Fluffy Friday ~ Holiday Edition

Friday, July 3

I'm not here. I know I look like I'm here but you'll have to trust me when I say "Not Here". In fact if my day is going as planned I'm so far away from here that it would take quite a drive to find a free wifi source. If I'm lucky I've already managed to unpack, slather on the sunscreen and make my way to the lake.

I'm probably not that lucky.
I'm probably still in the car reading Lucky Streak by Carly Phillips.


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That's not a bad thing to be doing and I'm guessing still pretty lucky.

If you are living in the same country as I do chances are you are aware that this is the biggest holiday weekend of the summer. The one we celebrate by taking up explosives and shooting them far too close to our homes and loved ones.

Emergency rooms must love this holiday.

We also eat way too much and spend a great deal of time laying on stationary flotational devices or being flung across the lake on flotational devices whose purpose is exactly that. I sometimes even put skis on my feet and allow myself to be pulled around the lake ~ it's an annual kind of thing.

Because I'm feeling wild and crazy I thought I'd take this quiz using my real, mother given name:
(No, I'm not telling what that name is)




You Are Made Of Brilliance, Imagination, and Allure



3 parts Brilliance
2 parts Imagination
1 part Allure

And a Splash of Devilry
Finish off with whipped cream



And then I gave it a shot with the name you know & love:




You Are Made Of Devilry, Instinct, and Understanding



3 parts Devilry
2 parts Instinct
1 part Understanding

And a Splash of Whimsy
Finish off with an olive

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

Not sure which I like better - or which is more accurate. The devilry in both is probably spot on for this weekend where my children will wonder if they should monitor me on my flotational device and I will spoil my nephews wildly.

Keep your fingers safe! Knitting & typing gets really difficult without all your digits in tact.

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If I had a Hundred Dollar Visa Card....

Thursday, July 2

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You'll find all the details over there - including an unflattering retelling of one of my worst hair day's ever. Unfortunately there have been many to choose from.

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Feeling the heat

I didn't bring much in the way of food or snacks to the office today, I rarely do. Usually I pack just what I need for the day - my breakfast, lunch and some fruit for an afternoon snack.
Today I had yogurt & toast for breakfast, not all that long ago, but for some reason known only to the mysterious cavity known as my stomach I am starving.

So hungry that I feel like my stomach is sucking into itself...

I went into the restroom to check and I most certainly do not see any outward physical signs of my stomach inverting (it is actually the opposite of concave).

Normally I would have just looked at my desk, but after I tried to replicate the move Mayhem demonstrated here and my boss walked by....I take all my business to an area more private than my totally out in the open cubical'ish desk place.

Anyway, I may have to resort to the Emergency Popcorn to make it to lunch, which is some leftover potstickers. Jeepers do I want to go straight to the potsickers right now!

Usually I do a pretty good job of planning my own personal meals every day - but I am still classified as "Epic Fail" when it comes to planning family meals. ThePrincess and I discussed getting back into the routine of family meals this summer now that her sport schedule occurs almost entirely during daytime hours. With our evenings "free" there was absolutely no excuse for not having family meals and ThePrincess is even willing to do as much prep work as she can. I of course need to plan the meals, do the shopping, and leave the instructions; Epic Fail.

If you are into meal planning & want to give me some fantastic hints for motivating my darn self I wouldn't be opposed. I have high expectations for cooking healthy, unique, and new items for my family and instead we all end up eating different things at different times, none of it new, unique or healthy.

I can say that every night has not been "free" but I have really done a poor job overall.

Maybe this little template from Secret Agent Josephine will help. She is clearly doing a much better job than I.

I wonder if I can blame some of this lack of cooking on a disturbing lack of vegetables? I have planted 4 tomato plants, a cucumber, zucchini, 9 peppers and a pumpkin but the cool weather does not seem to be helping my garden grow. Only one of the tomato's has set fruit (it was a large potted patio tomato I bought from Costco) and nothing else is flowering..... sure wouldn't mind some cucumbers to make refrigerator pickles for the weekend.

*kicks dirt*
(actually carpet as the cleaning people vacuumed yesterday and Stole! All! My! Dirt!)

I suppose I could actually purchase vegetables, go to the farmers market even and visit with the many wonderful folks whose thumbs are far greener than mine....

Then I'd have to plan meals around them.

I do have some meals to plan that are required this weekend. For the holiday. I have requirements for my holiday meals:

  1. Must travel well - be it something prepared ahead of time or just ingredients. It's all got to make the trip to the cabin in one piece.
  2. Must be quickly or easily prepared. I am at the cabin, the place for flotational device sitting, I do not want to be futzing with something up in the kitchen all afternoon. The kitchen is a long way from my flotational device.
  3. Must be wicked tasty & impress guests. I do not want to look like I don't know my way around a kitchen, because I totally do.
  4. Have to be considerate of the picky eaters I have been strapped with.
I have to supply one wicked dinner for a large group and one super awesome breakfast for a large but slightly smaller group. So far I know that I am cooking...something....actually have a nice pork tenderloin that is going to be grilled to perfection by Mr. M. The rest remains in the air.

So, if you don't hear from me again today know that I am busy meal planning under fire.
Same story, different day.

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