tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post3829673538223748037..comments2024-03-11T16:14:49.158-07:00Comments on Don't pet me, I'm writing: On soufflés, writing challenges, & topless book clubTAWNA FENSKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-23497377994616471922010-06-24T21:44:41.194-07:002010-06-24T21:44:41.194-07:00I wish I was there...at the book club meeting! sou...I wish I was there...at the book club meeting! sounds like fun. as for the dessert...serve them your blog, it's delicious!Purple Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016727639028322093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-86629171285607769502010-06-24T19:15:52.635-07:002010-06-24T19:15:52.635-07:00sounds like a delicious book club!sounds like a delicious book club!Jan Markleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317561950719847803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-15991078257819974052010-06-24T18:17:39.255-07:002010-06-24T18:17:39.255-07:00My mother did papa murphy pizza (might have been d...My mother did papa murphy pizza (might have been different brand but same concept) for Christmas Eve. For years, she had minimum 5 kids at home and we went to Midnight Mass.<br /><br />I love Christmas and since I can bake, that's where I tend to go over board LOL great time for it.Leonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786326364037397675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-14845841534233404042010-06-24T18:15:12.778-07:002010-06-24T18:15:12.778-07:00Sounds like a fun group. I over complicate the hol...Sounds like a fun group. I over complicate the holidays: baking 6 different types of cookies, making candy, and then Christmas Eve dinner has always been a very dressy affair with dinner being Cornish game hens, candy yams, hot orange rolls and such. I'm thinking of breaking the habit and just serving hamburgers this year. :0)Kathi Oram Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959149321213743448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-59536718257273961552010-06-24T13:41:37.088-07:002010-06-24T13:41:37.088-07:00Anonymous, if you're who I think you are, you ...Anonymous, if you're who I think you are, you have the distinction of being the only book club member to perform a lap dance on another. You don't remember that night, do you? Don't worry, we all do. Very fondly, I might add. We miss you.<br /><br />TawnaTAWNA FENSKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-7665706409677189032010-06-24T13:37:49.373-07:002010-06-24T13:37:49.373-07:00Dawn, you are hereby invited to join! Come on over...Dawn, you are hereby invited to join! Come on over.<br /><br />Michelle, how did I know you'd vote for the Pop Tarts? I'll get extra for you, what time can you be here?<br /><br />Elizabeth, perfect, can you pick up Michelle & Dawn on your way? :)<br /><br />SM Schmidt, I feel lucky I only overcomplicate in one or two areas of my life. It's exhausting sometimes watching my husband do it with EVERYTHING! <br /><br />Danica, you totally need to get a patent on the Pop Tart as bookmark idea.<br /><br />Terry, after that third pitcher of sangria, I'm pretty sure EVERYONE is happy!<br /><br />Leona, that sounds like a great lesson you gave her. Good for you!<br /><br />Mother Hen, we're reading Christian Moerk's DARLING JIM and I still have 100 pages to go. It's a great book, so I'm determined to finish, but I'd better get cracking if I want to do it & still have time to cook.<br /><br />Linda G, OK that "compare hoses" bit made me laugh out loud!<br /><br />Sydnee, Fig Newtons and punch sound pretty good, but we're a full meal deal sort of book club. Food & wine, nothing better!<br /><br />Anonymous, now you've got me curious who the @#$% you are. Will you be here tonight?<br /><br />Thanks for reading, guys!<br />TawnaTAWNA FENSKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-29909664750528842762010-06-24T13:33:42.025-07:002010-06-24T13:33:42.025-07:00Dammit! How did I NEVER know it was a "nudity...Dammit! How did I NEVER know it was a "nudity welcome" book club? Er, maybe I did...I don't remember some of those evenings. Hahaha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-21268427003897189192010-06-24T13:14:51.116-07:002010-06-24T13:14:51.116-07:00Oh wow, best book club ever. All I got in mine wer...Oh wow, best book club ever. All I got in mine were some Fig Newtons and fruit punch. :P<br /><br />I complicate <i>everything</i>. I can't flush the toilet without getting off and closing the lid first. I can't go to sleep without taking a shower. I can't write a scene unless the A/C is running, there's a full moon and I have at least three servings of sugar filled snacks.???https://www.blogger.com/profile/06931897373435075660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-6593054746239019892010-06-24T13:09:39.126-07:002010-06-24T13:09:39.126-07:00Okay, when we manage to get together, YOU are cook...Okay, when we manage to get together, YOU are cooking. Even if it's here at my house. I'll make drinks and tell you dirty jokes while you work your magic in the kitchen. Pythagoras and TG can look at shop vacs together & compare hoses. <br /><br />As to what I over-complicate ... let's see. It's definitely not cooking--Costco "caters" whenever TG doesn't have time. Probably trips. I have packing down to a very complicated science. Planning begins days in advance, and I always pack enough to cover any eventuality. If a nuclear war should break out while we're on vacation, nobody would be surprised if I pulled disposable radiation suits out of the luggage. ;)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-14357806658367805672010-06-24T12:50:52.371-07:002010-06-24T12:50:52.371-07:00A little over complication keeps the adrenalin flo...A little over complication keeps the adrenalin flowing which I hear you need if you are to hang, inverted from a pole.