PaulaM-M

about me

Let's see.....I am a

chauffeur
mediator
personal chef
private nurse
psychiatrist
housekeeper
cheerleader
tutor
AND
personal shopper wrapped up in one tired, overweight package.

Yep, I'm a stay-at-home mom. And anyone who interjects a "just" or an "only" into that descprition is likely to get my patented "up yours" look cast in their direction. heheh. It is my experience that SAHMs do just about everything BUT stay at home.

I live in a little Western Kentucky town that I didn't even know existed until I met the red-headed redneck whom would eventually become my husband and father of my adorably rotten kids.

Although unintentional, it would seem that I collect cookbooks. I have an entire kitchen cabinet completely full of them. Plus they are stuffed in boxes under the bed, on a bookshelf in the living room, and in storage. I especially love to find older cookbooks. The only thing better than an old cookbook, is an old cookbook with notes jotted on in the margin or on scraps of yellowed paper. I love the thought that someone once lovingly prepared meals for a treasured family using that cookbook.

Pet peeves: Shopping carts left in parking lots- especially parking lots with slots for those carts. If you do this, don't worry, I won't hurl curses or produce at you. I'll simply shoot you a dirty look, sigh, then take your cart to the designated slot on my way to the store. LOL

Favorite Foods:

I absolutely LOVELOVELOVE to bake. LOVE IT! I prefer homey comfort type goodies to fussier stuff but I do relish a challenge once in a while for special occasions. I have not yet, and maybe never will, mastered the art of decorating with icing but I've become pretty decent at using candies and whatnot to make something special.

My family especially loves my sourdough bread, chocolate chips cookies, candied pecans, cocktail weenies, chicken and dumplins, beer bread and stromboli. Since I tend to "feel out" what I'm cooking instead of using a recipe, I really don't have recipes for any of these except for the weenies.

Favorite restaurant? HA! Any restaurant I'm in at the moment is my favorite! LOL Going out to eat is a HUGE treat for us - one we get VERY rarely. I love a good steak and simply cannot leave a restaurant until I'm stuffed and miserable.

We have a Cajun restaurant near us that serves deep fried pickles, gator tail, and crawdad tails. Good stuff! Well worth the hardened arteries.

Well, I guess that's enough about me. I could go on forever but my coffee cup is empty and my daughter wants her breakfast. Time to tackle yet another day!

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