L - I knew I had seen her art work somewhere! I loved the little bug cartoons! Ahhh a prince with a quiver full of pink roses... that's what I need. ;o) I've been toying with writing a childrens book for my children and illustrating it.. I actually did do some preliminary drawings... but haven't done anything else.. I get so side tracked.. hate that.
A - hehehe.. glad you like the train. Hope you find a time to be intoxicated. ;o) You need to come over here and hang out.
Well my dinner is almost done, the bread is done - perfect, the honey cake is done - perfect again, the fish is marinating (won't take but 10 mins to cook), the carrots are waiting to be glazed (can do that while the fish cooks)... but the soup... ugh.. I fucked up the soup. I went to add a dash of chili pepper flakes and the damn bottle popped open and half of the bottle spilled in. I scooped out as much as I could... but it's still to damn HOT. So when DH gets home I may have him go get some chicken broth so I can fix it. It tastes good, just on the HOT side.
Friday, September 06, 2002
L - thoes illustrations are darling! I have a great love of fairy stories and beautiful illustrations. I had a nice collection of childrens books before I ever had children. Rapunzel is one of my favorites - I always loved all the hair! Little Mermaid is my absolute favorite though - since I was a tiny little child. I was so excited when Disney did their version of it - I loved that the mermaid had RED hair like me (although I'm sure her's wasn't by Clairol!) - at first disapointed by the change in the ending, but I came to love it. It is my favorite Disney movie. Anyway - the pictures were quite clear - good choice on the scanner! ;o)
A - how was the train home yesterday?
J - waiting to hear about your hair! I was in the store and looked down at my watch at 4 pm and thought of you! HAHAHAHAHA! Take a pic, I'm sure it will be beautiful as usual though.
Must run, have to get the cake ready to go in the oven as soon as the bread is done!
A - how was the train home yesterday?
J - waiting to hear about your hair! I was in the store and looked down at my watch at 4 pm and thought of you! HAHAHAHAHA! Take a pic, I'm sure it will be beautiful as usual though.
Must run, have to get the cake ready to go in the oven as soon as the bread is done!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I just found out a good friend of mine is in a crisis right now. Her idiot husband has decided to divorce her, he's kicking her out. Bastard. She's a stay at home mom and has a 2 year old. I've been trying to get ahold of her, but no answer. I'm sure she's ok, she's a strong woman and has faced worse things, but I'd feel better if I heard from her.
ahhh.. the Friday Five - be thankful - this saves you from some boreing crap I'd be writing about or worse some of my incessant whineing! HAHAHAHAHAHA! I made my hubby answer these also. I'll add his answers after mine.
1. What is your biggest pet peeve? Why?
What? Just one! i have to limit it! Damn! hehehe Well currently people who don't appreciate what they have and would rather bitch about their lives. This bothers me particularly because someone I know is bitching about her husband putting out a gazillion resumes and not getting a call back on them... mind you, her husband has a good job (as does she)... When I have a very good friend who has been out of work since May and he's got a wife and baby to support... luckily he has been able to do some consulting but he still does not have a permanent job... I have no idea how they are affording medical insurance... Yet he is not complaining, he's thankfull for the small amount of work he has gotten.
2. What irritating habits do you have?
Me?!?! I have NONE! Don't be ludacris! hehehe.. just kidding.. hmmm... I'd say I procrastinate on things I don't want to deal with.
3. Have you tried to change the irritating habits or just let them be?
Depends, I am currently trying to change a lot of my bad habits... talk to me in a few months.. I may be just letting them be by then.
4. What grosses you out more than anything else? Why?
Body Odor! Do I really need to explain why the stench of the unwashed masses grosses me out?
5. What one thing can you never see yourself doing that other people do?
Owning a really expensive car simply because of it's brand name.... I'm sooo damn cheap.
And here are the responses by my DH:
1. Biggest pet peeve. Not keeping an appointment or promise
2. What irritating habbit do I have? Expecting everyone to read my mind instead of telling people what's on my mind
Also, just letting things go...
3. I've tried to change them.
4. What grosses me out....I don't think anything grosses me out...
5. I don't see myself NOT being any differnt that the rest.
That's it for now! I have to go to the store to get some stuff for dinner. Making a Honey Cake for tonight. Yum.
1. What is your biggest pet peeve? Why?
What? Just one! i have to limit it! Damn! hehehe Well currently people who don't appreciate what they have and would rather bitch about their lives. This bothers me particularly because someone I know is bitching about her husband putting out a gazillion resumes and not getting a call back on them... mind you, her husband has a good job (as does she)... When I have a very good friend who has been out of work since May and he's got a wife and baby to support... luckily he has been able to do some consulting but he still does not have a permanent job... I have no idea how they are affording medical insurance... Yet he is not complaining, he's thankfull for the small amount of work he has gotten.
2. What irritating habits do you have?
Me?!?! I have NONE! Don't be ludacris! hehehe.. just kidding.. hmmm... I'd say I procrastinate on things I don't want to deal with.
3. Have you tried to change the irritating habits or just let them be?
Depends, I am currently trying to change a lot of my bad habits... talk to me in a few months.. I may be just letting them be by then.
4. What grosses you out more than anything else? Why?
Body Odor! Do I really need to explain why the stench of the unwashed masses grosses me out?
5. What one thing can you never see yourself doing that other people do?
Owning a really expensive car simply because of it's brand name.... I'm sooo damn cheap.
And here are the responses by my DH:
1. Biggest pet peeve. Not keeping an appointment or promise
2. What irritating habbit do I have? Expecting everyone to read my mind instead of telling people what's on my mind
Also, just letting things go...
3. I've tried to change them.
4. What grosses me out....I don't think anything grosses me out...
5. I don't see myself NOT being any differnt that the rest.
That's it for now! I have to go to the store to get some stuff for dinner. Making a Honey Cake for tonight. Yum.
