So, last weekend was my birthday. Pretty exciting. I went to Bend, OR, and had a very relaxing time. And some mojitos.
This weekend, I have lots of excitement. Haha. I think I may change to my new "fall colors". I bought some teal-ish blue pillows from Pier 1 so I think I'm gonna put them out so that I can get the full appreciation of them.
I'm trying to be a full-time vegetarian right now. Which is actually a change because I had been eating a turkey sandwich for lunch every day. Today is my first official day. I'll let you know how it goes. So far so good, but I'm gonna have to be creative about my lunches--mainly, I'm gonna have to cook more so that I can take my leftovers in for lunch.
I'm getting a haircut tomorrow...that should be exciting. I get to make a trip to the 'burbs to Gresham. Fun times.
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Try this recipe (what I'm eating right now during my lunch break...thanks Brad!):
--Couscous Salad--
Couscous (prepare as box directs you to, then cool
Chop a bunch of vegetables (I've chose red pepper, edamame, and carrots)
Sausage if you're a meat eater
Small chopped cheese (optional)
Several tablespoons of italian dressing
Mix it all together and eat it. Just eye it--you can't do it wrong, except maybe if you add too much dressing--it's just for the subtle taste. It'll sort of resemble fried rice, in the proportions of couscous to veggies.
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Friday, August 25, 2006
Festivus for the Rest of Us
So, last weekend was my birthday. Pretty exciting. I went to Bend, OR, and had a very relaxing time. And some mojitos.
This weekend, I have lots of excitement. Haha. I think I may change to my new "fall colors". I bought some teal-ish blue pillows from Pier 1 so I think I'm gonna put them out so that I can get the full appreciation of them.
I'm trying to be a full-time vegetarian right now. Which is actually a change because I had been eating a turkey sandwich for lunch every day. Today is my first official day. I'll let you know how it goes. So far so good, but I'm gonna have to be creative about my lunches--mainly, I'm gonna have to cook more so that I can take my leftovers in for lunch.
I'm getting a haircut tomorrow...that should be exciting. I get to make a trip to the 'burbs to Gresham. Fun times.
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Try this recipe (what I'm eating right now during my lunch break...thanks Brad!):
--Couscous Salad--
Couscous (prepare as box directs you to, then cool
Chop a bunch of vegetables (I've chose red pepper, edamame, and carrots)
Sausage if you're a meat eater
Small chopped cheese (optional)
Several tablespoons of italian dressing
Mix it all together and eat it. Just eye it--you can't do it wrong, except maybe if you add too much dressing--it's just for the subtle taste. It'll sort of resemble fried rice, in the proportions of couscous to veggies.
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This weekend, I have lots of excitement. Haha. I think I may change to my new "fall colors". I bought some teal-ish blue pillows from Pier 1 so I think I'm gonna put them out so that I can get the full appreciation of them.
I'm trying to be a full-time vegetarian right now. Which is actually a change because I had been eating a turkey sandwich for lunch every day. Today is my first official day. I'll let you know how it goes. So far so good, but I'm gonna have to be creative about my lunches--mainly, I'm gonna have to cook more so that I can take my leftovers in for lunch.
I'm getting a haircut tomorrow...that should be exciting. I get to make a trip to the 'burbs to Gresham. Fun times.
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Try this recipe (what I'm eating right now during my lunch break...thanks Brad!):
--Couscous Salad--
Couscous (prepare as box directs you to, then cool
Chop a bunch of vegetables (I've chose red pepper, edamame, and carrots)
Sausage if you're a meat eater
Small chopped cheese (optional)
Several tablespoons of italian dressing
Mix it all together and eat it. Just eye it--you can't do it wrong, except maybe if you add too much dressing--it's just for the subtle taste. It'll sort of resemble fried rice, in the proportions of couscous to veggies.
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Thursday, August 03, 2006
Earthquake!
You've been waiting for exciting stories from me, and something blog-worthy has finally happened. I'll embellish it to make it more interesting since, to the general public, it's like "huh? what's the big deal about that?"
So as I went to bed last night, one of the people living upstairs kept going up and down the stairs--loudly. The staircase shakes if you don't tiptoe down it, so as I went to bed, I thought "man, I hope they don't keep that up all night or I'll get no sleep."
Cut to 1:40am, me sound asleep in bed. Suddenly I am awoken to loud noise, rattling, and my bed shaking. My first instinct, wow, that must've been an earthquake. Then, in middle-of-the-night thinking that reminds me of that fabulous night in 1994 when Tammy and I thought the drug house was on fire, I thought "wow, I'm gonna be pissed if that was my neighbors down the way slamming their door!" (since, in the past, they HAVE woken me up by slamming their door).
Cut to 7:00am, me eating cereal, putting on make-up, and watching "12 on 12" to see how warm it would be during my lunchbreak and how bad traffic would be on my drive in to P-town. The top story: a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit Battle Ground at 1:40am, which is wicked close to where I live in V-town (like, mere miles)
So I'm not crazy, and my bed really WAS shaking. Huh, my second earthquake. It was much more exciting than the thunder-sound of the Spokane earthquake I felt.
If only I could have a film of the night Tammy and I thought the drug house was on fire. Now THAT is definitely entertaining. :)
So as I went to bed last night, one of the people living upstairs kept going up and down the stairs--loudly. The staircase shakes if you don't tiptoe down it, so as I went to bed, I thought "man, I hope they don't keep that up all night or I'll get no sleep."
Cut to 1:40am, me sound asleep in bed. Suddenly I am awoken to loud noise, rattling, and my bed shaking. My first instinct, wow, that must've been an earthquake. Then, in middle-of-the-night thinking that reminds me of that fabulous night in 1994 when Tammy and I thought the drug house was on fire, I thought "wow, I'm gonna be pissed if that was my neighbors down the way slamming their door!" (since, in the past, they HAVE woken me up by slamming their door).
Cut to 7:00am, me eating cereal, putting on make-up, and watching "12 on 12" to see how warm it would be during my lunchbreak and how bad traffic would be on my drive in to P-town. The top story: a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit Battle Ground at 1:40am, which is wicked close to where I live in V-town (like, mere miles)
So I'm not crazy, and my bed really WAS shaking. Huh, my second earthquake. It was much more exciting than the thunder-sound of the Spokane earthquake I felt.
If only I could have a film of the night Tammy and I thought the drug house was on fire. Now THAT is definitely entertaining. :)
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