Today, it snowed. So much that even the bus was slipping and sliding and it couldn't even make it up the hill. When the bus took an alternative route, I decided to get off because I was about 4 blocks away from work and I figured that walking would be better than being late. But, walking in 3 inches of snow. The experience made me know why they invented snow shoes and left me wishing that I had some.
The title of this post comes from another day when it was actually sunny and warmer. It was graduation day at work so I was wearing a skirt, top, and clogs. I made it to the mall, and I should have waited there. But, I had a chocolate craving so I ran to Target. I thought I have enough time to get some chocolate to snack on before my next bus came, but the person in front of me in the check-out line had a $320 purchase so I was later than I thought. But, I came out the door and saw the bus so I started walking fast. As I reached the back of it, the bus engine roared to life and it left with me banging on the side of it and trying to run in my clogs. Needless to say, the bus won. I was left with two people staring me and one of them saying "That bus driver was an ass, huh?"
Luckily, there was a route B that I could take and still get to work on time. So taking the bus has been interesting. Part of me wants to leave it behind by getting another car. And, the other part of me doesn't want to deal with cleaning snow off my car and worrying about sliding in the snow.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
cheese snob
I have been consuming a lot of cheese lately. Recently, I talked to my sister and she told me how much my niece liked eating cheese. Like whole blocks, apparently. Being 2000 miles a way, I haven't had the chance to witness this phenomenon, but maybe I will come November if I get to visit them like I plan and if my niece still likes cheese.
No, my thing with cheese started with eggs. I decided to actually kind of cook for once. Well, let me preface by what I say 'cooking.' I do not starve, but I tend to nosh on the type of cooking that involves easy prep (like putting humas, crackers, carrots, and dip on a plate. Or, throwing something frozen in the oven or microwave.) But, at Christmas time, I was blessed to receive a small frying pan - ideal for cooking my egg favorite dish, breakfast burritos. So one day I got all the ingredients that I needed, and I realized I forgot two things - salsa, for one and cheese.
So the next day I went to buy some shredded cheese and I'm not sure what came over me. I usually tend to get mozzarella because it's usually lower in fat, but something came over me and I left the store with the Mexican blend. And, let me tell you, it really jazzed up my eggs. But, it did leave me with a spicy taste in my mouth that called for sour cream. But, of course, I put on the closest thing in my frig, dill dip. Which may sound odd, but it was either that or the strawberry yogurt. And, the dill dip worked. In fact, I used it all up on my next batch of breakfast burritos.
But, I didn't want to eat eggs with dill everyday so I was left with a bag of opened, shredded cheese in my frig. The former 4-Her in me told me that I'd have to use it up quick before it went bad. So that left me in a quandary until I had a cheesy epiphany. I came home late after work and was settling to make a favorite late night, comfort snack. Once the microwave timer went off, it hit me. I could throw in some Mexican cheese on top of my Easy Mac. Ridiculous, huh? No, that cheese melted like better and made it a melty, cheesy concoction that was too good to eat just once. In fact, I used up all the cheese on my remaining Easy Mac packets that I ate that week. And, when I went to the store this week to buy some more, I left happily with both my Mexican cheese and Easy Mac packets. In fact, just writing about them makes me hungry.
The moral of this story - who knows? I need to prepare a snack.
No, my thing with cheese started with eggs. I decided to actually kind of cook for once. Well, let me preface by what I say 'cooking.' I do not starve, but I tend to nosh on the type of cooking that involves easy prep (like putting humas, crackers, carrots, and dip on a plate. Or, throwing something frozen in the oven or microwave.) But, at Christmas time, I was blessed to receive a small frying pan - ideal for cooking my egg favorite dish, breakfast burritos. So one day I got all the ingredients that I needed, and I realized I forgot two things - salsa, for one and cheese.
So the next day I went to buy some shredded cheese and I'm not sure what came over me. I usually tend to get mozzarella because it's usually lower in fat, but something came over me and I left the store with the Mexican blend. And, let me tell you, it really jazzed up my eggs. But, it did leave me with a spicy taste in my mouth that called for sour cream. But, of course, I put on the closest thing in my frig, dill dip. Which may sound odd, but it was either that or the strawberry yogurt. And, the dill dip worked. In fact, I used it all up on my next batch of breakfast burritos.
