Peanut Butter Month

So, I've noticed that when I blog about serious stuff---aka rant about serious stuff--that no one really comments to me, and when I write silly stuff, they do. A subtle hint, perhaps???

Anywho... not to chastise anyone that is reading. Thank you for reading! I'm just making an observation. On to the blog!

March--referred to many as the wonderful month in which Karyn was born--is also known as peanut butter month. :)

I think to myself--how appropriate as I have had an unnatural craving for peanut butter lately. I can't explain it, but I go out of my way to get some of that creamy deliciousness.

I CAN'T GET ENOUGH!!!

Seriously. If I wasn't worried about weighing 500 lbs, I would keep a permanent stash with me at all times. It's so divine. You just have to know that there is a heaven and that peanut butter is a major staple there... well, it better be. If it isn't, I'm not going! ;) lol. JK... But seriously. Peanut Butter is delectable.

You may wonder, as I often do-- who first thought of this culinary wonder??? Well, I looked it up, and interestingly enough, peanut butter has been around for a long time! According to about.com,

"Peanut butter has been invented and reinvented many times during history. Peanuts were known as early as 950 B.C. and originated in South America. The ancient Incas used peanuts and were known to have made it into a paste-like substance.

As a crop peanuts emigrated from South America to Africa by early explorers and then traveled by trade into Spain who then traded the product to the American colonies. The first commercial peanut crop was grown in Virginia in the early to mid 1840's and in North Carolina beginning around 1818.

According to the Corn Products Company, Dr. Ambrose Straub of St. Louis patented a peanut butter-making machine in 1903 and some unknown doctor invented peanut butter in 1890. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented a "Process of Preparing Nut Meal" in 1895 and used peanuts. Kellogg served the patients at his Battle Creek Sanitarium peanut butter.

Also--a fun tidbit: One-half of all edible peanuts produced in the United States are used to make peanut butter and peanut spreads." (For the full article, Click Here).

Anyway, it looks like I am not the only one that loves peanut butter. I looked up the I Love Peanut Butter website, and I only have a mild obsession compared to some. :D

OH! I, and the best part... I went to my friend Stacey;'s house and they had HONEY PEANUT BUTTER! Really??? Honey and Peanut Butter???

Oh man. The goodness thereof is mind boggling. I promptly went to my local grocer and procured an ambrosial jar of the sweet and salty concoction for myself, and it has been exquisite perfection.

Can life get better?

 I submit that it can NOT!

 Wait... maybe it CAN!!!!

AHHH... >drool<

Okay. Enough of peanut butter. I'm getting hungry.

Also fun this week: I've been having mini "Medium"-a-thons with my friend Andrew. I was if-y about the whole deal at first, but I LOVE that show! It's a great story line and the show overall is intriguing. That, and his family is so AMAZING!!! Totally love hanging out with them. (Don't forget the Medium Salsa!!! lol.) Anywho--Medium. You should go check it out. You won't be disappointed!


Okay. Last but not least, the song for the day. Susi recommended this one, and she's right. The words are super awesome. :)


Tik Tok
by: Ke$ha

Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy
Grab my glasses, I'm out the door, I'm gonna hit this city
Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack
'Cause when I leave for the night, I ain't coming back

I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes
Trying on all our clothes, clothes
Boys blowing up our phones, phones
Drop-topping, playing our favorite CDs
Pulling up to the parties
Trying to get a little bit tipsy

Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tik tok on the clock
But the party don't stop, no

Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tik tok, on the clock
But the party don't stop, no

Ain't got a care in world, but got plenty of beer
Ain't got no money in my pocket, but I'm already here
And now, the dudes are lining up cause they hear we got swagger
But we kick em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger

I'm talking about everybody getting crunk, crunk
Boys tryin' to touch my junk, junk
Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk

Now, now, we go until they kick us out, out
Or the police shut us down, down
Police shut us down, down
Po-po shut us

Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tik tok on the clock
But the party don't stop, no

Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tik tok on the clock
But the party don't stop, no

DJ, you build me up
You break me down
My heart, it pounds
Yeah, you got me

With my hands up
You got me now
You got that sound
Yeah, you got me

DJ, you build me up
You break me down
My heart, it pounds
Yeah, you got me

With my hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up

Now, the party don't start 'til I walk in

Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tik tok on the clock
But the party don't stop, no

Don't stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight
Tik tok on the clock
But the party don't stop, no

Political Affiliation

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Okay.

This is my first and possible last political post. I recommend that if you don't want to read about my political views, that you wait to update on Karyn until the next posting. :)

I have to confess to all of you.

I have never affiliated myself with any political party. I honestly can say that I didn't even know what political party I would want to affiliate myself with because basically I don't think the government should have a lot to do with my life.

I have voted for Nader for the past two presidential elections because I refused to vote for men who would not uphold the constitutional rights that Americans are entitled to.

We are entirely too dependent upon our government. We should not allow the government to dictate our lives. We are born to certain unalienable rights, and the government is encroaching on those rights.

So, I have stayed away from political parties because I couldn't find a group with whom I agreed on at least half of their views with. That's the way it has been for the past... wow. Eight years.

So, I'm checking out my Google buzz, and my friend Carol posted a political affiliation test called the Nolan Chart Survey. I took it, and it said that  I am a libertarian.

What is that??? You don't know what a libertarian is??? Well, neither did I. So, I Googled it, and I came across this website.

I am a libertarian. I don't support anarchy or anything, but I agree with a majority of the views supported my many libertarians. Wow. I feel so... categorized. lol.

And Music for the day. I can't tell you in words how much I love the Eagles. This song seemed appropriate for my current mood. Listen to it, Love it, and Share it. :)

The Last Resort
by: The Eagles

She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way,
and how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide

Down in the crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can't wait to tell you all,
what it's like up there
And they called it paradise
I don't know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high

Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do

Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus,
people bought 'em
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sink in the sea

You can leave it all behind
and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is coming"
Brought the white man's burden down
Brought the white man's reign

Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here

We satisfy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and the name of God

And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye.