Well, being St. Patrick's day I figured it was a good day to start moving in the much more environmentally responsible and friendly direction of going green. I figured we needed to start early so I got up and plugged in my electric griddle. I like to let it warm up for a solid 15 minutes before I cook anything on it. You know cook off any of whatever I cooked on it last (only kidding people, relax). Because it is St. Patrick's Day there is a special breakfast on order - yes green clover pancakes coming right up.
So maybe they turned out a bit rough but the kids liked them - especially Jack.
Don't worry, I turned off the griddle a couple hours later. You really ought to try heating your house with these - I figure it is kind of like buying an electric car. You know, cut down on fuel consumption and save a few trees all at the same time. Love, love, love my electric griddle.
Dinner, well, I tried to find some spinach noodles but can you believe that Wal-Mart doesn't have any? I couldn't believe it myself. I also couldn't believe that they didn't have any Hazelnuts. I walked all over that store looking for some nuts. I almost stopped to ask someone where I could find some nuts and then I started to laugh, that is just a bad question all together. You can't do that to yourself when you are a guy. I will go elsewhere for my nuts - hazelnuts people. Come on! I settled on Pizza and decided I would forgo the green dinner. I did however pick up the Green Berry Punch for the kids to partake of with their meal. Sticking with the green theme. Happy to note that this comes in a big plastic jug and owing to the fact that there is no curbside recycle service here in Cedar City I will be donating this container to the local land fill. Just doing my part. I am actually quite shocked that there is not a curbside recycle service. I guess it just goes to show how small of a town Cedar actually is. On a serious note I think I saw something in the paper about some recycle bins that you can drive to. These happen to be on the other side of town and with the aforementioned F150 I would probably be in the negative if I drove over there to recycle this plastic bottle so I will simply invest in more carbon offsets. Dang it.
Well, I couldn't leave my only green efforts at pancakes and a beverage so I broke out the little baker that could in me and kicked it up a notch with a beautiful St. Patrick's day cake. Don't worry, I cranked up the oven and let it run for a couple hours while my trusty assistant and I worked out this cake. You know my assistant, that's right, Andy.
We did the take and bake pizza so when the cake came out the pizza went in. It was really only on for an hour. It too is all electric however so really, I'm good. It's like the Prius of ovens. No, that's not right. It's like the Chevy Volt of ovens, unless of course they have an all electric Prius then it is the Prius of ovens. That just sounds better. Negative, I believe Tesla has an all electric sports car - It's like the Tesla of ovens. Mmmm, that just might be what we are looking for. The Griddle can be the Prius. No, that's not right. It's like the Chevy Volt of griddles, unless of course they have an all electric Prius then it is the Prius of griddles. Wow, it's like deja vu.
Okay so the good news is that unlike Natty's birthday cake this cake stayed together. That was a relief because I think I blew through like 3 cans of frosting on Natalie's cake just trying to glue it all back together. Owing to the fact that there is no curbside recycling service in Cedar... okay, sorry, you get the point. Here is the finished product. The cake itself was also green. It was lemon flavored though and the frosting was cream cheese frosting. I actually splurged and had a piece or two(should not have done lemon cake, hits my weak spot). Dang it, I had three okay. I am getting on the elliptical in a minute and will go an extra couple of miles (sticking with the green theme I'll be watching the second half of the Incredible Hulk, nice huh). We had a few of the cousins over to sing the Happy St. Patrick's Day to You song and to enjoy some cake. Mack, Jayson and Jaykob were a great help at reducing the amount of that temptress of a baked good. Thank you for your service.
I had a parent meeting to attend for Andy's school and the kids went to see Darby O'Gill and the Little People with their cousins. Apparently there is a "scary freaky horse" in that movie that I cannot remember but Jack knew it well. He asked me to "say a blessing" for him "to not dream about that scary freaky horse from the movie". I held his hand and said a prayer for him. He is out like a green light right now and I am sure he will be fine.
We had a fun day and enjoyed our venture in going green. Sorry to those who thought they were reading a serious piece about the environment and my personal efforts there. If it makes you feel any better I thought I put on a green sweater today and it turns out that a number of people thought it was more of a brown. I got a surprise pinch in Wal-Mart from some strange shopper that thankfully turned out to be Dani, Amy hit me (not sure when that became the tradition), and Natty pinched me a few times as well. See, it's kind of like carbon offsets, I write something that offends the environmentalists but it is okay because I got beat on all day. They simply cancel each other out. Dang it.
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