Right, Right, I'm still in this world of blogging...
It's not my fault I have an average life of averageness and little to say about it. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Like I need something to say to blog. Really, I'm just lazy. And...nope, no other reason. Lazy pretty much covers it.
2011: The Best Cupcake
Most likely, no one knows this (because I don't think I really mentioned it to anyone) but I was on a quest last year. A quest that took me to bakeries and bakery counters throughout the greater Indianapolis area. I was determined to find the most delicious cupcake (not baked by me) in the area. It was tough, all those cupcakes I had to eat, most of them only medium. Some were terrible. This one place, a new bakery that had opened up practically walking distance from my house, had the WORST cupcakes. How do you mess up a cupcake? I'll tell you: Bad frosting. It was like wax. And there was way too much. Which sounds crazy, because how can there be TOO much frosting, but when it's bad frosting, there can be too much. I tried all the local bakeries that the Indianer folks had raved about. Meh. Not impressed. Finally, sometime in November, I went to a new Play It Again Sports that had just opened up down the road from work to see if they had any wetsuits (so it must have been before Tough Mudder), and next door was a place called Pat-A-Cakes and Cookies Too. Not being someone who can pass up the chance at a cupcake, I walked in and got a mint chocolate cupcake. OMG. It was sooooo freaking good. The cupcake was slightly larger than a normal sized cupcake. The chocolate cake was soft and moist and delightful. The mint frosting was creamy and there was just the right amount. I think a feel a tear sliding down my cheek just thinking about it. So, best cupcakes in Indianapolis area goes to: Pat-A-Cakes and Cookies Too.
Right, I probably have more time on my hands than I should.
2012: The Best Meatball Sub
2012 brings me to the Quest for the Best Meatball Sub Sandwich. So far, FAIL. We got meatball sandwiches from a place called Goodfella's last night. They were so gross. The failure was of epic proportions. Allow me to start with the bread. It was a freaking hamburger bun. FAIL. The Meatball was all mushy and tasted of soggy dishtowel. The sauce was watery and flavorless. I couldn't have been more disappointed with this sandwich if I tried. I believe that Boyfriend's exact response to the horribleness was "I want to wash my mouth out with poison to get the taste of this sandwich out of it."
I'm not sure who the 90% are that like Goodfella's are, but I'll assume a couple of things that may be affecting the rating. 1. They are liking the one in NY, not the one in Fishers, Indiana. 2. People in Indiana have no clue. 3. People are mostly having the pizza and maybe the pizza doesn't suck as much as all the other food.So, Goodfells's Fishers, FAIL. We also had a sampler from the place. It included fried raviolis (meh, they were ok), their version of fried mozzarella (which tasted like mozzarella on white bread and the whole thing then being deep fried. It was gross. And I LOVE fried cheese), Garlic bread (how do you mess up GARLIC BREAD? Well, they did. It was soggy, and not really garlicy), Chicken fingers (worst breading award goes to...) and wings. The wings didn't make me want to punch babies, but I tried those last, so pretty much anything would have been good to me at that point. I normally don't flame places this bad, but the amount of disappointment that I suffered from their TERRIBLE meatball sub has motivated me. Plus, this is like the third time we've gotten food from there and it's been awful every time. Apparently, we are not good at learning lessons.
New Year's Resolutions
I don't think that I normally make resolutions. If I do, I guess I forget them since I can't remember any. Oh, wait, I have a blog! I'll take a look...yup, since the start of my blogging, no resolutions. Except for 2008, when I apparently decided that resolutions were needed. And 2005, there was no resolutions but a story that makes me seem a bit trashy. What can I say? I was a player once upon a time before I became this suburban step-Jenn that you all now know.
Basement Renovations
Well, the basement renovations begin in a couple of weeks. Once completed, there will be an addition bathroom, two bedrooms (one will be used as a family/workout room), a storage room, a wet bar, an area where we will eventually put something pool table like, a laundry area and some closets. Um, our basement is huge it would seem. It will be nice to be able to use the downstairs and actually walk out the basement doors into the back yard. Though, people are questioning my choice to have the laundry be in the basement. Right now it's in a small room coming in from the garage and it's cramped. I'll leave the hook-ups that are there for future residents, but I don't really mind walking laundry up from the basement. I've been doing that for most of my life (when I wasn't doing laundry at a laundry mat). I guess the new trend is to have first floor laundry to go with the first floor master bedroom. Meh. A few extra flights of stairs per week aren't going to kill me. I should take some before pictures. So I can remember the world before a finished basement.
Mostly, I'm just excited for an excuse to go to IKEA this weekend to get the bathroom sink and cabinet. I love a good IKEA trip.
That's all I got for now...
Jenn- I got a keyboard for my iPad for Christmas so I may actually make more of a blogging effort...but don't hold me to that...
