This may be the lamest post ever; humor me, and go with it.
1.
It rained this week -sweet, glorious rain! The temperatures also dropped
and are below average this week, which I don't know about you, but this
makes me so happy I could almost cry. I'm just thrilled that it finally
rained and hope it doesn't stop the remainder of the week or month for
that matter because we need it.
2. My neighbor Jeff brought me some tomatoes this week. This is the
second time he has given me tomatoes this year. He also ran someone off
from my parking spot a couple of Sundays ago. Our neighbor down the
street has a gathering of folks three of four times a year and if you
are nor at home when the guest start arriving, then beware because your
parking spot will probably be taken from you. I didn't know there was
going to be a party on this particular evening (I guess it was to
celebrate the Fourth) and when I pulled on to my street, I thought, oh
no, there had better not be anyone in my spot. There wasn't. When I got
out of the car, Jeff came over and told me he had just ran someone off
from my spot. He was going to pull my garbage can out front to block the
spot had I not arrived home when I did. He is a good neighbor.
3. My neighbor Charlie has not one, but three Porches. My car needs
duct tape to function while my next-door neighbor has about $200K worth
of car. Five Points is a little crazy like that.
4. It's been over four weeks since I last mowed the lawn. It doesn't
need it. Lack of rain equals lack of grass. The grass is so dry that it
makes a crunching sound when you walk on it and is also as brown as
brown can be. I'm sure it will do a little growing this week since we
received some rain and I'll be back to mowing in no time.
5. There are five new kittens across the street. They were born on
June 6 and are not the kittens that were conceived outside my window
seeing as how the kittens conceived outside my window are probably still
gestating. How long is a cat pregnancy anyway? Maybe they aren't still
gestating; but, at any rate, the cat across the street was knocked up
before there was a crazy cat night outside my window. Four of the five
kittens are some combination of black and white and one is a tabby. The
tabby is the prettiest one. If you are looking for a cat let me know and
I can tell my neighbors. The Tide and I will not be taking one.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
A List
I'm feeling like a list today; so, here it goes:
1. I stumbled across two new blogs recently. Both are written by friends of mine and I encourage you to stop by if you have a chance. The first is called Southern Sass with a Side of Laughs and is written by my sorority sister Gwen. Gwen is one of the funniest people I have ever met. She always has a smile on her face and makes others around her laugh. Her quirky and smart sense of humor is unbeatable and I am so glad she decided to put her feelings of anxiousness aside and start a blog. She only has one entry (at the time I am writing this) but it is well worth the read. Her father passed away last week and she first talks about braving the world of blogging and then shares the eulogy she spoke at her father's funeral. It is remarkable and I hope you will take the time to read it.
The second blog is called Simply Living Our Life and is written by my friend Ashley. She has recipes and craft ideas as well as just general entries about what's going on in her life. Her recipes look delicious and the craft projects are darling. She has also been blessed to become the newest fourth grade teacher at Madison Academy and so I'm sure she will soon be regaling us with stories from the classroom. Check it out if you have the chance.
2. I have been on an apple and peanut butter kick for breakfast for at least a month, maybe two. I'm not sure what started it actually, but it has been a good choice for my breakfast as it is very filling and I'm not hungry before lunch time. I'm a Golden Delicious fan. Despite the fact that for the past six-eight weeks I have been cutting an apple each morning for breakfast, I walked out of my front door on Monday without one. I completely forgot about cutting an apple or eating breakfast at all apparently and didn't realize it until I was driving to work. I blame it on le Tour. I was all involved in getting as many pre-race tweets read before cutting myself off from all manner of the world. Thankfully our cafeteria at work serves breakfast. It was greasy, but it was food so I won't complain.
3. Speaking of le Tour, there have been a ton of crashes this year and some big names have had to abandon, which makes me sad. My favorite to win it all was out after stage six and I was crushed because I wasn't sure who I would pull for to win it all and am still not sure. The current wearer of the maillot jaune had some brutally honest and fierce comments after Sunday's stage. I'll link up to it here in case you want to read about it, but I will warn you the language is in-your-face and not for the faint of heart. I personally loved it, but I've never been one to shy away from swear words in certain situations. Just being honest here, Aunt Linda! His response was in question to the naysayers who accuse him of blood-doping. The link to his response is here.
4. I'm still on a dairy ban and I haven't lost the first pound - maybe I'm doing it wrong? I mentioned it to my doctor when I went last week and he seemed thrilled that I was going dairy-free for a while. I've vowed to keep it up through the end of August and then I will re-evaluate. I'm not missing cheese too much, but man could I go for a cold smooth glass of milk!
