Month: January 2006

Meme Me!

I’m somewhat fried after having to watch the State of the Union address tonight with Jason for extra credit for school. Man, I avoid that at all costs normally. Now I remember why. So a meme is about all I’m up for tonight.

It has been ages since I have been tagged for a meme. It is sort of a cool feeling, you know? Props to Tara for hooking me up. Yo, yo, *insert gang sign* you rock. (I’m sure Tara has a great love of my throwing the gang signs. Especially when I’m about to get us killed for doing it.)

This one is going to be tough. That is the only down side to being a poster-child Libra!

Four Jobs I’ve Had:

1. Hostess with the mostest
2. Receptionist
3. Litigation Support
4. Website Sales / Project Manager (Scamatech!)

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over: (I can name a lot more than four, so this is just a random assortment!)

1. Remember the Titans
2. Down with Love
3. Addicted to Love
4. Haiku Tunnel

Four Places I’ve Lived:

1. Fargo, ND (Born there.)
2. Champaign, IL (Home of U of I.)
3. Kankakee, IL (All along the Southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee.)
4. Illesheim, Germany (So small, it isn’t even on most maps.)

Four TV Shows I Love to Watch:

1. Project Runway
2. Grey’s Anatomy (This one is all Tara’s fault.)
3. HOUSE. (Everyone should watch House.)
4. Numbers, In Justice, Law & Order (any of them), CSI, the list goes on and on.

Four Places I’ve Been on Vacation:

1. London, England
2. Paris, France
3. Boston, MA
4. Lots of other places in the USA – mainly in the midwest.

Four of My Favorite Dishes:

1. Cheese
2. Potatoes
3. Beef
4. Anything involving the above items.

Four Websites I Visit ~~Daily~~ When I’m Online:

1. Flickr
2. Random sites on my Blogroll
3. Here, to approve/read comments
4. Flicrk (I spend a lot of time there!)

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:

1. Travelling in the US
2. Germany and Austria
3. Europe (to cover all the other countries)
4. England

Four bloggers who I’m tagging as “it”:

1. Jenn
2. Kymberlie (Maybe this will get her to post!)
3. You, if you haven’t done it yet.
4. Updated: Danbee – TAG! You’re It!

Amuse Me

Kids These Days…

Jason informed Mike tonight on the way home from the Scout meeting that he needs 10 magazines that he can cut up to take to school on Wednesday for English class. Then he added that they have to be age appropriate.

Mike told him, “Darn, then I’m not sending you with Playboy.”

Jason asked, “Huh? What’s that?”

Mike told him that was the right answer. Kids these days – thanks to the Internet, they have no clue what Playboy even is…

BlahBlahBabble Knittastic!

Voting is Still Open!

Post author By Christine
Post date Monday, January 30, 2006

Just a reminder – it isn’t too late to vote for Mike’s wonderful Lapsang Souchong-smoked Stuffed Cornish Game Hen recipe at TeaChef.com! Pretty please?

I frogged my sock back to where I should have been doing the decreases at, carefully picked up 78 stitches, decreased down to 72 stitches, and have moved on past the point where I realized my error. Whew! Now I only have about an inch to go before I start the toe decrease. I guess I’m not going to make my original goal of having the pair done by the end of January, but they will be done in time for the JayWalking KAL deadline in February – and they will be my first pair of 2006 socks completed!

Knittastic!

Arrested for Jaywalking…

*Sigh* I turned the heel on my Jaywalkers the other day, and wrapped up the decreases this afternoon, moving on to the main body of the foot. I decreased the sole of the foot down to 38 stitches – half of the total stitches – just like I normally do.

It would have been smart to have double checked the pattern.

Yeah, I was supposed to decrease down to 32 stitches. I stopped too early. Of course I’ve knit close to an inch since then. Gah! I kept thinking the bottom of the sock looked like it was going to be loose. I think my only option is to weave a different colored yarn through the sock and frog back to where I should have done the other decreases.

Man, I hate it when I do stupid things like this!

BlahBlahBabble Food

On the Menu This Week…

As I mentioned before, I took a LOT of photos in Paris. Tons. I am still wrapping up posting day 1 on Flickr – and that was just a half day! The above statue is St. Denis. The angel comforting him adds a certain touch. Cracks me up every time I see it.

Mike is the official chef of Chez Tremoulet, and loves to try out new recipes. A few weeks ago, he signed up to compete in the TeaChef competition, and they sent him a sample of tea to create a recipe to go with it. His creation, Lapsang Souchong-smoked Stuffed Cornish Game Hen came out wonderfully. He has posted photos of it, along with the recipe.

Now, voting for his recipe is open! You can go and vote for his fabulous recipe, and you would make him very happy. And if you want to come by our house, maybe he will even cook it for you!

Vote! Vote! Vote! (And thank you for doing so!)