To the super helpful lady at Atlanta Bread Company...

MAAP - The Not Much Happened Edition
Mom and I had a big presentation to give yesterday, so I ran out to the A&P at 9:00 in the morning. I may officially have a new shopping time! The store was almost devoid of other customers, so no one looked at me funny while I sang along to the music (which was rocking again). There was no newspaper guy! I was in and out in 30 minutes!! Yes, these are the things that excite me. Yes, I’m aware of how sad that is.The only odd thing to happen was the lady in front of me on line was trying to buy a poinsettia. A potted poinsettia. 5 weeks before Christmas. She stared with one that had had its leaves spray painted with gold glitter paint. No, lady, no, just walk away from the

Loofa! Loofa! Loofa!
You know how much I adore method, right? Well, it seems that Eric Ryan (one of method's founders) has released this new little video, encouraging passage of the Household Product Labeling Acts. Much more talk about it here. First read about it here. OMG, this video is funny.

Best. Brownies. EVER.
Or, A Foodblogger I Am Not.One of the things I just don’t understand (along with how inflation works and quantum physics) is why on earth people buy brownie mix in a box. (Blech, yuck, patooey!) especially since brownies from scratch are just NOT that hard, people.Over the weekend, I made a batch of our family brownie recipe, which makes the best. Brownies. EVER. And because I am insane, I challenged myself to photograph the whole process and then write a blog post about it. And I admit, Pioneer Woman, I am not. But it was kind of fun taking all the pictures, except where I’d panic at every step thinking I’d forget to snap one. And the part where I got

MMAAP - Inaugural Edition
Every Monday, I go to the supermarket and spend the entire trip narrating blog posts in my head. (Sad, I know.) So I had the idea of a semi-regular feature here at Filed Under Missylaneous: My Monday At A&P (MMAAP – which is pronounced just like “map” the way they say it on Dora the Explorer. “I’m the mmaP!”. Some weeks, it may be My Monday at Sam’s Club (MMASC). You’ve heard of Tuesdays With Morrie, right? Have you read it? Me either. But this is just like it. Man alive, are there a lot of really interesting characters at my A&P.For example, this week, I didn’t even get as far as the produce aisle before I had to fight my way past the burly man t

In Which Absolutely No One Cries
From First HaircutAbby had her very first haircut on Saturday. I did my research (read: asked the girls in my troop where they go to get their hair done) and we took Abby to a salon at our local mall. With the promise of a Happy Meal for lunch, Abby settled warily into the chair.Miss Veronica took excellent care of my baby, finding not o