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Tuesday Cooking
OK, that’s kind of a lie, since we cooked this on Sunday, but since I put Sunday Yoga Thoughts on things that occurred to me on Thursday, what the hell. On Friday, I went to lunch with Ted’s Auntie Sondra, and we had Indian buffet. I’m not a huge fan of the buffet, but this one was pretty good. We went to Saroor, if you’re ever in Walnut Creek. One of the items on the buffet, which I had never tried before, was Aloo Gobi. Boy, it was yummy. So, on Sunday, when Ted woke up and declared that we were having curry for dinner that night, I raised my…
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Time for the Ego
In a complete 180 from yesterday’s post, today I’m thinking of ways to improve myself, in very superficial ways. So, first, I want to stop eating like a wolf. I used to eat very slowly, chewing my food complelety before swallowing. If I didn’t chew all of the way, it would kind of make me sick. Then I had a child. And every time you want to eat, they need something. And she had colic, so we had to take turns eating while the other one held a screaming baby. After months of colic and years of a child needing you 24 hours a day, I turned into a wolfer.…
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What’s W doing at Mom 101’s Blog?
Looks like he took over for a few minutes and did a meme. Mom 101, I hope they didn’t ship you off to Gitmo while he worked on this! ‘Cause you know, it probably took him quite awhile!
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Sunday Yoga Thoughts…
Last week when I was in yoga class, my teacher was talking about Atama and Ego, and how Ego can get in the way of a yoga practice, and in the way of a fulfilling life. We all pretty much know what Ego is, and how the concern with how we are perceived, with maintaining a certain ‘status’ in life, all of that, can get in the way of feeling at peace with one’s self. But what is Atama? Simply stated, Atama is the inner self, the real you. So in your practice of yoga, or any meditative practice (I know one person who meditates via Karate, and one via…
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Want to Make Me Cry?
I was reminded recently of the all time number one tear jerker movie in my life…The Miracle Worker. (I do remember SOBBING uncontrollably to Amistad, but somehow the movie didn’t STICK with me the same way…Spielberg is too manipulative, so he can get the tears flowing, but it’s not deep…at least, not for me.) ANYWAY…I have two stories of crying to this film. The first time I sobbed at The Miracle Worker, I was living in San Francisco, and home alone in the afternoon. I had a friend who was attending USF, which was right down the street from my lovely flat, and she had to stop by and do…
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Why I Should Not Be Allowed To Work From Home
Because I was sitting here, peacefully trying to figure out how to write up specs for EFT transfers for U.S. Savings Bonds via our Software Interface Payroll Software, and a knock came on the door….and this book was sitting there, smiling up at me, wanting me to play. Really, I don’t even UNDERSTAND the issues behind the specs I’m supposed to be writing, so how am I supposed to be concentrating on that when Clinton and Stacy are sitting there, trying to show me how to look my best? Really, people, come on. I’m only human.
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Good Food/Bad Food
The other day when I went to give blood, it turned out to be a volunteer/community type faire at an office building near my house. So in addition to the Red Cross, there were several other worthy organizations there, and they were also giving out little gift cards to thank you for coming, either to Starbucks or to Jamba Juice. Since I don’t drink coffee, I chose the Jamba Juice. The woman said, “Good for you!” A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with my friend at a buffet (I don’t like buffets, but I like my friend…), and the options for dessert were lime jello or chocolate cake.…
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Another Meme? Kill me NOW.
OK, I’ve done one meme today, and I said I wasn’t going to do any more, but I lied. So here we are, two meme Thursday. I think I’m going to get cut off if I try to meme more, so don’t worry, this is it for awhile. I hope. I don’t even know why I like doing these things, but I do. So, here’s a meme that I grabbed from Autumn’s Mom. Here goes! I AM: Looking forward to Autumn’s Mom’s birthday party, and the Margaritas that will be involved! I WANT: $5,000 to buy myself new clothes, like on What Not To Wear. But I don’t want to…
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Post 200? I think so…
OK, another Meme. Got this one from Wendy. I’ve gotta cut back on these things, and I swear I will. I’ll also stop drinking wine on school nights, staying up too late reading, watching crap TV, and letting the clothes-to-be-ironed pile up to the rafters. Yeah, right. The rules are: List three CDs, books, movies, and people you would take if you were stranded on a deserted island. For the people, you cannot choose your spouse or relatives. CD’s: Californication, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Way too much fun. The White Album, by the Beatles. Wendy chose this one, too, so we’d be OK if for some reason we…
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I Saved a Life Today
Maybe most of you wouldn’t be tooting your own horn about it, but I’m going to, for two reasons. The first is, I want to encourage those of you who CAN donate blood, but don’t, to get out there and do it. Honestly, it’s not often that we can say we saved someone’s life, that someone may have died on the operating table if it weren’t for us and the time we took out of our life to get stuck in the arm with a needle. And, I only recently learned, your blood is divided up into different componants, so it goes to several people who desperately need it. It’s…
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I’ve got a bad feeling about this…
I’m at the point in my book where they are in the trial, and the woman has taken the stand against her supposed attacker…and as I was drifting off to sleep last night, the thought occurred to me…I’ll bet he’s innocent…I’ll bet they’re going to find him innocent…and he’ll get strung up just the same. Damn it. I may be wrong, and I hope I am, but the whole thing about killing a mockingbird being a sin, because they’re innocent? I think I just got it. Don’t tell me if I’m right or wrong. And I gotta say, this book is WAY more interesting than American Idol. 😉 Best quote…
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Yeah, that will work….
Well, Wisconsin is pretty and green, I’ve heard they have some mighty nice cheese, and you can probably find a condo there for under 500K, but this is crazy. For those of you (and you know who you are!) getting your news from this site, the governor of Wisconsin has decided that it should be LAW that sex ed teachers need to emphasize abstinence over all other forms of birth control. …teachers must emphasize that refraining from sex before marriage is the most effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. A spokesman for the governor, a Democrat, said most Wisconsin school districts already take that approach. I wonder…
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What’s Wrong With These Glasses?
If you’re saying that there are no frames holding the lenses onto the face, you’re correct…almost. They are attached through the bridge of her nose…you pierce the bridge of your nose and put a tiny wire through and that holds them. I can’t imagine much more disgusting than that. If you want to read more about this horrid (wonderful?) idea, click here. (The part of me that remembers people complaining about the pain of glasses and earrings in 30 below weather wonders what a piercing right there would feel like, too…ugh.) I’ve thought about getting the surgery on my eyes, so I won’t need my contacts anymore…I get so tired…
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Places I’ve “Visited”
Create your own personalized map of the USA I got this one from Ally Bean…she often has fun things like this on her site! I confess…I only drove through the little corner of Arizona between Las Vegas and southern Utah…I’ve only been in the airport in St. Louis…I’ve only driven through a lot of these states on Interstate 80 between CA and PA, and Maryland and Virginia were just about getting to and around DC. But still…it LOOKS like I’ve been quite a few places, doesn’t it?
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Much More Disturbing….
My mother-in-law and I went to see a movie this weekend, Water, that was the saddest movie I have ever seen. I came home wanting to see something cheerful and uplifting, like maybe, Romeo and Juliet. Madame Butterfly. You know, comedy. Water takes place in India in 1938, and is about the 2,000 year old custom of how widows are discarded after their husbands die. The main character is an 8 year old girl, Chuyia, who doesn’t even remember getting married. She is brought to an ashram and left there by her father. She is scared and confused, and convinced that her mother will be coming to get her soon.…