New Bed!

Ah, a new bed is wonderful. We are breaking it in nicely! It's super high like Princess and the Pea! I love it! It's so comfy. Thank you, Mattress Firm!

One year until Grandma Moses kicks in!

Today's my birthday. As of this very moment, I am 34 years old. Holy shit! Only one more year until I move to the next box when it comes to demographic questions. I certainly need to make the most of my last year in the second check box! After this, it is the 35 to 50 box. Oh, Lord!

It's off to a good start, I must say! It's 6 am. I've seen a show, played Beatles Rock Band, ate some stuff, got a little action (twice), and it isn't even daylight yet! Hurray!

I'll report later on the rest of my fancy day. Man, I love my birthday!

This is not Cool!

So, I told you I was sick a little bit ago, right? Well, it seems that getting sick twice in two weeks is the newest thing the kids are doing. And, heaven forbid I not get in on the action.

Had to go to the after hours emergency clinic today. Thank goodness for insurance. I don't do this lightly because I am not that kind of person. I am the suck it up kind of person. But, when I woke up with the pink eye, I had just had enough.

So, here are the results:

Infections in both ears (yep, they are about to blow out of my head)
Sinus Infection (yep, the bloody noses and death mucus told me that)
pink eye! (because I have been hanging out with hobos on the playground)
and
A hole in my eardrum! I have no idea how that happened at all. But, I have one. So, Tuesday I have to go see an ENT kind of a guy! Hurray!

Top that off with an incredible crick in my neck and shoulder, horrible ringing in my ear (at least I know why), a sore throat that is a result of two ear infections and a sinus infection, an inability to hear most anything, and a cough that was just subsiding from last time but decided to rejoin the party, and you have the happiest girl in all the land!

Sunday is my birthday. I can't tell if this is just a fluke trying to keep me from fun and excitement or if it is old age creeping in.

I'm not a good sick. So, bow your head and think of Jody right now. He has become my errand boy (or errand man). And I look like crap to boot. And he ain't getting any because I feel like this (read above and you will know how I feel).

This better end whether it be from penicillin or from a madman busting into my house with an ax and a gun. I don't care. It just has to stop.

Our Fine Language

These are words that just creepy me out for some reason.

Moist
Slacks
Belly
Dry Rub (yes, two words but still icky)

Thank you very much

May The Force Be With You!

The Emperor has arrived! Ilona Maeve was born this fine evening at 10:34. I haven't seen her yet, but I am assuming she is super cute! A March baby just like me. Oh, that's scary!

So, Congratulations to Kate and Paul. It is sad that they are far away, and we won't get to see little Emperor any time soon. But, I am so glad all are safe, healthy, and happy! Yay!

I'm inviting this fun gal to my party!!

This is a review on yelp today.


Sugar Tooth Bakery

Austin, TX
5 star rating
2/28/2010

BEST CUPCAKES EVERRRR!!! I just had my kid's second birthday and requested a tall order. Vegan sesame street cupcakes. Totally delivered the best cupcakes I have ever had. I will always order from her for any and all events.
Thanks Meghan!

So, just to say a few things about it...First, what kind of douche bag mother makes their 2 year old a vegan? Second, who exposes a child (and their friends) on their birthday to vegan cupcakes? Three, who says BEST CUPCAKES EVERRRRRR to a vegan cupcake? It would be THE BIGGEST DOUCHE NOZZLE EVERRRRR, that's who.

This is the reason Austin is becoming the most expensive shanty town in all the world. This douche baggery! This assholeness! This fucking stupid fucktard who has now created spawn that will go on to fund crappy shows on NPR, buy all their gear camping gear at REI...all the camping gear they need to hang out for one day in their life at the state park. This kind of annoyance to all normal humanity is the type the you see eating her cliff bar and texting while driving her Escalade with her iPod headphones in ignoring the poor, forced vegan two year old (who in a few short years will own a better car than I will ever own) in the back seat.

I really hate this type of person. And I am a vegetarian, by the way. But, why do that to a kid. You are in turn going to spread it to the other hangers on in this town.

And the worst part is because of all the wine and antidepressants, this fool will never off herself. She will just go on to spread it to her next two year old. Luckily, it will only be one more because it's so hard to find time to do the pregnancy and schedule your C-section when you have yoga and pilates classes to take in between stopping off at different farmers markets and natural food stores around town.

Thank you. Rant out.

P.S. There is no fucking way in the whole wide fucking world that a vegan cupcake is even near good. If it tastes like those nasty vegan brownies they sell at all the hipster, cool, trendy, doucheface convenience stores around town, then they are disgusting.

