weekend highlights

Friday night I reorganized my secret herbs and spices.

before:

yes, those are old frapuccino bottles.

after:

those are super cool little tins. they have a window in the lid!:

They have similar tins but without the window at a popular chain store known for it’s storage containers and organization solutions. This store attempts to rip you off by charging way too much per tin – around $1.50! Googling led me to Specialty Bottle, which is a very cool site where you can buy just about any size, shape, and material of container you’d ever need. Good for those who make their own lotions, potions, and candles. You buy in bulk, and the more you buy, the cheaper it is. Anyway, now I have nice, organized, and greasy spooge-free spice storage (those frapuccino bottles had been around for a very long time). Plus plenty of extras, for when I find new and exotic spices at the farmer’s market.

Saturday we saw Spiderman 3 at the cheapie theater.

ESC: *whisper squeak* what??? his superpower is that he’s made out of sand??? that‘s the worst. superpower. ever

Kev: shhh!

ESC: I mean, seriously! “oh, you want to fight? great. let me find a sandbox first…”

Kev: hehehehe…shhhh!

ESC: fortunately, there seems to be no shortage of sand and sand carrying trucks in new york

later…

ESC: oh, oh! and WATER defeats him???? Better hope it doesn’t RAIN when he battles the good guys! I mean REALLY! WORST! SUPERPOWER! EVER!

Kev hates watching movies with me.

Sunday I went to stitch and bitch and then out to dinner with some knittahs to early-celebrate Jen’s birfday with sushi and thai food. Which is the only REAL way to celebrate a birthday. I had an amazingly huge maki roll and spicy beef larb, which was grossly entertaining to everyone there. Can’t remember who said what, but you get the idea:

“Larb? Sounds like a plant. Something you’d have growing in your garden. ‘The larb is coming in great this year.’”

ESC: I think it sounds like a body part. Like ooo, I think I hurt my larb yesterday.

“No! It’s an organ! A useless organ, like the appendix, that you’d have removed!”

ESC: yeah! Like, ohh, my larb is inflamed! I have to have surgery!

“My larb is infected. I have to get it taken out!”

ESC: or maybe you get larb stones! I have to have my larb removed; I have larb stones!”

This was followed eventually by a very graphic and detailed discussion about the best way to castrate farm animals. I will spare you the details of that conversation. However, we all agree that this would be an excellent way to win arguments at home. Not to USE, of course. But maybe just to keep around and pick up and play with during particularly frustrating arguments.

What??? It’s good hand exercise!