I slept like a baby . . yeah, right!

There is one expression I simply do not understand . . . 'I slept like a baby'.  I know what it means, I get it .. . . I've lived it . . . it makes no sense.    


I remember when we brought him home from the hospital I would be up with him all night while he cried and cried and I cried.  That was me sleeping like a baby.


Leave him in his bed and let him cry himself to sleep they said.  Okay . . . well then he'd cry and cry in his crib and I'd lie in my bed and cry.  That was me sleeping like a baby.


And then when he did sleep, he'd wake up every couple hours to be fed.  That was me sleeping like a baby.


As he grew older I told him he couldn't leave his bed unless he had to use the potty.  That if he needed something he had to call me.  Then it was mom, mommy, mom, mother? MOM!! . . . every couple hours.  That was me sleeping like a baby.


I don't think I got a decent night sleep until after he was five years old.

I'm not complaining . . . really I'm not . . . I'm just saying that whoever came up with saying couldn't possibly have been a parent because 'sleeping like a baby' is anything but.


If I had my choice between sleeping like a baby and sleeping like I log I'd much prefer making like wood and cuttin' some zzzzzzzzzz's.  Just sayin'.

Bacon and Egg Savory Cupcakes

16 Slices Bacon

1 Can (16.3 Oz) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle Biscuits

1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese

8 Eggs

Salt And Pepper, If Desired

Heat oven to 350°F. In 10-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat about 4 minutes or until cooked but not crisp, turning once. (It will continue to cook in the oven.) Set aside.

Spray 8 jumbo muffin cups or 8 (6-oz) glass custard cups with cooking spray. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Place 1 biscuit in each muffin cup, pressing dough three-fourths of the way up sides of cups.

Place 2 bacon slices in each biscuit cup, add a pinch of cheese and crack an egg over each. Season with salt and pepper.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until egg clears are set. Run a small knife around cups to loosen. Serve immediately.

Makes 8 servings


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He's 6 feet tall if he's an inch

When ever I need to measure a space . . . whether it be the garden or a room . . . I call on my husband.  Not because he's the sole proprietor of the tools in our home . . . although he'd like to think so.  It's because his tooties are exactly twelve inches long.


Believe it or not, a foot is called a foot because it is about the same size of the foot of an average grown adult man.  

However, whenever I need to figure out the length of something smaller I do not call on my pet inchworm.  Why?  Because not all inchworms . . . not even the average sized ones . . . are an inch long.  Inchworms are called inchworms because they inch along.  

The word 'inch' comes from Latin uncia meaning "one twelfth part" . . . an inch is 1/12 of a foot which is 12 inches . . . duh.


Just a bit of trivia based one my perfectly proportionally footed husband's suggestion.  

Biscuit Sliders

6 Pillsbury Grands Buttermilk Biscuits

   (Or This Recipe From A Previous Post)

6 Slices Bacon

1 Pound Lean Ground Beef

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce

1/4 Teaspoon Pepper

6 Slices Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Heat oven to 350°F. Place biscuits on cookie sheet. Bake biscuits as; cool slightly, bout 5 minutes.

In a large nonstick skillet, cook bacon over medium high heat about 5 to 7 minutes or until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet; discard bacon drippings.

In medium bowl, season beef with Worcestershire sauce and pepper; mix well.  Shape into 6 small patties.

In same skillet, cook patties over medium-high heat 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, or until meat thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.

Split biscuits horizontally. Top each biscuit bottom with patty, cheese slice (I like a slice of cheese on the top and the bottom, bacon and biscuit top.

 

Serve with additional condiments as desired.