Treats for your Optical!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Hello November, you sneaky gal.
"What did i just say, i talk so much i tune myself out"- Kelly, The Office
I think that's why i forget to blog, i am so tired of hearing my own voice, why would i want to read it too? That and life has and always will be so busy that when i get downtime i just want to be entertained... and putting words together to form a sentence seems like work.
Im going to start with an amazing deal... okay so if you LOVE coffee like me, you will love World Market's Coffee. Better yet, go to worldmarketexplorer dot com and sign up for the coffee rewards (every 7th bag free). THEN print out or find in your sunday paper the generous $10 off of $30 coupon. THEN go on a wednesday (Double coffee perks) and buy all coffee (The 24 oz bags count as 2 bags on your rewards).
I buy 3- 24oz bags at (8.99each) and 1- 12 oz bag for (5.99each).
And because this counts as essentially buying 14 bags of coffee (wednesdays only) i in turn get a coupon for 2 free bags of coffee!
So, for less then $25 i have 9 bags of coffee.
SCORE!
It'll last us months! and its good!
/amazing coffee deal
So my Lemon tree gave me its first actual lemon about a week ago! I cut it up and put it in a gallon of iced tea i made with my home made lemon balm! So good!!! Then my sister called and told me she had a bundle of clothes she was giving away, so of course i went and scavenged and brought home a new wardrobe for myself! Free clothes are the best! Spent two nights last week taking the animals to churches fall fest's. They were nice programs. I had goats both times and man alive, if baby pygmy goats arent the sweetest creatures ever... the second night the two babies were fast asleep on my lap. Aside from waking up for their bottle (Yes, bottle!) they were snuggled and snoring on my lap for hours :)
Friday night was glorious... i came home around 10 after a long LONG day, Bili made me a Gin (Bombay Sapphire) and tonic, our new favorite drink, and i took a nice long warm bath and washed my hair! It had been three weeks since i washed my hair. I was due!
Saturday Bili and i spent most the day in the kitchen cooking together. We had 'The Nightmare before Christmas' playing as background noise and we marinated steaks, made 24 deviled eggs, curried pumpkin fritters, zucchini cake with whipped maple icing, and sour cream cookies. All this was going with us on sunday to a halloween party!
We had found a Candy Thermometer at Walmart for $3 earlier that day... and I LOVE IT! Im so tired of testing the hardball stage of sugar in a glass of cold water... and i LOVE my thermometer! SO MUCH! so much!
I even used it to test the hot oil for the fritters. And, well... i have to tell you... i dont deep fry much. at all. ever. And i wasnt thinking clearly... and when i was done with the oil... i... um... well... put the pan in the sink...and turned on the cold water....
...
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...Bili and I barely escaped the explosion. But now i can laugh at the oil that exploded ALL OVER our kitchen. After we cleaned it up the floor was still slick, so we danced in our socks and slid around for awhile. Made it all better!
I've also been running for 8+ weeks every mon/wed/fri. Using a simple couch to 5k program. A few weeks have been repeated if i found them particularly hard or was unable to complete what was expected. Last friday was the first time i ran 20 minutes straight (2miles) without stopping, Ever... in my life. So it might sound silly, but im proud of myself. My Aunt just ran a marathon in a little over 3 hours and qualified for the Boston Marathon (all the spots were filled in record time (8hours) and she didnt get one). But i cannot imagine running for three hours... my schedule has me running 25 minutes straight this friday and that seems crazy to me!
But im doing it, and not giving up, so hooray for me. AND BONUS- my thighs are freaking awesome... seriously. Muscles GALORE! And i dont get winded running up the stairs. HA!
Found the joy that is home made face products.... ie: Aspirin Mask: 1 packet of BC powdered Aspirin (or 2 uncoated Aspirin pills) + tiny bit of water + 1 T honey= awesome face mask. Apply all over face, let it dry for 15 minutes then wash off.
awesome!
