Yippy Skippy

Merry Christmas (belated) (and somewhat hawaiian)

You can tell they all truly enjoy singing, and he knows it. Every one of them bring it, which infects the others.


I've been playing a lot of pogo lately. It's a pretty fun site for games with a fee of about $40.00 per year. I don't pay for extra gems or tokens. I have my mini, and a little over 2,000,000 tokens, and 370 gems.

Smeezy compared to others on pogo.

Yikes. <<<<I wanted to say 'Fu-u-u-u-c-k' there, but held back.


Ava and Stark burp out loud like pirates. Never had a dog do that before in my whole life. Was hilarious the first couple years. Now the fartin' has overtaken. I get woke up in the middle of the night when one of them farts. It's wakes me up! First I dream of my nostrils starting on fire.....than I wake up and realize it's a dawg fart! I'm being gassed out! The dreams associated with these farts are really nightmares! It's never good! I'm serious. I dream of noxious gases, then I wake up and one of them is laying right next to the couch and they've farted and the smell is atrocious! OMG! I need a bambulance! SOMEONE CALL 911!

 The funny thing is, is that when it wakes me up, they know they did it and proceed to look somewhat contrite.

Picture this.

You're sleeping. Pretty good too, mind you.


A dream starts. Fire. Burning buildings. Stuck in a Funhouse with poop smell enveloping you. Stranded amidst a field of burning tires. Your eyes water. Your nose falls off. Your eyes water more. You get the idea.

You wake up.

Dog.

Is under you. On the floor. Sleeping soundly.

Dog hears you wake up.

You look at dog like, "Jesus fucking Christ!!!!?"

Dog's head lifts. Eyes lock. Dog gives that "look at me, I'm adorable, and I'd never do this to 'hurt you' look",

 "plus..... you gave me beans."

I did not! I gave you ham! That's it! Daddy gave you chicken strips and Beer Nuts. Don't even go there.

Dogs! Can live with them and can't live without them.

The other night I was watching a Seinfeld episode where George gets grapefruit juice in his eye and then his eye wouldn't stop winking. I decided a grapefruit sounded good so I get one from the fridge.
I was peeling it and it squirted right in my eye. Ironic. I even wear glasses.
 Did you know that Jason Alexander didn't wear glasses but when he tried out for the part of George he brought a pair, and it worked!

For Christmas dinner I cooked a bone in ham. They are sooo much better than spiral, more moist. It's the bone, The bone! I tell ya!! Red beans and rice (NO! I didn't give any to the dogs!), small round white potatoes with garlic and parsley, green bean casserole with mushrooms and Hawaiian rolls.

I know (updated 12-25-14)

I suck. Jeff says, "I wish."

uh huh.

Been a while since I've been here.

Again, not in the mood to write.

Is that okay?

Gonna have to be, aint it?

Let's see....what's happened?

Sisi's been spayed and declawed on all 4 feet.

Secret Santa is over at work.

I turned 52 yesterday.

We had Xmas for Jeff's family. We came home with a cool handmade wooden end table for the basement. His step sister's son made it. I think I am going to stain it, or paint it, but it is pretty cool unfinished.

I'm going to be taking care of two big guinea pigs and two dwarf hamsters....CAN"T WAIT!
Me loves me some rodents!!
Our niece will be out of town and I get to take care of their GPs and hamsters. We went over there the other day and she put the hamsters in those balls so they can run around the house. OMG! They FLEW all over the house! So CUTE! Okay they didn't FLY....but I'll be damned if they didn't roll all over super fast! It was a hoot! I so love animals. Any kind. Did I post that we have our pond fish in the basement in a garbage can? I don't remember if I posted that or not. I tap on their can twice a day and they know they are going to be fed. They know! They all float to the top, waiting for the flake food to be dropped. Isn't animal life wonderful? I truly believe that.
Should I tell you about my secret santa?

Okay. 

The first day I got some Jalapeno Combos (new addiction that I do not need considering I will be going to the doctor in a month-bah!) and a Splat. A Splat is a plastic ball/animal/shape that kids slam onto the floor or a table and it spreads out real fast when it hits then springs back into shape. My Splat is a mouse.

Here's what I mean:

 

 

 

 

The second day I got two new year's eve blow horns. And silly string. I LOVE silly string. And one gift card.

The third day I got a plastic animal print bracelet (too small)  and a pair of spider earrings and 4 gift cards.
The fourth day IU got a pretty peacock feather and a Pier 1 gift card.

The last day I got a beautiful peacock candle and a teal tea light lantern. I collect those. yeah!

All gift cards were blank. I mean no money on them. It seems like they (my secret santa) stole all the cards. oKay I guess it's not stealing when you go in and take a gift card off the shelf. I'm going to have to beat him within an inch of his life. He won't know how to react. LOL!

Yeah, the SS was one of my attorney bosses.

Fucker. LOL!!
Give me gift cards that have no balance. You suck. Hahahahaha! Super great gag gift. I'm going to have to try it. Ha!


I have plans.

That's all I'm sayin....

I'm thinking so much that my leg is going to sleep. I feel ants in it. I'm dying, aint I?


dDDddying......

