very appealing, but I mixed it into my mashed potatoes & ate it anyway. It had good flavor. If I had managed to add enough liquid to thin it out, I think I would have ended up w/about a gallon of gravy.

That is all. Other than the fact that I don't really want to go back to work next week :(