labor day party time

so its the sunday before labor day and the entire free world is invited to a cookout at the lake and taking boat rides and getting tans and drinking he last of the summer beers and grilling burgers with their friends.

me? i just get home from work, put on sweats, make pasta, have a bud dry and try to catch up on mad men on demand. suddenly my phone rings! its my roomie, grrrrrl monster, "soooo are you up to anything?" oooh you know im just blogging and getting quality time with the kitties. "good. i just rented rachel getting married. will you watch it with me?" uuummmm duh! and the goodies she rolled home with were soo suck-at-life-tastic that i was like dude, we gotta put this on the blog. note the scratch ticket.

ranch dressing porn

there is a really nice little ranch dressing glamor shot on Vice's "do" list. as you might know, our own little blog was lovingly conceived during a three day pizza, ranch dressing, and beer bender so pop culture references to the king of the condiments always sort of warm our hearts.

kids, dinner time!

this was a communal dinner, one plate to share, double dipping allowed. thats beer, junior mints, some sort of meatless nugget from trader joe's, honey mustard and ranch dressing. i actually just put those green bowls in the dishwasher, 4 days later.

food porn

sorry i don't have any sexy pictures of an organic german chocolate cake that i made from scratch. nope. the cupboards and my wallet are both bare, so its time to come up with creative uses for those staples at the back of the pantry: canned veggies and starches. pictured is a quick and dirty take on rice and beans. white beans and left over rice fried in oil and flavored with a shake of pretty much every spice in the cabinet. if you happen to be drinking a beer, you can deglaze with that. actually, if you have alcohol on hand, it might be wise to pound a few before you eat, so you aren't as acutely aware of the fact that your life is in ruins and you are getting most of your calories from processed, packaged food.