Ok, most of the weekend I lived like a cat. I ate and slept and that is pretty much it.
Oh wait, I did go on an excursion over to Julie's with my ward, Tyler. He somehow found an old ball of Mazzy's and played fetch around the house. I told her fetch does not get old with this dog. He kept losing the ball under the couch. We grew tired of getting it for him. So, he began to wander around the house.
About 10 minutes later I heard him chewing on something. We looked to see what it was, and I swear we both hid mini breakdowns. I respond to highly stressful situations with laughter. I couldn't believe this! FYI, dogs are not like cats. Dogs will dig out weird things from under the stove and eat them, even when they can't possibly taste good. Amazing!
He hadn't ingested anything, luckily. But I spent the entire night watching him. He would be asleep and for some reason I didn't believe he was ok, so I would shake him awake. I think he was done with this by the 6th time.
I made it up to him this morning. We played fetch for an hour.
Not sure about me and dogs...
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Omnivore's Hundred
I completely stole this from Dona's blog, but I'm home sick and bored. So, I think I deserve to steal a blog idea right now.
The Omnivore’s Hundred is a list created by British foodie Andrew Wheeler of Very Good Taste. It’s a list that Andrew believes is ”100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all.”
Fellow food bloggers, if you want to participate:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
(editor's note, I'm not good at bolding and stuff. So, will just have to write notes to the side)
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison - of course
2. Nettle tea - uh no
3. Huevos rancheros - i just had some the other weekend
4. Steak tartare - YUM!!
5. Crocodile - i know alligator doesn't count, but impressed i ate it
6. Black pudding - no
7. Cheese fondue - was my first date food for a good 4 years
8. Carp - yes, once was enough
9. Borscht - no
10. Baba ghanoush - yes
11. Calamari - often
12. Pho - especially when hung over
13. PB&J sandwich - at least twice a week
14. Aloo gobi - i just learnt how to make this at home about a month ago. come over and have some
15. Hot dog from a street cart - for some reason the cart makes it taste better
16. Epoisses - ???
17. Black truffle - hmmm
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - cherry, hmm, northern michigan thinks it can make anything out of cherrys, not so much
19. Steamed pork buns - oh, now i'm hungry. might have to have these at dim sum tomorrow
20. Pistachio ice cream - not my favorite
21. Heirloom tomatoes - especially with fresh mozzarella
22. Fresh wild berries - picked boysenberries off of old railroad tracks at carolyn wolf'd farm in 3rd grade. good good memory
23. Foie gras - unfortunately, does not digest so well with me
24. Rice and beans - add some italian sausage and its heaven
25. Brawn, or head cheese - didn't know what it was before i put it in my mouth. never putting it in my mouth again
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - no
27. Dulce de leche - yes, and i didn't love it
28. Oysters - haven't had them in ages. don't have many friends into them
29. Baklava - three different kinds at afrah
30. Bagna cauda - ???
31. Wasabi peas - every bar is serving them now
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - even better is lobster bisque, not dissing clam chowder, just saying lobster bisque is better
33. Salted lassi - ???
34. Sauerkraut - unfortunately yes
35. Root beer float - years ago
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - sadly no. i might have to grow some to do this one
37. Clotted cream tea - with grandma
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O - made mine with gray goose and cherry jello
39. Gumbo - yes yes yes
40. Oxtail - no
41. Curried goat - no, haven't done much goat
42. Whole insects - does chocolate covered ants count?
43. Phaal - ??
44. Goat’s milk (does goat’s cheese count?)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - i think so without knowing it
46. Fugu - no, i admit, too scared
47. Chicken tikka masala - regularly
48. Eel - regularly
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - i don't eat these, i inhale them
50. Sea urchin - some say it tastes like the ocean. tastes like galveston to me
51. Prickly pear - does the liquor count?
52. Umeboshi - ??
53. Abalone - at the soggy dollar on Jost Van Dyke. devine!
54. Paneer - yes
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (I’ve actually never had a Big Mac. Its size has always intimidated me) me too. always been a mcnugget girl
