This is a Smattering
of things I want to tell y’all today.

First off, I made some spiced apples over the weekend. Here is the recipe. I ate these on a pancake topped with a little dollop of tangy yogurt. It was wonderful. When I made the recipe I used a tad more cinnamon than was listed. Next time I’ll use less sugar and add some toasted pecans and some dried cranberries. The great thing about the recipe is that it is so proportional that it could be easily reduced to using only one apple for a single serving. It’s like apple pie without the pastry.

Secondly, a St. Louis home was featured on Design Sponge this week. You can find it here. My favorite space was the ballroom turned office/playroom. I really love the colors and fabric choices that the designer made up there.

For your listening pleasure today, may I suggest the song “Shine On” by the Airwaves. The singer has a Neil Youngish type voice. You can get a free mp3 and have a listen on this page at Indie Rock Cafe.

My youngest son is a hoot. Every time I go to his school I hear about more funny stuff that he has said or done.

For example, he was reading one-on-one with a teacher the other day. Another teacher was in the room. She had to choke down her laughter after hearing the following exchange between E and the first teacher.

Teacher: E, you need to answer my question.
E: But, the question that you asked was rhetorical.
Teacher: I still want an answer.

I’m fairly sure that I didn’t know the word rhetorical when I was in first grade. By the way, did you know that a long time ago people used different question marks at the end of rhetorical questions? Interesting.

When I dropped him off this morning, his classroom teacher told me that yesterday they were discussing Chinese-Americans. After listening for a while she said that E raised his hand to contribute to the discussion and said, seriously, “My mother is an Alabamian-American.” Hmmm. I reckon that he thinks Alabama is different enough to be its own country?

Finally, J has put some new songs up at Wactopia. The last one is “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3.

Happy Tuesday, everyone!