Soon To Be Bostonians

Or is it Bostonites? I like that better, but I am pretty sure it is Bostonians.

So, Kristy and Koley leave us next weekend to go to Boston for a year. Ugh. It is going to be an amazing opportunity. But, ugh.

In their honor, I have made an overload of salsa and guacamole for their going away party. You know how much someone loves you in this state by the amount of guacamole in you make them. I made them lots.

So, this will be 4 down! Damn, adulthood and all it's moving aboutness. We are a shrinking crew, we are (even though sects are growing. Kate is due March 5!). But, alas, 'tis life, I guess.

Boston. Home of beans. And soon of Kristy and Koley. We shall miss them. But, luckily, our cross country road trips are getting cheaper and cheaper. I mean, who needs a hotel when you get to hunker down on a couch for free!

But, in their honor, once again, I shall say it....Ugh!

I Want That Horse Blanket!

It's Snowing!

Holy Cow. It is snowing right here in our very own little Austin. That never happens. Really it doesn't! There might be raging blizzards surrounding us. Here, it is just chilly. But, it's snowing. Wanna see?










Now, be wary that the remainder of my death lung is apparent in this video. I had no idea I have been sitting around sounding like an 80 year old smoker's emphysemaed lung. But, I do. No wonder people have been asking if I am alright.

Who cares! Snow!







Okay, I can't figure video thing. But, here are some pictures. You know how I like my pictures!

Dying and Death and Lungs

Apparently I shouldn't have made bread. Just a few short hours later I was dying with a horrible death lung disease. After 3 days of hardcore fever, coughing, and misery I am back around. Well, I am at work. Can't say I am back around. I have been vaccinated against the flu flu and the pig flu. So, who knows what the hell happened. All I know is it sucked.

Once I return to normal human life, I shall write again. Until then. May the cough be with you!

Bread

I just attempted to make bread. It was the first time. I completed said task. This is what it looks like-->

Now, I did this all by hand. I have no food processor, so I got to knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it. Then I let it rise. I think the yeast might have been a little half old/ half working. So, it didn't rise a ton. Of course, I only let it rise-rise for an hour and a half. It came out alright, though. Not great. Alright.

It came out super dense. Seems thatif you knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it and knead it...well, that is not enough. You really gotta do it for like 10 minutes. I did it for about six. My arms got tired. And, I used a tad bit too much flour. It kinda tastes floury. (My recipe book warned me about that. Did I listen? Of course not!) But I did it! No bread pan. Just baked it on a cookie sheet. I am pretty excited!

So, I put a little butter on it. Not bad. Throw some garlic powder on it, and it tasted even better.

All in all, this was a fun project. I am trying it again! For I shall be the greatest baker in all the land! Or, I will not be. Probably that one. But, it was fun!

So, next time I will use less flour, more kneading, and better yeast.

Pictures of Your Slutty Nasty Grandma...

No one will get that title except David and Jody. Believe me, it is funny! But, I can't explain it. You can click on it and try to figure it out if you like.

Anywhoodles, who wants to see my trip in pictures? Who wants to see it in pictures that I took only when I remembered I had a camera? You do? Really? Oh, good.




















I gotta say that I had a great time! We stopped by my dad and Brenda's for a couple of days. Hung out, watched movies, talked, ate some incredibly large and delicious sundaes, took Jody on the Pittsburg/Mt. Pleasant tour (which can be very exciting! Believe me!).

Then we headed up Mississippi way. We stopped at Vicksburg on the way. We did the whole driving tour. It was awesome. Well, I guess a Civil War Battleground isn't awesome. But, it was really interessting. Who knew that Illinois sent so many people. I got to hand it to them! They sent lots. I am standing in front of the cool monument in that one picture. Well, unless I didn't post it. It was pretty cool.

Then off to Jody's Mom's place. We stayed with his sister who is just two houses down. We hung out with them, and did basically the same thing we did at my dad's. I got the grand tour of the Pearl/Brandon/Jackson area. I got to see his old apartment, job, restaurants he likes, where he went to the movies. Man, I am such a girl. I wanted to see everything.

We hung out with his fab mom all day. Then that night we hung out with Renee, his sister. She's awesome! And boy, would we get into lots of fun trouble together if we lived closer. We had a good time! I loved them!

So, all in all, a great time. Of course, we have been back a week, and I haven't written. I got busy. Then I got super lazy because that's what I do. But, that was a quick view into the trip across the good old South. Well, sorta. Just really across a couple of states. But, it was fun!

I Got So Much!

And I got no time! I will fill the probably completely empty world to which I type (except you, Mandy. You read this!) in sometime today. I had a great week away!