Monthly Archive for December, 2005

progress!!!

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on Thursday, December 22, 2005
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wrapped all gifts but one - my father’s. His scarf is drying, pinned down to remove the annoying curl.

“and presents under…the treeeeee” Clicky to see what they are.
presents!
Dad’s scarf, blocking.
blocking my father's scarf

All baking is finished. I even finally finished the truffles - scraped the refrigerated ganache and rolled it into balls, then roll into cocoa powder. Mmmmm…so good! So I was able to make the treat bags for my lab mates, and a cookie tray for my advisor.

treat bags and tray

Got all my cards made out and stamped! Everyone will get them late! But that’s not the point!they!

are!

done!

My place is a DISASTER area. I am not packed. But that can be done tomorrow, without worrying about the 30 other things I had to finish.Also, the cranberry vodka is DONE! It was fun to make, and I think I explained it in a previous post, so go there if you’re interested.

Cranberry Vodka Mosaic

temporary lack of blogging time

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on Tuesday, December 20, 2005
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Really, I am too busy to blog. WAY to busy.

yep.

shouldn’t be blogging.

at all.

nope.

also, while I have a few ideas rattling around up there (”conversations with Jeeeeesus about the war on christmas,” “our post-docs bizzare party experience,” “more damn pictures of stuff I’m knitting and baking,” etc, etc), none of them want to come out of my fingers, on to the keyboard, to make a coherent post. But then again, when have my posts ever been coherent? Never stops you people!

blowjobs!

buttsecks!

see? you people will read anything.

anyway, I really am swamped. I’m struggling to finish two scarves and do some last minute baking. and I have mentioned the christmas cards? NOT A ONE FINISHED! Nothing is mailed yet. I am such a slacker. And instead of attending to those things…I am blogging. Well, I do have white chocolate cherry cookie bars in the oven…so I am doing SOMETHING useful.

Last night I intended to be useful, but instead Kev decided that a MUCH better use of my time was to get a thoroughly intense session of hot monkey sex.

on the couch.

So think of THAT if any of you visit me and sit on my couch.

And the person I bought the couch from occasionally reads this blog. And has sat on it since I took ownership of it. heheheheheheheeee!

I got off topic.

What was my topic? Oh yeah, how I am too busy to blog.

Yep.

another post consisting of mostly pictures….

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on Monday, December 19, 2005
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…in leiu of actual “content.”

So I did not spend the entire weekend staring at my ring, mesmirized. I wanted to, though.

oooooo…prettttyyyyy…riiiiiing……

I did much running around and getting things done that were not so important, considering Christmas is HOLY SHIT…IN 6 DAYS!

I am so not ready.

So here are some pics of things I did.

make macaroons!
coconut macaroons

Macaroons use a lot of egg whites, so I needed something to do with the massive amount of egg yolks left over. So I made an egg yolk sponge cake, which I do not have a picture of, but it IS delicious, and is currently being enjoyed by the members of my lab, because I am nice like that.

Opening gifts!

Any gift that comes to me before christmas is fair game. I LIKE PRESENTS! First, my aunt sent a gift certificate for Amazon.com, AND a cute little gift for Sadie:

the look of pure hatred

You remember that scene from “A Christmas Story” where Ralphie has to go try on the bunny pj’s his Aunt Clara made for him? And he walks down the steps looking like an Easter nightmare, with the most miserable, depressed look on his face? A face that said “this is SO HUMILIATING! PLEASE OH PLEASE LET ME TAKE THIS OFF!”Yeah, that’s how Sadie looked the whole time she had it on. Poor Sadie. Thank God pets can’t come back years from now and accuse us of ruining their lives by inflicting psychological damage, causing them to wear all black, write bad poetry, and vote Green party well past the age when it’s cool to do all that.bwaha!

We also got presents from…JAMIE!

a HUGE binder wedding planner!for Kev...

Hey, how did she know Kev was clueless?

The planner looks like it will come in VERY handy. Though it is scaring the crap out of me. SO MUCH TO DO! SO MANY CHECKLISTS!!!

My favorite is the checklist to give the photographer, which has requests for specific photographs in it. Like “bride and father getting into limo.” But the BEST pic request it lists is “Groom and best man, with groom looking at watch.”

what?

So yeah, that was my weekend. Throw in a few hours in the lab both days, a quick run to Walgreens, some light knitting (not enough! ack!) and…naps. And the depressing feeling that I might be coming down with a cold. CRAP!

christmas party RULES!

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on Saturday, December 17, 2005
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Yeah it was fun!