OKay

I have to write that our dawgs are the brightest things in our lives. They're funny, dorky, smart and protective.

I just opened up a package of beef jerky and they know the sound of the plastic. I can never eat beef jerky without having to share. They love it. So here I am, perusing ebay and decided to eat some of the sweet and hot jerky from the package sitting on the comp desk. I thought I was being sneaky. I opened it silently............ slowly............ and stealthed. I ate a piece then looked behind me and see two faces with really big ears and noses looking my way.

Busted!

LOL!


It's not that I don't want to share, I always do, even if they hadn't caught on I would have tossed them both several pieces. I just wanted to see if I could get away with it. Obviously not. LOL

Today I watched the movie The Christmas Shepherd. I cried almost all the way through it. It's about a male German Shepherd that gets scared by a thunderstorm and escapes from the yard and gets lost. He finally gets rescued by a father and daughter that lost their wife/mom a couple years ago. The woman owner finally tracks down her shepherd and it ends with her and the man together. So corny, but such a nice story how this shepherd brought them together intentionally and unintentionally in various ways.

One of the issues in the movie was that the new owners-the man and daughter- had legal ownership of the dog, even though it lived the first 5 years of it's life with the woman, and they only had the dog two weeks.  Really? Just because her dog got lost, they owned it when it was found? I just don't get that. No one would keep me from taking my dawg back. I have them chipped and there's lots and lots of pictures. Plus once they encountered this menopausal woman they'd be begging me to take my dawg back. Uh huh. Don't test me.

Getting Sisi spayed and declawed on Thursday. She's in heat. Bah! Driving us nuts too. I was hoping she was spayed and had felt her belly for scar tissue and didn't find any so I assumed she wasn't. I was right. She is sharpening her claws on everything! The leather couch and leather computer chair! OMG! Bipping her lightly doesn't seem to deter her either. So out they come. I am staying home with her on Friday so I can watch her. Poor babycake.

She's so sweet. I'm really starting to like her a lot. She likes being held and comes up and lays on us all the time. Then she touches her mouth to our lips like in a kiss. Sooooo sweet!! She also likes sleeping on Jeff's head. LOL!
She didn't know how to play when we first brought her in. So sad! Probably being outdoors she never learned how to play.  We have three cats toys that are sticks with a string and a toy on the end. She wouldn't even chase the feather toy. Finally now she knows how to chase and tackle the toys.

OMG I bought pickled herring today! Yum yum yum!

We had Christmas today with Jeff's family. We play the stealing game where we all get a number, choose and open a gift or steal one from someone else.  It's a lot of fun. Jeff stole a wooden end table made by his step nephew. Ironically since we bought the surround system and TV for the basement we've been needing a small table. It's perfect. I got something for my secret santa person at work. Woop! Regift!! LOL We also won $13.00 off of scratch lottery tickets, and a box full of bubbles. Makes ya wonder, doesn't it?



Here's a Christmas wreath I made for my MIL.

Turned out smashing!!

Drunken Noodles and another Brad

OKay, I made the drunken Italian noodles and I thought there were too many peppers but Jeff thought it was perfect. Figures. When I think a dish bites, he thinks it's great. pffft!! (remember ....my saying pfffft is another way that I say FUCK!  lol)

I've found a new addiction.



SHARK TANK


OMG I love watching the people pitch their product and the sharks either dog them or bid against each other. There's nothing about this show that I don't like!! I disliked Mark the Shark at first but now I think he's hot. Hahahahaha!!  I'm serious, I do! LOL


Winter here has hit hard and fast. I haven't gotten out the 'big' coat though.

I found a new product. Aquage uplifting foam.
Mama Mia!


I'm going to go down and listen to music.

Prime Rib Roast

I just popped a prime rib roast into a 450 degree oven. First I added a generous amount of Lawry's seasoned salt all over the outside (except the ends). After 20 minutes I will reduce the heat to 200 degrees and cook it about 3-4 hours. It's 3 1/2 lbs.

No special occasion, Jeff just saw it at Sam's and decided to buy it. The price wasn't too bad, $9.99 lb.

A chef at Greenbriar restaurant told Jeff how to cook them like this. Jeff used to service their dishwasher. Greenbriar has one of the best prime rib in the Des Moines area. It's a 5 star $$$-$$$$ quality restaurant. Their salads are $10-$13 if that tells you anything. ;)  I've made it this way about 5 times now and it's always been just fantastically good. The amount of seasoning salt is to salt it enough to get a thin layer. Once I over salted and it was too salty. So there's a fine line between salty enough and too salty.

Well, I did what I said I wouldn't do. I brought Sisi in. Yesterday afternoon she was on the front stoop screaming in the snow so I opened the door. Usually she's just been in the driveway when we get home from work, or when we open the back door. So I pulled her in and fed her not one, but TWO cans of catfood! She's a pig! Then when I opened the door to let her back out, she didn't want to go. I tried 4 different times to see if she'd go back out and nope. Jeff said, "She isn't stupid." LOL So she spent the night. No fights yet with the dogs or Mojo, but I'm sure they're coming. She stayed in the living room the first 8 hours. I showed her the litter boxes in the basement and so far she's used them twice. I've named her Gypsy-which works well with Sisi for short. She's already made herself at home. She slept on me most of the night then moved to the top of the couch. Here's a pic  I just took.