5. As of Wednesday, July 11 (which is more than likely when you are reading this), there are only 50 days left until the start of college football season. I realize most of you don't care, but I am pretty excited about it. Look at it this way, In seven or eight weeks there will be a new fall TV season, and with any luck cooler weather, in combination, you can hardly beat those three.
6. This time last year I was preparing for a flight to France. This time this year, France is loudly calling my name and I cannot wait to go back, whenever that may be. I'm having withdrawals from the motherland.
7. Met a cute boy at church on Sunday. Sadly, he is about 10 years my junior so I think I'll go ahead and mark that possibility off the list. Onward!
8. As of this week, I have not eaten anything from McDonald's in one year. It wasn't really a conscious decision it just kind of happened, which is strange because I love their french fries more than any others.
9. Tuesday morning, there was a wreck that shut down the Parkway close to where I work. Thankfully I had seen this on the news before I left home and was able to come up with an alternate route and made it to work on time. A lot of other people were late. Days like that, I'm glad I watch the news in the morning.
10. I like hot dogs.
1. I stumbled across two new blogs recently. Both are written by friends of mine and I encourage you to stop by if you have a chance. The first is called Southern Sass with a Side of Laughs and is written by my sorority sister Gwen. Gwen is one of the funniest people I have ever met. She always has a smile on her face and makes others around her laugh. Her quirky and smart sense of humor is unbeatable and I am so glad she decided to put her feelings of anxiousness aside and start a blog. She only has one entry (at the time I am writing this) but it is well worth the read. Her father passed away last week and she first talks about braving the world of blogging and then shares the eulogy she spoke at her father's funeral. It is remarkable and I hope you will take the time to read it.
The second blog is called Simply Living Our Life and is written by my friend Ashley. She has recipes and craft ideas as well as just general entries about what's going on in her life. Her recipes look delicious and the craft projects are darling. She has also been blessed to become the newest fourth grade teacher at Madison Academy and so I'm sure she will soon be regaling us with stories from the classroom. Check it out if you have the chance.
2. I have been on an apple and peanut butter kick for breakfast for at least a month, maybe two. I'm not sure what started it actually, but it has been a good choice for my breakfast as it is very filling and I'm not hungry before lunch time. I'm a Golden Delicious fan. Despite the fact that for the past six-eight weeks I have been cutting an apple each morning for breakfast, I walked out of my front door on Monday without one. I completely forgot about cutting an apple or eating breakfast at all apparently and didn't realize it until I was driving to work. I blame it on le Tour. I was all involved in getting as many pre-race tweets read before cutting myself off from all manner of the world. Thankfully our cafeteria at work serves breakfast. It was greasy, but it was food so I won't complain.
3. Speaking of le Tour, there have been a ton of crashes this year and some big names have had to abandon, which makes me sad. My favorite to win it all was out after stage six and I was crushed because I wasn't sure who I would pull for to win it all and am still not sure. The current wearer of the maillot jaune had some brutally honest and fierce comments after Sunday's stage. I'll link up to it here in case you want to read about it, but I will warn you the language is in-your-face and not for the faint of heart. I personally loved it, but I've never been one to shy away from swear words in certain situations. Just being honest here, Aunt Linda! His response was in question to the naysayers who accuse him of blood-doping. The link to his response is here.
4. I'm still on a dairy ban and I haven't lost the first pound - maybe I'm doing it wrong? I mentioned it to my doctor when I went last week and he seemed thrilled that I was going dairy-free for a while. I've vowed to keep it up through the end of August and then I will re-evaluate. I'm not missing cheese too much, but man could I go for a cold smooth glass of milk!
5. As of Wednesday, July 11 (which is more than likely when you are reading this), there are only 50 days left until the start of college football season. I realize most of you don't care, but I am pretty excited about it. Look at it this way, In seven or eight weeks there will be a new fall TV season, and with any luck cooler weather, in combination, you can hardly beat those three.
6. This time last year I was preparing for a flight to France. This time this year, France is loudly calling my name and I cannot wait to go back, whenever that may be. I'm having withdrawals from the motherland.
7. Met a cute boy at church on Sunday. Sadly, he is about 10 years my junior so I think I'll go ahead and mark that possibility off the list. Onward!
8. As of this week, I have not eaten anything from McDonald's in one year. It wasn't really a conscious decision it just kind of happened, which is strange because I love their french fries more than any others.
