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So Maverick played Football with the boys this past weekend, and like all good football games end... 2 people ended up going to the hospital.
WOOT... this time Maverick was not one of them... and the other two are both doing well.. one broken nose, and one concussion. O.o I should probably explain the woot...
Maverick's been to the hospital too many times this year in the past 3 months alone... SO... that's why besides the 2 in question came over to play poker and I fed them... I taught myself how to make chili for the boys, homemad corn bread, banabread and chocolate chip cookies. All while they played poker at the "shack".
*WHEW* that was one full day in the kitchen about 3 dozen cookies, and 5 loaves of banana bread and 2 loaves of cornbread.
Today... was just working on stuff... am seriously considering many things... actually am still going through things in my head... so if I'm a little distant... well I'm learning to get my "shit" together....
Mango curry chicken with veggies and rice steamed with dill and a touch of oregano...
How it's done...
Cook the chicken in olive oil with garlic and one small chopped onion. Then add the mango juice and all.
Once cooked: add 2 table spoons of sour cream or low fat: 2 table spoons of cottage cheese and 1/2 cup of milk
After it's all simmering add 2 tsps Turmeric, 2-3 tsps garlic salt or dried garlic, pinch of red pepper, pinch of salt and sugar to taste... should be spicy/sweet at same time
The unreal at times is more real than anything else.
It is time to remember the "faith" of doing, of following the tug that lead me to where I am. While there are things that are not ideal, I have to remember my strength...
For it is infectious, quiet and powerful.
I can create change. What I intend to do; I have done every other time. The only thing that truly holds me back,
is ME.
Still not certain what steps will occur, or where they will lead, but I remember the dream.
And it's calling me, reminding me of good and why I must continue. Proof of this is in the call my mother gave me this morning, in less than 20 days, we have found a new renter... and he is exactly what we were looking for last year.
Perhaps all of this had to occur so that the house would be open, when he was looking. If we had found someone else prior he would not have crossed our path. Why is this proof? Well he has put forth exactly what we hoped for, and it came from his boss and current landlord... icing on the cake? He wants to sign a lease at a higher rent and wants to do it ASAP.
If we do not ask for what we need, what makes us think that we will receive it? To receive, you must do... and the first step there- is to ask.
Seems like NYC has had almost just as many ick singers as Seattle :P
Yes you guessed it, *sigh* I'm watching American Idol yet again... dang these auditions are funny... Yep AMEN to my not being in theatre anymore... I don't ever have to audition like that again :D
Sad, one of my rants- which mind you I don't take that seriously... and today in browsing journals, I see the person that annoyed me is talking about suicide.
Yes, the most bitter, angry, judgemental people
Hate themselves.
Nope I won't fall for it, I will remember my compassion and then smile, laugh and ENJOY every moment I can! WOOT!
It always gets better... I am thankful for this rollercoaster called life! ♥
Like it is anyone's buisness... but now I can point silly rates such as this to my journal instead of answering them.
"its a ten----but why can't we know your age?
thats kinda childish and silly.
by not giving your age we are to detain that your just a silly lil girl that doesn't take this site seriously."
Not that I have to answer... but BAH I just am not that rude yet... *sigh* however WHY on earth does my age make anything... after all- I'm not here to date. BAH people BAH!!!
So according to this person it's because I could be under 13... FUCK SAKE... Whatever... you know if you have an issue with my not putting the year I was born... then take it up with Cancer. BAH!!!!
A friend had Maverick and I secret shop their store today. ACK talk about good and bad service... both working with each other. Bad thing, there is some serious customer service issues, someone there with dark hair *cough, cough* has an attitude. Good thing, is I now have a new Butterfly sparkly hair barrette.
I feel for my friend she has her work cut out for her... Starr, you so shine! :)
As for the rest, I'm not going out again this weekend, as I feel like pooh-pooh. Chills/fever you know with that lovely metalic taste in the back of your throat... SOOOOOOO
I'm taking Cold Snap every 30 min with EmergenC then going to bed. Worked well yesterday when I felt the same way, unfortunately I slept like poop last night. *Sigh*
So one more round of each and I'm off to bed. All I can say is Cold Snap is the BOMB! lol ;)
What that means... moving is a bitch. And I am still unpacking books... putting them in order and then dusting. All that's left, getting them A-Z and in type of reading.
I suppose this is all related to my childhood dream of owning a library. Well I suppose I do...
Well what I’ve feared has finally happened. Someone hit my car today while stopped at a red light. Thank goodness both Maverick and I were not hurt, and only my alignment seems to be damaged. But it’s amazing how one little thing throws off your entire day. 2.5 hours at the dealership to check out the car and total damage equals $162.00. I think the guy is getting off very lucky, although if he had his way I would not have had the car checked. BAH
You know especially with newer vehicles you should ALWAYS get a damage report because with how the cars are made, if you don’t you could end up totally screwed in the long run. So I got to sit and chat with people, while my day ticked away.
I have to say he hit us hard enough, my guess is he was going between 5-10mph, pretty fast considering it was a red light. That and Maverick saw the guy hang up his cell after hitting me. GRRR why is it that more providences and states don’t start making it illegal to talk UNLESS with headset. How bad is it to spend $40 for uber nice mic so that you can have both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road? If your tire blows out, you’ll be thankful to potentially be able to save both your vehicle AND yourself. Seems like a minor investment… but then again I try to think ahead… even if it means I go without for a while. *sigh*
So now once I finish doing some work here in the office I get to start on the errands that should have been done earlier. Oh yeah, eating… since at the moment I am still on adrenaline… woot for being an athlete too many years… I might just have to go for a run because my body is NOT shutting down.
