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Recap
So, please believe me when I tell you that I know what day of the week it is. I didn’t really know that yesterday was Thursday but I definitely do know that today is Friday. And this differs from last week when I lost Friday altogether. So I guess that is an improvement?

Summer + Scatterbrains = Not knowing the day of the week

It’s sad but true. Anyway, the reason that I’m saying this is that I thought the So You Think You Can Dance competition was last night — not the results show. But, thanks to our handy Tivo, we watched both shows last night. Perhaps I’ll do it like that next week on purpose so that I won’t have to spend a day wondering who will get the boot.

My favorite dancers this year are Joshua, Will, Twitch, Mark, Gev, Kherington and Katie. From Wednesday’s show, I thought that the dance of the night was a toss-up between the hip hop routine of Twitch and Kherington and the samba done by Joshua and Katie. I also really enjoyed the routine done by Mark and Chelsie. The Tabitha and Napoleon routines from this year have been really successful — I hope that they are choreographing again this week. That is about it….as far as eliminations go, well, I don’t really understand the judges, I thought that they let the two more capable dancers from the bottom 2 couples go, but of course, I don’t know everything that goes into the decision making process.

If you don’t watch this show, well, I think that you should.

Recap
So, please believe me when I tell you that I know what day of the week it is. I didn’t really know that yesterday was Thursday but I definitely do know that today is Friday. And this differs from last week when I lost Friday altogether. So I guess that is an improvement?

Summer + Scatterbrains = Not knowing the day of the week

It’s sad but true. Anyway, the reason that I’m saying this is that I thought the So You Think You Can Dance competition was last night — not the results show. But, thanks to our handy Tivo, we watched both shows last night. Perhaps I’ll do it like that next week on purpose so that I won’t have to spend a day wondering who will get the boot.

My favorite dancers this year are Joshua, Will, Twitch, Mark, Gev, Kherington and Katie. From Wednesday’s show, I thought that the dance of the night was a toss-up between the hip hop routine of Twitch and Kherington and the samba done by Joshua and Katie. I also really enjoyed the routine done by Mark and Chelsie. The Tabitha and Napoleon routines from this year have been really successful — I hope that they are choreographing again this week. That is about it….as far as eliminations go, well, I don’t really understand the judges, I thought that they let the two more capable dancers from the bottom 2 couples go, but of course, I don’t know everything that goes into the decision making process.

If you don’t watch this show, well, I think that you should.

Recap
So, please believe me when I tell you that I know what day of the week it is. I didn’t really know that yesterday was Thursday but I definitely do know that today is Friday. And this differs from last week when I lost Friday altogether. So I guess that is an improvement?

Summer + Scatterbrains = Not knowing the day of the week

It’s sad but true. Anyway, the reason that I’m saying this is that I thought the So You Think You Can Dance competition was last night — not the results show. But, thanks to our handy Tivo, we watched both shows last night. Perhaps I’ll do it like that next week on purpose so that I won’t have to spend a day wondering who will get the boot.

My favorite dancers this year are Joshua, Will, Twitch, Mark, Gev, Kherington and Katie. From Wednesday’s show, I thought that the dance of the night was a toss-up between the hip hop routine of Twitch and Kherington and the samba done by Joshua and Katie. I also really enjoyed the routine done by Mark and Chelsie. The Tabitha and Napoleon routines from this year have been really successful — I hope that they are choreographing again this week. That is about it….as far as eliminations go, well, I don’t really understand the judges, I thought that they let the two more capable dancers from the bottom 2 couples go, but of course, I don’t know everything that goes into the decision making process.

If you don’t watch this show, well, I think that you should.

My Favorite Show
So You Think You Can Dance is my favorite, FAVORITE show this summer. Talk about talent….these dancers have it. I already have my favorites. I hope that they do well tonight. And, if Nigel can take a chill pill AND keep his seat — well, that would be great.

Recap tomorrow.

My Favorite Show
So You Think You Can Dance is my favorite, FAVORITE show this summer. Talk about talent….these dancers have it. I already have my favorites. I hope that they do well tonight. And, if Nigel can take a chill pill AND keep his seat — well, that would be great.

Recap tomorrow.

My Favorite Show
So You Think You Can Dance is my favorite, FAVORITE show this summer. Talk about talent….these dancers have it. I already have my favorites. I hope that they do well tonight. And, if Nigel can take a chill pill AND keep his seat — well, that would be great.

Recap tomorrow.

You Probably Know About This Already,
but there are some free movie opportunities in St. Louis this summer. Wehrenberg theaters are offering the ones that are totally free — so I suggest that you go there.

I also suggest that you get there an hour before the start time so that you can get a good seat. Because if you don’t, well, the front row will have your name on it. Guess how old you have to be to dislike sitting on the front row? I thought that it was 34, but judging from the complaining (with reason, I might add) from children around me, I think that the age might be 4.3 years.

We all came home with aching necks and the ambition of being earlier next time.

You Probably Know About This Already,
but there are some free movie opportunities in St. Louis this summer. Wehrenberg theaters are offering the ones that are totally free — so I suggest that you go there.

I also suggest that you get there an hour before the start time so that you can get a good seat. Because if you don’t, well, the front row will have your name on it. Guess how old you have to be to dislike sitting on the front row? I thought that it was 34, but judging from the complaining (with reason, I might add) from children around me, I think that the age might be 4.3 years.

We all came home with aching necks and the ambition of being earlier next time.

You Probably Know About This Already,
but there are some free movie opportunities in St. Louis this summer. Wehrenberg theaters are offering the ones that are totally free — so I suggest that you go there.

I also suggest that you get there an hour before the start time so that you can get a good seat. Because if you don’t, well, the front row will have your name on it. Guess how old you have to be to dislike sitting on the front row? I thought that it was 34, but judging from the complaining (with reason, I might add) from children around me, I think that the age might be 4.3 years.

We all came home with aching necks and the ambition of being earlier next time.

This is Good Cake
I got this recipe from Pioneer Woman and then I tweaked it. It isn’t a pretty cake but it is really good, serves a crowd, and is done in less than an hour. And, if at any point you don’t understand my crazy directions, just click on over to Pioneer Woman because she takes pretty pictures of the cake and all the steps. And, in case you’re wondering, my addition to the recipe is cinnamon and my alteration is Kahlua instead of vanilla.

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, whisk together:
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 t. salt
1 1/2 t. cinnamon

Meanwhile, melt 2 sticks of salted butter in a saucepan. Add 4 heaping T. of cocoa and stir. Add 1 cup boiling water to the cocoa/butter mixture and allow to boil for 30 seconds before turning off the heat. Pour this over the flour mixture and stir it together lightly.

In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 t. baking soda and 1 t. Kahlua and 2 beaten eggs. Stir this into the mixture of flour/cocoa mixture until it is blended. Pour in a half sheet pan, like this one and bake for 20 minutes.

While the cake is baking, wash out the saucepan. Then, melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in the saucepan. When the butter is melted, stir in 4 heaping T. of cocoa. Take the pan off the heat. Now add 6 T. milk, 1 T. Kahlua, and about 4 cups confectioner’s sugar. (I usually sift the confectioner’s sugar to make sure there are no lumps. You can also put a bunch of chopped pecans in the icing. I don’t because of my picky people and because I figure the cake has enough fat as it is.)
Pour the icing over the cake right after you take it out of the oven. Spread the layer out evenly.

And then you have to try to practice self-control until the cake is cool — or not.