Thursday, September 05, 2002
We had a lovely dinner - steak, pasta with pesto & brussel sprouts .. with frozen margaritas. mmmm.. It was nice. Then we watched Forest Gump. That's a good movie, but it's rather sad. Jenny was a low life.
By popular demand (by one person hehehe) the recipe for cabbage soup - this comes out of a very old cook book (1966 copyright) Mastering The Art of French Cooking - by Julia Child and some other people. This was one of my mother's cookbooks, although I never actually saw her use it... I'm going to type this as it is written because I like some of the commentary in the book. I'll add my own comments also in italic. Oh and I've never really liked cabbage soup, so I have no idea what possesed me to make this one day, but I'm glad I did.
(imagine this being told in Julia Child's voice)SOUPE AUX CHOUX - GARBURE (Main-course Cabbage soup)
This fine and uncomplicated peasant soup is a comforting dish for a cold winter day. In the Basque country, a good cabbage soup must always include a chunk of lard rance, their slightly rancid and much appreciated salt pork I personally prefer something on the fresher side... rancid... even slightly, does not appeal to me. Plus it's hard to ask for that in the grocery store. "Excuse me, but do you happen to have a chunk of rancid pork back there?" ; otherwise, the dish is considered to lack distinction even though I make it 'lacking distinction' it's pretty damn good. In neighboring Bearn, confit d'oie - preserved goose - is added to the pot to warm up in the soup at the end of it's cooking again.. this is not something I do.. haveing never seen confit d'oie in Albies, I've never picked it up ;o).
For about 8 people
3 1/2 quarts of water
3 to 4 cups peeled, quartered boiling potatoes I generally don't peel my taters, as I do like the flavor the skin gives, and I just hate peeling potatoes.
A 1 1/2 pound chunk of lean salt pork, lean bacon or smoked, unprocessed ham The first time I made this I used salt pork, the next few times just cheap pork cuts and this time pork neck bones for soup - every time it's been just great - the only difference is the amount of salt you will add at the end.
2 pounds or 3 quarts of roughly sliced cabbage
8 crushed peppercorns or a big pinch of ground chili peppers
Salt as necessary, added near the end
6 parsley sprigs tied with 1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp majoram
1/2 tsp thyme
4 cloves mashed garlic
2 medium onions studded with 2 cloves
2 peeled, quarted carrots
I generally add a few generous dashes of Tabasco toward the end of cooking if I feel it needs a little kick.
Optionals additions: I've never seen the need to add any of this, it tastes just fine without.
2 to 4 peeled, quarted turnips
2 to 3 slided celery stalks
1 to 2 cups fresh white beans, or half-cooked navy beans, or add canned white or red beans to soup 10 to 15 mins before end of simmering.
Instructions:
Place the water, potatoes, and meat in the kettle and bring it to a boil.
Add the cabbage and all the other ingredients, Simmer partially covered for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the meat is tender. Discard parsley bundle. Remove meat, slice it into serving pieces, and return it to the kettle. Correct seasoning. skim off accumulated fat I have yet to have to do this, never added fatty pork to it... If not to be served immediately, set aside uncovered. Reheat to simmer before serving.
Serve in a tureen or soup plates, accompanied by rounds of hard-toasted French bread...
I usually let my soup simmer for a while, make it early in the day so the house smells good all day. And no it does not smell like cabbage cooking (gag). At least not when I've made it. It smells really good. It's totally easy to make and relatively cheap.
Well Kent just brought me chocolate. Damn he's a good man. :o) although he made me promise to clean the kitchen in exchange for him getting chocolate for me. *sigh* I will do just about anything for chocolate when I have PMS.
gotta go eat my chocolate... mmmm...
By popular demand (by one person hehehe) the recipe for cabbage soup - this comes out of a very old cook book (1966 copyright) Mastering The Art of French Cooking - by Julia Child and some other people. This was one of my mother's cookbooks, although I never actually saw her use it... I'm going to type this as it is written because I like some of the commentary in the book. I'll add my own comments also in italic. Oh and I've never really liked cabbage soup, so I have no idea what possesed me to make this one day, but I'm glad I did.
(imagine this being told in Julia Child's voice)SOUPE AUX CHOUX - GARBURE (Main-course Cabbage soup)
This fine and uncomplicated peasant soup is a comforting dish for a cold winter day. In the Basque country, a good cabbage soup must always include a chunk of lard rance, their slightly rancid and much appreciated salt pork I personally prefer something on the fresher side... rancid... even slightly, does not appeal to me. Plus it's hard to ask for that in the grocery store. "Excuse me, but do you happen to have a chunk of rancid pork back there?" ; otherwise, the dish is considered to lack distinction even though I make it 'lacking distinction' it's pretty damn good. In neighboring Bearn, confit d'oie - preserved goose - is added to the pot to warm up in the soup at the end of it's cooking again.. this is not something I do.. haveing never seen confit d'oie in Albies, I've never picked it up ;o).
For about 8 people
3 1/2 quarts of water
3 to 4 cups peeled, quartered boiling potatoes I generally don't peel my taters, as I do like the flavor the skin gives, and I just hate peeling potatoes.
A 1 1/2 pound chunk of lean salt pork, lean bacon or smoked, unprocessed ham The first time I made this I used salt pork, the next few times just cheap pork cuts and this time pork neck bones for soup - every time it's been just great - the only difference is the amount of salt you will add at the end.
2 pounds or 3 quarts of roughly sliced cabbage
8 crushed peppercorns or a big pinch of ground chili peppers
Salt as necessary, added near the end
6 parsley sprigs tied with 1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp majoram
1/2 tsp thyme
4 cloves mashed garlic
2 medium onions studded with 2 cloves
2 peeled, quarted carrots
I generally add a few generous dashes of Tabasco toward the end of cooking if I feel it needs a little kick.