<br />What are you reading for your book club?Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669942398455478155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-17353714774806146892010-06-24T12:33:23.197-07:002010-06-24T12:33:23.197-07:00I don't like to cook, but I like to bake - a n...I don't like to cook, but I like to bake - a near impossibility in my kitchen. The only time I go fancy is celebration or guests.<br /><br />My daughter didn't understand me when I told her aobut making the graduation party simpler in this manner. <br /><br />"I gave myself permission to buy potatoe salad instead of making it." (Costco is the one I like best if its not mine :)<br /><br />She actually coked her head to the side and looked at me curiously. "Give yourself permission?" <br /><br />Now, you need to know that my daughter is from my first husband who has said she in entitled to everything, that I'm the one who has to give it to her and she doesn't even have to clean her room, probably bipolar, and a teenager. She is not used to thinking of me as more than that. Her confusion was palpable.<br /><br />"Give yourself permission?" she finally asks.<br /><br />"Yes, permission. I always want to do everything a certain way, and feel guilty if I can't. I have to give myself permission."<br /><br />She didn't say anything to that, but I think it gave her something to ponder that may one day, help her get over the divorce angst.Leonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786326364037397675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-11932239284323867802010-06-24T10:10:10.111-07:002010-06-24T10:10:10.111-07:00I figure life is complicated enough, why add to it...I figure life is complicated enough, why add to it. I like things as easy as I can make them.<br /><br />My writing is more complicated. You need complications in murder mysteries. <br /><br />Like you, I love to cook, but if I have guests, forget it, they get simple. An easy tapas party with a pitcher of Sangria. I'm happy, they're happy, especially after the third pitcher or so...;)Terry Stonecrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726985400500572770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-66948766000273971152010-06-24T08:38:39.337-07:002010-06-24T08:38:39.337-07:00I always overcomplicate things internally, but not...I always overcomplicate things internally, but not necessarily in my writing. I sometimes think my stories are too simplistic, which is why they're having a hard time being picked up. I must learn to muddy the waters more on paper than I do in my head.<br /><br />Pop Tarts are great! They can be breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack, a coaster, a bookmark...No, never used one as a bookmark, but it does have potential for experimentation.Danica Avethttp://danicaavet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-83128222250939631782010-06-24T08:35:41.871-07:002010-06-24T08:35:41.871-07:00What no! Over complicating things is the best! Who...What no! Over complicating things is the best! Who can be happy if they don't have a million things to do before sitting down to write?<br /><br />I think when the burnout sinks in after 19 units, 10 hours a week toward research, and being an active club president take their toll I'll finally learn how to break this horrible foible of mine.Steph Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975939582442193113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-76553433580535018832010-06-24T08:29:55.047-07:002010-06-24T08:29:55.047-07:00Um, I want to join your book club too. I'll ev...Um, I want to join your book club too. I'll even bring my own Pop Tarts.Elizabeth Ryannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706539983177924875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-36810112465681487242010-06-24T08:15:10.624-07:002010-06-24T08:15:10.624-07:00I vote for Pop Tarts.I vote for Pop Tarts.Michelle Wolfsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284979209387029008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-26749631232678931432010-06-24T08:11:38.581-07:002010-06-24T08:11:38.581-07:00OMG, I want to join your book club! Sounds like fu...OMG, I want to join your book club! Sounds like fun. My husband would tell you I overcomplicate everything - and maybe he's right :-)Dawn Iushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546425873531022196noreply@blogger.com