This Midwestern Life Eats a Hot Cross Bun

The hot cross bun (HCB) is another bread, like fruitcake, that I had heard of but never actually

Hot Cross Buns! Hot Cross Buns!

encountered. The HCB is also a seasonal Lenten food that can be found when the pączki
are out clogging the bakery aisle.

When I saw the HCB advertised in our local grocery ad I felt the same way I did when I stepped into a snow drift for the first time: "Oh, so that's what that is!"

I pointed to the picture and asked David if he knew the HCB nursery rhyme. He chanted "Hot Cross Buns" twice and then trailed off humming what sounded suspiciously like La Cucaracha. 

Tales of the Domestically Challenged: A Partial List of Things I Have Sucked up with the Vacuum

tweezers- red-Tweezerman brand

tweezers- silver-Revlon brand

one white sock- size 8

a pair of women's jeans-premium denim

the living room curtains

an area rug

screws that hold the dryer's lint trap in place