Mathematical Mama

I was walking out to my car the other day to go somewhere... run a errand or something.  I saw these 3 girls... 10, maybe 11 year olds, sitting on their bikes across the street from my driveway. I didn't pay them much attention until one of them yelled, "Hey!  Will you be my best  friend?" I froze, really not knowing how to respond. One of the girls, seeing my uncomfortable state, yelled, "She's kidding."  to which I responded, "Ok.". Then I got in my car and left. This got me thinking... Why was my gut reaction so extreme?  Why did this question make me so uncomfortable? So, I let my over-analysis start churning. When I was younger, I always had a best friend. As I grew and matured, the name kept changing.  Inevitably, there were people who questioned, "Why isn't (insert name here) your best friend anymore...?  Doesn't that defeat the purpose?!" I've done a lot of thinking the last few weeks on this.  It's true, I

I was sooooooooo done with yesterday. After a pretty cranky day, I decided that I wanted fried rice for dinner. So I jumped onto the website for an Asian restaurant down the street from our house (they also deliver, cause I was feeling super extra lazy) and order some house fried rice, and a few things for my husband.  I got an order confirmation email right away. So we wait. ...and wait. ...and wait. ...and wait some more. 45 minutes tick by, then an hour.  I go back to the website to grab a phone # to make sure our order will get here before the place closes.  That's when i see they aren't even open on saturdays. *dramatic music* *falls to knees and shakes fist at the sky while simultaneously  bursting into tears* NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! So i warmed up some squash and ate some refrigerator candy... which was good, but not what my uterus... er.... belly wanted. So, i set out  to make some myself.  At first it just started out as fried rice, t

I have had a sweet tooth from heck the last few days.  I blame my uterus. Cause why not?!  Anyway, I  have been trying to feed the sugar-craving monkey on my back while still keeping with my wheat free diet, as i don't want to end up in excruciating pain... like you do. So, I tried 2 recipes today.  The first was for Vanilla refrigerator candy , and was banging. I don't have a lot of Swerve in my house, so I used KAL stevia, and it was delightful. The second was a pumpkin ice cream recipe.  I am searching for a link, but i think my computer might have gotten hungry and ate it up. Here's what i did: 1/2 c pumpkin (I had an open can in the fridge.  I used the rest) 1 frozen banana 1 splash of coconut milk 1 drizzle maple syrup 2 shakes pumpkin pie spice Spin that in the Ninja cup devour shamelessly with a spoon (I did share with my kids... promise.) I'm thinking of making some kind of spin on the Refrigerator candy with pumpkin... I'm on a pumpkin