56. Spaetzle - i think michelle rosenberg made it
57. Dirty gin martini - i prefer vodka, but i had to try the gin to compare
58. Beer above 8% ABV - i believe so
59. Poutine - ???
60. Carob chips - my friends hippy mother in fourth grade tried to convince us it tastes the same as chocolate
61. S’mores - i was a girl scout
62. Sweetbreads - yeah, i don't remember being blown away. maybe it was the preperation
63. Kaolin - ??
64. Currywurst - ???
65. Durian - no, but i keep reading about it
66. Frogs’ legs - tastes like chicken
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - oh, now i'm craving the state fair
68. Haggis - i even had a t-shirt to commemorate it
69. Fried plantain - very good with salsa
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - hmmm
71. Gazpacho - yes, don't love it though
72. Caviar and blini - favorite brunch food
73. Louche absinthe - the drunk bartender gave me the slotted spoon to take home
74. Gjetost, or brunost - ??
75. Roadkill - no
76. Baijiu - ???
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - hostess products were my childhood
78. Snail - tastes like chicken, kidding.
79. Lapsang souchong - i love tea
80. Bellini - been a long while, keep doing mimosa's
81. Tom yum - love it when i'm sick
82. Eggs Benedict - another favorite brunch food
83. Pocky - fed it constantly by my college roommates
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant - one day
85. Kobe beef - yeah, not sure the big todo
86. Hare - in belgium
87. Goulash - mom's was pretty good
88. Flowers - mostly on desersts
89. Horse - not with my knowlede
90. Criollo chocolate - i don't think so
91. Spam - mom said i did as a baby, been intrigued by the spam onigiri at sushiyama, but haven't had it yet
92. Soft shell crab - yep
93. Rose harissa - ??
94. Catfish - yes, but not a favorite
95. Mole poblano - good mole is my most favorite mexican
96. Bagel and lox - been a while, now i'm craving it
97. Lobster Thermidor - no
98. Polenta - yes
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - don't really like or experiment with coffee
100. Snake - stole a taste of this jerky in Italy....Texas
The Omnivore’s Hundred is a list created by British foodie Andrew Wheeler of Very Good Taste. It’s a list that Andrew believes is ”100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all.”
Fellow food bloggers, if you want to participate:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
(editor's note, I'm not good at bolding and stuff. So, will just have to write notes to the side)
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison - of course
2. Nettle tea - uh no
3. Huevos rancheros - i just had some the other weekend
4. Steak tartare - YUM!!
5. Crocodile - i know alligator doesn't count, but impressed i ate it
6. Black pudding - no
7. Cheese fondue - was my first date food for a good 4 years
8. Carp - yes, once was enough
9. Borscht - no
10. Baba ghanoush - yes
11. Calamari - often
12. Pho - especially when hung over
13. PB&J sandwich - at least twice a week
14. Aloo gobi - i just learnt how to make this at home about a month ago. come over and have some
15. Hot dog from a street cart - for some reason the cart makes it taste better
16. Epoisses - ???
17. Black truffle - hmmm
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - cherry, hmm, northern michigan thinks it can make anything out of cherrys, not so much
19. Steamed pork buns - oh, now i'm hungry. might have to have these at dim sum tomorrow
20. Pistachio ice cream - not my favorite
21. Heirloom tomatoes - especially with fresh mozzarella
22. Fresh wild berries - picked boysenberries off of old railroad tracks at carolyn wolf'd farm in 3rd grade. good good memory
23. Foie gras - unfortunately, does not digest so well with me
24. Rice and beans - add some italian sausage and its heaven
25. Brawn, or head cheese - didn't know what it was before i put it in my mouth. never putting it in my mouth again
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - no
27. Dulce de leche - yes, and i didn't love it
28. Oysters - haven't had them in ages. don't have many friends into them
29. Baklava - three different kinds at afrah
30. Bagna cauda - ???
31. Wasabi peas - every bar is serving them now
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - even better is lobster bisque, not dissing clam chowder, just saying lobster bisque is better
33. Salted lassi - ???
34. Sauerkraut - unfortunately yes
35. Root beer float - years ago
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - sadly no. i might have to grow some to do this one
37. Clotted cream tea - with grandma
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O - made mine with gray goose and cherry jello
39. Gumbo - yes yes yes
40. Oxtail - no
41. Curried goat - no, haven't done much goat
42. Whole insects - does chocolate covered ants count?
43. Phaal - ??
44. Goat’s milk (does goat’s cheese count?)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - i think so without knowing it
46. Fugu - no, i admit, too scared
47. Chicken tikka masala - regularly
48. Eel - regularly
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - i don't eat these, i inhale them
