sweet stuff......

So mom and I went and saw "The Secret Life of Bee's" today. I read the book a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I was excited to go see the movie. This is my problem, when I have read the book I have a harder time judging the movie. I watch the movie version of books I have read and I know the entire story. Even if the movie doesn't do the greatest job of filling you in on the back story. So I wonder if a movie is really good, or if I liked it because I knew the ertire story. But I have to admit I saw Nights in Rodanthe, and read the book. I didn't feel like the movie was very great. but I really enjoyed the Secret Life of Bee's, so did my mom. So I was watching the "Yam Cam" and actually saw a woman I knew talking on her phone and waving to people. They have a big parade on Saturday morning. My dad is a "parade official" who had to miss it this year, to be with me. So on Saturday morning after cleaning my laundry room. He sat and watched the parade, and later in the evening while we were watching TV he kept an eye on the "Yamboree" to see if he could see anybody else. So he stayed a little connected. On a side note, I told Erin that my dad cleaned my laundry room. She said, "I need your dad over here." I said "no he is my dad!" Then she said , "my dad sucks!" I laughed a little thinking not many dads would clean their daughter laundry rooms. But then it struck me just who her dad was and I cracked up. Maybe you had to be there.

I posted the Yam Pie/ Sweet Potato Pie recipe on my blog and decided to make it myself. This was my first yam pie and it was good! I remember having a piece as a kid and thinking it tasted like pumpkin pie. But I was wrong. I don't care for pumpkin pie, it's to heavy, or dense for my taste. So the sweet potato pie was yummy, especially with my freshly grated nutmeg.