Optionals additions: I've never seen the need to add any of this, it tastes just fine without.
2 to 4 peeled, quarted turnips
2 to 3 slided celery stalks
1 to 2 cups fresh white beans, or half-cooked navy beans, or add canned white or red beans to soup 10 to 15 mins before end of simmering.
Instructions:
Place the water, potatoes, and meat in the kettle and bring it to a boil.
Add the cabbage and all the other ingredients, Simmer partially covered for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the meat is tender. Discard parsley bundle. Remove meat, slice it into serving pieces, and return it to the kettle. Correct seasoning. skim off accumulated fat I have yet to have to do this, never added fatty pork to it... If not to be served immediately, set aside uncovered. Reheat to simmer before serving.
Serve in a tureen or soup plates, accompanied by rounds of hard-toasted French bread...
I usually let my soup simmer for a while, make it early in the day so the house smells good all day. And no it does not smell like cabbage cooking (gag). At least not when I've made it. It smells really good. It's totally easy to make and relatively cheap.
Well Kent just brought me chocolate. Damn he's a good man. :o) although he made me promise to clean the kitchen in exchange for him getting chocolate for me. *sigh* I will do just about anything for chocolate when I have PMS.
gotta go eat my chocolate... mmmm...
Whew - what a day - I've cleaned my place. Well not completly, I need to clean off the computer desk and I have my load of whites in the dryer, so I'm almost done.
Wow... I'm a little sore today.. my arms. Hubby said he is also.
Last night, I could not sleep! I was up at 2 am! I hate that, I was trying, trying, trying to get to sleep, but no luck. I'm surprised I'm not totally wiped today, but I'm not. Not even after all the laundry, vacuuming, counter wiping, bathroom cleaning, mirror cleaning... I've noticed this place accumulates a lot of cob webs... ick. I know cob webs are spider sign and I really really hate spiders. I have tiny little spiders here. And crickets... and rolly poly bugs! My cat is quite the cricket hunter though. Since the cats have been back I've noticed a lot of cricket carcasses around. Bleck! I vacuumed up a couple today. I think a cricket was what was keeping me up last night... I kept hearing the damned thing chirping... I could not find it though... Should have let the cat in my bedroom to hunt it down.. but... I don't like the cat to sleep with me.
Alright I'm one step closer to having the laundry completly done. I have the whites all folded up, just need to put them away. I'll do that in a few mins..
OK, on to current events.. I've kind of been following this trial of the two King boys who are being tried for murdering their father. Gosh that is just horrid. These boys are 13 and 14 now, they were 12 and 13 when the killing took place. If they are convicted (which I have to say I hope they are as everything I've read points to them having done it) they will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Sad that children so young could do something so brutal.
OH well, enough depressing news... it's almost the weekend! (which really doesn't mean much to me since I work weekends.. but we are having friends over so that's something to look forward to.... ) I'm going to go play a game now...
Wow... I'm a little sore today.. my arms. Hubby said he is also.
Last night, I could not sleep! I was up at 2 am! I hate that, I was trying, trying, trying to get to sleep, but no luck. I'm surprised I'm not totally wiped today, but I'm not. Not even after all the laundry, vacuuming, counter wiping, bathroom cleaning, mirror cleaning... I've noticed this place accumulates a lot of cob webs... ick. I know cob webs are spider sign and I really really hate spiders. I have tiny little spiders here. And crickets... and rolly poly bugs! My cat is quite the cricket hunter though. Since the cats have been back I've noticed a lot of cricket carcasses around. Bleck! I vacuumed up a couple today. I think a cricket was what was keeping me up last night... I kept hearing the damned thing chirping... I could not find it though... Should have let the cat in my bedroom to hunt it down.. but... I don't like the cat to sleep with me.
Alright I'm one step closer to having the laundry completly done. I have the whites all folded up, just need to put them away. I'll do that in a few mins..
OK, on to current events.. I've kind of been following this trial of the two King boys who are being tried for murdering their father. Gosh that is just horrid. These boys are 13 and 14 now, they were 12 and 13 when the killing took place. If they are convicted (which I have to say I hope they are as everything I've read points to them having done it) they will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Sad that children so young could do something so brutal.
OH well, enough depressing news... it's almost the weekend! (which really doesn't mean much to me since I work weekends.. but we are having friends over so that's something to look forward to.... ) I'm going to go play a game now...
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Whew! I am so proud of myself - I went back to the gym tonight. I'm doing the Body For Life program again - I had been doing it before I moved but I got off track when I moved... and just NOW got back to it. Better late than never. Some guy was hogging the bicep machine though. He would do a set then walk away and chat with some people for a minute or two, then come back, so I just did free weights instead - better than waiting for his lame ass to finish. I'm probably going to be sore tomorrow, but it'll be a good kind of sore. HAHAAHAHAHAHAHA! That just sounded stupid!
My soup was absolutly perfect! I had forgotten how comforting that soup is. ahhhh... the best part is cooking it - the smell is absolute heaven.. well eating it is wonderful also. The only thing I should have done that I didn't was make some bread. But.. I really don't like the way my bread machine cooks the bread. I only like it to make the dough. OH well, everyone loved the soup! A smashing success! hehehe...
