Friday, September 26, 2008

Why I am getting fired....

yeah well Kelly introduced me to this hot tranny mess of a blogger named Heather, I think I will call her H2 as to not get confused with Heather of the EO (who is also a fab blogger!)
Anyway H2 has like 5 gabillion blogs that i can't stop reading. Who is this girl? We are like cyber twins. We like all the same things!!! Every time i think, no i cant read anymore, I have to get back to work, well then darn it! there is another great post! Thanks a lot Heather. Please I beg you to check out her blogs, but don't shun me if you get fired.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

My Newest Adventure!

No I did not become a nun... I know you all think that is where my life is heading, but I have decided to put that on hold and do something that is oh so far more indulgent.

BAKING! ON TUESDAYS! WITH DORIE!!!!

I found Tuesdays With Dorie, a blog\website that gives me a chance along with 300 others to make lovely treats from my favorite cook book:

Baking From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan

That is my go to book, If I've ever made a Sabrina Special for you in the last 6 months you can bet it came from that book.
I love Dorie, I love her recipes, and now every week I will be baking a recipe from her cook book.
Now, who wants to be an Official TWD Taste Tester?

Are you my BFF?

Part of my job entails lots of little jobs I do that don't have anything to do with my job. I know, it's hard for me to comprehend too. Yesterday I was in charge of putting all the LifeTouch Pictures in the teacher's mailboxes. I then sent out an email saying, Hey your pictures are here and BTW, I am collecting Teacher Pictures, and it would be great if somewhere on the back you could include the phrase "BFF".
It was a joke.
However, current BFFs and counting:

10!

If you are at all curious, my picture is foxy fierce hot tranny mess this year. If you want to see it, leave me a comment and i will mail you one. I may even write "BFF" on the back. maybe.
My next contest the lucky winner will get the 8x10.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Patiently awaiting....

I know you are all bursting with fruit flavors awaiting the results for the
Twin's Stadium Name-Off.
Please keep waiting, Mystery Judge has not given me the results yet. MJ is a very busy person and has better things to do then succumb to my randomisity. But MJ is kindly playing along.

But here is a little teaser, put your thinking caps on and think deep thoughts about my new contest:

Name the New "Dome" Dog

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The Omnivore's Hundred

Here is a list detailing 100 foods every omnivore should try. I got the idea from my new favorite food blogger Someone's in the Kitchen with Brina.

The official rules are:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. (I put them in red)
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. (I will try anything once, so nothing is crossed out for me)

The Omnivore's Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp (and i harpooned it myself!)
9. Borscht (love me some beets!)
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho (my favorite comfort food)
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (yum)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (loved every burning minute of it!)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (STELLA!)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl

33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut (slather my Dome Dog)
35. Root beer float

36. Cognac with a fat cigar (I've had both but not together)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects

43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk (this is all i drank until the age of 5)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (my favorite chic drink)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads

63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs (what didnt i eat in china?)
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake

68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini (heaven)
73. Louche absinthe (Red Dragon's Wondrous Punch! CRAAAZZZZY!!)
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (i know, i know)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant. (someday i will go to French Laundry and do this)
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (that was the road kill)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse ( i probably have and didnt even know it...)
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam (and puked every last bit of it up!)
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Just the facts...

I said I would get back to "real" blogging so here you go. Last week was a good week. The things at work that were not so good have gotten better. Relief. I can't even remember all that I did last week, but i was fairly busy. The interesting part starts Friday when I was invited out by some cool teachers at my school. I guess they think I'm a swell girl so my presence at their happy hour was crucial. Special. I can't write about it because:
A) I work with these people
B) I work with these people
Let's just say it was all very interesting, fun, but very interesting. I like them.

Saturday I went with Kelly to visit Auntie Lori. We also went to an art fair where I bought this bowl, made by Kelly's BFF Sarah's sister Emily. Did that make sense?

And then Lori bought me this rad round red bracelet.

Then I got this henna art on my hand.

No wonder the cool teachers want me around.

I finally got to meet Coach, Lori's wonder dog, but I prefer to call him Craig T. Nelson. Get it?
If all that wasn't fun enough Lori took us out for Mexican and tequila and drank us under the table.
Lori, pain free and livin' large. PTL!

I also went to a girl's party of some of Kelly's high school\college friends and guess who surprised us, Heather of the EO!!! Now this is a little known fact I discovered about Heather and I. When little kids are naughty and say inappropriate things like "I drink poop", instead of keeping a strait face and being mature we bust up laughing. Well when its not your child, sorry... it's funny.
It was a fantabulous weekend. That is a real word, fantabulous. I was told recently by someone. But I can't say who.

Overheard:
Lori: I think I'm going to grow my hair out.
Kelly: But you told me to never let you do that.
Lori: Well I just want to grow out the back.
Kelly: And?
Lori: You know and have it flip out.
Kelly: Do you know what that is called?
Lori: No, what?
Kelly: It's called a Mullet.

Love. My. Family.

Time to go read some Sci-Fi, in my hammock, all the while pretending my yard doesn't need to be mowed and that those glares I'm getting from my neighbors are really love stares.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Books I Read in 2019

Here it is, my once a year blog post. This year I read 38 books. I always aim for 52 books, but life happens. I read more non fiction last ...