This is my third post for the day. Wow! I am totally awake now. Since I slept half the day away, it’s 9:30, and I’m feeling ready to go! I have a feeling I’ll never get to sleep tonight. If worse comes to worse, I’ll have a fourth post in the middle of the night.
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Here is my Friday Forum:
1] Do you have any favorite quotations? (Please share them with us if you’d like.
I do have lots – I don’t know if I have a favorite. I keep a quote journal. It’s filled with tons of quotes, but they aren’t in any order.
2] What are some of the best words of wisdom that you’ve ever been given? Who gave them to you, and when?
This may sound odd, but I don’t think I’ve ever gotten words of wisdom from anyone. I’m thinking hard, but I can’t think of anything.
3] Do you usually trust your own intuition on most things? Why/why not?
Yes, absolutely. For some reason I’ve always done the right thing when I follow my heart. I always run things by Mark, but we’re usually on the same page.
4] Is there anyone in your life who you feel is exceptionally wise? Who, and how did you meet this person?
Great question! To me, wise kind of means that this person has an old soul. I don’t necessarily think it’s the person that can rattle off statistics left and right. My dad is wise. There was this women who used to be one my co-workers that I considered wise. I do think most people would’ve called her ditzy, but she was such a good listener and seemed to know more than everyone thought she did. I think that’s it. Because of my definition of wise, I guess I leave out lots of people. But those two people are wise in my world.
5] Are there any philosophies, sayings, or words of wisdom that you try to live by? If so, what are they?
I guess two things. One, do not judge people. I accept everyone! It’s not my job to judge, and I have a hard time dealing with judgmental people. The other one is to just do it. I don’t wanna sound like Nike, but I do think people think things through so much, or they are too concerned what others will think. I think we need to try anything and everything we want to – life is too short.
Great questions!
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Good God! I woke up at noon today! I had set the alarm for 9, then I have no idea what I did. But suddenly it was noon. I sat up and was so foggy headed and confused. I couldn’t believe it was that late already. So, the morning is gone. I guess I need to start my day.
The funny thing is, when I sleep super late, I’m always tired for the rest of the day. Too much sleep – not so good.
It’s been raining off and on today so far, and I think it’s supposed to do the same for the rest of the day. Maybe the weather is why I stayed in bed all day. Well, I should probably do something or I’ll end up taking a nap…
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Another dinner goof! Mark got home and we were yakking and I wasn’t paying attention. I got out the stuff to make my green bean casserole. Then I proceed to dump in a can of peas?! I had some options then – make green pea casserole?? Make green pea and green bean casserole?? Pluck out the peas from the cream of mushroom soup mixture – messy. Or, try again tomorrow? We are trying again tomorrow. Maybe I can pay attention next time?
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Mark won’t be getting home till a little later tonight, so I’m gonna hold off on dinner for about an hour. It’s hard to plan everything when you aren’t sure when he’ll be home.
I was on campus today, and I need to go back tomorrow. I have some stuff to mail out to recruits and I could’ve done it today, but I didn’t want to get in to all that this afternoon. Mark has to go in to work on the set – I think he’s got painting to do. Maybe he can take a break and we can have lunch together? Unless he’s all sweaty and dirty from building. Then I’ll probably get something and we’ll just eat it backstage.
I keep forgetting it’s the fourth of July weekend. Since we aren’t doing anything, it doesn’t seem like anything different for us. Like I said earlier, I can see going to get some beer or something, but I don’t wanna go to the grocery store.
I worked in a grocery store in high school and I hated holidays – it was always a madhouse. People were in a hurry and pissy all the time. I really sucked at that job too. It was the first time EVER in my life that I had my boss pull me aside to talk to me about my attitude. I’m not sure why I was a bitch everyday, but I hated being there. I hated swiping packages of meat across the reader and having blood fling from the package and get all over me. I hated seeing all these Welfare mothers with 20 snot-nosed kids under the age of 4, and all she was buying was potato chips and ice cream. I hated the women that handed me a stack of coupons an inch thick. I hated when I was looking up the code for produce and the ever-so-helpful customer would tell me the cost of the item. I just wanted to scream, “I don’t care how much artichokes cost, I need to punch in the *code* for artichokes, knucklehead!” I sold cigarettes to friends without carding them. We were supposed to check id’s. I also sold alcohol to friends. Is that bad or what? I could’ve gotten in major trouble for that. My boyfriend at the time would go through my line a zillion times, buying a piece of penny bubble gum one at a time. That way we could visit and gaze into each other’s eyes. Dork! I only worked there for a summer. I think they were happy when I left. I always had a scowl on my face.