She has beautiful gold eyes. I think she was an owl in another life.

She's done some hissing at both dawgs and Moj. She's even smacked both dawgs in the face but they took it in stride. If that doesn't say a lot about my dogs, nothing does. They could kill her in one bite. She seems to know that and so do they. Mojo doesn't like her and she growls at him, but she seems to be taking them all in stride, like they are her. She's a bitch. Girl cats are bitches. But she's soft and gentle too and definitely doesn't need to be an outside cat.  So I think she's ours now. We'll see.
 She tiny too. I know she's full grown because she reacts to catnip. Not sure if she's spayed yet though. Guess we'll see on that too.....

Never thought she'd live this long being outside. Most cats get ran over, so she must have learned to avoid cars. I've seen her across the street many times.

She's very loving and just plops down to sleep anywhere, even in the middle of the living room. She loves being loved on and scratched too. She slept on the bed today while Jeff watched TV in the bedroom. I don't love her yet, but I like her a lot. Will see if she stays with us.

Sno Ho strikes again

Ava begged to go out to potty about 3 am this morning. It snowed lightly all day yesterday and we got about 3 inches of soft fluffy snow. It was still snowing at 3 am when she wanted out. So I let her and Starky out and they both peed, then of course Stark wants in. Ava was meandering far back in the back yard but I could still see her. I figured she needed to poop. That's usually the case when she begs to go out in the night, otherwise she can hold her potty for over 12 hours.

So she plops down on the ground and I thought she was just going to lay there so I was about ready just to go back to bed. (She could stay out there for hours before barking to come in) As I am ready to turn away I see her flip onto her back and start rolling in the snow. Rolling and playing and snorting for a good 5 minutes. LOL Crazy dawg. I almost got the camera but I knew it would be too dark to see anything anyway. It was so cute and funny. After she was done I did call her in and her she lumbers in all covered in snow.

I'm so glad I'm not an anal neat freak. I could never have these animals if I was. Life just wouldn't be as good, would it?

Snow and my Sno Ho Dawg.

I LOVE snow!!!!


I let the dawgs out about 2 hours ago with some marrow bones. Stark wanted back in when it started to snow. So I left Ava out there because she just looked at me like: I don't want to come in. So I just now went and checked on her and she is still laying there, enjoying her day. She loves the snow too.

 

I really didn't think she'd come in, but she did. Now they will both sleep for the next three hours until Daddy comes home.

Candy Flavor Lip Gloss but no lipstick and 2 Nocturne Alchemy scentsations

I'm not much of a lippie girl. (that means 'into lipstick, gloss, etc') my lips are pretty dark naturally but too thin to wear lipsticks. It just calls attention to their thinness. Is that a word? Is it thiness? Nope, blogger is flaggin the thiness with red...... And flaggin....since I left off the g. That's the way I talk by the way and no I aint Southern.
But I have this Lip Smackers Candy Flavor Lip Gloss that I got from my work secret santa about 8 years ago. I know. Yeah, I still use it. Usually when I wear anything on my lips, especially balms, it makes my throat scratchy. But this stuff doesn't. And it's not made any more!! I know right? Plus it's a nice shiny gloss. It's in square tube, instead of the normal round tube. I can't even find it on Ebay and that's usually where I find every vintage thing I want. Booooooooo!

We have a little stray gray calico cat that we're feeding. She started coming around about 6 weeks ago. She has this really high pitched meow...just like a little girl. I've been calling her several names trying to find one that fits. Ki Ki Dee was one of them.  I've settled on Sisi. It just seems to fit her. She doesn't like being held. And she's really little, like she stopped growing or is just really young. She stays outside the fence so the dawgs don't get her and we feed her canned cat food. She just came back today after being gone for three days. We figured she'd either gotten ran over or her owners had brought her in since it's gotten cold and snowy around here. I don't want her, nor do I want to bring her in but it was nice seeing that she was okay. She was hungry too. Gobbled like a pig.
She can eat two cans of cat food then her little belly is just loaded and bulging. LOL  No more cats for us...especially females. They are way too temperamental. Give me an orange tom cat any day. At one time we had 13 cats. That's a lot. Since we've lost 3 in the last year, we're down to one now. Yeah, call me Cat Lady all you want. I admit it. I own that.

Do you ever just catch yourself singing this song??

I do.

For 4 years now. Catchy little bugger.

Reading someone else's blog/website/twitter/you tube video/facebook/pinterest page can set you up to spend money. Like if they tell you a makeup foundation is the greatest thing they've ever used, or they describe a perfume that just locks it down for you. If I went back and calculated how much I've spent on other people's suggestions.....that'd be half my wages. Am I really that gullible and susceptible? Have I no mind of my own? NO!! I don't!! Well, okay, I do...but sometimes.....it sounds so good it's hard to resist.

