It Smells Like Burning...

....In my daughter's room. Edamame and the amount of milk she has taken to drinking make her poop smell like something is literally on fire in her room. I mean, wow. Really? Or maybe there's a house on fire in our neighborhood. Maybe, right? A little girl's poop can't actually smell this bad, right? This is through the normally impenetrable Diaper Champ that I also put a baking soda disk into. I normally smell NO POOP in our house.

I have been back in touch with an old friend this week and have had some lovely e-mailed conversations.
Golly I miss you, philosophermom!

I am pretty excited that it is finally the weekend. Although, truth be told, I have been dreading it a bit, too. You see (written in a whisper) I have not actually filed my taxes yet. Shhh. Yep, that is my dirty little secret. I am not sure if we will be getting something back this year, as I took some of California's WONDERFUL Paid Family Leave in addition to my maternity disability leave. As a result, I have a wee bit of untaxed income to declare. I have absolutely no idea whether this will mean that we owe money or not, since we also have a Peanut to claim. I think we should hopefully come out even, at least.

I have been jotting notes to myself to remind of what I wanted to write about this week. Here is the weekly ephemera:

I love Fresh and Easy Market. USA Today thinks they aren't doing so well.I say everyone should shop there because I really liked it. How I love thee and thine own peeled, cubed, butternut squash. That cooks in it's own bag!* Hurray! And you can check yourself out. And it isn't stupid like the Ralph's self check out, which always takes me WAY too long.

*Side note: I made a really yummy baby recipe this week- all by myself! I took Acini de Pepe pasta, cooked it, then took the butternut squash from Fresh and Easy, steamed it in my steamer rack (I sort of didn't read that you could steam it in the MICROWAVE IN THE BAG. Um, duh.) I then smashed the squash with my potato smasher and then added some heated, previously frozen peas. Yummy for my Peanut! And easy for me! Woo!

Funniest thing I saw in the news this week- "Clothes on sale included Abadia's underpants, the quickest items to sell after his capture half-naked by Brazilian police in August 2007." From BBC News. Don't you just hate getting arrested while naked? I do.

Also in the food realm:
I grew up and fell in love with cauliflower, thanks to a work friend. Apparently I am not the only one. NPR and I like the same things! Yay!
From the story:
"My favorite approach is to find an organic, healthy-looking head and, after washing, to cut it into smallish pieces and coat with olive oil and salt. I then roast it until easily pierced with a fork, and when it's alternately soft and crispy with good blackened bits along the sides of the pan, I pick at it gingerly with a spoon while hovering nearby and waiting for it to cool. A roasted cauliflower is nothing less than transcendent."

I wouldn't quite say transcendent , but tasty. A nice way to shake up that recipe? Toss it with a little bit of red pepper flakes! Cauliflower is also very, very tasty in many Indian recipes.

Last but not least, I really want to go to The Spy Museum in D.C.It looks WAY too fun.