Hello, everybody, and happy Mother's Day to all that applies!

First, a word about the latest attempt to fix the world wide catastrophe that seemingly has no remedy (no quick one, at least).  It seems that British Petroleum is trying to fix what George Bush started by not seeing that off shore oil riggs are safely capped (in case something like this should ever happen), and what seemingly Mother Nature finished with that undersea methane gas leak, by trying to cap the undersea oil well with some kind of gigantic metallic dome, which BP had hoped would be successful.  Well, it turns out that this would have been a very good idea, if ice hadn't had covered the dome on its way down to the overflowing well, some good five thousand feet below the ocean's surface (it turns out that the bottom of the ocean is a very cold place after all).  Now, the "brains" at BP are going to have to find another way to fix this ecological cataclysm, and think of it soon.  After all, all that oil is beginning to wash up on shore along the gulf coast, and the marine animal and plant life is already to feel its impact, unfortunately for them, and for us as well, because whatever affects the undersea world, will eventually affect the rest of us as well.

Now, I sure hope all you moms out there are having a very happy day today, and I sure hope all of you out there are doing something extra special for your moms.  I, for one, baked my mom a cake yesterday.  From scratch no doubt!  It's a variation of the classic Gold Layer Cake with Chocolate Icing, which, I'm sure, is a favorite of just about everybody's.  I made mine into a sheet cake instead of layers, mainly because I just can never get the layer pans filled just right.  One pan is either too full of batter or not full enough.  This way, with a single oblong sheet pan, you can never get it wrong.  All you have to do is dump the whole thing in and put it in the oven, then ice it when you take it out and cool it.  Today's dinner will be equally as simple.  All I have to do is wash a whole chicken, season it up good, put it in a pan and put it in the oven for about an hour and a half, then open up a can of mixed vegetables and cook a box of Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice.  Nothing could be more simple than that.  Of course, taking Mom out to dinner would be the simplest of all, but I would think that making dinner for her at home would be the best, and most inexpensive.

Well, that's about it for this week.  Until next time, be well, stay well, and don't forget to help the earthquake survivors!

Sincerely,




Marley Sue