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[Oct. 9th, 2008|09:45 pm] |
I chopped all my hair off Sunday. It was just long and had not style to it. I never 'did' my hair and even when I did I still ended up pulling it back into a ponytail or up into claw clips because it was in the way. I figured if I'm going to cut off 6" I might as well go 12".
Bold the ones you've eaten:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (alligator)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses maybe, I've had a lot of cheese
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
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (I accidentally ate a piece of one once. I was pretty sure that my mouth had melted off.)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
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
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. Lengua
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (why is this even on the same line?)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
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.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (as in rabbit, i assume?)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93.
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
** Raccoon
**MRE
**Mealworms
**Shark Fin Soup
Look, I like to try anything unsual..........it is kinda a hobby of mine.....you name it i WILL try it. |
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[Sep. 11th, 2008|09:12 pm] |
Today is Ed's birthday. We had a great day. We went to the zoo. We were landed on by Lorikeets, nibbled on by mad goats and rode the train around Brackenridge Park. I decided to make Ed one of his favorite meals, chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans and cream gravy. I have several cannisters on the counter with sugar, flour, etc. I make the coating, mixture of flour and seasonings and a bath of milk and egg. As I dredge the breasts, I see the flour mixture is not sticking and instead it is making a weird eggy batter. Whatever, I slather it on and toss the chicken into the fryer. I see that the coating does not stick at all and instead the chicken just has a thin layer that is almost like a glaze. I cut it open. It's tender and looks good. I serve some to Ed and myself. I take a bite. "Hmmm, this chicken tastes sweet. I mean it's good, just sweet." Ed takes a bite. "Did you put some honey on it?" "No, I didn't put anything sweet like that just fajita seasoning, paprika, and flou... OMG that wasn't flour! It was powered sugar!!" hahahahahaha. How funny is that?! I grabbed the wrong cannister and made a coating mixture with powered sugar and it caramelized on the chicken! hahahahahaha! Only the outside was sweet so we ate it anyways. Now Ed is having a sugar rush and my stomach is a little upset from to much sweet stuff. Ed just said his teeth hurt! hahahahaha! So how was your dinner? |
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[Sep. 8th, 2008|11:50 pm] |
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A couple of weeks ago Jonas and I went to Moxie Studios for a photo session. Nikki the photographer/studio owner needed models for an upcoming book she's making. Here is the first of the pics she's finished editing of Jonas. hopefully more to come. Jonas is wearing a hat crocheted by me for Bliss Boutique (wwww.BlissBoutique.etsy.com) and an adorable cow print cloth diaper.
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Jonas modeling
This is the first pic from Jonas' modeling stint with Moxie Studios. |
Ed is off this whole week (9 days!). He has use it or lose it vacation days so he always takes the week off for his birthday and then again in May just before they expire. How nice. So we are going to go to the zoo sometime this week. Our anniversary is coming up this month (6 years, it doesn't feel like it). For a present my parents are getting us an annual family pass for the zoo. I also convinced them to buy me a 2 yr season pass for Sea World for my birthday and Christmas present. It's nice because if you buy now for next season you get the rest of this season free. Jonas is getting to the age where he will enjoy going so the pass will be useful and he's still free until he's 3 so we only need the one pass (Ed really doesn't care to go). My parents (who only live 2 miles from Sea World) and my niece all have passes so we'll be able to go with them a bunch.
As far as Bliss is doing, I am going to have a booth at an Oktober Fest for a local church. It will be my first show. How fun! I'm also thinking about doing one in New Braunfels in November but the set up is much more expensive. ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ginagwen, would you be interested in splitting a booth and selling your jewelry and such? Just an idea. Your hat has been ready, I'm trying to think of what else I can make/send you and then I'm going to pack it up. It will be this week I promise! Raye, I'm going to start sleeves this week also. |
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[Aug. 26th, 2008|08:48 pm] |
So my little etsy site is up and running. I've had two sales. Both from friends. Thanks ginagwen for your support. We are in such dire need of cash right now it's not even funny and every little bit helps. I've never been broke before but now I know how it feels. It's quite scary. Anyhow enough with that.
I made a bunch of hats and a couple of cocoons for a local photographer to use as props. Here is a link to her blog: http://moxiephoto.typepad.com/ The little stocking cap in the pics is mine.
She also used one of my cocoons for a photo shoot (awesome!).
I didn't get any money for the items but instead I am swapping photos of Jonas for them, which in the long run will be much better.
Here is a link to my etsy so you can see the new items: www.blissboutique.etsy.com
I have also started a myspace for my little business at http://www.myspace.com/bliss_boutique
Check 'em out!
I need to post some pics of Jonas. He is getting so big and is incredibly active. Of course the day he started walking was the day he stopped listening to us. Little bad boy, climbing all over the furniture, into his highchair, up the ladder while daddy was on it. He's too cute though. He says about 8 words, does a little bit of sign language, and can make animal sounds. The lion roaor is his favorite. He also babbles A LOT! But I have no idea what he's saying. He does repeat the same 'phrases' over again so I know to him they have some kind of meaning and are the building blocks to words but I have no idea what he's talking about.
