Well, it’s Monday, and Melanie’s blog is still very aqua. But I have continued to use great restraint in terms of staying far, far away from her template. Because you see I enjoy the internet and do not want to be directly or indirectly involved in its untimely demise.
But just in case y’all are worried that this whole HTML incident has put a strain on my friendship with Big Mama, I want to assure you that it has not. Oh, I’m still apologizing profusely, mind you, as I probably will continue to do FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, but Saturday night Melanie and I actually finalized some plans for a trip we’re taking in June, a trip where we will be sharing a room and hanging out with some friends and eating queso dip and basically having ourselves a big ole time.
So see? We’re perfectly fine. Not even broken HTML tags can come between us. Internet-BFFs 4EVA, yo.
However, I’m sure Melanie will password protect her computer on our trip so that I can’t sabotage her blog in the middle of the night and then act like I have no idea why her posts are suddenly chock-full of exclusive behind-the-scenes info from Dancing with the Stars.
Not to mention being absolutely clueless about how in the world it could have become the new international headquarters of the Jane Seymour / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman online fan club.
Oh, I kid because I RURNT her blog.
So anyway: WHAT ABOUT ALL THE SOUP?
I was completely blown away by the response, and I have to tell you that I find it oddly comforting to know that if I wanted to serve soup for the next 155 nights, the internets have provided a way for me to do just that. I haven’t made it to everyone’s blog yet, but I really am thrilled by all the great recipes I’ve seen so far. I’ll try to remember to put a permanent link in my sidebar to make it easier for y’all to find the links when the post rolls off of my main page.
And do you know what? Just this morning a non-blogging friend of mine said, “Hey! I tried the curried chicken corn chowder recipe I saw on your blog, and it was great!”
And I smiled.
Because I felt like a bit of a Soup Ambassador.
Who is making disouples of all nations.
Badabing!
Thank you! I’ll be here all week!
Also.
I just wanted to remind y’all that the Christmas Tour of Homes is one week from today (ONE WEEK!), and I cannot wait. If you still need the button for your blog, there’s a link to the code over in my left sidebar, so you just help yourself. I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people who want to know if they need to sign up ahead of time or if the tour is already “full,” and I just want to state for the record that the whole idea of any sort of pre-registration for participation implies a level of organization that is leaps and bounds beyond my capabilities.
Remember: I am lazy.
So come one, come all to the Christmas Tour, unless of course you plan to make fun of the birth of baby Jesus, in which case I probably would wonder why you even want to participate, and besides: NOBODY PUTS BABY JESUS IN A CORNER.
(By the way? That last line? That reference to “Dirty Dancing”? Made Jesus TOTALLY PROUD.)
(Which is a good thing because He was probably not at all happy with the whole “disouples” thing.)
And seriously, if you happen to celebrate Hanukkah instead of Christmas, I really hope you’ll participate, too, because don’t even get me started about my fascination with the traditions of the Jewish faith, not to mention my deep desire to learn how to make really good potato latkes without causing some sort of grease fire in my kitchen.
Finally, if you want to know what kinds of pictures you should post for the Christmas Tour, just click here for some general guidelines.
Okay. I believe that is all.
Merry Christmas, interpeeps.
Happy Ho Ho Ho to you.
OOOH OOOH OOOH! I’m the first to comment!!!
Lol. I can’t wait for the Christmas tour of homes. That’s where I found you and your crazy fun blog origially a year ago or so….
Merry Christmas to you and yours too!!!!
I can’t wait to see all the pictures for the Holiday Tour of Houses! My step-daughter and I spent all weekend baking homemade fudge, making garland, wreaths and various holiday decor with our “scrub” from the Christmas tree and the 50% holiday supplies from Shannon’s “mother ship!”
It was wonderful quality time that I will be sure to remember fondly with Bailey!
Oh no! I linked to someone elses’s blog~! Talk about a dufus! *forehead slap* Mine is Yankeemisplaced.blogspot.com!
Argh! I did it TWICE! I need to lay down before I hurt someone.
I have that post ALL READY TO GO!!! I’m so excited… Yippee… °Ü°
I can HARDLY wait until the 17th.
I am all sorts of antsy for the Tour of Homes to get here! I’m afraid, however, there will be no chocolate served to Tour guests as the very notion of chocolate after this past weekend’s Chocolate Party makes me want to heave. ;)
Look at you with all your funny little one-liners! You crack me up! I am seriously looking forward to the bloggy christmas thingy…I can’t wait to see everybody’s pretty Christmassy stuff!
disouples of all nations HAS made my day. Thankyouverymuch!
I am smiling…and laughing…cause it was funny…and I think Jesus is laughing with me…cause He likes to! So sorry, I digressed into ellipses………………………………………………….
Honey, you are on a roll today! That was simply hilarious!!
And, I’m moving right after Christmas so my Christmas parade of tours home thing might show a crazy woman trying to be all nice and stuff! :) I really want to be “in” and we’ll see what happens.
ok you are now in the ‘oh wow she is the coolest club’ for the Dirty Dancing reference. It was my fav. I would come home every day & watch it after school. Please tell me you have the DVD.
You are NO Soup Nazi.
:-)
“NOBODY PUTS BABY JESUS IN A CORNER.” That was the funniest thing I have read in a long time! Still gigglin’…
Oooooh, I’m so excited! I have my post with my lovely little Xmas village all ready to go. Can’t wait!
Well, you know, I’ve heard that aqua is the new black!
Disouples??
HAHAHA
I’m imagining theirs would be fish flavored? With a side of bread? :)
Dear Boo, For the best potato latke recipe, go here:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=833362 . And since I’m so technologically unsavvy, if it didn’t work, do a search at Cooking Light. That recipe is the closest to my Jewish grandmother’s with less fat than hers, so I’ve adopted it in the interest of living longer than she did, God rest her soul. Enjoy!
ok that whole Baby Jesus in a corner? Thats like PRICELESS. Like ok…
BOOMAMA MESSING UP BIG MAMA’S BLOG $46.95
COST OF FIXING 155 SOUPS IN A ROW, $637.28
THE QUOTE “NO ONE PUTS BABY JESUS IN A CORNER, $PRICELESS :)
xoxo melzie
In a daring admission of organizational fanaticism, I’ll tell you that I’ve already begun working on my Christmas Home Tour post. I actually started it late last week.
It feels so good to be out in the open.
Can’t wait to have you all over!
I once heard of a book entitled “Christianity is Jewish.”
Just think on THAT one for a moment. . .
You’re killin’ me here! Disouples! Hilarious!!!
And I totally knew the line before you even referenced it about Baby Jesus in the corner! I can quote that movie…one of my all time favorites!
Can’t wait to participate in the Bloggy Christmas Tour!!!
I’ve always hoped Jesus was secretly a Dirty Dancing fan.
Anyone who can work in a line from Dirty Dancing while talking about the birth of the King of The Universe…well she deserves all my bloggy esteem.
That line goes down with “I carried a watermelon”
A finer Soup Ambassador the world could never have. You’ve done us proud, little lady.
“Soup Ambassador!” You crack me up, gal!
I tried to tell my Daddy that Jesus wanted me to watch Dirty Dancing along with all my friends when I was in sixth grade, but did he listen???
Those are some pretty lame jokes! But funny lame jokes at the same time. I laughed.
I enjoyed my visit to your blog–I’ll be back. :)
Oh, and I think I once read a children’s book about potato latkes…”The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes.”
You crack me up, Boo Mama. LOVE your hilarious takes on things. You are one, heelarious lady. Your blog put a smile on my face today.