I was going to bore you with Thanksgiving menu details, but, alas, you will have to wait for such (and I know you will be waiting with bated breath!) since herself has tagged me with the 7-weird things meme. And, if you know me, you know that I have plenty o' weird to blab about.
Here's the meme info:- Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.- Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.- Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
So, without further ado...
1. I have an issue with counters. Ask anyone who knows me, I HATE things to be on the counter (most especially the kitchen counter). Normal people have things like toasters, salt and pepper, canisters, and the like on their kitchen counters. Not me. They have to be put away after use. I have had to let go of some of this stupidity because my kitchen looked like a vacant house for sale and my husband, rightfully, complained about it looking sterile rather than inviting. Currently I have allowed a pretty glass bowl of fruit (currently empty) and a small wine rack. Also, my beloved KitchenAid now remains out because the dopes who re-did this kitchen were not so smart as the ones from my last house who put in a cabinet especially for the mixer itself, and then built little cubbies into the cabinet for the attachments. Oh, how I long for my cabinet back!
2. I have conversations with people (who aren't really there) in the mirror. Yep, call the crazy bus, I need a ride. Seriously, I bet you all do this, don't you? Someone majorly pisses you off. You can't tell them off like would like to because you have some sense of professionalism and propriety. So,you have that conversation with them while you admire and perfect your bitchy facial expressions and gesturing. Hey, you never know when you might just let "em have it for real, and you need to be on top of your game!
3. I HATE fresh tomatoes. Yes, I know I'm all about fabulous food and cuisine, but I hate fresh tomatoes. It is not fitting. I have tried, really I have. I force myself to eat them on occasion just to see if my taste buds have turned over a new leaf. And every. single. time. I want to vomit. I do happen to very much enjoy sun-dried tomatoes. Weird. I know.
4. My perfume makes me sneeze, but I keep wearing it anyway. I am very very very picky about perfume. Hate most all of them, but love this one, so I'm going to keep on sneezing, and smell good doing so.
5. I lived in Japan for three years and I still hate most sushi? How is that possible?
6. My husband never refers to me by real name. For years, I have been, "Larry." (long story) Lately, however, Ive noticed that he is slowly phasing in "Meredith" and "Meredith Baxter Birney." Is he trying to call me a made for Lifetime TV psycho?
7. I am married to a pilot, but HATE, despise, loath traveling by plane. In fact, my hatred of air travel is so intense, that I do not think the English language has a strong enough word for it. This irony cracks my mother up.
So, there. If you were not already aware that I am weird, now you know. If you already knew, now you have more evidence.
Im not going to tag seven people, because I'm just throwing it out there for everyone! Make me feel less alone in my eccentricities.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Am I a celebrity? I've been interviewed!
Its Monday, and I am procrastinating. I volunteered to play along with an interview meme with my friend, el-e-e...
Here are the rules as posted by Miss el-e-e: Leave me a comment (you, yes you) saying “Interview me.” I will respond by emailing you or leaving a comment with five questions. I get to pick the questions. If you don’t have a valid email address on your blog, please provide one. You will update your blog with a post containing your answers to the questions. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. Here are my questions and answers:
Do you remember your wedding cake? What flavor/color/decorations was it and were you pleased with the results?
Do I remember a detail of an event (my wedding) that involves food??? Of course!! My wedding cake was three tiers. Each tier was a different flavor. The bottom, biggest layer was amaretto cream cheese cake with apricot filling and almond butter cream frosting. This one was my favorite! The middle layer was dark chocolate cake with raspberry mousse filling and the same almond butter cream. The top layer was the same cream cheese amaretto cake as the bottom layer with strawberry mousse and the same butter cream. Our anniversary layer, which was not on the cake, was chocolate Kahlua cake with cappuccino butter cream filling and frosting. The frosting "design" on each layer was the same. The top surface of the cakes were frosted in a basket weave pattern with pearl dragees at each intersection. This was to duplicate the bodice of my dress. the sides of my cake had a draped ribbon and bows (inspired by the sleeves of my dress). The top of my cake was covered with ivory roses and then a vine of leaves and ivory rosebuds trailed down the cake. I thought my cake was beautiful, and it was scrumptious. It was so tasty that I was rather ticked off when there was none leftover when I returned from my three day honeymoon. My anniversary layer was eaten after only four months instead of one year because when it started to thaw for the second time in two months during the second hurricane induced power outage in two months, we decided it would not survive much longer. So, we had our friends from upstairs come down for a little cake by candlelight. Who says you can't have fun without electricity?
