Chronic Substitution

If your water heater breaks and your pantry is bare and you haven't been able to get to the grocery store yet, it is perfectly acceptable to sweeten your coffee with powdered sugar. You can also whip up a pot of Cream of Wheat/Malt-o-Meal sweetened with brown sugar. You can also make Hummus with lime juice, instead of lemon, for lunch. If, however, you have no bread and try to make a loaf and discover your new thermometer starts at 100 degrees when you need the water to be 85, you may just sit down in dismay and defeat. If you are a lucky girl, though, you will have a husband who offers to fetch a loaf from the corner store, despite the late hour. If you are the luckiest of girls, said husband will come home with a loaf of bread and a bit of dark chocolate. After which, your daughter will remark that any man who comes to court her better come with a car, a house, a job, and chocolate. And you will marvel at how well you have raised that girl. Just in case you ever wondered.