thoughts of fun breakfast food

shared by VJ Rabuy, her sister

While we were growing up, Cindy and I liked to make this specific breakfast dish called "eggs in a frame". You take a piece of bread and use the opening of a small cup or glass to cut out a perfect circle in the middle of the bread. The "bread circle" is just put to the side, or eaten separately.

Then take the bread slice and toast it in a pan on the stove for a couple of minutes. Next you take an egg and crack it open into the hole. Once the egg has cooked for a bit, you carefully flip over the bread, and let the egg/bread cook a little more. That's it!

We learned how to do this from one of those Klutz brand, arts and crafts, kids' books, that had different kid-friendly recipes and cooking ideas.

I recently had a chance to make the dish again a couple of times, when visiting Marlo's house for breakfast over the last couple of weeks. Cyn Cyn and Ava were kind of impressed!

Although they weren't interested in taking a bite of the "egg in the frame" (since neither of them prefer eggs cooked that way), it was fun to share another little tidbit about Cindy with them.

thoughts of on repeat

shared by VJ Rabuy, her sister

I’ve been listening to Sam Smith’s “Baby, You Make Me Crazy” non-stop for the past week and a half. I happened to stumble upon an acoustic version of it, and ever since then, I’ve been hooked.

It reminds me of the time when Cyn made a tape of one of her favorite songs, using both sides of the cassette, and listened to it endlessly. The funny part about it, was that neither she nor I, ever got tired of it.

The song was Hi-Five’s “Never Should Have Let You Go” which was featured on the Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit soundtrack. She recorded it again and again; it must have been recorded 10 or 12 times on each side.

That tape must have been around for a few years, with all of my sisters having listened to it. I'm fairly certain that any one of us could still sing along today.