tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post4304181370209195602..comments2023-08-29T06:56:38.546-05:00Comments on Food Lust People Love: Banana Walnut Muffins #MuffinMondayStacy Rushtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-76687420979050357852013-07-10T02:09:47.779-05:002013-07-10T02:09:47.779-05:00Thank you, Liz! It was fun to write. :)Thank you, Liz! It was fun to write. :)Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-57100199393558538522013-07-09T20:23:54.238-05:002013-07-09T20:23:54.238-05:00What terrific looking muffins! And thanks for shar...What terrific looking muffins! And thanks for sharing this part of your life with us all...Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-39158107412792847402013-07-09T08:32:55.662-05:002013-07-09T08:32:55.662-05:00According to the internet, it was 117°F today with...According to the internet, it was 117°F today with 23 percent humidity. All I know is that it felt like an oven when I walked outside with the hound. I guess Arizona is like this but with no humidity. My overriding strategy right now is to stay in the house with the air on. After all, I need to turn the inside oven on. :) <br /><br />Three may be too short but see how you feel. As nice as itStacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-24659787057121987852013-07-09T08:02:29.723-05:002013-07-09T08:02:29.723-05:00Wow - I can only imagine! We lived for 6 years in ...Wow - I can only imagine! We lived for 6 years in Phoenix and I thought that was pretty extreme. However, I guess you get used to it like anything else, and have strategies for dealing with it! I don't like to leave my husband for the summer, either - especially since he is gone part of the week every week now. Last summer I went for 6 weeks and that was a bit too long. This summer I'Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-42181117133021775502013-07-09T07:17:12.186-05:002013-07-09T07:17:12.186-05:00Thanks, Rose! They were great!Thanks, Rose! They were great!Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-47804500943871491482013-07-09T07:13:35.517-05:002013-07-09T07:13:35.517-05:00Thank you, Christine!Thank you, Christine!Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-39714851081413649582013-07-09T06:40:54.067-05:002013-07-09T06:40:54.067-05:00Yum!! Looks great!!Yum!! Looks great!!Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-34909600885005072592013-07-08T23:08:03.258-05:002013-07-08T23:08:03.258-05:00I almost read that in Marlin Perkin's voice. ...I almost read that in Marlin Perkin's voice. Well payed, Stacy. Well payed! And I can smell the muffins....really smell them.Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-32610926065805716162013-07-08T11:10:38.513-05:002013-07-08T11:10:38.513-05:00Thanks, Cindy. We haul way less than before to Du...Thanks, Cindy. We haul way less than before to Dubai too. My suitcase this summer had mostly clothes and smoked sausage. Pork is available but not good smoked sausage. I'm shocked that you didn't get many visitors in Sudan! Shocked. I figured you and Mark would be a good draw, no matter where you live.Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-4771149486614009382013-07-08T10:47:04.863-05:002013-07-08T10:47:04.863-05:00This is beautifully written, Stacy! Living in Mexi...This is beautifully written, Stacy! Living in Mexico City now, it seems strange to only haul back Crystal Light, PB2 and a couple of nut butters (which you can now get here). We are also lucky that we get more visitors than in Malaysia or, I don't know, um..Sudan. lol :)Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-48807390787516703112013-07-08T08:13:12.850-05:002013-07-08T08:13:12.850-05:00Thanks for sharing, Marilyn! It's hard for fo...Thanks for sharing, Marilyn! It's hard for folks who haven't seen it to understand the scale of the mass exodus.Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-10973525637387862572013-07-08T08:11:46.933-05:002013-07-08T08:11:46.933-05:00Thanks, Carolyne! I was hoping some of my fellow ...Thanks, Carolyne! I was hoping some of my fellow expats would weigh in. I have friends that leave on the last day of school but I usually wait a few weeks to have some downtime and come back early for the same reason. Now the school year doesn't matter as much but, of course, we had Victoria's graduation on 1 June so we went early. Now we are back for the heat of Dubai's summer. Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-80382525727708358142013-07-08T08:08:44.466-05:002013-07-08T08:08:44.466-05:00Thanks, Kayle! It's the story of my life, exc...Thanks, Kayle! It's the story of my life, except I usually don't stay away the whole summer. I feel bad leaving my poor husband and the hound for that long.Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-72406735773841248062013-07-08T07:48:08.126-05:002013-07-08T07:48:08.126-05:00Love, love this post! The other day evidently the ...Love, love this post! The other day evidently the headlines in Al Ahram were about dozens leaving Egypt.....I wrote on the wall of the person who posted - "This is a normal summer in Cairo! It's called Expat life" Have to share this one.Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-44227558190407181472013-07-08T07:46:29.287-05:002013-07-08T07:46:29.287-05:00Oh, this is great - perfectly accurate! And we hav...Oh, this is great - perfectly accurate! And we have done t-shirts many,many times! Our migration begins late this year since I just finished school a week ago and am in desperate need of some post-school 'down' time - and, besides, #1 is here for 3 more weeks finishing up a summer internship! #2 is safely settled in at his summer program in Seattle, and I have my empty bags ready to go!Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496305576756640634.post-16145476667101788002013-07-08T06:57:18.720-05:002013-07-08T06:57:18.720-05:00lol!! I loved the anthropology lesson ;) And I lov...lol!! I loved the anthropology lesson ;) And I love how simple and tasty these muffins are!Stacy Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008030206240908911noreply@blogger.com