pepparkaka

went over to my friend Gisela’s house after work. she has this tree on her wall. so cool. her little place is really neat!
and she has a parrot. he’s cool. his name is Josie.
i didn’t get any photos of him because he is skittish about photos.

her eensy weensy little kitchen

she asked me if i like bacon on my burgers. i said yes.
she fried it, chopped it up and put it IN the hamburger patty.
innovative.

aw, i’ve never seen anyone temp a hamburger after they cook it at home. cute. she went to culinary school, you see.

pardon me, but do you happen to have any grey poupon? hahaha
not really that funny, but still.
she said this is homemade mustard.
to be honest with you, i only like yellow mustard, not so much the fancier stuff. but it’s good, too.

what’s the lemon for, you may wonder.

why, for the tequila, of course. bahaha. i didn’t really drink it out of the bottle. just kidding. no, i was just kidding but then she said it looked like i was doing something naughty to the bottle.
anyway, it’s just a joke! relax.

$200 for this bed. i kind of want it.

so, i was decorating the one gingerbread house, but i had not yet started on decorating the second house and because of the moisture in the air, that un-decorated house just collapsed. it got all soft. i guess the glue and added decorations on the decorated house are holding it together somehow. psh. i’d better hurry up and finish decorating the good one before it collapses, too!

what you deserve

a day off. two actually. that’s nice.
starting it out with some hot green tea, plain and some witches fingers.

cat? i’m a kitty cat. and i dance, dance, dance and i dance, dance, dance.

that’s not really a cat’s nose, tho, is it?

this is the beer garden where i work. (i don’t work AT the beer garden)

had a Tasting Flight of Local Beers on Tap
the first and last ones were my favorites. i like tangy, citrusy beers that taste more like wine or cider.

a chick from work and i had some beer and then went to see Tower Heist. i liked the nostalgia of it. it’s like it referenced the past somehow, i don’t really know how because i haven’t given it a ton of deep thought. my friend thought it was cheesy and boring, but i was able to stay interested in it.

here’s my new bike.
it being a cruiser with no gears or brakes makes it harder to ride, but
i like it.

i have to go get ready for my day, now.
enjoy yours, whomever you are.

the hills are alive

i feel very frustrated with my fatness.
it’s unpleasant to be overweight.
it feels disgusting.
my clothes feel gross.
it is not fun.

but i love to eat mass quantities.
and i don’t seem to love exercise. i am lazy?

i am not looking for opinions here.
i know how i feel.
FAT. and OLD.
that’s how.
and i know i am not the only female who struggles with this issue because pretty much all of us do, in some way or another.

life is a highway

haha! good one.

cute.

i love sifu.

funny flowers.

this picture is horrible to me.
this passerby asked me if i wanted him to take my picture.
(he is a little ‘different’ i met him before at work.)
i was thinking ‘please hurry up and press the button’
and right when he was taking forever to take my photo, my friend i was meeting for brunch showed up and was also waiting for this apparently random dude to finish taking my awkward photo. he was like trying to frame it all perfect and getting closer and closer to me. haha. comical. then he shook my hand and wished me well.

so there you have it.

brunch. fantastique! i ate everything but the fruit.

my friend’s choice was much more health-oriented.

i know, i’m a weird person. it’s just the way it is, i guess.

apartment cleaning watch:
i’ve managed to finish doing the dishes and throwing away all the garbage.

day off. sandal weather. gotta do my toenails. priorities, people!

bye bye weekend

cedar smudge.

soaking the brown rice.
i threw some dehydraded veggies in there just for kicks. a few lentils (actual lentils) ended up in there too, no big whoop.

meanwhile, i made a tofu scramble for breakfast.
first time i’ve ever made one from scratch.
not a big deal.

first you just crumble up the tofu.
you pour on your spice/water mixture, like a little seasoning sauce you make out of whatever you want. i had a little miso broth, some turmeric, some curry powder, salt & pepper. nutritional yeast. a few lecithin granules. kelp sprinkles.

this was perfect but i wanted to experiment.
i had this little blackbean salad mix-in along with some tortilla strips.
what they hay! i got a little crazy and sprinkled on some parmesan, even. i don’t like to eat that tho because i’ve read it is acidic to the body. and i actually don’t really love parmesan, in the first place.

it was very good. next time, i’d add some grilled onions and garlic and maybe spinach. i did add a little too much lecithin, it had that waxy aftertaste. but it was healthy and that is what matters.
i could be crazy but i think i am noticing an improvement in my body.

i roasted up the rest of the baby potatoes, same as yesterday.
those are garlic ends, i threw the garlic into the beans.

final product.
could be plated up more prettily, but it was quite lovely.

i’m taking the rest of it for my lunch today.

i was impatient and took out the curlers before my hair was all the way dry so the curls have pretty much fallen out (after sleeping)
i should have left them in all night.
now i just have barely there waves.
i guess that’s alright.
the wind is blowing so hard, it’s gonna mess up my hair anyways.

wow, i did a lot of stuff yesterday.
i even cleaned my apartment and did laundry.
pretty amazing.

have you been half asleep?

