Leverage + Buckeyes and Etc.

Last night I had a friend over to make this tasty treat:

Buckeyes

2 c. peanut butter
1/2 lb. margarine (or butter)
1 1/2 lb. confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate

We mixed everything but the chocolate together (reserving 1 c. of peanut butter for last) and then melted the chocolate on low and took turns dipping the buckeyes and then laying them on a pizza pan. Then, we shoved them in the freezer for about 45 (they should have been in there for a little over an hour but we couldn't wait!) and YUM! They are awesome.

Then we watched Leverage...which is GREAT this season (3). Every season gets better!

I'm still on my TV-watching hiatus, though. Watching 12 shows at once will 'splode your brain and then you have to recuperate. :/ Ooops.

I think part of it too is that it hurts sometimes to see people my age doing what I would have loved to do for so long, but I've sort of...given up on it. At least for now.

The things I would love to do with my life just aren't possible right now, and might not ever be possible. I might have to settle for a quiet, routine life, which makes me want to vomit, but I guess I have to learn that you can't have adventures all the time.

I don't mean to complain. We are finally almost to the point where one paycheck is just enough, and we aren't starving, and we have a lovely church and friends and the holidays are approaching, and...I know I have a lot to be thankful for. I know.

But I'm starving for beauty and adventure and those seem very far off at present.

Once I practice harp and pick up dinner at Chik-Fil-A tonight, I might just come home and make a jumper and jacket for my teddy bear. And maybe watch Howl's Moving Castle for a bit of magic in my workaday world.

I miss being a superhero princess.