For now here is a picture of him in a Jovie hat.
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[Jul. 22nd, 2008|11:28 pm] |
My wedding dress. I'm never going to wear it and it would bring back beautiful memories.
A newspaper from today so I can compare.
An outfit from Jonas so I can remember how tiny he was. |
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[Jun. 7th, 2008|08:07 pm] |
I haven't posted in forever. We're doing great even though we're broke, but being at home with Jonas is amazing. He'll be 15mo in a couple of days. He's a little monkey. He climbed into his high chair, three times. He thinks he's a big kid and tries to do everything they do on the playground.
We're trying cloth diapers. One baby goes through about 7500 diapers from birth through potty training. That's a lot of diapers in the landfill. And it's not like they break down quickly. The main thing for us is the financial savings. We spend about $650 a year on disposable diapers. We can spend about $175 on a cloth diapers and will be set until he's potty trained. I still use some disposables, mainly at night and when I know he's going to poop (he's sticks pretty close to a schedule), and because I don't have enough cloth ones yet. A good supply for his age is about 24 plus 3-4 covers. I have about 5 that I've used and 10 more that I just got and need to wash to prep/soften them. They are pretty easy to use. Gone are the days of safety pins and worrying about sticking the baby (or yourself). Everything is velcro these days. Plus there are flushable liners for poop.
I think I mentioned we're part of a couple of SAHM playgroups. Jonas is really enjoying them. He's still having problems with acting inappropriately when he's excited or overstimulated. He hasn't bit again but he is still really grabby and pinchy, especially with babies that can't walk yet. Maybe they're easy prey hahaha.
I tried giving him a haircut. It wasn't tooooo bad but not great. He sat still pretty good for a while (I sat him in the bath tub and gave him a popsicle) until he got hot and itchy form the hair being on him. Then he got upset. It took longer than I thought it would because I didn't have real clippers. The ones I had were beard trimmers so there wasn't a real guard on it and I ended up going shorter and shorter trying to even it out and there were a couple of, I wouldn't call them bald spots but the hair was definitely shorter, kinda like when I gave Ed a mohawk. hahaha.
Amber stayed with us for most of the week since she's finished with kindergarten and her summer school/day care doesn't start until next week. She's a good little girl but having two little ones to watch is a handful. Thursday afternoon the kids and I headed to my parent's house. Jonas and I stated until this morning and Amber is staying until tomorrow when my parents will bring her back home to Canyon Lake. Thursday night I went with my Dad, Matthew, Kira, and their friend Bob to the Mission's baseball game. It's the first game I've gone to this season. We should bring jonas one time, especially if it's a day game (and not blistering hot). |
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[Apr. 13th, 2008|05:22 pm] |
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[Apr. 7th, 2008|11:46 pm] |
Star Wars Horoscope for Sagittarius
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You are superbly wise and have been known to spread your wisdom widely.
You are impatient and pushy when people take your teachings too lightly.
And your philosophical side always peeks through.
Star wars character you are most like: Yoda
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Jonas and I joined a stay at home mom group on meetup dot com. We've had about 8 meetups. Some at people's houses, some at parks, one at storytime at the library, and today at Freddy's Frozen Custard. We're having a great time. Jonas gets to play with a bunch of other kids and I get to socialize a little. |
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[Mar. 27th, 2008|10:33 pm] |
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[Mar. 22nd, 2008|04:34 pm] |
I guess being a busy parent has made me an unwitting participant in the el-jay strike.
Oh well. Happy Easter everyone! |
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[Mar. 9th, 2008|07:25 pm] |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONAS! |
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[Mar. 2nd, 2008|08:44 am] |
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Ghost pics! |
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[Feb. 29th, 2008|08:48 am] |
Something is amiss, it's like there's an extra day or something.
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[Feb. 27th, 2008|06:06 pm] |
So this weekend I was stung by a yellow jacket...in the armpit...while wearing long sleeves. I have a nice red welt.
Jonas is doing great. We both had a little cold the past week. I can't believe he's almost one! It's crazy how fast it's gone and how much he changes each week. He's not just walking but running. Every mom I see (like at the library story time) can't believe how well he's walking for his age. He's quite agile and can spin and change directions. He's climbing onto the couch and can climb different parts of the jungle gym on the playground.
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[Feb. 1st, 2008|08:46 am] |
Do it!
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[Dec. 24th, 2007|11:35 pm] |
First line of every month of 2007 meme
January: 1. Will you be looking for a new job? Definitely
February: I miss sleeping on my stomach.
March: Today was crazy busy at work.
April: My mom is back at work so I'm all alone during the day now with Jonas.
May: MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU!
June: </b></a>ginagwen wrote a post about not feeling like an adult.
July: I think Jonas has an earache.
August: Here's a link to the latest pics of Jonas.
September: We had a great day today.
October: Drunk meme
November: It's been a while.
December: A couple of weeks ago I bought this really cool mid-century modern Danish (style) chair at a garage sale.
I made 111 entries so far this year. |
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