Book Club tonight, hosted at my house. The book was Valley of the Dolls. It was a lot of work to get ready for but the food turned out really well and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.
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February 28, 2009
Book Club tonight, hosted at my house. The book was Valley of the Dolls. It was a lot of work to get ready for but the food turned out really well and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.
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February 27, 2009
We got a dusting of snow today, first time in a long time. It lasted about an hour and then the sun came out and melted it away. I had a dream last night that we had a huge snow storm with 4 inches of wet heavy snow. So disappointing. I want snow! It's February!
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February 25, 2009
Mmmmm, Cheesy Polenta Pie!
Polenta with Green Chilies and Cheese
4 1/2 cups water1 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1 7 ounce can whole green chilies, drained
1 can crispy corn with peppers, drained
1 can black beans with jalapenos
some 505 green chili sauce
2/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 cups grated Monterey Jack or Mexican cheese mix
Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter 8 x 8 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Mix first 4 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan ( I added some Chimayo chili powder and cumin). Bring to simmer over medium heat, whisking constantly. Cook until polenta is tender and thickens, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour half of polenta into prepared dish. Cover with some chilies, corn, black beans and green chili. Sprinkle with half of cilantro and 1 cup cheese. Spoon remaining polenta over. Cover with remaining chilies, corn, black beans and green chili. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill.) Bake until polenta puffs and cheese begins to brown, about 25 minutes if not chilled or 30 minutes if chilled. Cut into squares and serve.
Adapted from a recipe by Peggy Reed, Portland ME from Bon Appétit | January 1998
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February 24, 2009
Went to the movies with Monica tonight and saw Quantum of Solace - lots of action, good story and Daniel Craig with his shirt off- what more could you want!
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February 23, 2009
Carl holding up his bags of frozen fish at Sam's Club. What is it about these places that makes you think buying a 1 gallon jar of dill pickles is a good idea??
65, 27. Ridiculously warm weather- it's February isn't it?
February 22, 2009
New project started today putting all of our CDs in notebooks so they take up less room. I made it to the M's and then gave up for now. We have way too many.
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February 21, 2009
I am fairly obsessed with the Snuggie and the Slanket - blankets with sleeves. The commercials of people hanging out at home looking like they are wearing ceremonial robes just cracked me up! I had to have one. I know it's dorky but I don't care. I have a husband who thinks that 65 degrees is really cranking up the heat and I have been getting bone chillingly cold lately- a new thing for me. The other night while watching television I had on a fleece jacket with a corduroy shirt over it a knit hat and ugg type boots on with a down blanket over me and I couldn't get warm. I got this yesterday at Walgreens for $14.99 and it really does keep me warm! I wasn't feeling well today so I did a lot of reading on the couch. Excellent warmth- I am wearing it now as I post!
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February 19, 2009
Maxxy in his new training collar. He seems kinda sad. I guess it's an adjustment for him - not being the top dog anymore!43, 15.
February 18, 2009
More "True Blood" viewing tonight at Phoebe and Alan's house. Only one left! I love this picture of Nanaimo with Oscar cleaning his ear. Such cute boys!
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February 14, 2009
Valentine's Day! We had a nice low-key day. I don't like going out on V-Day - too many people. So we stayed in had pizza & candy and watched a movie. My favorite part of Valentine's day is the heart shaped boxes of chocolate. I think they taste better when the come from a heart shaped box.
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February 13, 2009
Snow on the ground this morning. I'm not a big fan of driving in the snow- it makes me anxious. I took this picture in the car on the way to work.
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February 12, 2009
Carl was flipping through the channels this morning and we came across "Snapped" on Oxygen. I recognized the hospital they were showing as being our local hospital so I started watching it. It was a story about this woman Claire Welsh who killed her boyfriend John Mileski by shooting him in the head while he slept. I kept watching off and on so I didn't get the full details but I looked up when they showed a picture of the scene of the murder. It was this house and I immediately recognized it as being the house right next to the building that I work in. Spooky!
The creepy part of the story is that she shot him in the head while he slept and then proceeded to "spoon" him, sleeping with his dead body until morning. Ick!
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February 11, 2009
Phoebe and I went to Angela's tonight to watch more True Blood - I love that show! This is Angela's Pez collection. I love it and it is so organized and well displayed. I also like how it adds so much color to the room - really a fabulous collection.47, 17.
February 10, 2009
Pretty isn't it? This is on the back of my calf and it measures about 4 inches across. Almost heart shaped! It is particularly lovely against the ultra-white color of my skin - it almost looks like dead flesh- very attractive I must say.
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February 9, 2009
I find these kind of cars to be quite hilarious. Their owners are always so cocky. The guy who owns this one claims that it used to belong to Mario Andretti. Right... like I believe that. Super cheesy and everyone knows what a car like this means.... small penis.51, 23.
February 8, 2009
If you own a sewing machine and can sew, never tell anyone. If you do, you will end up spending three hours on your Sunday sewing curtains for someone else.
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February 7, 2009
It is amazing how you can drive or walk by the same things every day and not see them. The other day I was driving home from work on Platte and I happened to look up at the trees and saw this green birdhouse way the hell up in the tree! Then I think, I have been driving this road for 10 years and have never seen that before. Has it always been there? Did someone put it there recently? How would they get it up there? It's up so high! My conclusion is that it has been there forever and I never saw it. I kind of think someone put it there years ago and the tree grew so much that no one could reach it now. But you never know it could have been put there last week- but I doubt it! Just when I think I am observant and have great attention to detail!Also, it is hard to take pictures when you are driving. Probably best not to attempt!
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February 6, 2009
Great night tonight! First, went to Gertrude's with Patsy and Monica for my birthday dinner. We had an excellent time and great food. Then Phoebe and Angela came over for a "True Blood" viewing party. We took this picture right before midnight during the third episode. We all love the show and will have another viewing party soon.
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February 5, 2009
Self Portrait #1
I can't always have a new interesting thing to photograph so I will have to do some series pictures. It's always fun to see what you will get when you try to take a picture of yourself. This one was kind of out of focus but I liked the look of it. Had fun with the filters to make it more interesting to me.
I try every day to be a better person but sometimes I fail.
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February 4, 2009
My sweet puppy sleeping. Champ and Maxx got into a fight today. It was scary. I had just gotten home from work and a threw a toy down to them that they had been playing nicely with yesterday. For some reason all hell broke loose and they started fighting. At the end Champers had Maxx's neck in his mouth - it was really frightening. Carl and I finally got it broken up. Maxxy has a few scrapes on his ear and face. Champy was ok.
I really hate it when they do that. We were talking about it and I remembered how I used to fight with my brother and sister when we were young. Bill actually broke his hand hitting me- hah! He deserved that one!
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February 1, 2009
Today is the one year anniversary of the car accident that took Carl's Dad. I love this picture of his parents from when they were young.
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