Im feeling better now. DH said it was probably the West Nile Virus ;o). Since it wasn't like when I had Anthrax or Mad Cow disease, he figured it was West Nile Virus. I do wish the government would stop testing things on me. :oP
Im feeling better now. DH said it was probably the West Nile Virus ;o). Since it wasn't like when I had Anthrax or Mad Cow disease, he figured it was West Nile Virus. I do wish the government would stop testing things on me. :oP
Ahhh... finally a few moments to myself. And now... I'll start with a most ridiculous news item I heard on the way in this morning.. I suppose this would go under the category of utterly DISDAINFUL. So maybe it falls under the whiney category. I heard about some beauty pageant winner who may not be allowed to represent her state because of some topless photos - allegedly taken with out her knowledge by her boyfriend… OK.. How hypocritical is this? This woman got a title in a BEAUTY PAGEANT, a contest based on physical beauty and how well one looks in a swim suit, and they are bitching over topless photos? A contest of exploitation would pull someone’s title because of exploitative pictures? That does not make sense. What does that crown stand for anyway? "I’m the prettiest in the state"? So why does it matter if there are topless photos of her? I personally find these pageants to be demeaning and completely sexist. I’ve never liked these things. I’d like to hear about some kind of scholarly debate for their crown being pulled. "Miss Texas de-crowned due to alleged plagiarism in her physics thesis… Miss NC claims she stole her research material…" Not going to happen.
L - I do agree that Nicole Kidman is a damn good actress. I saw her in The Others (that’s the movie that gave a nightmare!) and in Far and Away. I’ve seen her in a few other things, she is quite good. I had to laugh my ass off at your comment about Tom Cruise. Hehehehe…
Someone recently suggested I read "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" I’m not sure who it’s by, I forget. They said it would be a quick read - maybe 3 hours and said it would change my perspective on life. Hmmm.. interesting. I was going to check that out today if I had time, but I think I’ll end up having to do that another day. If anyone has read this, please let me know if you think it’s worth reading. I’d hate to waste my time reading that when I could be reading something worth while like The Elvis Biography or the newest JLA comic book. (feel free to smack me for being an uncultured swine…). I remember the last thing I read that was a quick read and changed my perspective of life… Ethan Frome.. not exactly the HAPPIEST of literature… but… it was quick to read and I did enjoy it. How ironic that it would end so bitter and desperate…. *sigh* I need a novel to read… I’d be reading The Hobbit, but Dh isn’t done with it yet (grrr…) Oh and about that - he mentioned the other day I needed a novel to read I said "Yeah I know, I thought that’s why I bought The hobbit." Hmmm.. he was oddly quiet after that. Hahahaha… It’s not going as fast as I thought it would… He reads some of it most nights (he loves to read) but then he goes and works on his programming stuff. (he’s so smart, it trips me that he knows all this computer stuff).
Well my time is up now…
L - I do agree that Nicole Kidman is a damn good actress. I saw her in The Others (that’s the movie that gave a nightmare!) and in Far and Away. I’ve seen her in a few other things, she is quite good. I had to laugh my ass off at your comment about Tom Cruise. Hehehehe…
Someone recently suggested I read "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" I’m not sure who it’s by, I forget. They said it would be a quick read - maybe 3 hours and said it would change my perspective on life. Hmmm.. interesting. I was going to check that out today if I had time, but I think I’ll end up having to do that another day. If anyone has read this, please let me know if you think it’s worth reading. I’d hate to waste my time reading that when I could be reading something worth while like The Elvis Biography or the newest JLA comic book. (feel free to smack me for being an uncultured swine…). I remember the last thing I read that was a quick read and changed my perspective of life… Ethan Frome.. not exactly the HAPPIEST of literature… but… it was quick to read and I did enjoy it. How ironic that it would end so bitter and desperate…. *sigh* I need a novel to read… I’d be reading The Hobbit, but Dh isn’t done with it yet (grrr…) Oh and about that - he mentioned the other day I needed a novel to read I said "Yeah I know, I thought that’s why I bought The hobbit." Hmmm.. he was oddly quiet after that. Hahahaha… It’s not going as fast as I thought it would… He reads some of it most nights (he loves to read) but then he goes and works on his programming stuff. (he’s so smart, it trips me that he knows all this computer stuff).
Well my time is up now…
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Hehehehe... well A - I'm glad I'm not the ONLY person who disliked Titanic in a titanic way *snicker* (that was funny to me...)
A&L - thanks for saying you don't think I'm a whiner.. I know I am though. That's what this is for. To express my whininess and vent my frustrations... and to make myself laugh! hehehehe... I do try to preface my whining with a disclaimer that I am infact whining... so that if someone isn't interested in my petty troubles they can just go to another page. Although I don't always do that, I try. Maybe I'll start my whiney posts with !!!WHINEY ALERT! GET THE CHEESE!!! from now on. And L - I don't think your page is full of angst and trouble! I enjoy yours and A's blogs quite a bit! Your blog makes me want to visit SF some day - something I've never wanted to do before. But anyway - I don't think I whine anymore than anyone else... if I did then my comment about the broken eggs probably would have read something like this "Ahhh!! I can not believe the luck! Just as I was placing the carton of pure, perfect unbroken eggs back into their frigid abode, fate snatched them from my hand! Dashing them to the floor! One egg was a completly lost. DOA so to speak. 4 others were critically cracked. The intense guilt and remorse filled me as I cleaned up the scene of the tragedy and prepared the others for the great beyond. Tears welled in my eyes as I had scrambled eggs for breakfast... Alas poor Humpty.. I knew him well... $.67 a dozen seems cheap for such distruction..." Ok, maybe that was more tragic and brooding... I guess whiney would be "And I broke 5 eggs! 5 eggs.. I had to make scrambled eggs or just waste them. Which I just couldn't do because eggs cost $.67 a dozen, and even though that's less than a dollar, that's still a waste. But now I have to eat eggs for breakfast tomorrow also *sigh* " hehehehe... this is becoming rather rediculous now. And making me laugh. Maybe tomorrow I'll write in a certain style. It might make me much more interesting, a little dramatic... silly... hehehe.. well If I do get a chance to get to a computer tomorrow I'll do something entertaining (even if it's only to myself!)
