How many of these do YOU remember?
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Clarinet Marmalade
I think the Yankee Doodle Dixieland Band should get these outfits for our uniforms...
ooowie....
Dull headache all day turned into sharp pounding pain this afternoon after school. I could barely drive home, every bump hurt my head. I walked through the door, and the Glade Plug In scent that I usually find so comforting, I found completely nauseating. I lay down in my bed, wishing that my heart wasn't beating so darn loud, and I slept from 5:30 - 7:30. Now I am up eating a bowl of my favorite cereal, Quaker Oat Squares, drinking some juice, and downing some Excedrin, while I watch America's Funniest Videos.
Owie
:-(
Owie
:-(
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Comfort food at its best....
Last night's dinner....
Homemade macaroni and cheese with hotdogs!!!
YUM!!!!
Pretty views
While doing some errands yesterday, I ended up on the back roads of Harvard (over by the Fruitlands museum and farm). I had to stop to take a look out my window. The pictures don't do it justice...it was breath-taking...
ugh....
SOOOO MUCH LAUNDRY!!!
So much, in fact, we went to a laundromat. It was seriously 10 washing machine loads of laundry. We wore dirty socks today, since we had no more. Surprisingly, we apparently have enough underwear to last us 10 loads worth and still have a clean pair....at least I know my underwear were clean....
Seriously....one hamper, two laundry baskets, and three pillowcases full of clothes....
It was a ridiculous amount....matched only by the ridiculous amount of quarters pumped into the machines...
We did make the most of it though! We played poker and walked to the Wok n' Roll next door to get take-out, which we ate inside the laundromat. So, if you ignore the giant piles of laundry and the hideously loud washers, and the one particular machine that decided to rock back and forth while beeping hysterically that the load was unbalanced, no matter how many times we fixed it and rearranged the clothes inside...........it wasn't so bad!
So much, in fact, we went to a laundromat. It was seriously 10 washing machine loads of laundry. We wore dirty socks today, since we had no more. Surprisingly, we apparently have enough underwear to last us 10 loads worth and still have a clean pair....at least I know my underwear were clean....
Seriously....one hamper, two laundry baskets, and three pillowcases full of clothes....
It was a ridiculous amount....matched only by the ridiculous amount of quarters pumped into the machines...
We did make the most of it though! We played poker and walked to the Wok n' Roll next door to get take-out, which we ate inside the laundromat. So, if you ignore the giant piles of laundry and the hideously loud washers, and the one particular machine that decided to rock back and forth while beeping hysterically that the load was unbalanced, no matter how many times we fixed it and rearranged the clothes inside...........it wasn't so bad!
Saturday, February 24, 2007
yummy muffins
I made these muffins with Basic 4 cereal...really good!
Raisin Bran Muffins
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 1/2 c. raisin bran cereal
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. whole-wheat flour
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 c. packed dark-brown sugar
Preheat oven to 400. Line muffin tin (recipe says 6, I made 12) with paper liners. In a medium bowl, combine cereal and milk; let stand until softened, about 5 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Stir oil, egg, and sugar into cereal mixture. Fold in flour mixture. Divide batter among cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in tin 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack; let cool completely, or serve warm. Store up to 5 days at room temperature in a resealable plastic bag.
Raisin Bran Muffins
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 1/2 c. raisin bran cereal
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. whole-wheat flour
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 c. packed dark-brown sugar
Preheat oven to 400. Line muffin tin (recipe says 6, I made 12) with paper liners. In a medium bowl, combine cereal and milk; let stand until softened, about 5 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Stir oil, egg, and sugar into cereal mixture. Fold in flour mixture. Divide batter among cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in tin 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack; let cool completely, or serve warm. Store up to 5 days at room temperature in a resealable plastic bag.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Budding Photographer
This pictures doesn't do it justice...AT ALL....I tried though...This is a picture of the Sankaty Head lighthouse on Nantucket. I took this photo, standing at the bottom, and looking up. There's a lot of play with the sunlight.
I got the photo blown up to 11x14 for only $2 thanks to Shutterfly.com.
It is now hanging in our bedroom....I LOVE IT!!!!
New addition to my classroom
I'll have to think up a name for him later. Maybe I'll have a contest with my students.
The best part of this whole thing though....the oyster's shell opens and closes with the bubbles!!!!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Mardi Gras Dinner
My very own concoction of peppers, onions, sausage, and sauce. (it will be a little less New Orleans when I serve it with garlic bread, but who cares?) :-P
mmm....yummy....
The Roche Brothers near my apartment now has an OLIVE BAR!!!!
Ok...I had to limit myself....I could have EASILY spent $15 on olives....
(I also have to limit myself on how fast I eat them....)
SO YUMMY!!!!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Chili's Adventures, Round 2
Ok...this one had to be separate, because the onion deserved an entire post to itself.
After our onion fiasco, we decided we were still hungry. The waitress informed us the soup of the day was a baked potato soup. We decided that sounded really yummy, so we each ordered a cup.
