I don’t really understand what started this whole bus debacle, or why the second girl decided that she wanted in on the action, but apparently neither of the girls are smart enough to realize that there is an emergency exit behind them that they could use to get off the bus if they wanted to leave so badly.

From the video, you can clearly see that the bus driver initiated the physical contact, but that girl is just an ignorant and arrogant, brat. She should have sat down, got off at her stop, and filed a complaint with the school system instead of escalating the situation.

I dragged myself out of bed (Mike gave me the flu!) to participate in Four Foods on Friday!

1. Do you ever use scissors to cut any foods? Which? Raw or cooked?

All the time! It’s much easier to cut slippery foods like chicken with scissors instead of a knife. Just this afternoon, Mike used kitchen scissors to cut pizza.

2. Popcorn. Homemade, microwave, bagged, hot, cold. How do you like it?

Homemade air popped with salt and butter. I don’t discriminate when it comes to temperature.

3. Sushi. Love it or hate it?

LOVE sushi, but Mike hates it, so I’m reduced to grocery store sushi. Luckily, we have a really good local grocery store that has a sushi chef who makes sushi to order.

4. Share a dessert recipe.

Just before I started my new job, they finished producing a cookbook for Neilsen-Massey Vanillas and the recipes are delicious, so I thought I would share the recipe for coffee cloud meringues.

• 1 cup sugar
• 4 egg whites
• 2 teaspoons Nielsen-Massey pure coffee extract
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

Process the sugar in a food processor until very fine. Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.

Whip egg whites in a non-plastic bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high speed. Whip in the coffee extract and cream of tartar. Add the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, beating after each addition. Beat until the mixture is glossy and holds a stiff peak.

Pipe meringue using a pastry bag with a star tip, or make dollops with a tablespoon onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour or until the meringues are dry. Turn off the oven and allow meringues to cool in the oven, away from drafts, for several hours. Store in an airtight container.

The CEO of Victoria’s Secret, Sharen Turney, said yesterday during a conference call with investors that the VS brand has gotten too sexy and has strayed too far from its roots.

While they aren’t selling liquid latex (although, that may be a strategy they should consider), Victoria’s Secret isn’t as classy or sophisticated as it used to be. I’ve been shopping there for over ten years, and I’ve seen a decrease in quality under garments, and an increase in trashy lingerie and clothing. I no longer buy bras or pajamas from Victoria’s Secret, but I do purchase my underwear there, making a bee-line for the cotton undies and avoiding the Pink products like the plague.

The Pink line uses bubble gum colors and stuffed animals to target middle-school age girls, whether that was the brand’s intent or not. I’m not sure where these young girls are getting the money to buy clothing from the Pink line, or when shopping at a lingerie store become appropriate for a 13 year old, but it’s inappropriate. I wore Hanes underwear from Wal-mart until I was in college!

Sharen Turney said that changes are going to be made to bring the brand back to it’s former glory. The new target audience will be “an aspirational buyer who is 26″, bra launches will be fewer, and a “good, better, best” pricing strategy will be followed. Hopefully that strategy will also involve increasing quality while rethinking the $7.50 price tag on a single pair of cotton underwear.

So, do you shop at VS? Is it trashy or classy? Do you, or would you, let your young daughter shop at VS? If you don’t shop at VS, where do you buy your under-things?

I was tagged at A Place for Everything to participate in a fun little book meme, and who am I to turn down a fun little book meme!

How to play:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

I’m currently reading The Other Boleyn Girl and am determined to finish the book before I see the movie.

“Suddenly, like a striking snake, she reached out and grabbed my hand in a fierce grip. At once she twisted it behind my back and held me so that I could move neither forward nor backward but only cry out in pain. ‘Anne! Don’t! You’re really hurting!’”

I tag Skeet, Laurie, Daly, Talina, and Megs.

For the second winter in a row, my windshield wipers have craped out on me. Both times have been after a big snow storm, but I swear I clear the snow off my windshield before I turn my wipers on!

I look like I’m driving around town in an old jelope because the wipers are stuck in the up position.