Tonights dinner was just lovely. Baked chicken, potatoes, gravy and green beans. Then we went for a walk, we needed to drop off the rent check, then we went to the grocery store... My dear husband wanted desert. So we got some Drumsticks - they were on sale - and nummies were had by everyone! HAHAHAHAHAAHA! I think I'm finally starting to feel better. I guess all the times I've been infected with Anthrax and Mad Cow Disease has made me more resistant to this particular bout of it. The Government will have to try harder next time. *shifty look around the room* (this is a joke with my DH, everytime I get sick he says the government infected me, I always tell him it was aliens who infect him... and the last time he was sick {side note - he had a mass growing down into his chest, and it was protrouding out his shoulder} I was right! the aliens had inplanted something in him {side note.. I tell him they impregnanted him})
Oh this is something to bitch about.. Today I heard my cat getting pissed about something. So I told her to be quiet. then I heard a dog outside the window! It was RIGHT outside my window and it barked at Dusty! Scared the be-je-bees out of the cat. I go to the window and start messing with the blinds, trying to get the cat out of the window (she is clumsy and get's all panicked when she's scared, so I didn't want her to tear up the blinds), Outside I see a man with a dog (looked like a boxer) on a leash! He's letting his dog come up to my window and harass my cat. WTF! I open the blinds up enough for him to see me, then he looks surprised and pulls the dog away and says "Sorry." I was pissed. What kind of idiot let's their dog bark at other people's windows in an apartment? (and this dog was RIGHT next to my window) And why have a dog that big in an apartment? the biggest sized apartment is what I have, and I know it would NOT be big enough for a dog that size. Oh well.. the world is filled with idiots, there was bound to be some living in these apartments.
A&L - thanks for saying you don't think I'm a whiner.. I know I am though. That's what this is for. To express my whininess and vent my frustrations... and to make myself laugh! hehehehe... I do try to preface my whining with a disclaimer that I am infact whining... so that if someone isn't interested in my petty troubles they can just go to another page. Although I don't always do that, I try. Maybe I'll start my whiney posts with !!!WHINEY ALERT! GET THE CHEESE!!! from now on. And L - I don't think your page is full of angst and trouble! I enjoy yours and A's blogs quite a bit! Your blog makes me want to visit SF some day - something I've never wanted to do before. But anyway - I don't think I whine anymore than anyone else... if I did then my comment about the broken eggs probably would have read something like this "Ahhh!! I can not believe the luck! Just as I was placing the carton of pure, perfect unbroken eggs back into their frigid abode, fate snatched them from my hand! Dashing them to the floor! One egg was a completly lost. DOA so to speak. 4 others were critically cracked. The intense guilt and remorse filled me as I cleaned up the scene of the tragedy and prepared the others for the great beyond. Tears welled in my eyes as I had scrambled eggs for breakfast... Alas poor Humpty.. I knew him well... $.67 a dozen seems cheap for such distruction..." Ok, maybe that was more tragic and brooding... I guess whiney would be "And I broke 5 eggs! 5 eggs.. I had to make scrambled eggs or just waste them. Which I just couldn't do because eggs cost $.67 a dozen, and even though that's less than a dollar, that's still a waste. But now I have to eat eggs for breakfast tomorrow also *sigh* " hehehehe... this is becoming rather rediculous now. And making me laugh. Maybe tomorrow I'll write in a certain style. It might make me much more interesting, a little dramatic... silly... hehehe.. well If I do get a chance to get to a computer tomorrow I'll do something entertaining (even if it's only to myself!)
Tonights dinner was just lovely. Baked chicken, potatoes, gravy and green beans. Then we went for a walk, we needed to drop off the rent check, then we went to the grocery store... My dear husband wanted desert. So we got some Drumsticks - they were on sale - and nummies were had by everyone! HAHAHAHAHAAHA! I think I'm finally starting to feel better. I guess all the times I've been infected with Anthrax and Mad Cow Disease has made me more resistant to this particular bout of it. The Government will have to try harder next time. *shifty look around the room* (this is a joke with my DH, everytime I get sick he says the government infected me, I always tell him it was aliens who infect him... and the last time he was sick {side note - he had a mass growing down into his chest, and it was protrouding out his shoulder} I was right! the aliens had inplanted something in him {side note.. I tell him they impregnanted him})
Oh this is something to bitch about.. Today I heard my cat getting pissed about something. So I told her to be quiet. then I heard a dog outside the window! It was RIGHT outside my window and it barked at Dusty! Scared the be-je-bees out of the cat. I go to the window and start messing with the blinds, trying to get the cat out of the window (she is clumsy and get's all panicked when she's scared, so I didn't want her to tear up the blinds), Outside I see a man with a dog (looked like a boxer) on a leash! He's letting his dog come up to my window and harass my cat. WTF! I open the blinds up enough for him to see me, then he looks surprised and pulls the dog away and says "Sorry." I was pissed. What kind of idiot let's their dog bark at other people's windows in an apartment? (and this dog was RIGHT next to my window) And why have a dog that big in an apartment? the biggest sized apartment is what I have, and I know it would NOT be big enough for a dog that size. Oh well.. the world is filled with idiots, there was bound to be some living in these apartments.
To the person who thinks all I do on here is whine... well so? It's my blog, if you don't like what I write, why do you keep reading this? If you don't like me, they why are you coming to my page 4-5 times a day? And reading all my archives? Are you obsessed with me? And I thought MY life was boreing! My suggestion... find something else to read... go play a game... iwin.com has some nice games. Live and let live... move on with your life. 'nuf said.
Uggh... I hate having a cold. My cat thinks she's my personal nurse maid when I'm sick and will leap into my lap everytime I sit down hehehe... it's funny, kind of cute, but it wears on me after a while.
I made this fabulous soup - it's a French provencial cabbage soup - It's for tomorrow night though. Chicken for tonight. I know my hubby wants the soup for tonight - he LOVES this soup, but I want it for tomorrow since I'll be working. Then I won't have to cook when we get home.
