Monthly Archive for February, 2006

saturday morning laziness

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on Saturday, February 18, 2006
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Conversations at our house

Kev and ESC smooch

Kev: your breath smells like…basil?

ESC: should be mint.

Kev: more like basil.

ESC: it’s that mouthwash. it should be minty.

Kev: well, then it’s mint with something else.

ESC: ummmm…bacon?

Kev: that’s probably it.

And before you yell at me for going off the diet…

FAKE BACON!
turkey bacon!

Please ignore dirty stovetop background. They didn’t even TRY to make this look like real bacon. SCALLOPED EDGES?Surprisingly good, though. Very good real bacon flavor.

DIETERS DON’T KNOW IT’S NOT REAL BACON!!!

Last night I DID go off diet slightly, though. I was VERY good all day. I resisted pizza temptation. I resisted the 3rd friday departmental beer and snack fest. I was strong!

then I started craving mexican food. mmmm…mexican.

But I was good - I only had a few nachos at the table, and then my combo meal was all chicken and beans. Some carbs with the flour tortilla and the taco shell, but I didn’t order rice. So go me! And I didn’t leave all overstuffed silly like I normally do after mexican food. So DOUBLE go me!

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cool clicky of the day:

get seeds that have messages already etched on leaves when they grow! I WANT ONE!!!

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NSFW clicky of the day:

The Ketchup Effect - warning, don’t be drinking or eating anything, because you’ll ruin your computer screen when you spray all over it. it’s THAT FUNNY!

thursday fit as a fiddle!

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on Thursday, February 16, 2006
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I’m most of the way through the “phase I” week of my diet, and I’m happy to report I’m down 3 pounds!

Yeah yeah, I KNOW! MOST OF THAT IS WATER WEIGHT!

Shut up and let me enjoy it, OK? Plus I got to have steak and shrimp for dinner, and I’m just enjoying the fact that I can eat STEAK and SHRIMP on a 12oo calories a day diet.

Speaking of steak….

There is a mall across the street from me. It is a ghetto mall - where punk ass kids in baggy clothes and expensive cell phones hang out and bother people. I don’t go there.

Anyway, in the corner of the parking lot, near the road, there is a white tent set up. On the side of this tent is a big banner, with BIG red and black lettering proclaiming “20 RIBEYE $20,” and underneath is what I presume to be pictures of said ribeye, along with a smaller “seafood!” proclamation.

I see people going in and out of this tent. Buying meat. MEAT! CHEAP MEAT! FROM A TENT! IN A GHETTO MALL PARKING LOT!!!

Am I the only one disturbed by this? Parking lot meat!

*shudder*

annnd one last thing. Julie made me socks! Remember on her blog, all the complaining about teeny tiny needles? Trying to induce guilt in me. HA! It was ALL WORTH IT!

Check out the AWESOME SOCKS!!!

jaywalker socks 2

Yeah, you are jealous.But I’m SURE if you asked nicely, Julie would make you a pair! She loved making these SO MUCH, she can’t WAIT to make them again. Especially if you have big feet, like me.

heehee!

new camera

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on Thursday, February 16, 2006
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Thanks for your prayers, folks.

Now for an abrupt change of subject…

my new camera came today!

It is INFINATELY better - better zoom and pixelage, boots up faster…AND, my BIGGEST pet peeve with my old camera (also a cybershot), VERY QUICK recovery time after taking a picture, so you can take quick pics in succession. Also has a “steady cam” feature.

So are the pictures any better? Well, I JUST got it, so I haven’t had much of an opportunity to take many pictures.

But here is a picture taken with the OLD camera:

old camera

and here’s one taken with the NEW camera:

new camera

SEE HOW MUCH BETTER THAT IS????The flash is a little better, and the camera angle is wider - these were both taken from the same distance away.So I look forward to exploring the world with my new SPIFFY camera!

And…my first ever submission to HNT! Taken yesterday (with my old camera), a very small peek at my special Valentine’s outfit…

HNT

…with my robe on. Damn, it was cold last night.Enjoy!

request ***update***

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on Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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Our choir director’s partner has just been put in hospice care. The lung cancer came back full force just before christmas, and while they’ve been trying to fight it again with chemo, he’s been too weak to get most of his treatments.

Unless he makes a miraculous turnaround, he might not make it for very much longer.

His name is Richard.

They’ve been together for over 45 years. (a big FUCK YOU to all you “gay marriage would ruin the santity of marriage” people. 45 fucking years…let’s see YOUR relationship last that long.)

Please keep them both in your thoughts and/or prayers.

Thank you.

***************UPDATE*******************

Richard just died.

Please keep J in your prayers.

Thank you.

Spunk Bubbler

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on Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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There. Now I’LL get crazy google hits, too.

I was doing SO WELL today! My half cup of oatmeal and two pieces of canadian bacon (ok…it’s HAM people…very thin, small, slices of HAM! stupid canadians), my lunch of turkey and swiss sandwich and also choked down some very tart raspberries. Afternoon snack of strawberries and cottage cheese.

mmmmm…

of course…the lab was full of chocolate. EVERYONE brought chocolate. Including some Harry and David’s heart shaped truffles….

OK, I cheated and ate one.

Ok…two.

But that was it!

Then after working out, I ran to Kroger to pick up a few things. We were having baked salmon and broccoli for dinner - Curves diet! But…just because it was valentine’s day…I picked up some shrimp sushi and a bottle of chardonnay.

I get home. On the table are a card with money and directions to get myself a pedicure and manicure, a pot of bright red gerber daisies, a small bag of truffles…and a bottle of wine.

Then Kev says as a treat, when he was out getting the wine, he bought some sushi…

great minds think alike! After a few truffles, sushi, a glass of wine…and THEN my recommended curves dinner….

OK, tonight was off the diet. But it was VALENTINE’S DAY!

Hope everyone had a great V-Day! And even if you aren’t spending it with someone you love, hope you’ve got a good DVD rented, a package of oreos, and a big glass of chocolate milk to wash them down with to keep you company.

At least…that’s how I used to spend MY valentine’s day.

As for the rest of tonight…after I give Sadie a bath (god, she STINKS!), I plan on taking a nice hot bath myself…and then maybe slipping into something red and silky I bought for just this occasion ;)