Also, 1T milk + 1T knox gellatin = mix and microwave for 10 seconds. Let cool a bit and spread on your nose and other blackhead ridden areas. Let dry completely. Peel off... and there ya go, home made biore Strip. CHEAP!
Sunday we hauled our dog and all that foodage to our friends house to eat, drink and pass out candy to kids. I had found a Conan O'Brien face to print off the internet and made it into a silly mask for our friend Drew to wear. Im sure the kids thought we were nuts but we thought it was hilarious for the Skeleton passing out candy to also introdruce his friend, TV Personality Conan O'Brien, who was hiding in the bushes. Who in turn told the kids to watch his new show on TBS.
Like i said, the kids were confused, but our tipsy asses were most definitely amused!
Today i need to get out and rake the yard some more. Our first clean up attempt got us about 9 huge bags of leaves filled. And we cram them in like no ones business. I think ill get that many or more today...and there is still another 1-2 more clean ups left on those trees. I wish our Maple would drop leaves like the Dogwoods did. My dogwoods are already done and DONE!
Looking at my calender i realize in a few short weeks i will be decorating for Christmas! I always decorate the day after thanksgiving because Bili works and I don't and I have almost a whole day to make the house cheery and beaming with holiday delight! And I don't decorate for any other season so its my one day a year to play with seasonal crap! I'm getting a little sick of our trees, so this year i will hang assorted ornaments from my curtain rod on pretty ribbon at varying lengths. Display Window Style! It will look good since i already hang giant balls from the front porch each year :)
And now, pictures:
Third Annual Zombie walk from a few weeks back! Bili and I were a 1950's housewife/husband!
Former Room mate, forever my son, Scot and his awesome cowboy costume.
this year's video about the zombie walk ... Bili gets interviewed up front! woot!
Part Two!
Since there was an after party at the gallery with a live band and booze i went home to shower and change in between... i didn't want to spend all night in pore-clogging grease makeup. But the fake blood stained my face so i had to reapply it for the night. Bili of course didnt bother changing, he enjoyed his green face.
Got the entire family in our bed!
Vega Playing in the leaves! Looks like she is Singing!
My first Lemon right before picking!
My Fall themed Table Centerpiece. Gourds and Acorns from my yard, and 2 quash that i get to eventually eat!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Reunion, Should I or Shouldn't I?
I have my ten year reunion invite on the fridge. I have a few weeks to decide whether or not its worth the $55 to go. The decision would be easier if we hadn't just embarked on a path to saving all our pennies, and if facebook didn't make it so easy to be a temporary voyeur in the lives of people I shared a building with for four years.
Pretty much if i wanted to stay involved in those peoples lives I am still involved... but as far as my current graduating class goes- i really don't have many close friends.
However i do have the following:
1) the clingers. People who i see now and then and they INSIST we need to hang out more. Despite the fact that its much more natural that we didn't.
2) the ignorers. People i see now and then that pretend i never existed. Its cool, we don't need to be friends b/c our parents lived in the same town. No worries here!
3) the...exes. Ex-friends i really don't feel comfortable pretending to be nice too. The elephant in the room is stampeding :)
And really, how many times can you have the "How have you been these past ten years" and "HOLY COW ITS BEEN TEN YEARS" and "Wow your married with kids and you work there?" conversation... seriously.
My actual friends are pretty darn interesting and if my life needs to cross paths with the past in a totally natural way, I will gladly do the "we used to know each other when we were young" dance and be genuinely interested in their stories.
Since I never had school spirit, can't remember half my teachers names, and sucked in general at school work. I will pass. Unless curiosity gets the best of me ... well, then ill buy that skin tight dress and show em how this little Bork grew up :) Maybe i will perfect my story on how i invented post-its... just in case!
Yesterday was bring your Keurig to work day:
Fall weather always brings the most beautiful sunsets:
And i wonder why this cat hates me so much...
Spent time with an 8mth old Red Kangaroo that liked to suck on his tail like it were his thumb!
Bili and I at an art show!
And was pick pocketed by Hector... He just wanted my attention...bad!