If you had the time and money to take ONE enrichment class this fall, what would it be? Basket weaving? Tennis? Elizabethan literature? something else?
hmmm, this is a tough one. There are so many things that interest me. There are lots of different cooking classes I would like to take. I think that ultimately, though, I would choose tennis. I am becoming a tennis widow around here. It would be really fun if I could catch on and then tennis would really be a great way to spend some quality family time. And, I love wearing tennis skirts!
Tell us about one funny memory you have from your college years.
Well, I am going to really show my nerdy colors with this one! At my university, as a chem major, you were given a key to the chem building your junior year and also a desk. There was also a cot in one of the rooms that held several of our desks. (this is a sign, by the way, that you have picked the wrong major!) Obviously, we all spent way too much time in that building and often did not have much time for fun. We made our own fun when we all needed a break. The dry ice maker make the dry ice in these neat little disc shapes that were like oversized hockey pucks. So, we all had some cheap hockey sticks. After all the normal people with lives had gone home and the janitorial staff was done with the floors, we would make some dry-ice "pucks." Then we would play hockey with them down the long, freshly waxed hallways. It was really fun because since the dry ice was sublimating, it would almost hover like a puck on an air-hockey table. I recently had some dry ice in the house and introduced this fun game to the boys. They were cracking up!
Who is your favorite character on Grey's Anatomy and why? Least favorite?
Favorite = Alex. His character is interesting and is more than meets the eye. He also doesn't whine constantly. However, lets face it, the real reason he is my favorite probably boils down to lust. The boy is, well, hot doesn't do him justice. He is absolutely delicious! And, did you know that in real life he is a devoted husband with five kids??? Oh, I love, love, love him!
Least Favorite = Christina. For a smart girl, she can be so DUMB!
What's one meal that you will make this week/weekend? I want to know everything, down to the drinks and condiments.
You aren't going to believe this, but I actually only made one real meal this weekend. We were too busy having fun. Sunday night finally required me to actually feed my children a real meal. It was not gourmet let me tell ya'! I made what we call 'round here, "Aunt Lara's Pink Pasta." It is Barilla Plus penne (because it is so much better for you than regular and it tastes GREAT!) with Knorr parma-rosa sauce from a mix. Then, I usually add in peas, but I didn't have any. So we just topped each serving off with some crushed black pepper and some really good Parmesan reggiano. I was far too lazy to steam any veggies, so I made each of us a cute fruit bowl with sliced bananas, sliced strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries. The boys drank grape juice and I had ice water followed by a diet coke. For dessert, we had Cappuccino Brownies leftover from our Saturday tailgating.
Here are the rules as posted by Miss el-e-e: Leave me a comment (you, yes you) saying “Interview me.” I will respond by emailing you or leaving a comment with five questions. I get to pick the questions. If you don’t have a valid email address on your blog, please provide one. You will update your blog with a post containing your answers to the questions. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. Here are my questions and answers:
Do you remember your wedding cake? What flavor/color/decorations was it and were you pleased with the results?
Do I remember a detail of an event (my wedding) that involves food??? Of course!! My wedding cake was three tiers. Each tier was a different flavor. The bottom, biggest layer was amaretto cream cheese cake with apricot filling and almond butter cream frosting. This one was my favorite! The middle layer was dark chocolate cake with raspberry mousse filling and the same almond butter cream. The top layer was the same cream cheese amaretto cake as the bottom layer with strawberry mousse and the same butter cream. Our anniversary layer, which was not on the cake, was chocolate Kahlua cake with cappuccino butter cream filling and frosting. The frosting "design" on each layer was the same. The top surface of the cakes were frosted in a basket weave pattern with pearl dragees at each intersection. This was to duplicate the bodice of my dress. the sides of my cake had a draped ribbon and bows (inspired by the sleeves of my dress). The top of my cake was covered with ivory roses and then a vine of leaves and ivory rosebuds trailed down the cake. I thought my cake was beautiful, and it was scrumptious. It was so tasty that I was rather ticked off when there was none leftover when I returned from my three day honeymoon. My anniversary layer was eaten after only four months instead of one year because when it started to thaw for the second time in two months during the second hurricane induced power outage in two months, we decided it would not survive much longer. So, we had our friends from upstairs come down for a little cake by candlelight. Who says you can't have fun without electricity?
