Tuesday, December 18, 2007
On Vacation
Hey peeps...I'm going to be out of town for a bit, but just wanted to say Happy Holidays to all! Eat lots of cookies and drink lots of eggnog while I'm gone. I still plan to open up the Thursday festivities on OT, so maybe I'll see you there!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Yay for checking things off!
Turkey, Artichoke and Havarti sandwiches for lunch, since peeps liked sandwiches so much yesterday.
Cookie news! I have received all my cookiez! My most recent sender made M&M & candy cane sugar cookies. They were uber good! I also got a little prezzie & so did Chris! Oh, and I can't forget the bucket the cookiez came in (see comments of last post). *snort*
I have boxed up my cookiez! I am going to the post office around 2:00 today since I have the car. Hopefully it won't be killer busy. I also have boxed up my secret santa gift. Yay!
Tomorrow night we are going shopping to finish things up. Still lots to get for the family.
Next week I'd like to be fairly stress free. Speaking of...we usually do various appetizers for Christmas Eve at my sister's. This year we are doing take n' bake pizzas. Everyone will eat it and it's easy. Because I'll be traveling to both of my in-laws houses right before Christmas Eve, I'm glad I won't have to bring anything.
I haven't told Chris that I'd like to go to church on Sunday. We'll be at his dad's church, and I always enjoy listening to his dad's sermon, even if I'm not a religious peep.
Cookie news! I have received all my cookiez! My most recent sender made M&M & candy cane sugar cookies. They were uber good! I also got a little prezzie & so did Chris! Oh, and I can't forget the bucket the cookiez came in (see comments of last post). *snort*
I have boxed up my cookiez! I am going to the post office around 2:00 today since I have the car. Hopefully it won't be killer busy. I also have boxed up my secret santa gift. Yay!
Tomorrow night we are going shopping to finish things up. Still lots to get for the family.
Next week I'd like to be fairly stress free. Speaking of...we usually do various appetizers for Christmas Eve at my sister's. This year we are doing take n' bake pizzas. Everyone will eat it and it's easy. Because I'll be traveling to both of my in-laws houses right before Christmas Eve, I'm glad I won't have to bring anything.
I haven't told Chris that I'd like to go to church on Sunday. We'll be at his dad's church, and I always enjoy listening to his dad's sermon, even if I'm not a religious peep.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Welcome back to me!
Grilled ham & cheese sammiches on sourdough, in honor of my CA return.
So, hm. Here are all the random thoughts I've been carrying around this week:
More airline rants
I really, really hate when people carry on big bags. It causes so much wasted time getting seated and so many of the rest of us, that try NOT to be a burden, to have to shove everything under the seat and have no foot room.
Seating chart: ABC DEF. I am assigned seat A. They board early, so I am one of the last on. Seat A&B are occupied by two comfortable men reading newspapers, coffee and pastries on their tray tables. I internally pout, but decide to be gracious (I really wanted to sleep by the window since it was a 6 am flight) and take the aisle seat. Then, a couple boards and says we are in their seats (they must have been B&C in our row). So not only are Frick & Frack in the wrong seats, they are on the wrong side of the plane. Cripes.
Another funny story. A man in front of me must have given the flight attendants a gift of See's candy. They wouldn't leave him alone the entire flight. They kept repeatedly saying thank you, offering to bring him drinks and food from first class, which he always declined. I think the poor man must've felt harassed by the end of the flight!
The burrito memory
I ate a Thai burrito from a restaurant in MSP airport. As I was eating it, I was reminded of these chicken teriyaki burritos I used to get SOMEWHERE that I loved. I could not for the life of me figure out where I used to eat those burritos. I could taste them, see them being made, but could not remember the restaurant. It was killing me. During my trip I remembered. It was a college campus food court thing.
The cell phone story
Thursday night we went to dinner at a nice Italian restaurant in Berkeley. It was about 30 minutes from our hotel. So we got back at 10:30 and I scrambled to pack and get to bed, as I needed to be up by 4 a.m. My phone rang. It was my colleague saying she couldn't find her cell and wanted to check the rental car. She got the keys from me and looked. Nothing. I put on a coat over my pjs and looked. Nothing. Called the restaurant. Nothing. She'd last used it on the way to the restaurant, so our only resort was to check if it dropped in the parking lot at the BART station near the restaurant where we parked. Threw on clothes. Drove out & checked. Nothing. By the time we returned it was almost midnight. Yawn.
The next day a gentleman called me (I was the last person to call her phone) and said he found it. Yay! I'm still tired, though.
Random language thought
Someday will we evolve to having more and more common, shared languages, as people tend to be more bilingual, especially in English? So many new slang words are universal. Just a thought as I listened to conversations this week.
Books
I need to update on Good Reads. I've been plowing through a lot of good books.
Cookies!
I'm leaving soon to go bake cookies with my sister and niece.
