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Re: Who's here? Evening edition.
I'm gonna have to second this emotion
I find it scary yet hilarious. I do admit, I was totally freaked out by the Billy Joel one.
Duck- GORGEOUS! Those came out fantastic and you look incredible. Soooo cute.
"If you wanna win then you shoulda put a hat on it. Don't be mad when you see a knit cap won it. If you wanna win then you shoulda put a hat on it."- Fenton
I'm here. The house was emptied of basic foodstuffs this morning, so I was going to do some grocery shopping after cookie sales tonight. Got done with cookie sales, starving and tired, and found I had rapidly leaking tire. So now we're at home and Mr M's picking up food. We found out the troop was low on girls for tonight's sale, so Bug is pulling a third shift. I'm waffling between being really proud of her for working so hard and ticked because she's being a hormonal little pill at home and somehow never hearing a single thing I ask her to do.
In the morning Mr M is going to get up early, change the tire, and take it to Les Schwab. Hopefully before I get up so we can do the grocery shopping, then cookie deliveries, then more store sales. I'm feeling hormonal and weepy thinking how nice it is that Mr M is always willing to get up early and do the hard stuff like that.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
So beautiful, Duckis!
Here and watching Yo Gabba w/ my kid who took a 4 hr nap and doesn't want to go to bed. I'm not gonna lie, these damn songs are catchy.
Oh Duckis, I love the pictures. So beautiful.
Kayemm, why last? Good luck!
I'm here. Someone toxic was let go at work this week and I've been able to breathe for the first time in oh, 2 years. It's wonderful.
I also finished season 2 of downton abbey and am eating leftover spaghetti while using a british accent.
Crap...I Mean Crafts
We just got home from our first adult only sat night dinner in I don't know how long. The dessert was sick. I got cinnamon and ricotta zepoles with strawberry dipping sauce and some kind of fancy whipped cream. I even took a photo of it. It was that good. But now I'm nauseous because that, salmon, lobster risotto and 2 malibu bay breezes didnt all flow nice together. I'm now in my Mets "boyfriend pants" that got me fat in the first place.
Syd (my 12 yr old mothers helper) did awesome as a "night" sitter even though we went to dinner at 6:30 and now I'm thinking this is where she should spend every sat night.
Refresher on the backstory of them?
I'm pissed that I missed Duckis' pictures.
I painted ALL.DAY.LONG. And now I'm doing homework. And I have no wine. I'm sad.
I'm irritated at my H because I have to be handling all of the moving stuff (switching cable, power, water, all the bill forwarding and changing addresses, showing our current condo to people on Monday/Wednesday and packing and moving). But then he's been over there every night painting and doing all of the hard stuff while I'm here, showered and cozy typing to you people. And then I feel bad about being irritated.
But only a little bit.
"Once I got a bath bomb that, once exploded, filled the tub with confetti. Little sharp metallic pieces of confetti. The product description said nothing about confetti. Oh look, there's a tiny, sharp metallic blue star stabbing me in the labia. HOW RELAXING. " - NoisyPenguin
Lovely pictures!
We were watching Two Fat Ladies while try to plan our menu for next week. All I want is chocolate melted with butter spread on bread now.
"If you wanna win then you shoulda put a hat on it. Don't be mad when you see a knit cap won it. If you wanna win then you shoulda put a hat on it."- Fenton
I'll also add to my exciting evening that I'm contemplating drinking Apple Cider Vodka and red bull. Yes, that's in my fridge and I didn't buy it. My mother did. Wow.
And I've been watching the Harry Potter marathon on ABC family and can't make myself turn it off. (Ps-When isn't there a Harry Potter marathon on ABC family?)
"Once I got a bath bomb that, once exploded, filled the tub with confetti. Little sharp metallic pieces of confetti. The product description said nothing about confetti. Oh look, there's a tiny, sharp metallic blue star stabbing me in the labia. HOW RELAXING. " - NoisyPenguin
Yay, what are you going to school for? Did I miss it?
They were so fukkkking good. I can't even describe it. I'm going to blog about the place and put the pic up of the zeppoles. Ricotta infused. Genius. The whipped cream. It wasn't even whipped- they called it something else. I don't even know. I wanted to stick my face in it. But I was so full I couldn't even finish the ramekin (I almost called it a merkin which is, um, entirely different and not at all palate enticing) of it.
I think I'm slightly drunk too. I can't handle any liquor. I sucked down those bay breezes like nobody's business. Now we're watching Inkmaster. Dave Navarro has really clean looking hair.
I want some zeppoles now.
I just posted this on ML but meh, I'm a postwhore and bored. I'm watching The Bodyguard now and I remember the first time I saw it. I was having a sleepover in the basement and we were supposed to be sleeping/talking quietly. Somehow we got The Bodyguard on, I think someone had brought it, and we were watching it and then we got to the part where the psycho calls Whitney in her dressing room and she's like "Fletcher? Fletcher baby is that you?" and the guy goes "Noooooooo ..." in this creepy voice and laughs and we all SCREAMED OUR FOOL HEADS OFF and ran upstairs in terror to my mom. We got in SO MUCH trouble.
I still get the chills when I think of that scene, though I don't think I've actually seen this in a very, very long time.
Maybe I shouldn't be watching this.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
Baking and Pastry Arts. I have been a lazy loser that hasn't gotten to college thus far and feel I am still skirting it by doing something non-academic but it's what I really want to do.
"If you wanna win then you shoulda put a hat on it. Don't be mad when you see a knit cap won it. If you wanna win then you shoulda put a hat on it."- Fenton
That sounds awesome. Personally I feel a trade like that is way more important than traditional 4 year college taking "history from 1500" etc. I have a BA in Psych with minors in women's studies (which probably isn't even major/minor anymore) and social work. I design and sell lampshades. Psych helps with sales I guess but I was a natural salesperson from birth.
The pastry thing is huge right now. I wish I knew how to do that stuff. This place here gets $450 for kids 2 tiered fondant bday cakes. That's a lot of money for cake.
These were fancy zeppoles though- not street fair kind. I was here- http://www.parkwesttavern.com/home.php
It's new- by the same owners of The Park Steakhouse in Park Ridge. They were booked too- there was a waiting list.
Hey, isn't that where Winberie's used to be? When did that close? Sad. So many fun times there growing up.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
I think the next time I'm up that way I'm going to need it to be for a week. You post about too much food I want to try to be able to squeeze it into a day trip.
I don't miss much about living at home but I do miss that it wasn't unreasonable to drive to Bergen County for dinner on occasion.
YUP. I was so sad. I loved Winberies. But they're part of a restaurant group- I forget which and I guess they weren't doing well. I LOVED their buffet sunday brunch. We ate there ALL the time. The cheddar and beer cheese fondue rocked.
But this place is definitely a good replacement if it had to be replaced. Ridgewood is all restaurants and a lot empty retail now. A Raymonds Famous French Toast is coming. GTG in Ridgewood anyone?? http://ridgewood.patch.com/articles/raymond-s
Yes! The brunch was fantastic. We also did "fancy" lunches there in high school when we'd have half days.
That's sad. I'd probably just get depressed going back there now, huh?
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
French toast is anything but depressing. Plus there're some cool consignment shops there now too. And a new burger place is going where that Fairway car place was closed for years on Franklin. On the corner of Franklin and oak I think