But my best summer job ever…. I worked at Worlds of Fun in KC for 5 years. I loved it so much! It’s an amusement park – a big one too! I was a ticket taker at the front gate. I also sold tickets in those sweet-ass air-conditioned booths sometimes. Some of my best summer memories from high school are from working there. The whole place is run by a bunch of 16 year olds, what’s not to love? On days off we would go to the neighbor park – Oceans of Fun. We stayed after the park closed and could ride the rides endlessly while they were being worked on or something. They basically let us run around the whole time. It was awesome! Every morning I arrived before my shift because I was a test-rider. Now that I think about it, I should’ve been scared. They would load us up on a roller coaster and ride it over and over again – stopping at the various break points on the coaster and running it through again. We had to be paired up by height and weight, and my partner and I would file our nails every morning while were on the ride – upside down, whatever. We just sat there and would talk – well, yell, the whole time. No one screamed. It got pretty old hat after awhile. We would try and eat our breakfast or keep from spilling on ourselves. If you hold your can of pop just right it won’t spill when you’re upside down. Plus, with all those kids working out there – there were major opportunities for flirting. It was like a summer date-a-thon for most people. Ah, good times.
But now, I have a job where I don’t have to work during the summer – even sweeter!
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I was on campus today. The meetings went well. I came home and started dinner. I got to cook tonight! I put steaks on the Foreman grill – with A1 sauce, garlic and thyme. Then I put a foil packet together of new potatoes and baby carrots with Parmesan cheese, olive oil, basil, parsley, oregano, black pepper and seasoning salt. We gobbled it up in no time. Mark can tend to be picky, but I got two thumbs up. The steak was cooked perfectly – juicy and yummy. I wanted it to be more medium, but it came out medium well. I set out some pork chops for dinner tomorrow.
Tomorrow I’m home all day, except I do have to run to the grocery store. I need to make a list of things I need to accomplish while I’m home so I don’t get lazy.
Oh, the highlight of my day…I got a swap package from Shannon! This was awesome! I got CD’s, tons of Fourth of July stuff, and lots of crafty stuff from her. She is so talented. I told her that she inspired me. After I see crafty stuff I want to sit down and craft. So, hopefully she lit a fire under my butt and will get me working!
I got some little errands done around the house today. Plus I got a nap in. We are seeing Spiderman II tonight – or really, tomorrow morning. At 12:01 we will be in the theatre watching Spidey. How fun will that be? I like doing wacky stuff like that. So, it will be a late night for us. I think I may try and sneak in some coffee. I bet we’ll be some of the oldest people there – most “adult” types have to work in the morning and probably won’t be up till 2 in the morning. Oh well, I’m looking forward to it.
Tonight I am cooking dinner. Things are all prepped, and I need to get in the kitchen when this is done and start putting it all together. We are having sweet and sour pork chops on the grill, teriyaki green beans with red peppers, and a hot loaf of bread from the bread machine. I went grocery shopping this morning – hopefully we won’t have to go this weekend at any time. With the holiday, it’ll be crazy at the store.
My online class officially ends tomorrow night at 11:55 pm. Most of the students have everything done already – I’m only waiting on two more students. Then I’m done with that! Yippie! I will totally do it again. I enjoy being able to work when I want to.
Tomorrow I need to do some cleaning, and I hope we get a Netflix DVD in the mail for tomorrow. We could watch a movie and I could knit. Sounds good to me!
We were indeed the oldest people in the theatre last night. But that was ok – it was funny to look around and see all these younger kids – and then there’s us. We loved the movie. We thought it was better than the first one. They set up the third Spiderman very well. I think it’s supposed to come out in 2007. Doesn’t that seem like a long way away?
I need to make the cole slaw for tonight’s dinner. Then I should do a little bit of cleaning, but I’m not sure if I’m feeling it. The weather has suddenly changed. It’s getting dark and the wind is picking up. Rain is on the way. I may just wanna read and chill for the rest of the afternoon. Maybe with some tea – mmmm – sounds like a plan.
We will probably watch a DVD tonight. Not much else going on. It’s kind of slow around here right now. I don’t mind one bit.
Dinner was a disaster. I made the cole slaw earlier, and it turned out nice and yummy. It was in the fridge chilling. I was going to make hot and spicy pork ribs on the grill to go along with it. So, I cut open the package of ribs – that I bought yesterday! – and I thought I smelled something funky. But I ignored it. I got the cutting board, knife and was ready to go. I yanked out the first rib and I smelled that smell again. I put my nose down to the try and it was a little stinky. But, I thought, well, maybe it’s me. I’m sure you can see where this is going. The recipe says to cut the ribs into manageable pieces and microwave for a few minutes before putting on the grill. They microwaved for five minutes, and when I opened up the door – STINKY! I shut the door really fast and stood there for a long time. I called Mark. Am I helpless or what? He was on his way home. I told him the ribs were stinking and I didn’t know what to do.
So he came home, and took one whiff and said – we gotta get rid of these. So we bundled them up, and put them in the freezer in the garage. Trash gets picked up on Tuesdays, so we didn’t want them rotting in the garage for the next week. Now we have to remember to put them in the trash on Monday night. So Mark stood in the kitchen eating cole slaw and I was all depressed.