Pretty much if i wanted to stay involved in those peoples lives I am still involved... but as far as my current graduating class goes- i really don't have many close friends.
However i do have the following:
1) the clingers. People who i see now and then and they INSIST we need to hang out more. Despite the fact that its much more natural that we didn't.
2) the ignorers. People i see now and then that pretend i never existed. Its cool, we don't need to be friends b/c our parents lived in the same town. No worries here!
3) the...exes. Ex-friends i really don't feel comfortable pretending to be nice too. The elephant in the room is stampeding :)
And really, how many times can you have the "How have you been these past ten years" and "HOLY COW ITS BEEN TEN YEARS" and "Wow your married with kids and you work there?" conversation... seriously.
My actual friends are pretty darn interesting and if my life needs to cross paths with the past in a totally natural way, I will gladly do the "we used to know each other when we were young" dance and be genuinely interested in their stories.
Since I never had school spirit, can't remember half my teachers names, and sucked in general at school work. I will pass. Unless curiosity gets the best of me ... well, then ill buy that skin tight dress and show em how this little Bork grew up :) Maybe i will perfect my story on how i invented post-its... just in case!
Yesterday was bring your Keurig to work day:
Fall weather always brings the most beautiful sunsets:
And i wonder why this cat hates me so much...
Spent time with an 8mth old Red Kangaroo that liked to suck on his tail like it were his thumb!
Bili and I at an art show!
And was pick pocketed by Hector... He just wanted my attention...bad!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
What A ZOO!
My friends rescue was recently brought some more animals. This baby Donkey will be paired with the Zebra- they will grow up to be similar sizes and can pal around and keep each other company!
This is a Prehensile Tailed Porcupine
Some pretty pictures of all the rescued Macaws!
And this beauty... well, this is DandyLion... you can call him Dan!
He is 11 years old and was recently brought to the farm to live out the rest of his life. He is a very sweet guy !
It is incredible just how BIG he is... i mean, the tigers and bears are big... but Dan is HUGE!
This is a Prehensile Tailed Porcupine
Some pretty pictures of all the rescued Macaws!
And this beauty... well, this is DandyLion... you can call him Dan!
He is 11 years old and was recently brought to the farm to live out the rest of his life. He is a very sweet guy !
It is incredible just how BIG he is... i mean, the tigers and bears are big... but Dan is HUGE!
My Summer Vacation
AKA a trip to my parents house!
My parents took a last minute trip to Emerald Isle, NC. And asked us to watch their house and do all the work that comes with it. Now, i love my parents house... but i am glad to be home. Being 20 minutes away from everything you know and do- doesn't sound very far, but we felt isolated at times.
Day 1 and Reason #1 to love my parents house
The Stocked bar!
Day 2 and reason to cry run and hide?
Wolf Spider in the HOUSE...in THE HOUSE
Day 2 and Reason #2 for loving my parents house- My Brother George. He is a 23 year old Red Lord Amazon Parrot. We have owned him his entire life! I caught him eating pizza... so he is a little surprised! ha!
Vega dragged the fish pillow next to Klohe's bed to snuggle a little! They love each other!
Day three and reason #3 for loving my parents house... THE CHICKENS!!!!
Saturday night Chris and Pink came over to hang out. I played Bartender and had a blasty Blast!
Cosmo's all around!
The boys drinking the girlie drinks i made them!
the Blue Diablo!
And my favorite- the Moscow Mule!
Day 4, reason #4 to love my parents house: All the great places to sit and enjoy Nature... chipmunks, deer, turkeys, hawks, woodpeckers (three sizes!) and I took this picture from the wrap around front porch
Day 5 and reason #5 why i love my parents house. That my friends, is a tanning bed. Nothing like doing chores (and there are A LOT) then running on the treadmill, heading immediately to this tanning bed to warm sore muscles, and finish it off with a shower. Love it!
Day 6 and reason #6 why i love my parents house: the DEER! These two frolic around like this neighborhood is their playground, got to be careful when driving!