This is kind of funny. This morning I was trying to get the eggs out to make breakfast, I got one out of the carton then went to put them back and they slipped out of my hand! YIKES! So I had one broken egg and four cracked eggs. Scrambled Eggs for breakfast! Good thing eggs are pretty cheap.
Hard to believe that it's almost been a year since the whole Sept 11 attacks. I kind of feel like I've been totally over loaded by all of the information, pictures and stories of Sept 11th. Not that I feel nothing about it, I am just emotionally overloaded by it. I can't read anymore stories of loved ones lost, survivors, surviving family members, etc. I just cry and cry when I do. It's hard to avoid them though, all the magazines I read have something about Sept 11. I was reading the Sept issue of Rosie, and they had a large section with stories etc in memorial of the victims of Sept 11. I started bawling just looking at the pictures of the family members holding pictures of their loved ones who were lost in the attacks. *sigh* so sad...
I watched Moulin Rouge this weekend. I really did not like it. Hubby thought it was great, but I didn't. I must be the only person who didn't like it... I didn't like titanic either... lol.
Must go, almost dinner time...
Uggh... I hate having a cold. My cat thinks she's my personal nurse maid when I'm sick and will leap into my lap everytime I sit down hehehe... it's funny, kind of cute, but it wears on me after a while.
I made this fabulous soup - it's a French provencial cabbage soup - It's for tomorrow night though. Chicken for tonight. I know my hubby wants the soup for tonight - he LOVES this soup, but I want it for tomorrow since I'll be working. Then I won't have to cook when we get home.
This is kind of funny. This morning I was trying to get the eggs out to make breakfast, I got one out of the carton then went to put them back and they slipped out of my hand! YIKES! So I had one broken egg and four cracked eggs. Scrambled Eggs for breakfast! Good thing eggs are pretty cheap.
Hard to believe that it's almost been a year since the whole Sept 11 attacks. I kind of feel like I've been totally over loaded by all of the information, pictures and stories of Sept 11th. Not that I feel nothing about it, I am just emotionally overloaded by it. I can't read anymore stories of loved ones lost, survivors, surviving family members, etc. I just cry and cry when I do. It's hard to avoid them though, all the magazines I read have something about Sept 11. I was reading the Sept issue of Rosie, and they had a large section with stories etc in memorial of the victims of Sept 11. I started bawling just looking at the pictures of the family members holding pictures of their loved ones who were lost in the attacks. *sigh* so sad...
I watched Moulin Rouge this weekend. I really did not like it. Hubby thought it was great, but I didn't. I must be the only person who didn't like it... I didn't like titanic either... lol.
Must go, almost dinner time...
Monday, September 02, 2002
OK, I stole this off H's blog. She got it from here Monday Mission 2.35 - I thought it was a riot.
1. What's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you on a date?
hmmm... I'd have to say it's a toss up between the time we were driving past the cemetary and I made some really rude jokes in reference to the cemetary... then my date said "My mom's burried there." total silence on my part... Or the time we were out playing pool with some of his friends and I had a little to much beer and told one of his friends what I thought of him... and it wasn't very flattering... And unbeliveably he still married me!
2. Do you eat your veggies? I love veggies...
3. Most people are comfortable going to the bathroom in front of at least one person. Has anyone ever used the restroom in front of you that you wish wouldn't have? What happened and how bad was it? Let's just say I wish MOST people who are comfortable about using the potty in front of me would get past it and not do that! It's bad enough being a parent and having children who don't understand personal space (I do yell for my husband to get the kids out of my bathroom from time to time just so I can have some privacy!). I used to work with this one woman who used to hold conversations with people from in the stall! YIKES! I absolutly hated that.
4. Have you ever had a bad online transaction? You know, the item wasn't what you thought it would be, you got totally ripped-off, no refunds, it just plain sucked? What's the story there? Yeah I ordered some wooden blocks for my oldest once and when I got them they were really small and didn't look at all like the picture... But I got my money back and got to keep the blocks.. So no harm done
5. Ever have a current love find any old love letters (or similar item) you kept that probably should have been thrown away? How did that turn out? Hmmm... Just recently. When we moved into this apartment we were going through a box of papers and stuff of mine. He was helping me. He found this note that I had written to my boyfriend right before I started dating my DH. It was a note I had written him and he had written something back. My husband thought it was extremely funny. One time I found a picture of my husbands ex. She and I really did not get along..I affectionatly reffer to her as menion of Satan. I drew devil horns on her and gave her a black eye and blacked out a tooth or two, then put it back. He found it a couple of weeks later and called me laughing about it.
6. A secretary at work was telling me about a trip she took to Mardi Gras. She showed off her beaded necklaces and proudly said she "earned' each and every one of them (for those not familiar with this tradition, ladies walking up Burbon St. in New Orleans will flash people who are upon the balconies, in return the guys will throw them worthless plastic necklaces). I was shocked, I had no idea this quiet gal had a wild side. Was there ever a time when you did something totally outrageous because you knew no one would know who you were, or maybe didn't care even if they did? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No details.
7. Hey, what happened to you last night? I waited forever! Oh sorry... I wasn't feeling well.. took some tylenol PM and was out for the count. Maybe next time. You should have called first.
1. What's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you on a date?
hmmm... I'd have to say it's a toss up between the time we were driving past the cemetary and I made some really rude jokes in reference to the cemetary... then my date said "My mom's burried there." total silence on my part... Or the time we were out playing pool with some of his friends and I had a little to much beer and told one of his friends what I thought of him... and it wasn't very flattering... And unbeliveably he still married me!
2. Do you eat your veggies? I love veggies...
3. Most people are comfortable going to the bathroom in front of at least one person. Has anyone ever used the restroom in front of you that you wish wouldn't have? What happened and how bad was it? Let's just say I wish MOST people who are comfortable about using the potty in front of me would get past it and not do that! It's bad enough being a parent and having children who don't understand personal space (I do yell for my husband to get the kids out of my bathroom from time to time just so I can have some privacy!). I used to work with this one woman who used to hold conversations with people from in the stall! YIKES! I absolutly hated that.