9. Tuesday morning, there was a wreck that shut down the Parkway close to where I work. Thankfully I had seen this on the news before I left home and was able to come up with an alternate route and made it to work on time. A lot of other people were late. Days like that, I'm glad I watch the news in the morning.
10. I like hot dogs.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Four For Friday
It's Friday - which means that some of you will be getting two posts for the price of one today because I posted on Thursday night and scheduled this post to go up on Friday morning. I wanted to make sure Erika had plenty of reading material to kick off her Friday morning.
Here's a list of nothing in particular to end the work week.
1. I really love music; this probably comes as no surprise to those of you who know me. I downloaded the Adele 21 album this past week and love it. If you haven't checked it out (and you probably have because I'm the last to know about new music that is actually worth listening to) then you should. I am also, as you probably know, a lover of Harry Connick, Jr. and his music always lifts my spirits. He is just so lovely!
2. The flooring I had repaired back in the late summer needs some repair. Some of the seams are coming apart at the entrance to that room. The guy who put the flooring down is supposed to come over Friday afternoon and take a look. Here's to hoping he shows up and comes up with a solution that doesn't involve weeks of labor; and in case you were wondering, no I don't plan on paying him anything because it shouldn't be coming apart. That's all I have to say about that.
3. This spring quarter (March - May) on Sunday mornings I will be co-teaching the Ladies' Class at church with my dear friend Janet. We would love to have you stop by (well, if you're a gal anyway). The subject matter is I and II Timothy. I checked out my teacher notebook last night and much to my delight, my dad had checked out the very same notebook four years ago. I thought that was rather interesting/neat.
4. When it comes to vanilla (for baking), I'm a bit of a snob. Two years ago I won a gift certificate to The Spice House and in addition to other things, I ordered some pure vanilla from Mexico and have been ordering it from there ever since. I always get the eight ounce bottle which surprisingly lasts me about a year. They keep a record of what you order and it would appear that I've ordered once eight ounce bottle each year for the past three years (including this year). I just got a new bottle in this week which is very exciting. This time I also ordered some vanilla bean paste which is basically the inside of the vanilla bean in a paste form. It can be used instead of buying a vanilla bean and scraping out the insides. I'm excited to use this as I've never tried it before.
Here's a list of nothing in particular to end the work week.
1. I really love music; this probably comes as no surprise to those of you who know me. I downloaded the Adele 21 album this past week and love it. If you haven't checked it out (and you probably have because I'm the last to know about new music that is actually worth listening to) then you should. I am also, as you probably know, a lover of Harry Connick, Jr. and his music always lifts my spirits. He is just so lovely!
2. The flooring I had repaired back in the late summer needs some repair. Some of the seams are coming apart at the entrance to that room. The guy who put the flooring down is supposed to come over Friday afternoon and take a look. Here's to hoping he shows up and comes up with a solution that doesn't involve weeks of labor; and in case you were wondering, no I don't plan on paying him anything because it shouldn't be coming apart. That's all I have to say about that.
3. This spring quarter (March - May) on Sunday mornings I will be co-teaching the Ladies' Class at church with my dear friend Janet. We would love to have you stop by (well, if you're a gal anyway). The subject matter is I and II Timothy. I checked out my teacher notebook last night and much to my delight, my dad had checked out the very same notebook four years ago. I thought that was rather interesting/neat.
4. When it comes to vanilla (for baking), I'm a bit of a snob. Two years ago I won a gift certificate to The Spice House and in addition to other things, I ordered some pure vanilla from Mexico and have been ordering it from there ever since. I always get the eight ounce bottle which surprisingly lasts me about a year. They keep a record of what you order and it would appear that I've ordered once eight ounce bottle each year for the past three years (including this year). I just got a new bottle in this week which is very exciting. This time I also ordered some vanilla bean paste which is basically the inside of the vanilla bean in a paste form. It can be used instead of buying a vanilla bean and scraping out the insides. I'm excited to use this as I've never tried it before.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Let's Make It Eight
This is all I got, feel free to move on to some other more informative corner of the interenets.
1. Do any of you watch Glee? If so, did you see this week's episode with Ricky Martin? Sweet Mercy! He may be gay, but he has some major sex appeal! He makes me want to be livin' la vida loca!
2. The gal I share a cube with is an interesting person. When I first moved in to her cube, she never cursed, apparently she was trying to quit but I never heard one swear word out of her mouth. For the past two weeks, however, it's been another story. She's been cursing a lot and I really don't understand why because we are under less pressure now than we were two months ago.