So, hm. Here are all the random thoughts I've been carrying around this week:
More airline rants
I really, really hate when people carry on big bags. It causes so much wasted time getting seated and so many of the rest of us, that try NOT to be a burden, to have to shove everything under the seat and have no foot room.
Seating chart: ABC DEF. I am assigned seat A. They board early, so I am one of the last on. Seat A&B are occupied by two comfortable men reading newspapers, coffee and pastries on their tray tables. I internally pout, but decide to be gracious (I really wanted to sleep by the window since it was a 6 am flight) and take the aisle seat. Then, a couple boards and says we are in their seats (they must have been B&C in our row). So not only are Frick & Frack in the wrong seats, they are on the wrong side of the plane. Cripes.
Another funny story. A man in front of me must have given the flight attendants a gift of See's candy. They wouldn't leave him alone the entire flight. They kept repeatedly saying thank you, offering to bring him drinks and food from first class, which he always declined. I think the poor man must've felt harassed by the end of the flight!
The burrito memory
I ate a Thai burrito from a restaurant in MSP airport. As I was eating it, I was reminded of these chicken teriyaki burritos I used to get SOMEWHERE that I loved. I could not for the life of me figure out where I used to eat those burritos. I could taste them, see them being made, but could not remember the restaurant. It was killing me. During my trip I remembered. It was a college campus food court thing.
The cell phone story
Thursday night we went to dinner at a nice Italian restaurant in Berkeley. It was about 30 minutes from our hotel. So we got back at 10:30 and I scrambled to pack and get to bed, as I needed to be up by 4 a.m. My phone rang. It was my colleague saying she couldn't find her cell and wanted to check the rental car. She got the keys from me and looked. Nothing. I put on a coat over my pjs and looked. Nothing. Called the restaurant. Nothing. She'd last used it on the way to the restaurant, so our only resort was to check if it dropped in the parking lot at the BART station near the restaurant where we parked. Threw on clothes. Drove out & checked. Nothing. By the time we returned it was almost midnight. Yawn.
The next day a gentleman called me (I was the last person to call her phone) and said he found it. Yay! I'm still tired, though.
Random language thought
Someday will we evolve to having more and more common, shared languages, as people tend to be more bilingual, especially in English? So many new slang words are universal. Just a thought as I listened to conversations this week.
Books
I need to update on Good Reads. I've been plowing through a lot of good books.
Cookies!
I'm leaving soon to go bake cookies with my sister and niece.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Charity, snow, cookies and such
Warm parmesan-ey artichoke dip today. Dip in!
I think I have all my non-family gifts purchased. I just have to assemble and wrap everything now. Then it's on to the family stuff, but I'm fine waiting on that.
I do, however, need to purchase a few things for our work unit "family" we sponsor each year via the Early Head Start program. This year it's a 19 year old mother and baby. The father just moved back here from Chicago to help support the mother and baby, but is working a low wage job. Mom is trying to go back to school to finish her senior year next semester. She just moved into her first apartment. So, her wish list has a lot of not-so-fun stuff on it, but she did put a few things for herself like a boombox, pajamas and robe. I cut down on my other overall giving this year so I could afford to help our family more. Last year I spent more than we could frankly afford to on charitable giving, so I've done better planning this year. Our secretary and her 9 year old son are delivering the gifts to the family. Always nice to have that personal contact instead of a faceless name.
In other charitable news, I am always conflicted about the Salvation Army bucket. I'm a bit disturbed that (at least in Madison), for those that come to the SA shelter for help, they must attend an in-house church service. I don't like that condition. But, they are a valuable resource, so I usually just stick a buck at a time, or loose change, in. Probably only $10 over the course of the holidays, so nothing to think too hard about, I guess.
In snow news, I am already sick of it.
In cookie news, I have the bestest cookie giver EVAH! *dusts crumbs off shirt* I got yummy white choc/mac nut cookies, toffee oatmeal cookies and a prezzie and a very thoughtful card! Guess I was a good girl this year and got on santa's "nice" list. I hope I got the cookie flavors right, or I will look pretty dumb. :-)
My boss was just put on a gluten-free diet for 2 weeks. I emailed dragonflies for advice. Her doc also told her to cut waaaaaay down on coffee. So, we are replacing our office coffee pot we share with a hot pot for making tea.
I think I have all my non-family gifts purchased. I just have to assemble and wrap everything now. Then it's on to the family stuff, but I'm fine waiting on that.
I do, however, need to purchase a few things for our work unit "family" we sponsor each year via the Early Head Start program. This year it's a 19 year old mother and baby. The father just moved back here from Chicago to help support the mother and baby, but is working a low wage job. Mom is trying to go back to school to finish her senior year next semester. She just moved into her first apartment. So, her wish list has a lot of not-so-fun stuff on it, but she did put a few things for herself like a boombox, pajamas and robe. I cut down on my other overall giving this year so I could afford to help our family more. Last year I spent more than we could frankly afford to on charitable giving, so I've done better planning this year. Our secretary and her 9 year old son are delivering the gifts to the family. Always nice to have that personal contact instead of a faceless name.