Day number seven and reason #7 for loving my parents house... the Chickens front row view of the pond...and yes that is a lamp post in the woods (NARNIA?!?!)
The Koi fish (big as cats!)
Day number eight and reason #8 that i love my parents house. THE HOME GYM! Complete with built in mirrors! Love it!
Day 9 and reason #9 for loving my parents house... breakfast on the deck!
Think we have been eating a lot of eggs while here?
Day 10 and reason number ten for loving my parents house... BILI IS HERE WITH ME! awwwww!
Took a hike with Vega on our last day... this is walking down the driveway of the neighbors that live directly behind my parents house... i grew up playing here! Isnt it funny that this is where i grew up and yet i hate to go camping?
Behind my parents house there has always been this mucky nasty pond... there are a few nicer ponds beyond it but Vega was too hot to continue the walk further. When i was a kid someone dumped a bunch of HUGE old fashion carnival stuffed animals in this muck (for shooting practice perhaps?) and they were there for the longest time... making it look VERY creepy
So of course Vega dived right in... and sank into the mud up to her belly.... here she is carefully climbing out of the muck, see all the deer hoof prints in the dried mud?
Look at those mud-socks!
We had a good time! But next year- we are going on vacation with them! lol
My parents took a last minute trip to Emerald Isle, NC. And asked us to watch their house and do all the work that comes with it. Now, i love my parents house... but i am glad to be home. Being 20 minutes away from everything you know and do- doesn't sound very far, but we felt isolated at times.
Day 1 and Reason #1 to love my parents house
The Stocked bar!
Day 2 and reason to cry run and hide?
Wolf Spider in the HOUSE...in THE HOUSE
Day 2 and Reason #2 for loving my parents house- My Brother George. He is a 23 year old Red Lord Amazon Parrot. We have owned him his entire life! I caught him eating pizza... so he is a little surprised! ha!
Vega dragged the fish pillow next to Klohe's bed to snuggle a little! They love each other!
Day three and reason #3 for loving my parents house... THE CHICKENS!!!!
Saturday night Chris and Pink came over to hang out. I played Bartender and had a blasty Blast!
Cosmo's all around!
The boys drinking the girlie drinks i made them!
the Blue Diablo!
And my favorite- the Moscow Mule!
Day 4, reason #4 to love my parents house: All the great places to sit and enjoy Nature... chipmunks, deer, turkeys, hawks, woodpeckers (three sizes!) and I took this picture from the wrap around front porch
Day 5 and reason #5 why i love my parents house. That my friends, is a tanning bed. Nothing like doing chores (and there are A LOT) then running on the treadmill, heading immediately to this tanning bed to warm sore muscles, and finish it off with a shower. Love it!
Day 6 and reason #6 why i love my parents house: the DEER! These two frolic around like this neighborhood is their playground, got to be careful when driving!
Day number seven and reason #7 for loving my parents house... the Chickens front row view of the pond...and yes that is a lamp post in the woods (NARNIA?!?!)
The Koi fish (big as cats!)
Day number eight and reason #8 that i love my parents house. THE HOME GYM! Complete with built in mirrors! Love it!
Day 9 and reason #9 for loving my parents house... breakfast on the deck!
Think we have been eating a lot of eggs while here?
Day 10 and reason number ten for loving my parents house... BILI IS HERE WITH ME! awwwww!
Took a hike with Vega on our last day... this is walking down the driveway of the neighbors that live directly behind my parents house... i grew up playing here! Isnt it funny that this is where i grew up and yet i hate to go camping?
Behind my parents house there has always been this mucky nasty pond... there are a few nicer ponds beyond it but Vega was too hot to continue the walk further. When i was a kid someone dumped a bunch of HUGE old fashion carnival stuffed animals in this muck (for shooting practice perhaps?) and they were there for the longest time... making it look VERY creepy
So of course Vega dived right in... and sank into the mud up to her belly.... here she is carefully climbing out of the muck, see all the deer hoof prints in the dried mud?
Look at those mud-socks!
We had a good time! But next year- we are going on vacation with them! lol
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