Go Ask Your Mother!

So, tonight my 11 year old daughter says to me, "Mom, do you know the F word"?  I am thinking to myself, "Wow, maybe she is a little sheltered...go me!"  :)  Then I realize that she is fishing for some "girl talk" with her mom.  So, I told her that I indeed know the F word.  

She asked me when I first heard it, so I had to tell her the story.  (When I said "the word" out loud she about fell out of her chair.  I kinda like throwing her a curve ball every so often...keeps her guessing.)  The story goes like this.  

When I was in kindergarten I saw the letters F U C K written in chalk on the sidewalk outside my house.  I stood there for several minutes trying to pronounce it, saying it out loud over and over...at first very slowly.  FFFFF UUUU CK   FFFUUUCK  FFUUCK  F*%K?  I thought, "what a silly sounding word, what could it possibly mean"?  Then, I thought what every sweet little 5 year old girl should, "I should ask my dad."  So I marched into the house and walked right up to my dad and said, "Dad, what does f*%k mean"?

Well, you would have to know my very reserved father to realize just how funny this moment was.  He looked at me with the best deer-in-the-headlights eyes that I have ever seen, turned around, shut his bedroom door and then through the door I heard him say, "Go ask your mother."

You would have to know my mother to know why I didn't go ask her...

Food Network Challenge

Keegan Gerhard, the host of Food Network Challenge was at the NYC Chocolate Show.  He was very impressed with the chocolate dress and because of that, he passed my name on to the Food Network Challenge people. 

I was asked to compete on the Chocolate Landmark show and given only one day to make up my mind!  Why does this happen to me!!??  I guess because I am crazy enough.  :)

Within 3 weeks of saying "yes", Brandon and I were on a flight to Denver, CO to build a chocolate Statue of Liberty in 8 hours, in front of a live audience and at times 5 cameras.  It was exhilarating, challenging, entertaining and most of all NERVE RACKING!  (and I would do it again in a heartbeat! - in fact they have already asked if I would be willing to compete again...)

Here she is in all her glory...you have to watch to find out if we won the $10,000 prize.  :)  She is 100% chocolate.  Can you believe it?!