I Suck At Apple Bread

Today, Karen had a day out with a bunch of her friends. She was meeting her friends for a late breakfast/early lunch and taking our baby daughter (Briana) with her. So naturally, that left me by my lonesome.

So what is a person to do with some free time? Well, if you were me, you would have gone grocery shopping, done a few chores, and make apple bread. The problem: I suck at apple bread.

Having gone apple picking the day before with my BFF (Kerry), Karen and I thought it would be nice to make apple bread. And as it turned out, we had a recipe from our friend (Kelley) who makes great apple bread. Truth be told, I think Kelley makes great baked goods. I absolutely love her chocolate chips. I love her banana bread with and without chocolate. Kelley is a scientist, so it probably makes sense that she is precise when baking.

Me, on the other hand... not so good at baking. Don't get me wrong. I can do it. I just don't like it as much as cooking. For me, baking seems to require a lot more cleanup than cooking. And until Briana can start washing dishes, I like to try to limit the amount of things I have to wash.

Sure, it's lazy, but if you saw me today you'd probably understand. I had flour everywhere. There was flour all over the stove. There was flour all over the floor. My little compost container was full of apple peels and broken egg shells. There was oil and remnants of other spices on the counter. There was apple bread batter on the counter. It was not a pretty sight.

Eventually, I got around to baking the apple bread. It seems to taste okay so far. Of course, I only ate a small piece of apple bread when it was done. I probably could have eaten more, but we had other plans coming up for the rest of the day.

Those plans involved going to Karen's parents for dinner. Karen's parents were kind enough to invite us over for dinner. Sure, it was the second day in a row that we would be seeing them. And sure, it was rather spontaneous because Karen's parents had called us in the morning to see if we were available. But all in all, it was great especially since Karen and I did not know what we were going to make for dinner today.

For anyone curious, it turns out that Briana loves this Fisher Price turtle that my in-laws have. The turtle has a see-through shell with balls in it. When the top of the shell is pressed, the balls spin around and there are flashy lights and a little tune plays. Briana absolutely loves this turtle. She must take after her daddy in being attracted to shiny things. Who knew?

All in all, it was a good time.

And if anyone is still curious about my movie addiction, yes I have watched a third movie during the HBO/Cinemax free trial provided by Verizon within as many days. Three straight days. Sad.

The movie today was Drag Me to Hell.

(The video below is a trailer for Drag Me to Hell.)


The horror film is about a loan officer who gets cursed by a gypsy when she refuses to extend the gypsy's loan. The movie had some screen-framing camera shot trademarks of director Sam Raimi's other movies, like the Evil Dead series. The movie was okay. As far as horror films go, the film was not that scary at all. Plus, the movie had a very predictable ending. But all in all, it was entertaining.