AN ACRE OF CHAOS aka Gramma ZZ’s mind

I am going to do something else today other than sit at this laptop looking at good eats.

I noticed a phenomenon developing within myself lately. I come across a random blog, begin reading, and realize, yes!!!…..this is like me. I too LOVE cupcakes for instance. Do you know that when you google the word cupcake blog that there are 1,560,000 hits.

I have a really strange affliction. I haven’t quite figured out how to label it but I do know, that it causes me much consternation. In other words, how can one person have SO MANY FRIGGING interests and no motivation to carry through on any of them.

So here is today’s dilemma. I simply want to bake cupcakes because I am beginning to see what a creative undertaking this actually is. I love the blogs where people showcase their cupcakes. Now, I don’t necessarily find muffins that interesting but cupcakes, shazzzaaaaammmm!! However, this would entail actually walking into the kitchen and 1) deciding which recipe to bake; 2) checking to see if I have all the necessary ingredients, and, 3) physically beginning the process of gathering supplies into one space, measuring these ingredients out, mixing, filling the cute little cupcake papers, baking, decorating and photographing not only the process, but the finished product.

This sounds like quite a reach today and one I can’t see myself actually carrying out.

I do see myself making a trip out to a few thrift stores, especially the ones that run those great senior specials on Fridays. I may be able to pick up a cookbook or two at a great discount and if I’m really lucky, they will have a great section on baking.

And oh yeah, you’ll be seeing some great cupcake blogs linked here soon. If nothing else, the photographs on these blogs are to die for!! Talk about eye candy.

Here is the blog URL and I’m going to link it here to my page so I’ll remember to visit there more often so I don’t have to spend an hour catching up.

http://www.crazyauntpurl.com/

Oh and by the way, let me give you a little teaser here ***********

Anyway, you might be wondering what this has to do with restraining orders. Ya’ll know how us Southerners are with the storytelling. All in good time! And it ain’t a story if it doesn’t end with the law being called! ********

So there it is….I know you’re all so busy so I am doing the footwork and going out and finding some great reading material for you. (And this one is thanks to Crusty)…

If you’re too tired and unfocused to get into a novel, or even finish reading a magazine article, try this blog for a quick and enjoyable read every day. And for you cat lovers, she also loves cats.

I did this portrait of Willie about a year ago. I was going through some of my old art work trying to get inspired to draw again. So far it hasn’t worked, but I forgot that I was actually satisfied with this one. I took it into photoshop to put the text “outlaw” on the shirt.