The soup arrived, and it looked an awful lot like this:
which at least to us, did not appear to resemble baked potato soup, which we thought should look more like this:
And, after tasting the soup, our suspicions were confirmed.... instead of baked potato soup....we were eating CHEDDAR AND BROCCOLI SOUP!!!! President Bush beware!!!
It's all good though...we like Broccoli cheddar soup anyways...
I guess it was just not meant to be....
Met up with my college roomie in Lowell today. She lives in Nashua, so it is a pretty good halfway point. Anyways...
We wanted to go to the Outback to eat a Bloomin' Onion. It was a yummy idea, but apparently the Outback doesn't open until 4 pm, and we were there at 2.
So, we ended up at Chili's instead, where we ordered an Awesome Blossom, a cheap rip-off of the Bloomin' Onion. However...because of the recent frigid temperatures in California, there is a shortage of giant onions...
...so they have to make something that resembles a plate of onion fries. There seems to be less on the plate, and it's just not the same...
Sadness...
We wanted to go to the Outback to eat a Bloomin' Onion. It was a yummy idea, but apparently the Outback doesn't open until 4 pm, and we were there at 2.
So, we ended up at Chili's instead, where we ordered an Awesome Blossom, a cheap rip-off of the Bloomin' Onion. However...because of the recent frigid temperatures in California, there is a shortage of giant onions...
...so they have to make something that resembles a plate of onion fries. There seems to be less on the plate, and it's just not the same...
Sadness...
Sunday, February 18, 2007
oh the joy...
Being the first "weeknight" of February vacation....I am basking in the joy of not having to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn tomorrow morning!
Tonight was a rehearsal of the YDDB...of which there hasn't been in many months...
I haven't looked at this music in a while...and I am ashamed to say I was underpracticed...but I still had a lot of fun. Both Steve and myself had arranged some songs for the group to play which we took a look at tonight. I think both went well. He arranged "Just A Closer Walk with Thee", and I arranged "Clarinet Marmalade" (talk about opposite ends of the musical spectrum).
The boy came along and listened (I think he was bored to tears for most of the rehearsal...I told him to bring along his trumpet). However, we both had a lot of fun at the end of rehearsal. John's homemade brew was DELICIOUS!!! We imbibed in many a glass...nut brown ale and New Castle....mmmmm.....(Peter would be proud)
I have learned that it was not just in my imagination....there is a certain member of the group who seems to look at me more often than not. I didn't mention anything before or after rehearsal to the boy, and as a matter of fact, he actually mentioned it to me first. In a way I am glad to know it's not just in my head, but I am also skeeved out to find out that it's not just in my head at the same time... (the guy is old enough to be my father...and then some...)
eeeew
Yesterday was Yangtze River buffet night...mmmmmmmmmm......
Today was lunch/dinner (linner? lupper?) with the boy's family, whom we met up with in Braintree for a lovely meal at JJ something-or-others. I had a personal pizza (2 slices left for tomorrow, woohoo!), with peppers and pineapple (they ran out of ham....who runs out of ham???). I also had some Blue Moon....yummy!!!
Anyhow...I am looking forward to the week's vacation, and I assure you that I will have more entries in the blog too keep you apprised of all the details.
Tonight was a rehearsal of the YDDB...of which there hasn't been in many months...
I haven't looked at this music in a while...and I am ashamed to say I was underpracticed...but I still had a lot of fun. Both Steve and myself had arranged some songs for the group to play which we took a look at tonight. I think both went well. He arranged "Just A Closer Walk with Thee", and I arranged "Clarinet Marmalade" (talk about opposite ends of the musical spectrum).
The boy came along and listened (I think he was bored to tears for most of the rehearsal...I told him to bring along his trumpet). However, we both had a lot of fun at the end of rehearsal. John's homemade brew was DELICIOUS!!! We imbibed in many a glass...nut brown ale and New Castle....mmmmm.....(Peter would be proud)
I have learned that it was not just in my imagination....there is a certain member of the group who seems to look at me more often than not. I didn't mention anything before or after rehearsal to the boy, and as a matter of fact, he actually mentioned it to me first. In a way I am glad to know it's not just in my head, but I am also skeeved out to find out that it's not just in my head at the same time... (the guy is old enough to be my father...and then some...)
eeeew
Yesterday was Yangtze River buffet night...mmmmmmmmmm......
Today was lunch/dinner (linner? lupper?) with the boy's family, whom we met up with in Braintree for a lovely meal at JJ something-or-others. I had a personal pizza (2 slices left for tomorrow, woohoo!), with peppers and pineapple (they ran out of ham....who runs out of ham???). I also had some Blue Moon....yummy!!!
Anyhow...I am looking forward to the week's vacation, and I assure you that I will have more entries in the blog too keep you apprised of all the details.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
My teacherly duties...
Tonight was the school dance. It really is hilarious to watch the students interact outside of the classroom.
And I am proud (or maybe I'm not) to say that I danced to "Cotton Eyed Joe", "The Chicken Dance" and "The Cha-Cha Slide".
So my students can't say that I don't do anything at these dances.
I shook my tail feather!
And I am proud (or maybe I'm not) to say that I danced to "Cotton Eyed Joe", "The Chicken Dance" and "The Cha-Cha Slide".