Take hair products, for instance. I have fine hair. I don't mean fine as in good, I mean fine as in skinny! So I see products recommended to add volume to my hair. I buy them. The product weighs my hair down and it's flatter than it began. I have to be careful. My hair is also oily so oily products make it oilier (<<is that a word?!), and weighed down and skinnier. Then if I buy a product high in alcohol to counteract the oiliness, it makes my hair flyaway and frizzy. Can I never win?  Obviously not.

Hopefully my posts have broke some people out there. Paybacks are hell. But I'm just paying it forward. LOL

I taught Ava how to pick meat off of chicken wings. Here's a video. It's kind of dark but probably a good thing since I need to vacuum.

She uses her little front teeth to pull the meat from the bone. She's very precise. Like eating corn. She was really hungry when I shot this so she wasn't as 'delicate' as she usually is. I also let her pull the cartilage ends off. She seems to know when she's grabbed bone because she will back off a bit. I won't let them eat chicken or pork bones because they splinter. Stark couldn't eat the meat off the bone if his life depended on it. I have to pull it off for him. He's so spoiled and such a wimp. Ava's great with chicken legs too. Both of them know how to eat off forks though. Just like a human. LOL

I got a couple new Nocturne Alchemy oils the other day.


One was Crystal Heart of Ra---OMG Deeply green musky goodness.

Exquisite Dragons resin, Egyptian frankincense and myrrh with exotic vanilla bean


The other was Shadow: Dragons of Egypt:  Sekh-ba-RA -crisp and clean, inhaling spring air

The Lionesse Dragon of Influence and Power and one of the three daughters of RA.  She is vulnerable only when asleep.  She can maneuver thought with a glance of her eyes.  Her skin is the colour of yellow gold and her wings the vibrance of a fire under the poise of the sun.   Her scent is the perfume of her home on the water island.  Beauty and bounty in one.

 White Egyptian Tea Leaf, White Egyptian Musk, Rosewood, Arabian and Egyptian Sandalwood,  Coriander and Bergamot.

 Both are amazing scents. If I had to choose one it'd be Crystal Heart of Ra. It's that sweet musky scent that I gravitate toward.
Both are complex and worthy of purchase.

I'm stealing my seller's pic. Me bad.


Here's the music that fits these two scents.

Buddy Guy.

There's no talking, there's no describin'.

Awesome music.

Bah! It's time!

for me to put away Loo-Cee. That's my Miata convertible. 4 days after when I put her away last year....

I moved her into the garage tonight. She's so cute. She had frost on her yesterday morning, so I knew the time was drawing near. She has 2800 miles her now. She's gettin' old! LOL And she had her first oil change 2 weeks ago. She's no longer a virgin! Gasp!

Jeff's going to buy a trickle battery charger so she doesn't go dead during the winter like last year.

We still don't have the audio system completely hooked up yet. We went out and bought a 12x14 carpet. We also found out the center speaker is rather large and slopes down toward the back so impossible to put the smart TV on it. Jeff built a shelf to go over the center speaker. I know, right?
Mr. HasNeverMadeAnythingWithWoodBefore.

Two Snaps!

It turned out really good! Bowing down to da man!!! <bowing>

When it's finally all put together this is what I am going to play:

What's an Eagle Scout?

A co-worker is a Scout Commander and his scouts are trying to earn their medals. One scout is trying to raise money to replace 100 tattered flags in the area. If you could help him out that'd be appreciated.

http://www.gofundme.com/g3pzo8

HI SUSAN!!!

Singing Dawgs

I finally got somewhat of a video of my dawgs singing with the noon siren today. Normally they both howl the whole time but the siren didn't sound very loud today. Stark did the singing.

York Steak House Honey Glazed Chicken and Bpal's Les Fleurs du Mal

Meant to post this last night: October 31st-HALLOWEEN!!!! BOO!!!

Tonight I am making a roasted chicken that we used to get a long, long time ago from York Steak House. It was called their Honey Glazed chicken and you could order a 1/4 or a half of chicken. When they closed I was so disappointed that I could never have that chicken again! Then one day a few years later I discovered Chinese five spice powder. That's it! That was the seasoning on York's chicken. So I invented my own recipe.
I take a whole chicken and rinse it. Always always rinse your chicken no matter what you hear.....just do it! The processing plants drop the chickens into a vat full of water to clean them and the vat is full of feces, blood, and chicken yuck. Rinse your chicken!!
After rinsing my chicken well, I  spray some Pam into a 9x13 pan with sides. Like a cake pan. Then I place the chicken breast up and pat it dry with paper towels. I then sprinkle it with five spice powder all over. I'm quite liberal with it. I place the chicken, uncovered, into a 350 degree oven. I roast it for 1 hour, then take it out and slather on some honey. Bake in the oven to roast another hour at 225 degrees. I don't want the honey to burn. It's the bomb!
The honey is from France given to us by Jeff's boss when they went there last month. Superb stuff, omg!

 

 

 

OKay, time for a bpal review. Seems like it's been a while. Gonna pull from that same white box from a week or so ago. Hmm, what number. Last time I chose 18. How about 51, since I am 51 yrs old....