50. Sea urchin - some say it tastes like the ocean. tastes like galveston to me
51. Prickly pear - does the liquor count?
52. Umeboshi - ??
53. Abalone - at the soggy dollar on Jost Van Dyke. devine!
54. Paneer - yes
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (I’ve actually never had a Big Mac. Its size has always intimidated me) me too. always been a mcnugget girl
56. Spaetzle - i think michelle rosenberg made it
57. Dirty gin martini - i prefer vodka, but i had to try the gin to compare
58. Beer above 8% ABV - i believe so
59. Poutine - ???
60. Carob chips - my friends hippy mother in fourth grade tried to convince us it tastes the same as chocolate
61. S’mores - i was a girl scout
62. Sweetbreads - yeah, i don't remember being blown away. maybe it was the preperation
63. Kaolin - ??
64. Currywurst - ???
65. Durian - no, but i keep reading about it
66. Frogs’ legs - tastes like chicken
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - oh, now i'm craving the state fair
68. Haggis - i even had a t-shirt to commemorate it
69. Fried plantain - very good with salsa
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - hmmm
71. Gazpacho - yes, don't love it though
72. Caviar and blini - favorite brunch food
73. Louche absinthe - the drunk bartender gave me the slotted spoon to take home
74. Gjetost, or brunost - ??
75. Roadkill - no
76. Baijiu - ???
77. Hostess Fruit Pie - hostess products were my childhood
78. Snail - tastes like chicken, kidding.
79. Lapsang souchong - i love tea
80. Bellini - been a long while, keep doing mimosa's
81. Tom yum - love it when i'm sick
82. Eggs Benedict - another favorite brunch food
83. Pocky - fed it constantly by my college roommates
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant - one day
85. Kobe beef - yeah, not sure the big todo
86. Hare - in belgium
87. Goulash - mom's was pretty good
88. Flowers - mostly on desersts
89. Horse - not with my knowlede
90. Criollo chocolate - i don't think so
91. Spam - mom said i did as a baby, been intrigued by the spam onigiri at sushiyama, but haven't had it yet
92. Soft shell crab - yep
93. Rose harissa - ??
94. Catfish - yes, but not a favorite
95. Mole poblano - good mole is my most favorite mexican
96. Bagel and lox - been a while, now i'm craving it
97. Lobster Thermidor - no
98. Polenta - yes
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - don't really like or experiment with coffee
100. Snake - stole a taste of this jerky in Italy....Texas
Friday, August 29, 2008
August, I'm Glad I knew Ye
This was a hard month. It looks like its going out with a bang. I swear I did have fun. Promise!!
There was the time I got to sit in a new Bentley outside of Steel. Note to men with expensive cars: you may think its cool to be friendly with the valets and park your car directly outside of the restaurant, but be warned. These same valets are men themselves who try to impress women and let them sit in your car while your eating.
I'm having a lovely time with my new ward, Tyler. He is just so cute. I still am not sure if I can do the full blown dog thing. Its just too much responsiblity and the cat is having multiple nervous breakdowns.
I gave in to my Afrin addiction. I try to get off it, but once I have a cold, I immediately reach for the bottle. Oh, its such a lovely thing. Afrin!
There was the time I got to sit in a new Bentley outside of Steel. Note to men with expensive cars: you may think its cool to be friendly with the valets and park your car directly outside of the restaurant, but be warned. These same valets are men themselves who try to impress women and let them sit in your car while your eating.
I'm having a lovely time with my new ward, Tyler. He is just so cute. I still am not sure if I can do the full blown dog thing. Its just too much responsiblity and the cat is having multiple nervous breakdowns.
I gave in to my Afrin addiction. I try to get off it, but once I have a cold, I immediately reach for the bottle. Oh, its such a lovely thing. Afrin!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A tickle
I felt it in the back of my throat last night. I woke up at 2 am and my throat just hurt. I knew something was coming on.
And now, I have sniffles. I have a feeling this labor day weekend might be spent in bed. I seem to turn into a 3 year old when I'm ill. I call my mom and drink a lot of soup. I pull out old afghans I crochetted years ago and huddle on the couch.
I could have been good and taken some airborne and some vitamin C. I have all that at my desk at work. Its all stacked up, but unfortunately, I spent most of my time trying to get out of the office. So, the vitmain c gets unsused. Best laid plans.
I need to be good though. I have a puppy for the next couple of days. I will have some energy to take him out for a spin once a day. Cross your fingers mistress Penny doesn't take him down!
