-
R.I.P. :(
Our goldfish died last night. Poor Dorothy, poor Elvis. Here’s the story…I HATE cleaning out that fish tank. Hate it. And I’m the only one who ever does it (Maya can’t reach properly), so it gets pretty gross between cleanings, what with the green walls and everything. Well, a month or so ago, we went to a comic book shop in Lafayette, and the guy who owned the shop had a plecostomus in the tank with his goldfish. I didn’t think you could put them together, because I thought plecostomi needed warm water, and goldfish needed cold water. Well, the guy said they’re fine. So I went to the Concord…
-
Off to a Wedding
We were all supposed to go to a wedding in San Bruno on Saturday, but my cold got the best of me, and I stayed home with some hot tea and Sex and the City. Ted and Maya went, though…don’t they look great?
-
Another stupid list thingie? Am I insane?
OK, don’t know why I decided to do this one…it’s just a bit different than the others one usually sees on blogs/gets via email. I got this one from MIM Feel free to play (or not): Five pieces of wisdom 1) Don’t be so damn mean to yourself all of the time. 2) Don’t be so damn mean to others all of the time. 3) Ask yourself if you really NEED to buy/eat/drink that thing…if the answer is an honest yes, then do it and enjoy it. If the answer is no, then put it back. This comes mostly from realizing that I live in a very small condo and…
-
Sick and Tired…
Of reading about crap like this. Remember how we went to Afghanistan and threw out the Taliban? How women were freed of their burquas and girls were again allowed to go to school, how we then mostly left to go to Iraq and free the people there, which is going SO WELL. Well, I don’t think we had a right to bomb Afghanistan, (most people disagree with me on that one, I know), but I was THRILLED to see the Taliban leave (except that the reason they came into power in the first place was because the war lords who were in power before were so incredibly horrible, and seems…
-
Still sick…
So I’ve been getting questions…still sick? type questions. So here’s the update. Yup. Still sick. Here’s the details for those of you sick enough to want to know (most of us are sick enough, I’m sorry to say)…Tuesday night I had the WORST sore throat and ear, so yesterday I went to the doctor to make sure it hadn’t turned into Strep or an Ear Infection. Nope. Viral. But I did make myself cough for the doctor, and she said it sounded “chunky”, and I should take some musenex…isn’t that what Cherry took when she was sick? It has helped a lot. Not coughing up anything, but my coughs are…
-
Home Sick
So on Monday Morning, Ted told me I had been moaning during the night. Not the good kind, because I was SO sore. Turns out I was coming down with flu or something. So now I have a fever (not high, about 100 or 101, but I’m usually about 97), sore throat and ear, cough, achey achey achey. And now I have to get a kleenex, because I have snot running down my face. Blech. Sick sucks.
-
Yay, More Cake!
For my birthday party, you saw the big beautiful white cake, below, which was SO yummy, and I wish they had cut thicker slices for everyone….but for my ACTUAL birthday, Cherry baked me this BEAUTIFUL and oh so yummy Princess Cake. 🙂 Cherry, you ROCK! So we ate cake, drank champagne, and watched some Sex and the City. Now THAT’s a good birthday.
-
New Years…time for lists?
I was surfing blogs and came across this one, via Bitch PhD, but the post was here. If you want to play, copy, update with your info, and post on your blog. I cheated a bit. 🙂 A Pack of Four Leaf Clovers A “four” themed open meme. 1. Four jobs you’ve had in your life. A. Waitress B. Horse poop cleaner (in exchange for free horseback rides) C. Business Analyst and other variations of that job D. Hotel Concierge 2. Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over A. The Company (the movie really isn’t THAT great, but I love the dancing) B. It’s a Wonderful Life C. Out…
-
Happy Birthday to Me!
So here I am, 40 years old…crazy. 🙂 But so far, it’s GREAT. Ted threw me an AMAZING party at Massimo’s Restaurant last night, and so many friends and family were there. It was truly great. Having a birthday right after Christmas means often that people are broke and partied out by the time your birthday comes around…Having a birthday on New Years Eve means that if you want to go out to celebrate, there is a bigger expectation that it be amazing and fun and crazy and expensive. So my birthday has always been kind of quiet and nice, but not that amazing, with the exception of a few…
-
Who’s Spoiled???
Maya, for getting her doll? Me, for getting a nice ‘dock’ for my iPod? Or Ted, for getting his DVDs that he requested? I’m thinking, ME. Most spoiled. That’s as it SHOULD be. 🙂
-
Chloe and her Christmas Pig
This is my niece, Chloe, and her wooden pig that she got for Christmas. Maya made the pig in carpentry class, and we tied a ribbon around its neck so Chloe can pull it around. Apparantly it was a big hit, as my sister Maya said that they had to stop opening gifts for quite awhile while Chloe played. 🙂 Nice.
-
Who Knew Santa likes to Dive, and Festivus is sort of real?
Have a Merry Christmas Everyone! Also, Happy Hannukah, Happy Festivus, Happy Solstice, Happy New Year, Happy Happy!
-
Comfort Food / Breakfast
So our latest excursion into Restaurant Land (I’m getting the idea we eat in restaurants WAY too often…) was Sunday morning, at the Alamo Cafe. It’s been there FOREVER…Ted grew up in Danville, and remembers driving by it for years and years. Anyway, it’s a TINY little greasy spoon place, with one waitress, one cook, one grill, and a guy who does the other stuff, like clean tables and such. Maybe he’s a dishwasher/bus boy, who knows. We went for breakfast, and I got something I’ve never had before…pork chops and eggs. I don’t think I would go for that again…the pork chops were OK, but kind of tough. The…
-
De Afghanan Restaurant
Yesterday we were out finishing up some Christmas shopping, and we decided to try a newish Afghani restaurant on Newall Ave., in the same shopping complex as Tuesday Morning and Casper’s Hot Dogs, in Downtown Walnut Creek. It’s a tiny little place, maybe 10 tables. The service was good, though the food took quite awihle to come. Ted had a lamb dish that he thought was going to be ground, but was actually little lamb chops that I thought was delicious…very flavorful with nice spices and a good texture. It was served with rice and salad. Maya ordered a dish of what were described as dumplings with leeks and potatoes…
-
War on Christmas?
This whole “War on Christmas” thing has gotten a lot of stupid press this year…and it’s just lame. I’ll put in my two cents, and then we can all forget it, OK? Please? Who in hell REALLY thinks that Christmas is in danger in this country? The religious holiday may be in danger of being overrun by rabid secular (and religious, to be fair) shoppers, but how does wishing someone “Happy Holidays” threaten anyone? Seriously, have you been overwhelmed by Pagan Winter Solstice songs on the radio? Hannukah specials on TV? Or is it Christmas Christmas Christmas everywhere you look, with Santa and lights and trees and wreaths, candy and…