But, I didn't want to eat eggs with dill everyday so I was left with a bag of opened, shredded cheese in my frig. The former 4-Her in me told me that I'd have to use it up quick before it went bad. So that left me in a quandary until I had a cheesy epiphany. I came home late after work and was settling to make a favorite late night, comfort snack. Once the microwave timer went off, it hit me. I could throw in some Mexican cheese on top of my Easy Mac. Ridiculous, huh? No, that cheese melted like better and made it a melty, cheesy concoction that was too good to eat just once. In fact, I used up all the cheese on my remaining Easy Mac packets that I ate that week. And, when I went to the store this week to buy some more, I left happily with both my Mexican cheese and Easy Mac packets. In fact, just writing about them makes me hungry.
The moral of this story - who knows? I need to prepare a snack.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
where I've been
I actually tried to post something a few nights ago. I had an entry written up, and then the computer timed out so my post was, of course, lost down the vacuum of cyberspace. That's okay because I really didn't think it was interesting entry. I just talked about being without a computer for 3 weeks until I got it fixed.
Surprisingly, in my computer drought, I did okay except I had to go out and buy a portable DVD player right away. Although it's true that I can't go 3 weeks without watching a movie, fate would have it that I'd get a whole stack of movies that I requested from the library the same time that computer crashed. And, since I don't own a TV, my computer was my main apperatus for movies.
I corrected that by purchasing a DVD player with a 10 inch screen. It's one that families purchase to keep their kids quiet on long road trips Besides a electrical plug, it also had one that fit into the cigarette liter of a car. So it kept me happily situated in movie land while I waited it out until the rain came and my computer was restored to it's whirring, normal state.
It's sad because I watched movies and I really can't remember all of them that I saw. But, I did want to mention one that I saw tonight that awoke me from my movieland slumber. It was In the Name of the King A Dungeon Siege Tale. Although it did entertain me, there was one character that particularly disturbed me. It was Ray Liotta's character, Gallian, that got under my skin and stirred something that has pissed me off in a few movies that I've seen. Shooter was one of them. Both had an evil guy who takes advantage of women to hurt other men that were their enemy. I hate seeing women abused and dominated by men on screen. Granted, the In the Name of the King did have Leelee Sobieski playing an Eowyn-like character. She was a noble woman who drew a sword to fight.
I have no sword, and I realize this post raises issues related to gender roles that I am not ready to tackle, yet. But, hopefully, posting this entry will at least help me sleep a little better even if I am just skirmishing with enemy.
Surprisingly, in my computer drought, I did okay except I had to go out and buy a portable DVD player right away. Although it's true that I can't go 3 weeks without watching a movie, fate would have it that I'd get a whole stack of movies that I requested from the library the same time that computer crashed. And, since I don't own a TV, my computer was my main apperatus for movies.
I corrected that by purchasing a DVD player with a 10 inch screen. It's one that families purchase to keep their kids quiet on long road trips Besides a electrical plug, it also had one that fit into the cigarette liter of a car. So it kept me happily situated in movie land while I waited it out until the rain came and my computer was restored to it's whirring, normal state.
It's sad because I watched movies and I really can't remember all of them that I saw. But, I did want to mention one that I saw tonight that awoke me from my movieland slumber. It was In the Name of the King A Dungeon Siege Tale. Although it did entertain me, there was one character that particularly disturbed me. It was Ray Liotta's character, Gallian, that got under my skin and stirred something that has pissed me off in a few movies that I've seen. Shooter was one of them. Both had an evil guy who takes advantage of women to hurt other men that were their enemy. I hate seeing women abused and dominated by men on screen. Granted, the In the Name of the King did have Leelee Sobieski playing an Eowyn-like character. She was a noble woman who drew a sword to fight.
I have no sword, and I realize this post raises issues related to gender roles that I am not ready to tackle, yet. But, hopefully, posting this entry will at least help me sleep a little better even if I am just skirmishing with enemy.
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