 

 

Les Fleurs du Mal

 

 

Yellow in color. No kidding.

 

 

In the vial: of course blinding sweet florals. Some what aquatic too. It's like walking through a park when all the fruit trees are in bloom and smelling that lovely sweet fragrance wafting through the air. It's a beautiful scent. I sense a white flower but I suck and usually when I say white it's purple. Like roses and violets. I think I smell orange blossoms. This is super feminine, frilly  and girly. Loving it.

 

What's in this? The scents of the blossoms of darkness, condensed into one perfume. Features a rose base, softened with lilac and wisteria.

Yep, it's a purple floral (lilac and wisteria) and roses. ROFL. No wonder I like it. I love rose and lilac. Not sure what wisteria smells like. Doesn't wisteria come in white too? Maybe I'm not that far off. LOL I love wisteria. The first time I ever saw it was when I was little and at my Great Grandma's house and she had it growing around a window outside her house. It was gorgeous.

Back to the bpal: super florally on the back of my hand! Lovely, and a keeper. The lilac comes out on the skin. Good, lilac is a big fave of mine.



 

I love this old man. Check out his recipes. They're good!

TouTube commercials suck.

Who decided to have commercials on youtube anyway? I'd like to know. So I could shoot them with a BB gun about 10,000 times. Wouldn't kill them but it'd freaking hurt like a bitch.

Hmm, maybe 10,000 bb shots would kill them....?

Maybe I need to rethink that.

10,000 rubber band shots? Yeah, there ya go.


Why the hell do I have to watch a 15 second commercial before the first video I watch for the day? I'm adept at clicking 'skip ad' now. I have it down to a science.

I'm not a big Beatles fan but I do remember listening to this album with headphones on when I was a teenager. My mom and dad had just built a family room and put in a nice (at that time) stereo system. 200 watt speakers... the works. JVC speakers. I remember that too. My dad had his own TV repair shop so he was pretty 'up' on what audio equipment sounded good and what we needed to have. I'm talking the mid to late 70's.

I also remember my best friend (still my best friend Lori) came down (we were in 8th grade--1976)and saw that we had Electric Light Orchestra's album A New World Record (1976) and freaked out because she loved it (I'd never listened to it. My dad also liked Pink Floyd and had all their albums) and made me play Telephone Line and it was instant love for me. ELO became my first favorite group.

 

 

Then later in life like 7 years when I moved in with Jeff I found he had ELO's Out of the Blue Album. I knew I liked him for a reason and it wasn't just the great sex.  hahahaha

 

 

Isn't this song Telephone Line awesome? Are you listening to it? You better!!!

 

I was a fan of ELO for many many years....they were my fave band until I heard the song God Shuffled His Feet by Crash Test Dummies (1993). I bought the album and I had found a new fave band.

 

 

Ended up buying ALL their albums too. Every album is different than another but they are all really good. ELO tended to sound the same in all their songs and albums. Nothing wrong with that. Crash Test Dummies remained my fave band until 2003 when I heard Clumsy Card House on the radio by Blue October. I bought the live 2 cd album Argue With A Tree. Love. Instant love. Have all their albums. Saw them in concert..... haven't ELO or CTD.

 

 

It's now 2014 and I have yet to find another fave band. I think it's time. I need the music and words to speak to me....like the 3 above. The music has to stir something in me. It's hard to do. Here's some other music I like. You're about to be shocked. You'd never guess it ---coming from a  soon to be 52 year old fat white woman from the Midwest.

 

Sugar water and mayonnaise sandwich!!!

I love all Trick Daddy music. Ever listen to it? It's complex and has depth. There's a lot going on with the instruments, tunes, vocals, rap etc. COMPLEX! is the word.....

I'm starting to like the Black Keyes but we don't have any albums yet....we need to get some. I've played some songs for Jeff and he seems to like them too.

 

Another artist's music I am starting to like too is Taylor Swift. I know, right? She's so superficial when I see her on talk shows. She seems to be the type that pronounces the word 'and' as 'ant'. I hate that!! What's up with that?? You're shit doesn't stink? Yeah....it does. Get over it.

 

But she has some really good songs. I like that she's pulling out from country into pop, she's better suited for pop, in my opinion. Her music's kicky. It sticks in the head all day, which can also be a bad thing after singing 'Shake it off' for the millionth time in one day.

 

 

 

 

I also like that she writes her own songs....at least that's the impression I get.

 

Another artist I like is Katy Perry. She writes a lot of her songs too.......I think.

 

What's up with me and these pop chicks?? eh?

 

Want to hear some of my other faves?

 

click here:

 

http://www.pinterest.com/cattastroficka/hellish-music/

 

 

 Here's what we bought in the last week to hear our music better.

	Polk Audio CSiA6 Black Each Center Channel Speaker In Stock	1	399.99	399.99
	Polk Audio DSW Pro660 wi Powered Sub In Stock	1	649.99	649.99
	Polk Audio RTiA3 Black Pair Bookshelf/Stand Mount Speakers In Stock	1	399.99	399.99
	Polk Audio RTiA9 Black Each Floor-standing Speaker In Stock	2	749.99	1,499.98
	Onkyo TX-NR828 home theater receiver In Stock	1	599.99	599.99
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			Subtotal	$3,549.94
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			Total	$3,549.94

  

 

It's going in the basement. We bought a 65 inch smart TV too.

