Eating my pride *burp*

[gsh]

So, I hit the big four oh today. I had told my mom I wanted a bread maker for my birthday, and she sent me a check. I went out to Target yesterday and bought one, which shouldn't be that big of a deal, but it is. For several years now I have been trying to bake bread, since I love the taste of fresh bread. Shouldn't be a big problem? Yea, right. No matter how hard I try, no matter how exactly I follow the recipie, no matter how fresh the ingredients, how new the yeast, I ended up with a blob of something with the consistency of depleted uranium. It usually *tasted* ok, but it wasn't the bread I was looking for. I had it sugguested to me for years that I should get a bread machine, but I got stubborn, and insisted that I'm not a complete moron, I can at least bake bread, and DAMN IT I AM GOING TO BAKE BREAD.

I finally just said fuck it, bought the damn bread machine, and last night finished the last chapters of Bujold's new book "Paladin of Souls" while eating hot bread. And it tasted wonderful.

Comments

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to You!!

[dwildchil.livejournal.com]

Happy, Happy!

[geekchick]

Happy birthday!

[rdhdsnippet.livejournal.com]

Hippo Birdies!!! :o)

And bread makers rock, don't they? :o)

One of these days I'll learn to make my own mixes, too!

[gsh]

How did you get that font???

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

I knicked it from someone else's journal. I simply viewed the source for the page and found the font info. Your email notification (if it's in text form) should show the html.

[scherzoid.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!!!

Bujold has a new book??? *makes a note to stop by Borders on the way home*

[aliza250.livejournal.com]

Hippo Birdie Two Ewe.

(Typed onehanded while munching on a slice of his sourdough bread spread with my peach jam. Ah, the joys of simple food.)

Jumpin' on the bandwagon

[rapha.livejournal.com]

Happy happies of happy happydom.

[salliesandbags.livejournal.com]

looking forward to seeing you this weekend.
will you be bringing some of your fabulous bread?

if i can find all the right equipment, i shall attempt another round of bread.

hugs and happy birthday.

[gsh]

Hey Buglady, LTNS! How ya doing?

[fairion.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!! The big 40. Amazing. And congrats on the bread maker. They are lots of fun and make a nice bread.

[gsh]

Yep. It is a sequel to Curse of Chaleon.

[gsh]

I hadn't planned on it, but could probably do so. :)

[jasra]

Happy birthday! :)

[badmagic.livejournal.com]

Happy B-day! I'd sing you the Birthday Dirge, but it really doesn't work in print. Maybe next time I see you in person.

[gsh]

Happy Birthday!

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Now you've aged another year
Now you know that Death is near
Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

[harley03.livejournal.com]

Happy B-day Greg~

Birthday wishes

[make-your-move.livejournal.com]

for a delightful year ... present to be given in person this weekend *yum*

More birthday dirge

[badmagic.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday. (Thump) Happy Birthday.

When you reach the age you are
Your demise can not be far
From your birthday. (Thump) Happy Birthday.

May the candles on your cake
Burn like cities in your wake
On your birthday. (Thump) Happy Birthday.

Hear the women wail and weep.
Kill them all but save the sheep
For you birthday. (Thump) Happy Birthday.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Belated Happy Birthday!
(I knew it was around now, but I was in Cleveland not really getting to LJ.)

I'm glad you're enjoying the bread maker!

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Belated Happy Birthday!
(I knew it was around now, but I was in Cleveland not really getting to LJ.)

I'm glad you're enjoying the bread maker!