Armed with Cheesecake and Vodka, World Watch Out, I'm Back!

What happens at Crops Plus stays at Crops Plus. The best scrap booking weekend I have ever had.  I scrapped, laughed, blew diet coke out of my nose, met new friends, criticized (yes me) and had a freaking time of my life.  If you scrapbook I highly recommend this group for your scrapbooking get away.  The size of the tables were HUGE Lots of electrical outlets, and if you brought what they told you to bring, you were set for life.  The music was the perfect level, not to interfer if you were talking or listening to your own music with headphones of course.  The giveaways were great! HUGE!  Astronomical!!! Well worth the effort. They had games, and stuff, but did not interfer on your scrapbooking.  They had the best classes with great instructors.  Stamp classes, photography classes, and album classes. The classes were worth the amount spent. The food provided by the hotel was good.  I am usually a complainer when it comes to ...

So, I am sitting here... Waiting. I have a 2 hour window where the repair man will show up, sprinkle fairy dust on my washer and the it will no longer sound like the space shuttle taking off.  1 hour has already passed. We went out and bought the washer a few days ago after going to several different stores shopping for the best deal.  Five stores later we scored.   The washing machine did not have all of those fancy whistles.  We just want to have the option to throw clothes in, pick the temp of the water, load size, and length of wash.  I do not want to be able to adjust the half way cycle of the spins temperature in accentuate the flow of the water leaving the bin.  Not my cup of tea. The deal also included free delivery and pick up of old machine.  We scored. 3 days later I am sitting waiting for the repair people to show up and fix the machine.  They came They saw and They kicked ass Wanna know what the problem was??...

20/20 has this show, called "What Would You Do?". They have several scenario's about tense situations with actors initiating a tense conversation. This week they had a boy wanting to buy a Barbie doll, a boy wearing a dress in a toy store, a large person ordering unhealthy foods while the waiter tells her what she needs to order, and lastly a woman at the grocery store whose food stamp card ran out of money and if there was any compassion in the line of people behind her. Each of the women was of a different ethnic background and one of them did not speak English. There was also another actor who tried to talk the person who went to pay, out of doing it, stating that they are not helping the person, so on and so forth. This scenario made me cry when a young lady who was on the phone, took it upon herself to go forward and pay for the non-English speaking woman, whose benefits ran out and could not buy the food. This really hit home. There were many times as a y...

This weekend I was able to be a part of something so special, I was left speachless for awhile. Granted I could not be speachless for too long, since I needed to speak. It was amazing. When you leave your home chapter and you go to visit other women and learn about their chapters and how they do things, what obstacles that they also encounter, makes the world seem not so large. I met many women that I have never met before and created a few friendships that I hope withstand the distance. There were women of many ages, with so many memories and stories to tell to those who wanted to take a few minutes and listen. I was able to take one night, and relax after I memorized my speech and go to the lobby. While I was only there to grab a diet pepsi from the cocierge, I noticed a few older ladies sitting near the fireplace chatting away. I decided to sit next to them and introduce myself. They were amazing ladies who I am sure had just as much fun in the chapter as I do now. They had ...

This was a great meal... I pounded the chicken tenderloins and then placed them in a ziploc bag with the Lawry's Lemon Pepper marinade.  The next day, I took them out and cooked them on top of the stove, no butter or oil.  I added more of the marinade while they were cooking.  I also made some rice in the handy dandy rice cooker.  Very juicy and flavorful.  I put the rice the the chicken on top with a little of the marinade from the pan on top of everything.  Next time I will grill the chicken.  The smell of the lemon pepper perminated the entire house all night long.  I woke up at 2 in the morning, smelling the lemon. 

Yes, I am still alive. No you cannot have my lifetime supply of cheesecake and diet coke.  I had to diet in preparation of Big Man's graduation, so I gave up the Vodka and kept the cheesecake. I have been thinking on how to improve my blog, adding topics of the week to it, or giving away chocolate. Since I would eat the chocolate before I would mail it, I decided on the topics of the week.  This would give me some incentive to actually provide some depth to this blog, so maybe smarter people would read and know where.. THE FOLLOW BUTTON IS... hello people if you are not following please do so.  You might miss something... Like me! I was thinking, and not necessarily in this order: movie review, cooking review... picture day... snarky day and then a free for all... I have been watching some movies through Netflix, ones that I would not have watched without a recommendation from a friend. I found the movies a tad bit out there, or appealing ...

Why is it when I want to blog I have a cat up on my face???? I just want to say how wonderful this year has been with the exception of pending oral surgery and a gum graph..... I have a feeling my diet is going to go real well soon!!!! [Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]