 

Time to rock.

 

 

 

Our next order will be another subwoofer and these:

 

 Polk Audio FXi A4 :Dipole/bipole surround speakers (Black)

 

 They'll go in the middle since they have sound on two sides.

 

My brother has all these speakers and the sound is awesome!

One of the greatest things in life

is having a 20lb cat flying into the room you are in, then immediately fly right back out, the whole time bouncing across the floor making thumping noises with his feet. It's really quite funny. I don't know why cats do this? Fun? Happy? I was cooking the other day standing at the stove stirring or something and after about 5 cat passes behind me, I realized Mojo was flying up the basement stairs, through the kitchen, into the living room, screaming, then back through the kitchen and skidding out on the vinyl. Over and over. He'd chirp when he stopped in the living room, freak out a little bit by bouncing around crying, then come flying right back into the kitchen. He really entertained himself for quite a bit. Of course, the dawgs were outside.

He's also a cricket whisperer.

If I have the back door open there's a small space between the screen door and threshold that crickets can squeeze into the house. He lays there waiting for them. I've witnessed it. He does nothing too..... when they come in. He watches them come in.... they meander down the stairs then proceed to chirp in the basement for two weeks until they die. I swear he lays there in the landing calling to them. He watches that tiny slit opening like a hawk.

He will also kill feet for ribbon. Ever seen this pic? That could be him. You drag a ribbon along the floor and he will be sure to annihilate your feet if they are in the way. He doesn't even have front claws. He shreds them with his back feet as he does a mad impersonation of Fred Flintstone trying to get a grip on the floor. You'd think that a 25 lb cat couldn't move like that. You are WRONG.

I never

used to eat apples. Then I discovered Honey Crisp! I LOVE THOSE THINGS!!!! OMG!! Sweet, crisp, no other apple even compares and I've tried them all...royal gala, pink lady, red, gold, granny, McIntosh etc etc....


Wiki: Honeycrisp-A good read!

Now I get cravings and do something really bad with them. I peel, slice and eat with salt! That sweet salty crispy apple is to die for. Try it!

Today I made a Candy Bar made with graham cracker, chocolate , pecans, coconut and condensed milk.


Melt 1 1/2 sticks butter in a 9x13 pan @350

Add enough graham cracker crumbs to soak up the butter and cover the bottom of the pan. You know how graham crackers come in a box with three cellophane wrapped squares? I use a little over 1 1/2 of the squares. So about a half of a box of graham crackers. I place them in a gallon zip lock and smash them with a heavy glass. Press into the bottom to make an even layer. Then drizzle one can of sweet condensed milk over the graham crust.

Sprinkle one 12 oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips on top.

Sprinkle some sweetened flaked coconut on top. I like a lot.  :)

Bake about 10 minutes at 350 until the coconut is browned slightly.

Refrigerate an hour, then cut into bars.

 

Today I did the traditional for half and the other half I used whole pecans (just a few are broken up) instead of coconut and milk chocolate chips instead of semi sweet. That half will be turtles for Jeff. He doesn't like coconut. My half is bigger......of course....hehe

Hey! I made'em!!

I got the recipe about 15 years ago at my last job. My boss brought them to work and they were so decadent that I asked him for the recipe. I still have the original scrap of paper he wrote it on too. It's so easy and they are so freaking rich. I just ate one before it cooled. OMG
If you're reading this and you like all those ingredients you have to promise me you'll make them. And I promise you won't be disappointed. You'll be making them 15 years from now too.....


I am going to take the rest of the milk chocolate chips and melt them, then add some coconut and roll them into balls. I love those things!! My mom used to make them for Christmas candy. She used to make all kinds of candy for Christmas: divinity, peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, chocolate covered cherries, peanut brittle, taffy, rice crispies in chocolate, almond pretzels, man I can't even think of it all.....She used to decorate the house really elaborately too. It was magnificent. My family has gotten together for one Christmas since she died in April 2005 and that was the 2005 Christmas. That was the last time we were all together. My 75 yr old dad is off doing his own thing with his girlfriend and all my siblings are out of state. I actually like it because I really detest getting together for the holidays. I know sounds terrible, right? but I do! Too much work, not enough fun and just an all around pain in the ass. Told like a true Sagittarian....Bah humbug!

Jeff found me a bone in ham roast that I will be cooking tomorrow. Nice price too, around 20.00. Perfect for the two of us. I've been craving making a ham dinner lately. Those bone in hams are a bit hard to find in our area for some reason. Jeff likes the spirals but I don't think they have as much flavor. OH! I found a recipe on Pinterest that's really good!!

Here's a link!

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/494973815269699506/

Jeff liked it a lot too. I cooked the breasts in some water heavily seasoned with chicken flavored granules, then chopped them up. I used my homegrown fresh parsley too, in the panko crumbs. I also used heavy cream instead of milk and that was perfect to get the thickness of the sauce. I never use milk anyway. I always have heavy cream or half and half on hand for any dish. I will definitely make this again.

