Fallin' Hard for the Thirties

Lately I'm a big fan of 30's-ish. I mean, what to do with 30's isn't amazing? (Great Depression aside.) First off the dude whose ring permanently rests on my finger is 30. So right there, we have a winner hands down. :)
But the actual 30's had this:

(that's jimmy stewart and some other guy in "Mr. Smith goes to Washington." Pretty sure this is one of the best movies EVER!)

(who doesn't want fashion so over the top it's, well...fashionable?)

Sure, in a couple weeks I'll be in love with the 40's or the 50's or something along those lines but for now it's all about being back in a time with funky lookin' cars, smoke fumes issuing from every mouth, black n' white movies, assuming "pounding the pavement" means walking 'round looking for a job, having to use an actual public phone to call anyone at a restaurant. Do you realize how brave these people were?! No sanitation gel!! Just a brazen determination (or general ignorance of bacteria..whichever) to call whoever come hell or dirty phone. At any rate, as long as we don't explore the "hoovervilles" phenomenon etc, the 30's are swell....

Still in her 20's: Genna

Tor-tea-ya Soup

Yup. Tortilla Soup. Mmm, good stuff. Or well, it would have been had the resident chef (craftily disguised as a house wife: complete with urchins hanging off her apron strings, flour across her nose, and random thumps, whams & the pitter patter of madly dashing little feet) not completely annihilated the recipe with a mite too much adobo sauce.

Note to self: when reading small type in a cook book make sure you're reading the same line ALL the way across! Make sure, for instance it doesn't say "dump whole can of tomato sauce into pot" instead of what you might mistakenly think reads, "dump whole can of jalapenos in adobo sauce in pot." The true jalapeno line went something like this "add 1 to 2 jalapenos in adobo sauce from the can (chopped)" Trust me, reading the directions is a good thing. Reading the same line is a good thing. Having a astigmatism is a bad thing. There were so very many unexpected consequences of this one tiny little act I had to create a list...

Pros of adding a whole can:

*Effectively withering the toe hair off your husbands freakishly hairy feet.
* You will discover mad oula!-it's-PBJ-night-in-the-blink-of-an-eye skills
* Your kids will eat ALL their dinner

Cons:
* your mans feet will now be cold thanks to you
* You will eat PBJ
*You will remember PBJ isn't nearly as awesome when enjoyed for two out of the three daily meals...

Gonna Try Again: Genna