So, we went to a new place in town that we haven’t been to yet. They have pizza and wings and stuff. I got a slice of pepperoni and some mozzarella sticks. Mark got a meatball sandwich and some onion rings. It wasn’t as good as homemade food, but oh well. We’ll snack on slaw and have some for lunch and stuff I guess. If there’s any left we can have it with dinner tomorrow night.
So much for my little cooking adventure for the night – but on a good note – the slaw rocks!
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I was on campus today. The meetings went well. I came home and started dinner. I got to cook tonight! I put steaks on the Foreman grill – with A1 sauce, garlic and thyme. Then I put a foil packet together of new potatoes and baby carrots with Parmesan cheese, olive oil, basil, parsley, oregano, black pepper and seasoning salt. We gobbled it up in no time. Mark can tend to be picky, but I got two thumbs up. The steak was cooked perfectly – juicy and yummy. I wanted it to be more medium, but it came out medium well. I set out some pork chops for dinner tomorrow.
Tomorrow I’m home all day, except I do have to run to the grocery store. I need to make a list of things I need to accomplish while I’m home so I don’t get lazy.
Oh, the highlight of my day…I got a swap package from Shannon! This was awesome! I got CD’s, tons of Fourth of July stuff, and lots of crafty stuff from her. She is so talented. I told her that she inspired me. After I see crafty stuff I want to sit down and craft. So, hopefully she lit a fire under my butt and will get me working!
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Here I am, totally in the mood to cook, and Mark’s not hungry. I think I may make it anyway in an hour or so. But if he refuses to eat it, the what’s the bother making it. He only had Taco Bell for lunch – not like he was at a buffet or anything. I mean, your wife wants to cook for you – do you know how many people would love that? But, I guess he just wants a sandwich. boo-hoo
I need to finish house work tonight. Finish laundry and clean the kitchen. Make a new batch of iced tea for the week. Give myself a pedicure, and check on my online class to see if I have anything messages to reply to. Not bad – easy little list.
I have two meetings on campus tomorrow – I suppose I should always dress up for them, but because I’m usually the only one not really working – I just show up in shorts and stuff. I’m not working people! I think some people look at me, but hey, it’s summer vacation, I only have a nine month contract, and I am called in for a meeting. I think summer clothes are fine. I wouldn’t freak out if someone walked into a meeting in shorts when they weren’t working. I would kind of expect it.
I think we’re supposed to get storms tonight. It looks all dark one minute, then the next it’s all sunny. But the radar says it’s on it’s way – all comin’ in from Wichita. At least it won’t hit us till even later tonight. I like sleeping during storms.
Everyone have a good week!
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1] What’s the most decadent, indulgent, and delicious dessert that you’ve ever tried?
My mom used to make these chocolate mousse crepe. They were the best. It was a chocolate crepe filled with chocolate mousse, but the mousse was thicker and heavier than a regular mousse. Then the filled crepes went in the fridge to set. When you ate them you topped then with whipped cream and this hot chocolate sauce – I don’t know what it was – it was runny, very dark, and very sweet. You could only eat one because the mousse stuff was so rich. But, if I remember correctly, the mousse was made with raw eggs?? I think??? I don’t know…
2] Which candies/treats did you enjoy most when you were a child?
I like Necco’s, pixie sticks, candy cigarettes, gummi bears, spree’s, bubble gum, sixlets, blow-pops. Mostly fruity stuff.
3] If you could invent a brand-new ice cream flavor ~ one that nobody has ever tried ~ what would it be?
Something hot fudge. Sonic makes a hot fudge shake. Unreal! It tastes like you’re sucking hot fudge through the straw. I love it – I was skeptical at first though. I would want something that tastes like hot fudge with chocolate chunks and almonds in it.
4] Which is best, in your opinion: white chocolate, milk chocolate, semisweet chocolate, dark chocolate, or no chocolate at all?
Here’s the deal. I used to be a white chocolate freak in high school. I think I liked it because it was different. But it got old to me. I rarely eat milk chocolate. Semi-sweet is awesome in cookies, and dark is good just plain. Wanna know a great way to eat dark chocolate??? Take a square – like from a Special Dark bar – and put in the microwave for just a few seconds. You want it to soften, but not lose its shape. Then you get another bowl full of whipped cream – the stuff from the tub works better than the stuff from the can. I keep stirring the melted chocolate so it doesn’t harden up, but it’s gotta be cool – that’s key in this little concoction. When the chocolate is cool, stir the two together. My God in Heaven – it’s awesome! If you don’t let the chocolate cool, it’ll clump up when it’s mixed with the whipped cream.
5] Do you have a favorite cookie? What is it? [If you have the recipe, feel free to share it with us if you are so inclined!
I like chocolate chip cookies, but my way only! I always add more chocolate chips – about half of what the recipe calls for in the first place. Only semi-sweet. Then I don’t bake them all way till they’re hard and brown. Mine come out still soft. I remove them from the sheet right away so they stop cooking. I place them on a cooling rack. This way, no matter when you eat the cookies, the chocolate is still all ooey and gooey!
Thanks for reading this week’s edition of The Friday Forum.
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