Last week I bought some bath bombs from an ebay seller. 12 of them for 28.00, free shipping. They are big 7 oz bombs too. I couldn't pass it up. Well, she messed up two orders and I got one. LOL. She realized it before I got the one, so she also sent me what I ordered plus a couple extra for my trouble. One of the xtras that she sent me was this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dead-Sexxy-Type-Tokyo-Milk-Dupe-Moisturizing-Solid-Shea-butter-Lotion-Bar-/301353902437?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462a17a165

A solid lotion bar scented in Dead Sexy by Toyko Milk (who I've never heard of). Wow! you know me, I am not even a lotion gal but this thing is sublime!! I rub it on my elbows, arms, lower legs and it smells and feels wonderful. It's going to last a long time too. So if you like heavily scented lotion, then you need to check this item out. Her bombs are HUGE too! I see she's increased the price on them. She probably realized they cost quite a bit to ship and had to increase her prices. I'm glad I got in when I did!

Well, I'd do a bpal review but I'm all slathered up with that lotion bar.....so off to the bath! I'm reading a book called The Traveling Vampire Show. It's a great read and I am about halfway through it. Be back in a bit....

I'm done! Amazingly the solid lotion stayed on my legs through the whole bath, my legs still feel moisturized! The shins of my legs dry out so bad starting this time of year because of the heat in our cars being directed to the floor. I scratch my legs so bad they bleed. It's terrible. I think I have found the cure! I will have to email her.

I just did. I have to tell people I love their products....I know if I made stuff I'd like to know. So that's my good deed for today.  :)

I got in the mail today three bottles of VApothecary oils. I know......my favorite brand from Nocturne Alchemy. The VA scents are so intense and magical, usually deep resins, musks and patchoulies. Ahhhh.....I wish I could fill a bathtub with them and heat the oil slightly and just slither in it. Today I received Hex, Hocus and Widow Bite.

Hocus.....instant love. Smells like the old head shop days of patchouli. It has that greenness, like champa. This is what you'd wear so you mom wouldn't smell reefer on you....but in a way it smells like reefer. Definitely dreadlocks and rasta colors.

Aged Bastet Amber, Sicilian Blood Orange, Blood Patchouli, Blood Red Musk, Velvet Moors accord, Loam, Eternal Ankh Dark and Black Arctic Moss.

Hex......cherry-ish. another one of those headshop smells of blackcherry and musk. I love this too. Enveloping and harmonious to everyone.

Decadent and delicious black spices of Black Cardamom and Black Clove, Ethiopian Black cherry, vespers of Graveyard Dirt, Loam and a boiling cauldron full of Black Vanilla Amber and Black Ankh Musk.

Widow Bite.....cherry too but sweeter, more foody. This would be a great cupcake flavor. Super heady and cherry. Of course I'm loving this one too...

Red Carnation, Black Cherry, Blackened Honey-Musk, Blackberry Sugar, Egyptian Musk Sugar, Tobacco Flower and Halloween Spiced Cakes. I've got to get some of this Hocus on me.....


ahhhhhhhhh....heaven, I'm in heaven....It's a lot more intense in the bottle than on. I wasn't expecting that. It's nicely smooth but also has that champa-ish bite to it. Sexy as hell. Jeff will hate it and I will never be able to put it on him.....bah!! Maybe if I promise sex..........nope I know my man, not even sex will get him to wear this one. LOL

 

Tonight I am making fried chicken. I buy these small organic frying chickens from Sam's Club which are the perfect size for the two of us. ( I roast them too and have no problem) He's been wanting fried chicken for a couple weeks but it's so messy and I haven't mastered it yet. I know, right? His mom makes great fried chicken and my mom did too, but I can't seem to get it right. I either get it too salty, not salty enough, the coating slides off.....there's always sumpin that I do wrong. I'm going to peruse allrecipes and pinterest to combine a few ideas. Wish me luck.


Oh I just remembered. Someone called me retarded on youtube because I said a video was lip synched.  ROFLMAO!!

Long time no see!!!

I've been missing in action.

I just ordered Dominoes pizza.

Thin crust pepperoni with green pepper and Fiery Hawaiian. Sliced ham, smoked bacon, pineapple, roasted red peppers, hot sauce, jalapeños, cheeses made with 100% real mozzarella and provolone on a cheesy Parmesan Asiago crust.

Oh yeah. Gimme that artisan piece of heaven! I know there's those of you out there that despise pineapple on pizza. You can just kiss my ass. LOL

I feel the sweet with the salty, smokey, spicy flavors is going to be out of this world. The sweet will bring the heat down a notch. Make it better, richer.

Most likely it will suck. The pizza will be limp and cold. That's my life in a nutshell. 

I made another Halloween wreath lately. Jeff helped me with it. He just about designed the whole thing. Here it is.

 

Now he thinks he needs to design ALL my wreaths........pfffft.

 

The wreath has 3 settings for the lights. On and blinking only, off, and on blinking and playing the scary tune! It's awesome! It's for my bestie....again.....She truly appreciates my hellish wreaths and that's why I make her so many.