If you had the time and money to take ONE enrichment class this fall, what would it be? Basket weaving? Tennis? Elizabethan literature? something else?
hmmm, this is a tough one. There are so many things that interest me. There are lots of different cooking classes I would like to take. I think that ultimately, though, I would choose tennis. I am becoming a tennis widow around here. It would be really fun if I could catch on and then tennis would really be a great way to spend some quality family time. And, I love wearing tennis skirts!
Tell us about one funny memory you have from your college years.
Well, I am going to really show my nerdy colors with this one! At my university, as a chem major, you were given a key to the chem building your junior year and also a desk. There was also a cot in one of the rooms that held several of our desks. (this is a sign, by the way, that you have picked the wrong major!) Obviously, we all spent way too much time in that building and often did not have much time for fun. We made our own fun when we all needed a break. The dry ice maker make the dry ice in these neat little disc shapes that were like oversized hockey pucks. So, we all had some cheap hockey sticks. After all the normal people with lives had gone home and the janitorial staff was done with the floors, we would make some dry-ice "pucks." Then we would play hockey with them down the long, freshly waxed hallways. It was really fun because since the dry ice was sublimating, it would almost hover like a puck on an air-hockey table. I recently had some dry ice in the house and introduced this fun game to the boys. They were cracking up!
Who is your favorite character on Grey's Anatomy and why? Least favorite?
Favorite = Alex. His character is interesting and is more than meets the eye. He also doesn't whine constantly. However, lets face it, the real reason he is my favorite probably boils down to lust. The boy is, well, hot doesn't do him justice. He is absolutely delicious! And, did you know that in real life he is a devoted husband with five kids??? Oh, I love, love, love him!
Least Favorite = Christina. For a smart girl, she can be so DUMB!
What's one meal that you will make this week/weekend? I want to know everything, down to the drinks and condiments.
You aren't going to believe this, but I actually only made one real meal this weekend. We were too busy having fun. Sunday night finally required me to actually feed my children a real meal. It was not gourmet let me tell ya'! I made what we call 'round here, "Aunt Lara's Pink Pasta." It is Barilla Plus penne (because it is so much better for you than regular and it tastes GREAT!) with Knorr parma-rosa sauce from a mix. Then, I usually add in peas, but I didn't have any. So we just topped each serving off with some crushed black pepper and some really good Parmesan reggiano. I was far too lazy to steam any veggies, so I made each of us a cute fruit bowl with sliced bananas, sliced strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries. The boys drank grape juice and I had ice water followed by a diet coke. For dessert, we had Cappuccino Brownies leftover from our Saturday tailgating.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
My First Meme
Yay! My first tag for a meme. I am very late in getting around to it though. Sorry El-e-e!
Here goes...
Three Things That Scare Me
1. roaches
2. flying
3. failure
Three People Who Make Me Laugh
1. My husband
2. Susan
3. My kids (can I count them as one?)
Three Things I Love ( it would be to cheesy and gushy to say my husband, right?)
1. truly great food - doesn't matter if it is down-home or haute cuisine, I appreciate greatness in all of its forms
2. uncluttered counter space and a shiny kitchen sink
3. my bedroom furniture
Three Things I Hate
1. closed-minded people
2. incompetency
3. raw onions and tomatoes (yeah, that makes 4 things, whats it to ya?)
Three Things I Don't Understand
1. people who cannot throw things away
2. why Bill Maher was taken off the air for what he said and why Rosie gets to stay
3. the religious and ethnic hatred that creates situations like those in Darfur and many places in the Middle East.
