kittenwars

so....in my never-ending attempts to procrastinate I discovered kittenwars....which is like hot or not for kittens...except they aren't all kittens, many of them are grown-up cats. Which I think puts the adult cats at a disadvantage, as baby things are always cuter than adult things....but trust me if you go to this link you will be sucked into kitten rating....

www.kittenwars.com

my adventures with bridesmaid dresses

so...I got my dress for Brown Mouse's wedding...which is cute....so I go to try it on to figure out how much it needs to get altered....well the answer is a lot...it is strapless and I put it on and the top fell down to my tummy....some how I don't think she would like it if I stole the thunder by showing everyone my boobies....hehehehehehehehehehe

Sangria........

Spanish Sangria courtesy of Linda

INGREDIENTS:
1 lemon
1 lime
1 orange
3/4 cups rum
1/4 cup white sugar
1 (750 milliliter) bottle dry red wine
1 cup orange juice


If you didn't have some you should have....

dinner party

so I did a little island theme last night.....it was pretty darn sweet...the food was good....the company exellent....

in the hopes of sharing the recipes with people who had asked....I am posting links to them on my blog instead of trying to remember who asked for what.....

So here we go....

Jamaican Jerk Chicken
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_19578,00.html

Mango salsa (I also added papaya)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_27365,00.html

Black Beans and Rice with Cilantro Pesto
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_28545,00.html

Spicy Pineapple Slices
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_19719,00.html

Stuffed Peppers--I substituted Portabello mushrooms for the octopus
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_27366,00.html

Jamaican Hot Pepper Shrimp
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/232029

So everyone enjoy....

I'll be posted Linda's Sangria recipe, and Betty's pineapple and prawn recipes shortly

trash can

sinatras that is.....

went to their show at slim's laast night with Kiki and L. Luckily, sketchy glory wasn't there....but instead we had creepy guy that stared at L all night (which is a long story, which I'll let L tell sometime on her blog).

The show was pretty good.....but at times they seemed to be a wee bit too affected....but c'est la vie.

While sitting in the balcony, we made friends with the guys who were recording the show live....they were pretty funny....especially when the one josh informed us, that you know he works in the industry, so he is jaded....

Although the important thing of the night....I learned how to eat kumkwats....who knew you just ate them and didn't peel them....I mean they look like little oranges.....but we also learned kumkwats are funnier when you talk about them with a french accent.....

mr potato head does the seven deadly sin

if you enjoy vegetables having adventures, well here you go....mr potato head goes a little nuts and violates the seven deadly sins.

http://www.kimberlyyau.com/misc.html

check it out and have a good laugh.....

So I am going to be an auntie

So I was surprised today when I opened a card from my sister J, that said do not open until mother's day....Which is odd, b/c I am not a mother....unless you count the plants....but it was actually an auntie card, signed by Daisy (the dog) and baby K....Which pretty much stunned me...I just kind of threw the card as I had no idea what to do with it.

But let's hope for the best, and that it will be a happy, healthy addition to the gerbil clan this novemeber....

WWCD

otherwise known as what would cheerleaders do....

The state of texas is considering a bill to ban booty shaking and suggestive cheers by cheerleaders....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&e=1&u=/nm/20050505/od_nm/cheerleaders_dc

I don't know what will these poor cheerleaders do....

the adventures of sunburned girl....

So I got burned to a crisp on friday watching the ncaa women's rugby semi-finals. One of my students was playing, and I had no desire to do any work...so why not....
It was an excellent game, and I enjoyed myself quite thoroughly until I realized I was all red.

Then I headed up Oakland to see New Order, which was absolutely fantastic.....although I must say that arena needs to be updated....no atms, the vendors only took cash or tickets....and the options were worse than at the rugby match, and that is a bad indication of venue quality.

Well saturday I trekked back to the rugby fields...but this time armed with sun-screen. Great games...The stanford women destroyed penn-state, the univ. of northern colorado won a squeaker against humboldt state, and then berkely destroyed utah...but great games...

then T and I went to E's house for dinner, to meet her new dog Phillip, who is prety cool...a little hyper but a sweet dog.....

today...brunch, a nap and soon to head off to san jose...assuming L will buzz me back.....

I'll keep you posted.....