4. Have you ever had a bad online transaction? You know, the item wasn't what you thought it would be, you got totally ripped-off, no refunds, it just plain sucked? What's the story there? Yeah I ordered some wooden blocks for my oldest once and when I got them they were really small and didn't look at all like the picture... But I got my money back and got to keep the blocks.. So no harm done
5. Ever have a current love find any old love letters (or similar item) you kept that probably should have been thrown away? How did that turn out? Hmmm... Just recently. When we moved into this apartment we were going through a box of papers and stuff of mine. He was helping me. He found this note that I had written to my boyfriend right before I started dating my DH. It was a note I had written him and he had written something back. My husband thought it was extremely funny. One time I found a picture of my husbands ex. She and I really did not get along..I affectionatly reffer to her as menion of Satan. I drew devil horns on her and gave her a black eye and blacked out a tooth or two, then put it back. He found it a couple of weeks later and called me laughing about it.
6. A secretary at work was telling me about a trip she took to Mardi Gras. She showed off her beaded necklaces and proudly said she "earned' each and every one of them (for those not familiar with this tradition, ladies walking up Burbon St. in New Orleans will flash people who are upon the balconies, in return the guys will throw them worthless plastic necklaces). I was shocked, I had no idea this quiet gal had a wild side. Was there ever a time when you did something totally outrageous because you knew no one would know who you were, or maybe didn't care even if they did? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No details.
7. Hey, what happened to you last night? I waited forever! Oh sorry... I wasn't feeling well.. took some tylenol PM and was out for the count. Maybe next time. You should have called first.
Goodness... I'm getting a cold... a head cold at that... Ick. I hate that. Seems that ever holiday I manage to be sick in some way. My husband finds this extremely funny. so I've spent most of this day sleeping. I had wanted to go to the lake but... not today. OH well, the lake isn't going anywhere.
L - I think that web page is great, hope your boss likes it as well! I think your landlord and his brother are the same person. He either has multiple personality disorder or he just likes fucking with people. I used to like to imagine how much fun it would be to have a twin, but never tell people there were two of us, just freak people out every so often like your landlord and his 'brother' did to you. I think that would be very entertaining. You have to seek out the truth. Find proof that there is either two or just one with a sick sense of humor or a warped sense of reality. Devise a way to get them both in the same room at the same time. Perhaps a party... then see if only one shows up... If so.. then get him extremly drunk and see if he tells the truth... of nothing else it's a great excuse to have a party. I went to school with one of a set of twins. They hated being constantly compaired so they went to different high schools. I didn't realize Johnathan (who was a complete dick-hole) was a twin until near the end of my senior year. I had been at my dentist office and was leaving, I saw who I thought was Johnathan leaving the parking lot in a black trans am (yeah his parents were loaded). He looked right at me but didn't acknowledge me. eh, who cares. A week or so later I saw Johnathan get to school driving a blue trans am - I figured he just got a new car. A few weeks later in english class (I was cursed to have Johnathan in my english class every year of high school) we were broken into groups to work together... this time the teacher hand picked our groups to make us work people other than our friends... a teacher torture tactic... And Johnathan was in that group. something came up about his car and he was going to get a new one, blah, blah, blah.. and I said how I had seen him in the two different cars. Then he laughed and said that I had seen his twin brother in the black car and that he drives a blue one. hahahaha... Then he said how they went to different schools. hmmm.. I guess being a twin can suck at times also.
We just finished watching Trekies the movie. Damn that was so funny, if only because my husband and I are Star Trek Geeks... in fact we met at a convention... there are people who are really really out there. People dressing their pets up in Star Trek uniforms.. HAHAHAHA!! The cat named bones dressed up as Dr. McCoy was funny. The poodle in the costume was just sad. hehehehe... Poodles are just sad anyway.... DH and I were just laughing and laughing as we watched this movie. There was a shot of a baby dressed in a star trek uniform. It was so cute and funny.
*Funny Side Note... hehehehehe... my husband... he did some laundry this weekend. He did his socks and undies and white type stuff.. not looking in the washer first to see if anything was in there... like my red bath mat! HAHAHAHAHA! Guess who has pink undies?
Well this labor day weekend is nearly over... not that it really made a difference to me.. we didn't do shit. Tomorrow back to the old routine. This summer has really flown by. And been quite busy. Maybe this fall will be more relaxing. I've got a ton of cleaning, dusting, laundry to do tomorrow... but at least my hubby will be back at work! YAY! HAHAHAHA! I do get tired of him being home sometimes. I know that's just mean, but if we are not really doing anything, he just messes with my normal routine.
L - I think that web page is great, hope your boss likes it as well! I think your landlord and his brother are the same person. He either has multiple personality disorder or he just likes fucking with people. I used to like to imagine how much fun it would be to have a twin, but never tell people there were two of us, just freak people out every so often like your landlord and his 'brother' did to you. I think that would be very entertaining. You have to seek out the truth. Find proof that there is either two or just one with a sick sense of humor or a warped sense of reality. Devise a way to get them both in the same room at the same time. Perhaps a party... then see if only one shows up... If so.. then get him extremly drunk and see if he tells the truth... of nothing else it's a great excuse to have a party. I went to school with one of a set of twins. They hated being constantly compaired so they went to different high schools. I didn't realize Johnathan (who was a complete dick-hole) was a twin until near the end of my senior year. I had been at my dentist office and was leaving, I saw who I thought was Johnathan leaving the parking lot in a black trans am (yeah his parents were loaded). He looked right at me but didn't acknowledge me. eh, who cares. A week or so later I saw Johnathan get to school driving a blue trans am - I figured he just got a new car. A few weeks later in english class (I was cursed to have Johnathan in my english class every year of high school) we were broken into groups to work together... this time the teacher hand picked our groups to make us work people other than our friends... a teacher torture tactic... And Johnathan was in that group. something came up about his car and he was going to get a new one, blah, blah, blah.. and I said how I had seen him in the two different cars. Then he laughed and said that I had seen his twin brother in the black car and that he drives a blue one. hahahaha... Then he said how they went to different schools. hmmm.. I guess being a twin can suck at times also.