aw. this bow came off of a chocolate valentine heart.
no, i won’t really wear it in real life.

speak of the devil.

i’m pretty sure this is actually not any better than before. might even be worse.

look. i did laundry with my hippie laundry soap today.

and i had to walk to the store to get quarters.

snow snow snow.

here is one view of my kitchen.

blurry pic of my bedroom from one angle.

i bought a new scrabble game.

i think scrabble is a good investment.

need to work on the clutter. i know.

wait one moment of a minute

this is a picture from a little over a year ago. i had cut, like, four inches off my hair. and i LOVE that suit! SO should have bought it.

this pic is also a year or so old.
i was skinnier back then.
i need to start doing pilates or yoga. IN A CLASS! so i have to be committed and feel obligated and stuff.

mmmmmmmm. grilled corn on the cob.
so sweeeeeeeeeeet.

i sprinkled some mrs. dash on there.

excuse lack of decent manicure.

nice bathing-suit-top-lining-showing. very attractive. also, awesome flourescent orange trucker hat. v. flattering.

i always find it amusing when people take their dogs out tubing. cute.
i wonder what the dogs are thinking. i think they’re just like, “okay, i’d rather swim or fetch, but this is cool.”

you wouldn’t believe the rumours going ’round this white-trash melrose place apartment complex about me and the neighbor! jeeeeeesh. just because he is on a mini vacation and his truck isn’t current on registration and it’s summer and hanging out on the river is the thing to do. come on, people. just relax. he is half my age and can easily do better than me, believe it. thank goodness he’s leaving town tomorrow so everyone can be quiet and go back to watching their programs on the CW.

j.p.g. chillaxin’

drama clams and drama kebabs.

have a good day.

just to occupy one minute of your day

today was definitely good and is definitely good.
thank you.

today, i was watching a bunch of preschoolers use a slide.
there were certain children who would politely and submissively allow the more assertive children (more self-centered, who?)
to CUT in FRONT of them REPeatEDLy!
well, yes, i started to intervene.
certain kids just seem to be totally unaware of anyone else.
they know their goal and it’s like, “hey, will you let me cut in front of you for like ten turns before you even get one?”
and some kids are either unaware of it or just don’t know how to handle it.
my daughter was one of the timid ones. polite?
she seemed to start feeling uncomfortable when i tried to provide some sort of guidance to the children in this situation.
you know, it is not okay to just not go to the end of the line and wait your turn. in society, this is not okay. and what is preschool for if not to properly socialize, as best we are able, our children?

soapbox again, sorry.

i’m a little tiny bit frustrated because i bought a pair of faux chucks for ten bucks and they are two sizes too big. i should have comprehended that i was buying them from the men’s section, but against my better judgment, i got the clown shoes. (no, i did not try them on.) so, i will try to persuade joe to wear them, (if they’ll fit him) or i will try to exchange them, which is just a pain in the derriere if anything ever was. (okay, not that huge of a deal but )

fresh homemade play-doh. salty. the kids were licking their hands. yes, very hygienic. but they make new dough every two days.

the kids literally throw it all over the entire universe.

i was the only person impressed by my octopus drawring.
(uh-oh, only seven legs?! well, no wonder!)

okay children, daddy went to outer space to fetch us dinner so you all need to just behave properly until his return.

little fake peepl
how important is your self image?

i am completely smitten with this owl puppet.
it and i are to be married, december 2012.

if you’d paid attention

this morning i had to drink my coffee out of a small bowl because i left my coffee mug at joe’s house yesterday.
i have other, larger glasses, but the small bowl works.
it’s like drinking soup… but, it’s coffee….

i was just taking a sip and got a tickle in my throat and had to cough and so i spit coffee on my keyboard and my desk and my lap. joy. i use cream and sugar, which makes it (the sticky mess) much worse. and i cannot stand the smell of coffee when it dries on things. ugh. like on my hands….

today i get to go to the dentist, which is so awesome. (not really)
my appointment is at 3:30 which is really not a good time of day.
this day does not seem like i am going to enjoy it very much.

maybe i will just read, blog and nap all day.

i would also like to eat a bunch of food. but i don’t have a bunch of food. i have those sardines, still….
that’s kind of about it.
and a mediterranean wrap… which is basically a greek salad in a tortilla. maybe that’ll do.

how my heart behaves

it’s ‘my sunday’ and i’ve been a busy little bee all day.
i rode the bus to go shopping where there are sensible/affordable prices.
i got moccasin style slippers. my grandma always used to wear those or birkenstocks. i got gloves to wear while riding my bike in the freezing mornings. i got two new pairs of knee socks. i tried on a $25 version of those ‘trendy’ ‘motorcyle’ style boots that were famous last year. decided my boots are sufficient. thought about waiting til the end of the season when they are on clearance? doubt it. i got a paint-by-numbers of a wolf. they also had a horse one and a dolphin one. i wanted all of them. i got a new canvas. a bunch of toiletries and sundry such items mostly for my boyfriend.
i’ve been doing laundry all day and i am now having a sandwich before i possibly ride my bike to the store to run more errands. not sure yet.