I am slowly starting to do so many of the things that I haven’t done in years… baking is by far something that I have enjoyed.
Perhaps that is why I started making bath salts… another way of “cooking” so to speak…
As for cookies and breads it’s been at least 4 years that have baked like this… it used to be just how I did things. Baked when watching tv… and got up early to walk the dogs…
Still not getting up early… lol doesn’t help that I’ve been staying up late does it? I hope that will change soon because I still feel “misplaced”.
Not in any bad way, just an adjustment period. Over all it’s been very good, I just now have to get that confidence up and get my “grove” on. For now... just more rest.
Mix butter, sugar and egg. Then add soda, powder and flower. If mixture is too dry, then add a touch of water. Fold in the chocolate and crushed candy canes.
Preheat oven to 375 and place cookies on non-greased sheet, bake 10 min.
For a little extra spice, add a touch of vanilla and peppermint extract.
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Cleaned the kitchen, did all the dishes... made Banana Bread this time with chocolate chips... have done some work on my web pages, and plan on doing some work on the KuanYin hall for Eternal. Oh did I forget something? Yep,
Shaving dogs…
Is not as easy as it looks, esp with crappy shaver… but I have one leg down… only 3 more to go! LOL
Did I mention Springer Spaniels have LOTS of hair??
Better view of the scrawny leg…
And who says Queen Crazy isn’t also adorable…
Can you believe I caught this on film?!
More important, I haven't done this much in a couple of years... things are changing... and I'm just starting on my momentum. YAY!
So yesterday I painted our dinning room... and I have say YAY me for choosing that colour 2 years ago for my dinning room in seattle... and thank goodness I didn't paint it there... as it seems perfect for here!
Notes about painting...
1. put hair into ponytail.. and not just leave it loose as having hair fall into paint can is messy *yes that did happen*
2. Remember to eat... otherwise your cutting in the corners and such gets sloppy from shaking hands...
Now all we need to do is finish hanging the boarder and that room is done....
LIAR~! OOoooh I am a bad, bad friend… see I made a promise that I now am technically breaking…
Although not really, as I said I would not make a fuss, nor would I do a thread… that doesn’t mean that I’m breaking that by doing private messages and a journal entry does it?
Most people do not know the history of this song. It is actually the first Broadway musical to have a top 40 hit (at least in the 80’s). Can you tell I adore musicals? Or that I have a degree in theatre… LOL!
From Chess… another walk down memory lane or in this case One Night In Bangkok…
Might give as treats to the dogs... but the waffles and banana bread rock...
Guess I'll just have to make cookies and spilt pea soup tomorrow :) Those I know I can do... Potential job change on the horizon.. I don't want to jinx myself, so I'll just say I'm very hopeful YAY YAY YAY
As for the Seattle update.. some may remember my rants of the renters from Sept... well they gave their notice Jan 1st.
Seems our warnings to "keep curtains closed, and heat OFF " when they aren't home were ignored. They went through a tank of oil in 2 months. So are leaving the house because they can't afford to heat it.
Not only that...
They put an ad in CraigsList that said, "We're moving, take over our lease".
Um 3 things on that.
1. Their lease says, NO SUBLETTING
2. They are not the owner's adgent... that would be ME.
3. I do NOT want them representing us, or attempting an illegal sublease.
4. They denied us access to show the house because... get this... THEY were doing an open house. Landlord Tennant law says that is BIG NO-NO since they are supposed to let us show the house with only 24 hrs notice, and they can't be bothered to call my mother back.
Errr that was more than three…
Well I am now offically bad guy *about time, since they think I'm nice* because my mother told them I was going to look into legal action if they did not desist. Darn tooting I was.
What moron calls a landlord saying, "Call us back it's urgent"... and then can't bother to answer the phone OR call us back after 4 messages for 3 days? Then gives the excuse... oh, my minutes are low on this phone... um, not so urgent is it now?
OR calls the landlord to ask them to pay for their heat because they didn't plan on paying for it during the winter and Christmas just happened and their daughter's birthday is in a week, oh can you call back as we are at dinner?
ACK... good riddence. It is a clear cut case of nice people with no brains.
I hope this next round is better. As they SO needed to go. Also my mother was VERY NICE when their potential new landlord called. She said they didn't return calls for several days and paid their rent.
NOT: they bounced a check, paid their rent LATE every time.
Sheesh.
O.o
opsy that ended up being a major rant instead of just a side note.... *sigh* guess it's beddy bye time for me!
So I have now made Maple waffles, Banana waffles all frozen for use during the week.
I have made 4 loaves of Banana bread, and am about to make Banana muffins for our morning foods.
Next the chicken, rice and beans. Woot! I have missed baking, can't wait till tomorrow when I get more done... YAY having a kitchen again!
In truth it's been 4 years since I've baked, yes it seems things are getting better- things like this just confirm that I have made the right choice with this move.
Happy 2007 all, and to start this year out what better way than a walk down memory lane.... this is one of my favorite songs from the 80's although it is not my favorite from this group.
My true favorite is "The smile has left your eyes"
Once I find that on CD... oooh look out but until then, this will start us out with my memory jaunt...
Don't Cry~ Asia
As who can forget the Indiana Jones type of silly video...
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