Everyone needs a fleet of flying monkeys to rip the stuffing out of the annoying people in their lives

— Laura

The True Blood season finale is tonight and I am worried Eric won’t survive, but I posted anyway. That’s how dedicated I am as a blogger. You’re welcome.

By Laura On September 12, 2010 · 19 Comments

I know you all have been maniacally clicking in here looking for a movie review, a recommendation, a food post, or something and since I don’t like to disappoint my public, here’s a Beer (I use Guinness Extra Stout) Braised Pot Roast that I cooked Friday night in my new dutch oven:

I made mashed taters and roasted asparagus with it. It was the best pot roast I ever made.

On Saturday I met Richelle and we went and had our nails “did.” We like to pretend we know a foreign language and “talk” to each other so the nail techs think we’re talking about them. Mostly we just crack each other up. I am certain we mainly sound retarded, but that’s okay. Turnabout is fair play. Then we went shopping so we could play “hand model” and point at things, like this:

I highly recommend Sabra hummus. It’s delish, I mean, if you like hummus. If you don’t, I recommend you don’t get any.

Now here’s a picture of Jack all exhausted from chewing on rawhide:

Aren’t you glad you clicked back in?

19 Comments

19 Responses to The True Blood season finale is tonight and I am worried Eric won’t survive, but I posted anyway. That’s how dedicated I am as a blogger. You’re welcome.

LC Aggie Sith says:

September 12, 2010 at 3:18 pm

My mom-in-law gave me a Le Creuset dutch oven, and THIS is what I am going to make in it to pop its cherry! WHOO HOO!! Thanks for that recipe.
I’ll pass on the hummus, since I get all the garbanzos I want with mom visiting.
And Jack just looks darling! Almost like he is plotting something…
*** You will LOVE your dutch oven and will want to cook in it constantly. Jack is ALWAYS plotting something. ~Laura

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tree hugging sister says:

September 12, 2010 at 3:41 pm

Sabra I am with you with onehunnertpercent, but…with…PRETZELS? No wonder you were pointing with your BEAUTEOUS nails and speaking in unintelligible gibberish. I am glad I have not seen such Sabra in our Publix or I would have been forced to point as well, and my nails…are not photo worthy. Like Jack.
*** It’s a snack pack with pretzels in the top part. they are thin and you just taste the hummus when you dip them and OMG Jack hates his nails did! So I let ‘em grow, clip ‘em a lil and then let him run on the cement. ~Laura

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Kim says:

September 12, 2010 at 4:38 pm

If Jack isn’t looking to hook,I don’t know what is.
That pot roast looks ethereally, etherially, some good shit good. The gravy. I like hummus and I like a good nail job.
Just had mine did, too! By me! They’re an autumn brownish thingie to cover up the splits. I gotta look good for the left coast.
*** Yes you do and nothing makes you look good like good looking nails. And Jack is a hooker.~Laura

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Jeffro says:

September 12, 2010 at 4:44 pm

Aren’t you glad you clicked back in?
Yer dern tootin’ I am!
*** HA! Told ya! ~Laura

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CGHill says:

September 12, 2010 at 5:28 pm

Now the question that has been tormenting us all:
Will Jack eat hummus?
*** YES! he eats everything! He’s a canine shop-vac. ~Laura

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lifeshighwy says:

September 12, 2010 at 5:54 pm

Hummus… shudder but be-u-tiful nail… The assumption being the rest of the nails are of the same quality and you did not do the one nail economy plan.
** HAHA! If I took the one nail economy plan it would be on the middle finger. Because I show that one the most. ~Laura

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Yabu (EOTIS) says:

September 12, 2010 at 6:07 pm

Damn, that looks good….I also have a bunch of that Le Creuset shit, and a Doxie shop-vac. We are in the same club.
Hows Jack’s back?
*** He’s doing great. *fingers crossed* ~Laura

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Mary Beth says:

September 12, 2010 at 6:16 pm

Wow that pot roast does look good!
*** It really was the best I had ever made. ~Laura

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Kim says:

September 12, 2010 at 6:46 pm

I flipped someone off today! I did. Jackass was waiting for the car waiting in front of him for a nonexistent parking space. FIVE MINUTES. Dickheads.
*** Fucker! I hope this was after your nails were did. ~Laura

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Jennifer says:

September 12, 2010 at 6:51 pm

OH YUM!! I’m going to make that pot roast!
*** You really should. ~Laura

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Kim says:

September 12, 2010 at 7:05 pm

It was BEFORE my nails were did. Which made me even more focused on didding my nails. I want them to NOTICE next time. Assholes.
*** YES! Maybe put on some glittery polish! ~Laura

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The Nickster says:

September 12, 2010 at 7:20 pm

hummus with pretzels? WTF?!? And “classic”? I suspect that this is the work of J as it smells of freedom-hater.
*** HAHA! No- they had to package something to scoop it up that had a self life. I mostly eat the hummus off the pretzel. ~Laura

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SB Smith says:

September 13, 2010 at 12:35 am

The Drunk…I mean Beer Braised Roast sounds wonderful. I’m gonna try that one. If you’ve bought a 6-pack of the beer, do you drink the other 4 while waiting for the roast to finish ?
I had solar nails for about a year….I went to Sally’s Beauty supply and bought what I needed to shorten them myself when that was needed.
They look so much better than My nails…but sooner or later I’m doing something that requires a tight grip…and it’s just not possible with those nails.
Glad to know Jack’s back is alright, but he should know there are other ways to interest the ladies than just laying it all out there.
*** He’s a hooker. And by all means finish the beer. ~Laura

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SB Smith says:

September 13, 2010 at 12:39 am

I was gonna comment on Eric, but I don’t know which time slot you’re watching,….plus it is repeated a 2nd time on both
HBO-E and HBO-W. We have both on dishnetwork.
*** HE LIVES!!!! I mean for a dead guy and a fictional chararcter. ~Laura

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Tara says:

September 13, 2010 at 5:21 am

That pot roast looks devine! I love hummus- I will try the Sabra brand.
That is one fancy nail.
*** My finger looks weird in that pic though. I should have put lotion on or something. Oh well. ~Laura

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rathead says:

September 13, 2010 at 9:28 am

I guess if I hadnt been sick, I would have been able to have a taste test. I guess you’ll have to fix it again. It looks marvelous. The nails look really good. Ms. Priss is in the house.
*** WOOT WOOT! Yes, I will make it again and you can have some. ~Laura

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rathead says:

September 13, 2010 at 9:37 am

After viewing the hummas in person I went to the store and bought me 2 of the containers and I was really proud and anxious about trying them and I left the damn things out and I was so pissed.
*** OH MY GOD you should have been pissed! ~Laura

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MorningGlory says:

September 13, 2010 at 10:18 am

You can keep your hummus; I’ve tried it but…nothing. I don’t dislike it, I just find it to be completely bland and flavorless. As for the pot roast – damn girl, that looks simply FABULOUS! Now I want pot roast. With mashed taters and roasted sparrow-grass.
*** You MUST make that pot roast, and it MUST be in a dutch oven with Guiness. Srsly, it was the bestest pot roast I ever made ever. I used fresh herbs too. Also, hummus has to be very garlicky for me to like it, and this brand is. Bland hummus is yucky. ~Laura

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mel says:

September 13, 2010 at 9:22 pm

that pot roast looks great. So does the nail. Also, dogs will chew on those rawhide bones til their jaws break, won’t they?
*** He sure will. ~Laura

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