Three Things On My Desk
1. my coffee (decaf Starbucks with vanilla)
2. my camera waiting for me to download pictures
3. the plate that, until I just now finished it, held the slice of carrot cake I called breakfast
Three Things I'm Doing Right Now
1. enjoying my Sunday morning coffee
2. lamenting that I had cake for breakfast
3. writing this post, duh
Three Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. have a house I LOVE complete with furnishings and a tasteful interior design that reflects me
2. help people less fortunate than myself
3. become more comfortable with the idea of dying
Three Things I Can Do
1. make beautiful desserts
2. clean a kitchen at warp speed
3. I'm not telling you! use your imagination!
Three Things I Can't Do
1. keep my house clean all the time
2. kill a roach
3. buy the clothes and shoes I would like to
Three Things I Think You Should Listen To
1. Miles Davis
2. your intuition
3. people with opinions different than yours
Three Things You Should Never Listen To
1. People who make you feel badly about yourself
2. People who talk out of their ass,know nothing about what they are talking about, and are never willing to say "I don't know"
3. Whiny, miserable people who want to drag you down with them
Three Things I'd Like To Learn
1. how to better fold a fitted sheet
2. a foreign language
3. how to play golf
Three Favorite Foods (really? only 3? don't know if I can do this one!)
1. perfectly sauteed fish
2. a fabulous creme brulee
3. there is NO way to pick only three! My mind is swirling to the point of dizziness thinking of all my favorite foods!
Three Shows I Watched As A Kid
1. Captain Kangaroo
2. Mister Rogers
3. The Smurfs
Three Things I Regret
1. Caring too much about what other people thought of me in high school
2. the rest of my regrets are probably all tied up in parenting or in how I handled myself amongst the crazy in Japan or they are too personal to share on the world wide web.
There, I did my first meme. I cheated a little though, is that okay?
Anyone else want to play along?
Here goes...
Three Things That Scare Me
1. roaches
2. flying
3. failure
Three People Who Make Me Laugh
1. My husband
2. Susan
3. My kids (can I count them as one?)
Three Things I Love ( it would be to cheesy and gushy to say my husband, right?)
1. truly great food - doesn't matter if it is down-home or haute cuisine, I appreciate greatness in all of its forms
2. uncluttered counter space and a shiny kitchen sink
3. my bedroom furniture
Three Things I Hate
1. closed-minded people
2. incompetency
3. raw onions and tomatoes (yeah, that makes 4 things, whats it to ya?)
Three Things I Don't Understand
1. people who cannot throw things away
2. why Bill Maher was taken off the air for what he said and why Rosie gets to stay
3. the religious and ethnic hatred that creates situations like those in Darfur and many places in the Middle East.
Three Things On My Desk
1. my coffee (decaf Starbucks with vanilla)
2. my camera waiting for me to download pictures
3. the plate that, until I just now finished it, held the slice of carrot cake I called breakfast
Three Things I'm Doing Right Now
1. enjoying my Sunday morning coffee
2. lamenting that I had cake for breakfast
3. writing this post, duh
Three Things I Want to Do Before I Die
1. have a house I LOVE complete with furnishings and a tasteful interior design that reflects me
2. help people less fortunate than myself
3. become more comfortable with the idea of dying
Three Things I Can Do
1. make beautiful desserts
2. clean a kitchen at warp speed
3. I'm not telling you! use your imagination!
Three Things I Can't Do
1. keep my house clean all the time
2. kill a roach
3. buy the clothes and shoes I would like to
Three Things I Think You Should Listen To
1. Miles Davis
2. your intuition
3. people with opinions different than yours
Three Things You Should Never Listen To
1. People who make you feel badly about yourself
2. People who talk out of their ass,know nothing about what they are talking about, and are never willing to say "I don't know"
3. Whiny, miserable people who want to drag you down with them
Three Things I'd Like To Learn
1. how to better fold a fitted sheet
2. a foreign language
3. how to play golf
Three Favorite Foods (really? only 3? don't know if I can do this one!)
1. perfectly sauteed fish
2. a fabulous creme brulee
3. there is NO way to pick only three! My mind is swirling to the point of dizziness thinking of all my favorite foods!
Three Shows I Watched As A Kid
1. Captain Kangaroo
2. Mister Rogers
3. The Smurfs
Three Things I Regret
1. Caring too much about what other people thought of me in high school
2. the rest of my regrets are probably all tied up in parenting or in how I handled myself amongst the crazy in Japan or they are too personal to share on the world wide web.
There, I did my first meme. I cheated a little though, is that okay?
Anyone else want to play along?
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