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I'm a beauty editor turned freelance writer and stay-at-home mom (marissastapley.com/sageandlola.com). Most people think I'm funny, other people think I'm not and the odd person thinks I'm hilariously witty and should have my own show and bestselling book series. These people are either related to me, contractually bound to me, or my best friend. If a person walks past my kids on the street and doesn't give them a look that says, "Wow, those are some cute kids" I assume they're dead inside. I haven't bought a box of of plastic baggies since 2009, but I often steal them when I'm at my mom's house. I will never get over the fact that Gilmore Girls is no longer on television and that ASP didn't write the last season. I generally only cry when I'm alone. I take almost everything out on my husband, and he loves me anyway. Now that I don't go to an office every day, the number of pumps I own makes no sense. My daughter's favourite outfit is a pink batgirl costume and sometimes, she strokes my hair and says, "Mommy, I love you. You're so stylish and intelligent." My son's teacher recently thanked me for having him, because he's so awesome. That's a true story, and so are all of these.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

This is why I love the internet

Some days, I don't like the internet. I say things to my kids like, "When I was a kid, we didn't even have computers or computer games and we certainly didn't have the internet" and their eyes start to glaze over and I feel ancient and also, guilty because I'm lying: we totally had a Commodore Vic 20, as well as the prehistoric video game "Pong."

But today, I don't think the internet is the scourge of civilization. Today, I'm in love with the internet. This is because I was thinking about how obsessed I was with Anne of Green Gables as a kid, and about how I used to have an Anne of Green Gables cookbook, but no one knows where it is anymore. I was remembering how I used to make (unassisted!I was a child genius) a recipe called Saucy Chicken, and I was remembering that it was so good and wishing I still had the recipe.

In the olden days, the lost book would have meant never having Saucy Chicken again. But today, I Googled "Anne of Green Gables Cookbook Saucy Chicken Recipe" and all the recipes from the cookbook, all of them, can be found here.

This makes me so happy! I'll try to remember this the next time I'm mad at the internet.


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