And now, I have sniffles. I have a feeling this labor day weekend might be spent in bed. I seem to turn into a 3 year old when I'm ill. I call my mom and drink a lot of soup. I pull out old afghans I crochetted years ago and huddle on the couch.
I could have been good and taken some airborne and some vitamin C. I have all that at my desk at work. Its all stacked up, but unfortunately, I spent most of my time trying to get out of the office. So, the vitmain c gets unsused. Best laid plans.
I need to be good though. I have a puppy for the next couple of days. I will have some energy to take him out for a spin once a day. Cross your fingers mistress Penny doesn't take him down!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Break down over
I swear. Work just gets to me sometimes. I probably shouldn't let it. Everyone kept saying "you have so much in your life, why should this affect you so much."
Maybe I should introduce myself. My name is Victoria. I'm a quirky workaholic that has a cat.
Now, ask me that question again...
Seriously. I say work is my life and people give me this look like "you need to revisit that." That just gets me mad. I work so I can enjoy my life. I work so that I can afford things that make my life great. If something bad happens at work, there is a domino affect. There goes the money. There goes the fun things.
I would even understand this more if the people saying this were homeless hippies. People who actually believed in what they were saying to me about how work isn't everything, but no. The people saying it to me are professionals who live in Plano. Talk to me about this when you living in a commune in Denton.
Oh well. I've decided to immerse myself in some impressionists in Fort Worth for the day.
Maybe I should introduce myself. My name is Victoria. I'm a quirky workaholic that has a cat.
Now, ask me that question again...
Seriously. I say work is my life and people give me this look like "you need to revisit that." That just gets me mad. I work so I can enjoy my life. I work so that I can afford things that make my life great. If something bad happens at work, there is a domino affect. There goes the money. There goes the fun things.
I would even understand this more if the people saying this were homeless hippies. People who actually believed in what they were saying to me about how work isn't everything, but no. The people saying it to me are professionals who live in Plano. Talk to me about this when you living in a commune in Denton.
Oh well. I've decided to immerse myself in some impressionists in Fort Worth for the day.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Completely Dehydrated
Today, my skin is like the cracked out bottom of a dry riverbed. I think it's from all the crying
I hit my point. They pushed me too far. I'm so tired of being made to look stupid.
I'm over it, but I just look awful.
I have to suck it up. Clean myself up.
I'm just going to buy a stupidly expensive suit that makes me look skinny and like I should be taken seriously and just march in there with my head held up.
I just need to suck it up. I need to keep telling myself that.
I hit my point. They pushed me too far. I'm so tired of being made to look stupid.
I'm over it, but I just look awful.
I have to suck it up. Clean myself up.
I'm just going to buy a stupidly expensive suit that makes me look skinny and like I should be taken seriously and just march in there with my head held up.
I just need to suck it up. I need to keep telling myself that.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
I've got my happy face on
I think it must have been the weather. It was just making me gloomy and depressed. The squirrel incident didn't help, and then yesterday at my client meeting, I had to play bad cop. I hate playing bad cop. At the end, I said I tried to play it in a sweet way. My client just looked at me and said "there is no way to play sweet bad cop." I know I know. But I want everyone to like me. Major character flaw.
Sometimes, you have to be the bad cop, and sometimes, people aren't going to like you so much. Just sucking it up.
I have visitors for the next couple of days. The mother and a friend are coming in for the night tonight. They will have spent the day doing the impressionist exhibit at the Kimball. I'm supposed to take them out to dinner. It has been requested that we don't go anywhere fancy, but they would like nice food. Just rolling my eyes. I think they mean they want to eat a steak but not have to change out of their jeans. I think I'm going to drag them to a new place by my house.
And then Kristine gets in. I think I'm most excited that she will go to the Queen cover band with me. YEAH!!! I love Queen. Radio Gaga, I have the clapping down!!
Sometimes, you have to be the bad cop, and sometimes, people aren't going to like you so much. Just sucking it up.
I have visitors for the next couple of days. The mother and a friend are coming in for the night tonight. They will have spent the day doing the impressionist exhibit at the Kimball. I'm supposed to take them out to dinner. It has been requested that we don't go anywhere fancy, but they would like nice food. Just rolling my eyes. I think they mean they want to eat a steak but not have to change out of their jeans. I think I'm going to drag them to a new place by my house.
And then Kristine gets in. I think I'm most excited that she will go to the Queen cover band with me. YEAH!!! I love Queen. Radio Gaga, I have the clapping down!!
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