We just finished watching Trekies the movie. Damn that was so funny, if only because my husband and I are Star Trek Geeks... in fact we met at a convention... there are people who are really really out there. People dressing their pets up in Star Trek uniforms.. HAHAHAHA!! The cat named bones dressed up as Dr. McCoy was funny. The poodle in the costume was just sad. hehehehe... Poodles are just sad anyway.... DH and I were just laughing and laughing as we watched this movie. There was a shot of a baby dressed in a star trek uniform. It was so cute and funny.
*Funny Side Note... hehehehehe... my husband... he did some laundry this weekend. He did his socks and undies and white type stuff.. not looking in the washer first to see if anything was in there... like my red bath mat! HAHAHAHAHA! Guess who has pink undies?
Well this labor day weekend is nearly over... not that it really made a difference to me.. we didn't do shit. Tomorrow back to the old routine. This summer has really flown by. And been quite busy. Maybe this fall will be more relaxing. I've got a ton of cleaning, dusting, laundry to do tomorrow... but at least my hubby will be back at work! YAY! HAHAHAHA! I do get tired of him being home sometimes. I know that's just mean, but if we are not really doing anything, he just messes with my normal routine.
Sunday, September 01, 2002
ahhh it's always nice to have a short day.. Today was indeed a SHORT day. yesterday was also, but I was very tired... I'm getting a cold and I have PMS. *sigh* My hair looks crappy today so that makes me feel even worse. but work was nice. Easy as 1-2-3. One baby at the first hospital, 2 babies at the second and suprisingly only 3 babies at the 3rd hospital. I was home before 1pm. It's nice to have a short day sometimes. The babies all took great pictures too. Makes my life easy.
My husband is a schmuck some times. A couple of weeks ago I bought The Hobbit to read... this was after our viewing of Lord of The Rings... Well guess who's reading it now? NOT ME! He picked up my book! Bastard... Oh well, I know he will finish it well before I would have. Oh and he didn't make chocolate chip cookies last night as promised. KILL HIM! hehehe Just kidding.
Well I should go.. He was in the middle of playing a game when I got home, I'll be kind and get off since he was nice enough to let me check my e-mail.
My husband is a schmuck some times. A couple of weeks ago I bought The Hobbit to read... this was after our viewing of Lord of The Rings... Well guess who's reading it now? NOT ME! He picked up my book! Bastard... Oh well, I know he will finish it well before I would have. Oh and he didn't make chocolate chip cookies last night as promised. KILL HIM! hehehe Just kidding.
Well I should go.. He was in the middle of playing a game when I got home, I'll be kind and get off since he was nice enough to let me check my e-mail.
Sheesh... I read H's post about getting pregnant on birth control and I have to totally agree with her sentiment. Hell it would only have to take getting pregnant once on the pill for me to talk to my Dr. about something a little more reliable for me! I got pregnant with my last one kind of by surprise. I had missed more than 3 pills out of my pack so I stopped taking them to wait for the next month. We were using alternate forms of BC, I was trying to talk DH into another baby though. Well once we didn't use anything. I told him right after that I might be pregnant. He said "uh-huh" and went to sleep. HAHAHA... We didn't worry to much since I've never had regular periods and getting pregnant the first time was a chore for us. Well... not that time it. And after the second one, I've been very careful about using BC of some sort. BC works very well for me... when I use it! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
On to another subject, somewhat connected to this. So this person finds out she is expecting her third child. Unexpectedly... she's upset... She says she has no room for another child in the house... the two older kids will probably have to share a room ... Well waaa waaa waaa... My kids have ALWAYS shared a room, even when we lived in our house and had the room for them to each have a room. She's also worried about where to put another car seat in her SUV!!! My Best friend from HS has that exact SUV and I KNOW you can fit a boster seat, and 2 car seats in it. It's tight but you CAN do it. Then she bitches about the cost of daycare and how she will have to find a job working from home making $13 a hour - which would be a HUGE pay cut for her. She doesn't even want to know what I make. *eyes rolling up in head* WTF? You make a lot more than that and you can't afford daycare? You do what you have to do, you find daycare that is more affordable if you have to work. Sheesh.. I really do find this person to be a HUGE whiner - and she SOOO melodramatic... she loves the DRAMA in her life... I know I'm being a bitch. But I do get tired of people constantly whineing about shit. Hmmm.. I shouldn't write stuff when I'm PMSing...
On to another subject, somewhat connected to this. So this person finds out she is expecting her third child. Unexpectedly... she's upset... She says she has no room for another child in the house... the two older kids will probably have to share a room ... Well waaa waaa waaa... My kids have ALWAYS shared a room, even when we lived in our house and had the room for them to each have a room. She's also worried about where to put another car seat in her SUV!!! My Best friend from HS has that exact SUV and I KNOW you can fit a boster seat, and 2 car seats in it. It's tight but you CAN do it. Then she bitches about the cost of daycare and how she will have to find a job working from home making $13 a hour - which would be a HUGE pay cut for her. She doesn't even want to know what I make. *eyes rolling up in head* WTF? You make a lot more than that and you can't afford daycare? You do what you have to do, you find daycare that is more affordable if you have to work. Sheesh.. I really do find this person to be a HUGE whiner - and she SOOO melodramatic... she loves the DRAMA in her life... I know I'm being a bitch. But I do get tired of people constantly whineing about shit. Hmmm.. I shouldn't write stuff when I'm PMSing...
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