'Sending "shout outs" (Ellen Degeneres, watch out!) to:
- Laura the stay-at-home Super Mom
- Katie the raven-haired PA student
Not too terribly much happening around here. I did have an interesting exchange with my girlfriend Laura. She questioned my choice of Bobby Flay over Julia Child. My reply? "As for Bobby Flay, well ... have you SEEN his arms? Yum! Then again, if we were talking about body parts, the even bigger attraction for current culinary icons belongs to Alton Brown for his brain." And frankly, Laura, let's just face it ... Julia may have cooked her ass off, BUT SHE LOOKED LIKE A MAN!! (warning on the Julia Child link: she's holding up a fish that I'm pretty sure she waded into the Hudson and caught BARE HANDED with her massive MAN HANDS.)
I made sugar cookies tonight (found a GREAT recipe here) for Sparkycus' confirmation class tomorrow night. 'Normally not a huge fan of the sugar cookies, but that recipe flat out ROCKS.
I go in for more training tomorrow at my NEW JOB. I'm having serious "I Only Possess Ugly Clothes" anxiety, coupled with "holy shit, I'm a fat bastard" syndrome. I can't imagine how I'm going to get through dressing for tomorrow, much less Thursday. Oh, God ... and Friday!!! Good times, good times ...
My husband helped me clean the kitchen today (SUPERMAN!!) and we even got some organizational stuff done. That in and of itself is a freaking miracle of nature, let me tell you.
I also had the satisfying experience of calling the nice lady at the mortgage place and telling her I start work this week so that she can ye old ball rolling on refinancing the house (again). I can not wait for Spartucus to quit his middle of the night job. He's so tired, he's not able to help around the house and I frankly, am of little to no use when left to my own devices. (for the last six or seven years, anyway)
'Had family portraits done with his parents, sister and her husband this last weekend. Proofs out tomorrow. Yet another shining moment in shining forehead history, I'm sure. (mine) This is the first set of pictures taken since Sparkycus has overtaken me in the height department. Ten bucks says I cry when I see 'em.
OK, a few things y'all should check out:
www.thesneeze.com (great big thanks to Laura - I laughed my ass off reading this one)
www.thesuperficial.com (they're not updating as much as I'd like, but it's still good)
www.romaniheart2.blogspot.com (my favorite blog; check out her archived stuff ... she is a FABULOUS writer)
If you've not already checked him out, take a listen to Michael Buble. A voice like butta!
For music to work and/or relax by: www.cities97.com
The greatest book by a current author: The Time Traveler's Wife
And finally, the reason I don't blog like I should: MSN's Collapse.
May someone enjoy the recommendations!