Already Failing
I haven’t read more books than usual, I haven’t watched more movies than usual, I’ve written less than usual, and I don’t even own a cowbell. *sigh* I should’ve known better than to make resolutions. They never work out. I’ll try again next year.
Back to life in Columbus. Bryan and I think it’s unfair that we had to wake up to an alarm clock today and eat fibrous cereals instead of sleeping in until 9:00 and waking up to doughnuts. So many doughnuts! Do you know the thing about doughnuts? If they’re there, we’ll eat them. They taste good with coffee. And they taste good with ham.
I’ve written about my love of ring-shaped pastry before, but I’ve never actually succumbed to the seduction of Buckeye Donuts’ evil delivery system. In Chesaning, though, there are doughnuts to be had without even ordering them because my inlaws are extremely generous people and if they see you eat one doughnut, they will lovingly provide piles of them for you on a daily basis. And they won’t believe you when you say, “No, really, you don’t have to buy any more doughnuts.” Come to think of it, maybe they just couldn’t understand what we were saying with our mouth full of doughnuts. It’s hard to talk that way. Seriously, though, my body doesn’t know what to do with granola anymore. Here’s a hint, body: digest the shit out of it. Literally. Please.
January 5th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Sounds like you need The Master Cleanse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 5th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Well meaning family… ahh…
My sister in law is much the same… What, your favorite snack cracker?? Here is a box for while you are here AND a box as a Xmas gift. Licorice? Here’s a bag for Xmas… Sour Kids? Xmas bag… Chocalate type candy… Xmas gift… and more and more…
And, oatmeal cookies? Gingerbread? all your favorite treats? (Or even things you may have hinted you might like… ) ARG!
So, digest the shit out of that granola… or is it digest out the shit of it? (too base? too common/nasty?)
Later cuz!
January 5th, 2009 at 10:24 am
And now I want doughnuts.
Thanks.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Ask them to buy boxed Hostess donuts. They don’t taste so good, and you won’t want to eat them.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I’m with Jenna — doughnuts please! But Kristen will outlive us all so listen to her and not to me and Jenna.
Please do not go back to Chesaning. I fear it’s trying to take you away from us. But I understand if you have to do it for your mother. (I understand but I DO NOT LIKE IT.)
January 5th, 2009 at 11:23 am
@ dawn…
Well, this is just my own speculation, but I don’t think there is a chance of Chesaning stealing her back. It seems (again, my own reckless speculation) that Bryan tells his people that it is Abby who doesn’t want to leave Columbus and Abby tells her people it is Bryan. Effectively, they get to stay without telling their family that they want to stay… it is PERFECT!
Of course, I have been known to be completely full of sh*t before so…
I still say Chesaning is a GREAT place to be FROM… (Michigan in general seems to be circling the drain a bit…)
January 5th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Happy Holidays to you and your family. Im sorry i missed you while you wre in chesaning. I was at petes community center while you were filming the bridge. We went down their but we must had just miised you. Tell mom happy birthday. You seem like you have some awsome frinds in ohio. Talk to you soon. Katie
January 5th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
I am sorry to take pleasure in your failure, but your failures only make me love you more.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
P.S. I too love the round pastries, but we don’t have a good handy source. In the past I have often denied myself a donut, and then I think of all the other things I (we all) routinely eat which are just as “bad” as donuts. Why do donuts get such a bad name?
Some of the “healthy” bagels people consume have just as much fat and calories as a good old donut.
January 6th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Who acquires all those donuts because I noticed last time I was there before they were all eaten that they were not even from Frank’s? I would never survive a week there, either that or I’d have to run double!
And couldn’t grandma have been kinder and scheduled her departure for a book club week? Darn it.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I love Doughnuts too. I mean I really LOVE doughnuts.
Ate them constantly when I was pregnant. Now I don’t have an excuse anymore. 