The Force Was With Me

When I was a little girl I thought I had magical powers. Powers to make the little blue light on the dashboard of the car to appear and disappear.

Let me explain.

We made a lot of road trips when I was little, and with four kids, my parents tried all sorts of ways to keep us entertained:

Looking for White Horses (and got a dime for every one we spotted that was verified.)(I also learned the definition of verified on a road trip)
The Alphabet Game
Looking Out The Window
Sleeping
Playing with my Etch-A-Sketch
Reading
Learning the difference between Herefords and Angus cattle
Singing great songs like "There's a Hole in the Bucket, Dear Liza"
Magic Light On, Magic Light Off

The last one? Oh , it was magical!

When we would drive after dark, I would notice a blue light on the dashboard going on and off at random times. Somewhere along the line I decided it was a Magic Light.

(Back in the day my parents had a car that was a regular 4-door sedan. Two bench seats. With 6 people in the family we would ride three in front, three in back. Being the youngest, I most often was in the front seat between Mom and Dad. From there I had a great view of the dashboard.)

Somewhere along the line I thought I had the powers to control that light. I'd say, "Magic Light on!" and it would come on. I'd say "Magic Light off!" and it would turn off. My dad's hands would never move from the steering wheel.  Amazing stuff.

Today I saw this video. That was it. I knew The Force Was With Me when I was a little girl controlling that Magic Light.

Don't Try This at Home

In preparation for our move, I've been trying to use up the food we have in the freezer. I had two items I thought I would combine. A frozen pie crust and two cups of shredded zucchini. I searched around on the Internet until I found a recipe I thought sounded good.

A Zucchini Quiche. Perfect!

It would use up some of the eggs I have on hand as well. The recipe also called for a herbed mayonnaise I thought sounded really good. After I mixed all the ingredients together, I was having second thoughts.

I was right to have second thoughts. It was awful. 

It tasted like baked mayonnaise with Swiss cheese and a little garlic. We both tried a couple of bites and oh, how I wish I had a picture of my hubby's face! We were laughing so hard, the tears started coming.

So this is what we did next:

We headed to the grocery store to find Plan B.

Yeah for PFChang's frozen meals. It was much better.

I love to try new recipes and I'm not afraid to try them when we have company. The quiche is one meal I'm glad I didn't try for company.

But we sure had a good laugh tonight.

For Caleb & Megan & Peter

This is for my family. These are clips from one of our favorite TV shows. We lived in Singapore for three years. We realized towards the end of our time their that we really loved this show and were a little frightened, because we understood the accents and got the jokes. We'd been there a long time!

Enjoy! Tomorrow I will post a FULL episode of Phua Chu Kang!