In other charitable news, I am always conflicted about the Salvation Army bucket. I'm a bit disturbed that (at least in Madison), for those that come to the SA shelter for help, they must attend an in-house church service. I don't like that condition. But, they are a valuable resource, so I usually just stick a buck at a time, or loose change, in. Probably only $10 over the course of the holidays, so nothing to think too hard about, I guess.
In snow news, I am already sick of it.
In cookie news, I have the bestest cookie giver EVAH! *dusts crumbs off shirt* I got yummy white choc/mac nut cookies, toffee oatmeal cookies and a prezzie and a very thoughtful card! Guess I was a good girl this year and got on santa's "nice" list. I hope I got the cookie flavors right, or I will look pretty dumb. :-)
My boss was just put on a gluten-free diet for 2 weeks. I emailed dragonflies for advice. Her doc also told her to cut waaaaaay down on coffee. So, we are replacing our office coffee pot we share with a hot pot for making tea.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Funny Mail!
*giggle*
Dinner Made Easy sent me mail! And the folks there must've spent a lot of crafty time making a lovely, framable presentation of grossness for me!
I'm just sorry that my sender had to consume the Cheeseburger Macaroni to make mine. *shakes head*
I find it even more puzzling that it's sat on the counter for two days and Chris hasn't noticed the absurd thing. Nor did he seem surprised that Dinner Made Easy sent me a big brown envelope. Has he just accepted that I'm weird?
Dinner Made Easy sent me mail! And the folks there must've spent a lot of crafty time making a lovely, framable presentation of grossness for me!
I'm just sorry that my sender had to consume the Cheeseburger Macaroni to make mine. *shakes head*
I find it even more puzzling that it's sat on the counter for two days and Chris hasn't noticed the absurd thing. Nor did he seem surprised that Dinner Made Easy sent me a big brown envelope. Has he just accepted that I'm weird?
Monday, December 03, 2007
Weekend
Cheesy hashbrown casserole today. I'm in the mood for comfort food.
So, as you may have read, the trip north got cancelled. I spent the night at SIL's house, having some good girl chatter. Drove back home in the morning, during the snowstorm. Yipe! I had one moment of terror: I got to the bottom of a large hill on a small highway. There were two cars with brake lights on ahead and a snowplow in front of them. Figured they were just slowing down for the plow. Nope. The plow was BACKING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. There were cars in the other lane and no passable shoulder. So me and the two other cars were forced to back down the highway to the county road nearby. Meanwhile, in my rearview mirror I see a semi truck coming down the hill behind me. Ack! I hit my flashers and hoped he could slow on time. I said outloud "I think I'm going to die." Thank cod he was able to slow and the stupid arashole plow truck driver got pulled off. Then the stupid highway wasn't plowed in my lane and the poor Neon had a terrible time. I got to the next town and pulled off until a plow came through. No way I was chancing it any longer, and I'm a pretty confident snow driver.
Anyway, so we had lots of relaxation time this weekend. Chris got to plow, I got to take a bath (omh, the scent of Twinkle was amazing!), bake chocolate chip cookies and write about 1/2 of my Christmas cards. Yay!
I will be doing my holiday baking on Dec. 13th and will mail my cookie exchange stuff out on the 14th, just so peeps know. I know what I want to do for secrect santa, but need to go to a craft store. Yep, I'm crafting! Yikes! Be very afraid.
So, as you may have read, the trip north got cancelled. I spent the night at SIL's house, having some good girl chatter. Drove back home in the morning, during the snowstorm. Yipe! I had one moment of terror: I got to the bottom of a large hill on a small highway. There were two cars with brake lights on ahead and a snowplow in front of them. Figured they were just slowing down for the plow. Nope. The plow was BACKING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. There were cars in the other lane and no passable shoulder. So me and the two other cars were forced to back down the highway to the county road nearby. Meanwhile, in my rearview mirror I see a semi truck coming down the hill behind me. Ack! I hit my flashers and hoped he could slow on time. I said outloud "I think I'm going to die." Thank cod he was able to slow and the stupid arashole plow truck driver got pulled off. Then the stupid highway wasn't plowed in my lane and the poor Neon had a terrible time. I got to the next town and pulled off until a plow came through. No way I was chancing it any longer, and I'm a pretty confident snow driver.
Anyway, so we had lots of relaxation time this weekend. Chris got to plow, I got to take a bath (omh, the scent of Twinkle was amazing!), bake chocolate chip cookies and write about 1/2 of my Christmas cards. Yay!
I will be doing my holiday baking on Dec. 13th and will mail my cookie exchange stuff out on the 14th, just so peeps know. I know what I want to do for secrect santa, but need to go to a craft store. Yep, I'm crafting! Yikes! Be very afraid.
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