Canned Laughter

This weekend I pottered around with my super secret recipe for one of the state fair contests. Batch number one was mighty tasty, but I’m going to continue tweaking until I get it blue ribbon ready. I’d tell you more, but the contest sponsor requires that I keep it hush hush until after the fair. I promise I’ll share with you then.

On Saturday I went to the big barbecue at my parents  where batch number one was gobbled up in record time. The family 4th extravaganza was surprisingly pleasant and the only negative of the day was contracting Pink Eye from one of the bazillion kids. Not a big deal, but it put the kibosh on my plans to put up cherry preserves on Sunday. Anybody want a little conjunctivitis on toast?

In other news, my 14 year old neice asked me to teach her needlepoint. I took her up to the notions store last night after work and got her a pretty little kit. Naturally she picked one of the most complicated designs, but I hope she has fun. After dinner, I helped her get her materials organized, then we spent an hour or so getting her started with basic instructions.  I hope she wants to come back next  week for dinner and more needlework. It reminds me of pleasant childhood evenings with my own aunts.

Finally, here’s a shout out to all my peeps on the Spectrum, check out Shannon’s piece on Identifying and Avoiding Autism Cults. It’s worth a read.

Speaking of Autism Spectrum Disorder, I’ve signed up to walk for Autism Speaks in the fall WHEN IT’S COOLER. Thank you to the anonymous sponsor who kicked off the fundraising. I know who you are ((HUGS)).

If you are interested in learning more about Autism Speaks, you can click the scrolling tally box to the left or the Listening/Together icon to the right.

Annnnd… if you want to hear some good music, Click Diane Birch’s icon on my right sidebar. If you like what you hear, she will donote $1 from the procedes of downloads and cd sales to Autism Speaks if you clicked through from my site.

Now I’m off to go look at hunky men. I intend to blame my winking on the Pink Eye.