Way too much food. And some “holiday cheer” in a bottle…brought by me. I made some cranberry vodka, most of which I’m taking home for celebrating with my family, but I brought a sample big enough for everyone to share.

mmm…dangerously good…

the gifts were HYSTERICAL! and of COURSE I have pictures.

it's a major award!
this is one of the gifts we brought. CLASSY!!!pig bank!
I ended up with this plastic green piggy bank. AWESOME! I’m going to keep it at work and put quarters for my coffee in it.

Kev ended up with a horrible monstrosity of a tree ornament (we think). As best anyone could figure, it’s SUPPOSED to be an eggplant/baby hybrid. But it is unbelievably awful and scary looking.Amazingly, I don’t have a picture. maybe later.

And…that’s about it! Everyone had fun, especially the kids. There were no tears, even when the “stealing” part of the white elephant exchange took place. The veggie dish I brought was a huge hit - might be because it had a generous amount of melty bleu cheese smothering the once healthy veggies.

Fun!

OH! yeah…and one more thing…
clicky!

and because Serra demanded…

cranberry vodka

1 lb fresh cranberries
1 c sugar

cook together in pot until cranberries pop and a lot of liquid forms. remove from heat and add

2tsp vanilla, or 1 split vanilla bean, if you have that kind of money to throw around.

pour into large glass jar, or two mason jars, or whatever - just make sure it has a tight lid, and then add

1 bottle decent vodka - not the cheapo crap you bought for $10 a gallon and mixed with a garbage can of grape kool-aid in college.

cover with lid and let sit on your kitchen counter for a week. admire the pretty color.

then serve with tonic and a twist of lime….mmmmmm….good!

sleeeeepy

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on Friday, December 16, 2005
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the only reason I am at work right now is that our lab’s christmas party is tonight, and it will be kick-ass. I am SO FRIGGIN’ TIRED!

And I left work EARLY yesterday! Not to goof around, though.

For the party, we always do a white elephant gift exchange. If you are not familiar with the concept, what we do it buy the funniest, tackiest, most horrifying gift we can find for $5 or less, wrap it up pretty, and put it under Boss lady’s christmas tree. Then we all draw numbers from a hat, and starting with #1, pick presents. Then #2 can pick a wrapped present, or steal #1’s gift, making THEM pick a new present.

It is hysterical. Especially with people’s kids there. The kids LOVE this. I had to pick up two gifts, since Kev and I will both be participating. I think I might have outdone myself this year, and I should probably go apologize to boss lady in advance. You see, she has a daughter who, for some reason, always ends up with at least one of the gifts that we bring. Usually both, because one of her brothers will get the other one and just give it to her because SHE WANTS IT SOOO BADLY! It’s like we are polar opposites on the horrifyingly tacky spectrum.

This year I got:

a stuffed monkey that wraps around your neck via velcro, and when you squeeze his paw, he wiggles and vibrates and makes monkey chatterning noises, all for just a bit longer than neccessary.

a…how do I describe this? You know one of those dressmakers’s fitting dummies? OK, picture a tiny one…covered in black satiny fabric with pink polka dots and trimmed with fluffy pink feathers…oh, and it’s a LAMP.

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

Love it.

So after finding THOSE gems and a quick stop at chick fil a (mmmm…chickin’), I went to my hair appointment. Remember, this was a new place for me, so NEVERWRACKING! It did seem like one of those places I wasn’t quite cool enough to be in, but everyone was really nice. The guy that cut my hair was WONDERFUL, and very funny. He did a great job, too! Maybe I’ll post pics later - I need to redo my dye job, too. and you know how sometimes in a nice salon, someone will come around and offer you some water, green tea, etc? Well, in the middle of my appointment, a woman came around and offered me…a COSMIPOLITAN.

awesome. I was tipsy for the next hour. Nothing like a drunken haircut!

Then down the road to my Local Yarn Store (or LYS, for those in the “know”) for the monthly Stitch and Bitch. Fun! Got a lot accomplished, including starting and ALMOST finishing a gift for little Lyric, aka “fuzzbeast.”

Then to Kroger to pick up some fresh herbs and then HOME, just before 10pm, so I can make the veggie dish (with fresh herbs) that I’m bringing to the party tonight.

So…I got to be last night around 2am.

zzzzzz….huh? wha?

Fortunately, I don’t have much to do today. Boss lady is at home, preparing her house for the party, so I can goof around a bit…(hehehe.. A BIT, like I don’t do that on days when she IS here).