So my students can't say that I don't do anything at these dances.
I shook my tail feather!
Snow?
All I have to say is....
...if I have school tomorrow...
...I'm going to be seriously pissed...
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...
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...if I have school tomorrow...
...I'm going to be seriously pissed...
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Monday, February 12, 2007
A blast from the past...
I can't seem to log in to my blog through Google Video...
...so I will just have to post the link to bring you over to the video...not as sophisticated, but it will have to do (still gets the job done)
Click here to watch a video of my goofy college friends acting in still frames to Frank Sinatra's "Jealous Lover".
It's funny to me, probably just strange to you...
...so I will just have to post the link to bring you over to the video...not as sophisticated, but it will have to do (still gets the job done)
Click here to watch a video of my goofy college friends acting in still frames to Frank Sinatra's "Jealous Lover".
It's funny to me, probably just strange to you...
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Only my family...
Brunch with the family was great this morning, but I have to say that the highlight of the morning was my Grampy.
Before leaving, my grandfather went to use the restroom. We waited for him outside the door. He came out and immediately says "I need some tissues" and turns around and re-enters the restroom. He comes back out...
...with the entire box.
And hands them to my aunt, instructing her to take them to his car.
...the entire box...
...from a COUNTRY CLUB...
...we might not be allowed back inside...
Before leaving, my grandfather went to use the restroom. We waited for him outside the door. He came out and immediately says "I need some tissues" and turns around and re-enters the restroom. He comes back out...
...with the entire box.
And hands them to my aunt, instructing her to take them to his car.
...the entire box...
...from a COUNTRY CLUB...
...we might not be allowed back inside...
Seriously....
Since watching every episode of Grey's Anatomy known to man, I have found myself saying "seriously" a lot...seriously....
Taken from wikipedia:
"The characters often say "seriously", usually at the end of a sentence, as a question or as a pronouncement. On the "Frequently Asked Questions" page on the show's website at ABC.com and the audio commentaries, creator Shonda Rhimes explains that one of the writers, Krista Vernoff, used the saying all the time and it spread to the writing staff, and eventually, to the dialogue. "
Seriously...
Taken from wikipedia:
"The characters often say "seriously", usually at the end of a sentence, as a question or as a pronouncement. On the "Frequently Asked Questions" page on the show's website at ABC.com and the audio commentaries, creator Shonda Rhimes explains that one of the writers, Krista Vernoff, used the saying all the time and it spread to the writing staff, and eventually, to the dialogue. "
Seriously...
food
We are food junkies, we admit it...
Saturday, we had it in our heads to go to the Outback. We drive to Leominster, only to find out that everyone else had the same idea. It was going to be a 65 minute wait! We decided to go somewhere else.
We end up at Chili's, where there was only a 20 minute wait. We order yummy drinks and appetizers, and our meal....WAY too much food. We brought our main courses home.
Saturday afternoon I made a Boston Creme Pie (don't get too excited, it was a box mix - I made it in the Bake and Fill pan). I had the intentions of having dessert after we came back from dinner, but we were stuffed to the gills.
This morning we met Grampy, Debbie, my parents and Steve at the Portsmouth Country Club for a brunch buffet. Again...WAY too much food. And mimosas...mmmmm
We came home and had a slice of the cake in the afternoon. It was good.
Food is good.
Saturday, we had it in our heads to go to the Outback. We drive to Leominster, only to find out that everyone else had the same idea. It was going to be a 65 minute wait! We decided to go somewhere else.
We end up at Chili's, where there was only a 20 minute wait. We order yummy drinks and appetizers, and our meal....WAY too much food. We brought our main courses home.
Saturday afternoon I made a Boston Creme Pie (don't get too excited, it was a box mix - I made it in the Bake and Fill pan). I had the intentions of having dessert after we came back from dinner, but we were stuffed to the gills.
This morning we met Grampy, Debbie, my parents and Steve at the Portsmouth Country Club for a brunch buffet. Again...WAY too much food. And mimosas...mmmmm
We came home and had a slice of the cake in the afternoon. It was good.
Food is good.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
What happened to peace and quiet???
All I wanted was a peaceful, quiet Saturday after a very very long week. But no...I was woken up at 9:00 to the unending, loud, shaking the apartment construction of the neighbors upstairs. I don't know what they are doing, but they have been doing it for the past 7 hours...
It's starting to peeve me off...
grrr....
When will we be able to afford a house again?????
It's starting to peeve me off...
grrr....
When will we be able to afford a house again?????
Friday, February 09, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
creeeeeeeeeeepy
It's almost three minutes long, but you HAVE to watch it through to the end....SCARY!!!
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Hi! My name is...
My new fishies now have names.
I named the two orange ones Tropicana and Sunkist.
The boy named the three pink ones Flo, Mary and Shirley. Which, if you look closely, rhyme with a certain favorite trio of his. (He said since they were pink, they had to be girls).
I named the two orange ones Tropicana and Sunkist.
The boy named the three pink ones Flo, Mary and Shirley. Which, if you look closely, rhyme with a certain favorite trio of his. (He said since they were pink, they had to be girls).
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