The Further Adventures of Kimberlogic

ackb:

Since the dawn of the in-home party, there have been hosts and hostesses desperately scrambling to create the perfect scene, the perfect mood and the perfect menu, often on a budget and usually at the last minute. When I was younger we were at the tail end of the Jello Mold Era, a time in culinary evolution so horrific and gag-inducing as to haunt my palette to this very day, this very moment. If you know of the horror of mixed vegetables and fruits suspended in gelatin, you have my pity.

But this post is not about Jello, damn you! It is my own little spin on the eternal and perpetually lazy treat, Ants on A Log. So what exactly are “ants on a log” you cry, shout and bellow into the night?

What Ants on a Log is:

Celery sticks with peanut butter smeared all up in that celery crack and sprinkled with fuckin nasty raisins. BUT I HAVE A BETTER RECIPE! THIS IS IT!

It requires you make some substitutions, but at this point I imagine you fine people will have your shit together enough to handle this awesomeness.

STEP ONE:

Instead of peanut butter, you will be using some guacamole.

STEP DEUX:

Instead of stupid celery, get some delicious tortilla chips.

STEP LAST:

Instead of raisins, use NO RAISINS.

And that’s it, folks! Enjoy your damn weekend!

This is my sister in-law’s blog, featuring my favorite post ever. 

One Simple Wish has launched The Ohana Project to help children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect experience a smoother and more comfortable transition into foster care.

For many years, I have believed deeply in the concept of Ohana, both in a personal and global sense.  I feel certain that I always will.  As we wait for a child of our own to join our family, I am trying to do what I can with my time and my limited funds to support kids who need help.  I check One Simple Wish every month and right now their Ohana Project, which provides supplies and support to kids in the foster system (who haven’t been placed with a foster family).  If you have $5 (or more) to spare, consider helping?  Thanks.

this is a good read for any parent of young kids.

also, i really appreciated these few sentences - they really captured how we’re feeling,  even though for us it has only been 4 years

the pain of infertility is stabbing and throbbing and constant. I remember allowing hope to rise and then seeing it crash all around me, month after month, for seven years.

(Source: littlebeans)