Today as a pretty good day. It started off rocky with a painful procedure at the doctor's but got better when I rewarded myself and Tim with mocha's (and a chocolate muffin for me). I came home, took a three hour nap and then got up to check the mail and try to wake up.
The mail was effin' AWESOME!
There was new Good Housekeeping, a CD: Gotan Project (I love it!), and a package!! My friend Lori sent me the following items:
-white California sage
-garnet chips
-an adorable notebook
-pink shoelaces!!
-Rosequartz crystal necklace
-passport holder
-jade bracelet from Tibet (I am wearing it now and LOVE it)
-stationary (she said for my swap....does this mean ...er, Lori, does this mean ou want some stationary back, because I got plenty! I don't want to junk up your house more if you are intent on clearing it out though....let me know. Getting stationary is awesome!)
-a nice little note describe contents
OH man. That really made my day. I felt like a queen. I love being able to wear jewerly that doesn't corrode my skin.
I have the best friends ever. Seriously, folks, I do.
The rest of the day was spent cleaning the living room, kitchen and making dinner. Laima said to me the other day that she liked it when I posted my cooking diasters/triumphs. Most of this month as been a culinary dud for me, but tonight's dinner was good. So was last nights for that matter. Anyway, tonight's dinner was a recipe given to me by my coworker. It's great.
Potato Deluxe
2lb frozen hash browns
1 cup onion, chopped
1 can cream of chicken (or whatver)
8 oz sour cream (I used light)
1 stick butter or margarine (I only used half a stick and it was fine)
1 cup shredded cheese (I used cheddar)
2 tsp salt
Mix it all up, and put in a pan. Bake at 350 for an hour.
DELICIOUS!
If you divide the whole pan by:
four = 725 calories per serving
six = 483 calories
eight = 362
We divided it by eight, and then I boiled some frozen califlower to fill it out. We split the bag, because as far as I am concerned, you can eat as many effin' vegetables as you want.
After dinner, we walked Pluto, and came back to play some Guitar Hero we got last night. I told Tim he could get it if also used our gift card to buy the Border's Balance Ball (that comes with a DVD and book). While Tim played Guitar Hero, I did chapter two -- the areobic work out. I figure I'll just go through each chapter and do whatever it is they are working on, and alternate that with the elastic band/resistence tube workout I create, and stretching sessions. I also been making time to just dance around the the house for 10 minutes at time.
Man, that ball ... it's such a good idea. I am kind of sorry I resisted it for so long. It's easy on my rotten knees and I get to really work out and feel it.
Well, I gotta go help Tim make some deviled eggs. He volunteered to bring that to a work potluck tomorrow.
OH and don't forget to remind me that I need to renew my domain -- otherwise there will be troubles...
posted by hadjare @ 9:16 PM
5 Comments:
Don't forget to renew your domain!
I am totally jealous about the pink shoelaces. See, now your "boring, sensible shoes" can get a bit crazy!
The girls love my mom's exercise ball. Maybe I should get one. Hmm. I will wait to hear more praise.
I usually feel like my cooking is barely edible, unless it turns out GREAT, which is when I let the whole world know about it. You're cooking is always better than mine , even when it's "a disaster" as you say.
That reminds me of a song I knew when I was little.
"
PINK SHOELACES
(Mark Grant)
Dodie Stevens - 1959
Also recorded by: The Chordettes
Now I got a guy and his name is Dooley
He's my guy and I love him truly!
He's not good lookin', heaven knows!
But I'm wild about his crazy clothes!
He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka-dot vest, and man, oh man!
He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces,
And a big panama with a purple hat band!
He takes me deep sea diving in a submarine!
We go to drive in moves in a limousine!
He's got a whirly birdy and a twelve foot yacht!
Ah, but that's a-not all he's got...
He's got tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka-dot vest, and man, oh man!
He's got tan shoes with pink shoelaces,
And a big panama with a purple hat band!
Now Dooley had a feelin' we were goin' to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fightin corps!
But he landed in the brig for raisin' such a storm
When they tried to put him in a uniform!
He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka-dot vest, and man, oh man!
He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces,
And a big panama with a purple hat band!
How one day Dooley started feelin' sick,
So he figured that he ought to make his will out quick!
He said, "Just before the angels come to carry me,
I want it down and right in how to burry me!"
A-wearin tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka-dot vest, and man, oh man!
Give me tan shoes with pink shoelaces,
And a big panama with a purple hat band!
And a big panama with a purple hat band!"
I'm so happy you enjoyed it! No, I don't need any stationary. I was just refering to a blog post you made about swapping stationary, I thought you could put them to good use. Have a great weekend!
This is so wild. Those shoelaces were weird man. I was at the store and thinking about putting the box together and mailing it soon. And I picked up those laces and put them in the cart (like they wanted to GO) and I thought, okay, I'm sending laces too. At the checkout I was thinking, gee whiz this is so weird to send shoelaces, especially PINK ones. Again, when I was putting them in the box I was wondering WHY I was sending such an odd item. So funny did I feel, that I put a sticky note on them to say, ah, if you don't have a use for these, send them along. And now I'm reading about them and I guess I completely misjudged the power of pink shoelaces.
oh weird format for adding a comment.... (Everythign is smushed to the left and the window I am typing in is about 8 letters wide)...i think my computer may be possessed :(
ANYway... food post - yay!
Gotan Project - yes! very cool! I like them too.
garnet chips - is this somethign edible? or are we talking birthstone for January?
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