 

Okay I gotta admit this fiery Hawaiian pizza lives up to it's name! Freaking spicier than shit and I LOVE the pineapple on it. There's a lot of jalapenos on it so if you like hot, this is the one to get! Yowsa!  

 

 

Here's another wreath I made lately. I sold it for $60.00!

 

 

 



I have crickets in my living room. It got cold here fast the last couple days. I had to bring my plants in. One plant has crickets. They were singing and I found them on the plant. I failed to put insect killer in the pot. Gonna do that now. They are chirping. I have a systemic. Man that stuff smells! Smells like death...by a combo of Asphyxia and some bad-bad chemicals.

Yep it's been DAYS since I did the last bpal review. Lets find something I haven't smelled yet.

I have a white cardboard box with partitions in it to separate the vials. (Imps) It smells WONDERFUL! this box, when I opened it. It's mostly spicy and floral. Like strong oils from the 60's.

Gorgeous box of bpals.

There's 100 here. I am going to pick a  number and pull that one out. How about number 14. I say that because my cable channel is on 14. This documentary about Lincoln's assassin is on. Say that three times....assassin is, assassin is, assassin is......14 across, going left to right, like reading...is....Stormhold. Never heard of it before. Must be a decant because it's not in one of bpals vials. It smells piney and cleaner like. Hmmm....I tend to like that. This is heavenly.

It's a soapy scent. Like Irish Spring. It makes me happy!

I'm on the search for the perfect tunic sweater dress to wear with legging and ankle boots. I really like that look. It's classy and comfortable at the same time. Plus I own lots of boots!

Off to peruse the internet!

Kudos to Cubanelles!

I found something to make with the plethora of cubanelle peppers we picked from our one plant. It was so overloaded that it fell over!


Stuffed Cubes!

I mixed some ground beef with hot Italian sausage and seasonings and created a fantastic dish. Jeff even liked it!


1 can enchilada sauce (15oz)
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 lb hot Italian sausage
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp cumin
2 tsp salt
1 tbls tomato paste

1/8 cup chopped onion
1 clove minced garlic
4 oz Mexican cheese


Mix all of the above, except the onion and garlic and cheese, until well blended but don't overwork the mixture.

Next cut a slit next to the cap of the cubanelles.

Then starting from the bottom of the cubanelle, slice a section about 1/4 inch wide from the bottom to the top of the pepper.

You are cutting a section out of the pepper so you can press the meat mixture into it.

After cutting the section out, scrape out the seeds and membrane veins with a small spoon.  I left the stems on so they wouldn't fall apart but you could cut them off.

Now take a small portion of meat mixture (dime sized) and cook it in a pan with a little bit of oil.
You want to cook it until done so you can taste it to make sure it's seasoned right. To be honest the hot Italian sausage has a lot of flavor so adding a lot of seasonings isn't really needed. You can also add some chili powder or chipotles in adobe sauce. That's too spicy for my man so I held back from doing that.

Once the filling is to your taste, fill the cubanelles with the meat mixture.

I used my cast iron braiser to cook the peppers in some red pepper oil.

I sauteed them until they were browned on the bottom.

 

 

I added half of the chopped onion and all the garlic while they browned.



After they browned I added the can of enchilada sauce to the pan being careful not the get the sauce on the top of the peppers. I topped it with the rest of the onion.

 I lowered the heat and cooked until the meat was no longer pink, then I topped it with the cheese and cooked it in a 350 degree onion for about 14 minutes, until the cheese was browned.

It wiped out my clean stovetop. Bah!

I also decided to try to see if I could make microwave Mexican Minute Rice and it worked!!

2 Cups Minute Rice
1 tbls minced onion
2 cups water
1tbls tomato paste
1 tsp garlic salt


Mix, place into glass bowl, cover with plastic wrap and cook for 5 minutes. OMG!! I was tickled pink!


Wow, seems like a long time since I did a bpal review. I was checking out the bpal listed on ebay today. There's so many that I want! Bah!

Let's do this one.

413 U.S. 15
Miller vs. California


I don't know what the numbers mean...maybe I will find out after I review then google for the ingredients....


In the bottle it's a buttery floral. Sweet. Like blueberries sautéed in butter with cream, vanilla and flowers. It's super pungent too. I feel walloped.

On the hand: the top note of this is really unique. Berries, berries, berries. As it dries down I get a cinnamon note. The butter is audacious. I'm liking it a lot. This could be a $100.00 bottle of designer perfume. Super for a signature scent. No one would smell like this. It smells the same on the wrist as in the bottle although the bottle has a little more buttery-ness.

What's in this? 
Leather, cognac, fig, ripe berry, and cream, stuffed into a plain brown paper bag.


Ahh, the cognac and leather buffaloed me. That's the unique smell! This is awesome. Love this oil! It's so damned different!

Now you gotta read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_v._California

Working for attorneys has helped me understand the legal jargon. What an interesting case. So this Miller guy gets charged with a MISDEMEANOR and takes it to the Supreme Court?? Dayum!

Stuffed into a brown paper bag??