3. Philadelphia Brand (you know, Philadelphia Cream Cheese) has a new product that is out of this world! It's called Indulgence and it comes in three flavors, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate. I bought the milk chocolate because I had a $1.50 off coupon and folks, it is so good. You are supposed to dip pretzels, fruit, etc in it, but I just eat it with a spoon because that, my friends, is how I roll.
4. After lunch today my stomach became upset. I suppose that was my punishment for not eating the sandwich I brought and instead eating food from our cafeteria. I guess I was just looking for a chance of pace, but ended up with an upset stomach. Tomorrow, I will definitely be eating the lunch I brought today and may never grace the doors of the cafeteria again. Thankfully, my cursing cubemate had some Rolaids she shared with me and those were able to somewhat calm the rocky waters in my belly.
5. It's almost the weekend, for which I am very thankful. I live for the weekend, don't we all? I don't really have any big plans. I do intend to go see a movie on Friday night and then will be getting a haircut on Saturday as well as making my weekly stop at Publix and no doubt will detour to Mr. Donut for my weekly dose of deliciousness - that is assuming my stomach is feeling better by then. I also plan to clean, and clear out the DVR and go to church. Then Sunday evening Erika will be stopping by for a marathon of The Pioneer Woman's cooking show. Should be a good weekend. AND - it's going to be cold! Finally a winter weather weekend!
6. As mentioned I'm getting a haircut on Saturday and I don't think I've ever been so anxious to get my hair trimmed as I am this go around. I get a cut every eight weeks and this time I need it so desperately! I'm going to have some layers put in as well because it's starting to look just dull and boring. Man, I can't wait! I wish I could pamper myself with a massage and a mani and pedi as well, but sadly, it's not in the budget this week.
7. I wish the Department of Education would send out a certificate when you pay off your student loans. I would probably have it framed and hang it on the wall beside my diploma!
8. It seems like every time I put an earbud in my ear to listen to my iPod at work, someone calls or comes over or needs something from me. Just once I'd like to be able to listen to one song without it taking 30 minutes from start to finish.
1. Do any of you watch Glee? If so, did you see this week's episode with Ricky Martin? Sweet Mercy! He may be gay, but he has some major sex appeal! He makes me want to be livin' la vida loca!
2. The gal I share a cube with is an interesting person. When I first moved in to her cube, she never cursed, apparently she was trying to quit but I never heard one swear word out of her mouth. For the past two weeks, however, it's been another story. She's been cursing a lot and I really don't understand why because we are under less pressure now than we were two months ago.
3. Philadelphia Brand (you know, Philadelphia Cream Cheese) has a new product that is out of this world! It's called Indulgence and it comes in three flavors, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate. I bought the milk chocolate because I had a $1.50 off coupon and folks, it is so good. You are supposed to dip pretzels, fruit, etc in it, but I just eat it with a spoon because that, my friends, is how I roll.
4. After lunch today my stomach became upset. I suppose that was my punishment for not eating the sandwich I brought and instead eating food from our cafeteria. I guess I was just looking for a chance of pace, but ended up with an upset stomach. Tomorrow, I will definitely be eating the lunch I brought today and may never grace the doors of the cafeteria again. Thankfully, my cursing cubemate had some Rolaids she shared with me and those were able to somewhat calm the rocky waters in my belly.
5. It's almost the weekend, for which I am very thankful. I live for the weekend, don't we all? I don't really have any big plans. I do intend to go see a movie on Friday night and then will be getting a haircut on Saturday as well as making my weekly stop at Publix and no doubt will detour to Mr. Donut for my weekly dose of deliciousness - that is assuming my stomach is feeling better by then. I also plan to clean, and clear out the DVR and go to church. Then Sunday evening Erika will be stopping by for a marathon of The Pioneer Woman's cooking show. Should be a good weekend. AND - it's going to be cold! Finally a winter weather weekend!
6. As mentioned I'm getting a haircut on Saturday and I don't think I've ever been so anxious to get my hair trimmed as I am this go around. I get a cut every eight weeks and this time I need it so desperately! I'm going to have some layers put in as well because it's starting to look just dull and boring. Man, I can't wait! I wish I could pamper myself with a massage and a mani and pedi as well, but sadly, it's not in the budget this week.
7. I wish the Department of Education would send out a certificate when you pay off your student loans. I would probably have it framed and hang it on the wall beside my diploma!
8. It seems like every time I put an earbud in my ear to listen to my iPod at work, someone calls or comes over or needs something from me. Just once I'd like to be able to listen to one song without it taking 30 minutes from start to finish.
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