Ahhh yes. I may have taken a short break from the blog, but I had an even shorter break from work. Most everyone around here is gone until after January 1st. It's very quiet around here, but also very dull. There is no work to be done at ALL.
So! I spent Christmas with my parents, grandma (local), cousin (+husband and twin 4-year-olds, up from San Antonio), aunt (+husband, local), uncle (+wife, down from Illinois) and various other relatives and family friends. Our Christmas Eve festivities were over in Dallas at my aunt's house. We had delicious spinach, pear, and cranberry salad with my grandma's famous veggie soup and delicious homemade cornbread. Dessert was a variety of miniature cakes and some delicious apple crumble. Hats off to my aunt, who did most of the cooking. Christmas day, somewhere between 20 and 25 people showed up at my parents' house to consume ham, chicken, stuffing, green beans, corn, potatoes, deviled eggs, noodles, and oh so much pie. The pre-food food included home made caramel popcorn, mixed nuts, and our family's famous (ok none of this stuff is famous, but it's famous to us!) holiday punch. I could tell you what's in the punch, but then I'd have to kill you. With my fists.
Two days with the twins, and I was about ready to collapse. I don't know how my cousin has the energy. She and her husband are great parents. Anyway, we talked, ate, put a puzzle together, sang carols, and played with munchkins, and in my mind, that makes just about the best way to spend Christmas.
(Also presents: new printer, wireless awesome mouse, fuzzy socks and pillow, some moolah, two shirts, a ring, some bracelets, and um... yeah i think that about covers it?)
I hope everyone else had a fantastic Christmas, and here's hoping the New Year goes even better than this year. See you in '08!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Neither food nor event. Please ignore.
I'm rather bored at work today, so I started going through my brain and remembering websites I visited once or twice and then forgot.
www.freeburmarangers.org
The part of me that still cares about humanity wishes someone would put a stop to that murderous dictatorship and let the elected leadership take its rightful place at the head of the Burmese government. There is another part of me, however, that realizes no one really cares about freedom anymore, only profit. And then there's my inner-opportunist, who realizes what a good thing this would be for the U.S. in terms of global image. We would just have to spin it right. Now go back to the kind part, who shakes her head in disgust that the other parts of me could even think such heartless things.
It's times like this I wish I had some power.
www.freeburmarangers.org
The part of me that still cares about humanity wishes someone would put a stop to that murderous dictatorship and let the elected leadership take its rightful place at the head of the Burmese government. There is another part of me, however, that realizes no one really cares about freedom anymore, only profit. And then there's my inner-opportunist, who realizes what a good thing this would be for the U.S. in terms of global image. We would just have to spin it right. Now go back to the kind part, who shakes her head in disgust that the other parts of me could even think such heartless things.
It's times like this I wish I had some power.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Pretty Lights, tasty bites
Last night, as I drove home, I took a different way back from the Super Target and ended up lost in a slightly wealthier neighborhood. I'd just like to say that people with a lot of money sure do know how to string Christmas lights. I mean.. do they hire someone to do this or are they just inherently awesome at it? It is a great mystery to me, because I know if *I* suddenly came into a large sum of money, I still wouldn't know the first thing about putting up Christmas lights on my house. Then again, maybe those people just did it as kids. My parents just put out a wreath and some animatronic deer.
That's another thing. When did Christmas become universally tacky? I remember, as a child, looking at all the houses on my street and thinking "These are really pretty decorations, except for the one guy who has orange lights all over his roof in the shape of a longhorn. He is dumb." Now, I will go home to my parents' house and think "If I see one more half-inflated, stereotypical Santa balloon, I'm going to kill someone." It was like this last year. It will be like this forever, until we eliminate the blowup decoration industry. Even my dad, who has never expressed much sentiment about such things, agrees that blowup snowmen and Santas must die.
Oh yeah. this is a blog about doin and eatin stuff, so.....I ordered Chinese food a couple of days ago from Asia Bowl over near the Ridgemar Mall. I've gotta say, I'm glad I got something other than shrimp fried rice, because their shrimp cashew dish is VERY TASTY! It's a chain, but who cares? Tasty food is tasty food, authentic or not.
http://www.asiabowl.com/
That's another thing. When did Christmas become universally tacky? I remember, as a child, looking at all the houses on my street and thinking "These are really pretty decorations, except for the one guy who has orange lights all over his roof in the shape of a longhorn. He is dumb." Now, I will go home to my parents' house and think "If I see one more half-inflated, stereotypical Santa balloon, I'm going to kill someone." It was like this last year. It will be like this forever, until we eliminate the blowup decoration industry. Even my dad, who has never expressed much sentiment about such things, agrees that blowup snowmen and Santas must die.
Oh yeah. this is a blog about doin and eatin stuff, so.....I ordered Chinese food a couple of days ago from Asia Bowl over near the Ridgemar Mall. I've gotta say, I'm glad I got something other than shrimp fried rice, because their shrimp cashew dish is VERY TASTY! It's a chain, but who cares? Tasty food is tasty food, authentic or not.
http://www.asiabowl.com/
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