Category: Misc

I haven't got very much to say today. We had a real low-key night last night. Matty fixed me Tuna Noodle Casserole for dinner, which was very sweet of him because I was so worn out from our weekend that I came home and took a 2 hour nap. I was planning to cook afterwards, but when I woke up, dinner was already ready.

We ran a couple of errands … to the library and Bed Bath and Beyond. We had to pick up a new mandolin because the Cuisinart one we got less than a year ago fell apart and we had to toss it. So we got an Oxo one … it looks loads nicer and you can just turn a dial to change blades instead of having them separate (and therefore easily loseable!). I also couldn't resist getting a new apple slicer (though mine is green) and a butter boy.

A short time spent cleaning, a little reading and a walk and the evening was gone.

I ran across the 2006 Dictionary of new Business Euphemisms while surfing around last night. Here's the ones I liked:

SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything and then leaves.

SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end

SITCOM: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.

404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message “404 Not Found,” meaning that the requested document could not be located.

GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions.

I am a simple creature, so a when they took a famous pastry chef, blind-folded him and had him do a taste-test of the candy bars we buy for 50 cents at the check-out stand, it amuses me. Greatly. Check it out. By the way, he likes the Caramello best. Ferrero Rocher is the big looooser.

Edited to Add: I should have thought to include my own chocolate picks. Of the choices listed, Caramello is probably my fave. Though I do like Toblerone too. Otherwise, a nice Take 5 or Butterfinger really hits that junk-food spot.

Otherwise, I'm in a cruddy mood today cuz my sleep meter is a bit on the low-end. I am also having a swollen eye (related to allergies) problem. I'm sure I look quite attractive with my left eye all swollen and red. I'm also behind on things I need to get done so tomorrow night is going to be jam-packed with chores.

We've been hearing stories about rattlesnakes all summer. Denver is a semi-arid climate (we have cacti growing naturally in some places), so you expect some of this. But usually, they're only in certain places (rocky outcrops) at certain times (near sunset). But this year, they have been everywhere at any time of day. In tall grass … in backyards … in the middle of mountain bike trails. And by the last report we'd heard, over 20 dogs had been treated for rattle snake bites (the norm is like 1). Needless to say, we haven't been keen to take Loki anywhere he might encounter a rattle snake. Rattlers are like most animals, they prefer to stay away from people and only tend to attack when provoked or surprised. And they have that unique rattle sound to let you know where they are way ahead of time.

Well Matt went on a bike ride this morning (sans Loki, thank goodness) and encountered a large Diamond Back in his path telling him in no uncertain terms to get out of the way. Of course, Matt obliged. Poor Loki will have to swear off moutnain biking for the rest of the season, I'm afraid.

Another trip down memory lane .. surely lots of you guys watchd The Muppet Show. It's hard to pick a favorite from this great show … the old codgers who made fun of the whole thing, Prof. Bunsen and Beaker … but the Swedish Chef was a big time hit for me. Anyhoo, there are quite a few Muppet Show clips here, predominantly featuring our favorite chef. That should take you back.

Boring best describes us right now. Since I've had this obnoxious cold, I've been mostly working and lying around. Haven't done any cooking (that would interfere with my lying around). Haven't ridden my bike (that would interfere with my lying around). Laundry is piling up. After all, Law and Order has to be watched. We're boring. We've got plans though. We won't always be this boring.

10 times I had to tell Loki to get off the bed
9 bottles of Gatorade
8 calls of birthday wishes
7 episodes of Law and Order SVU watched
6 cough drops per hour
5 doses of Robitussin DM (the same stuff, incidentally, that we give Loki when he gets Kennel Cough)
4 applications of Vapo-Rub until I decided I was allergic to it (still not sure about this)
3 showers per day to clear my head
2 Back to the Future Trilogy movies watched
1 Most Excellent Hubby who took exceedingly good care of me

I am back at work, under protest from Matt. He thinks I should still be at home.

Well there was no celebrating going on this weekend. I got a nasty cold for my b'day. Phlegm, coughing, sore throat, you name it. So I spent most of the weekend horizontal, watching bad TV, sleeping, and listening to my mp3 player. We made it to Target and we bought a humidifier… yes, that frog one. It's a lot cuter in person, actually. I'm still not well, so I'm staying home from work today. More bad TV. Yay.

I don't know about the rest of you, but it has been one LOOOOOOONG week for me. Not to say that it's been bad or anything. Just long. And a bit weird. But that's another story entirely. We don't have big plans for this weekend for a change. We're tentatively having a “date night” tonight which will probably consist of dinner and possibly a movie. Possibly that movie will be watched from the security of our couch. And perhaps that movie will not be a movie at all, but will instead be a bit of Tivo. Who knows? I have plans to get cake and coffee with a friend tomrorow while our husbands are being athletic (aprapos, no?). The house is a mess, so something probably needs to happen with that. And Matt's brother needs help moving, so I know what we were doing on Sunday.

Well hope you all have lovely Friday and an equally lovely weekend. Some good soul brought zuchinni bread (AND cream cheese) to our break room, so I'm quite a happy girl.