May 28th, 2008
I’m still sick y’all. Really sick. On antibiotics and an inhaler now. Blech.
Hopefully be back online soon.
Archive for May, 2008
May 23rd, 2008
Are you a Martha or Maxine?
*Martha’s Way*
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of an ice cream cone to prevent ice cream drips.
*Maxine’s Way *
Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete’s sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it, anyway!
*Martha’s Way*
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
*Maxine’s Way *
Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix. Keeps in the pantry for up to a year.
*Martha’s Way*
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won’t be any white mess on the outside of the cake.
*Maxine’s Way *
Go to the bakery! They’ll even decorate it for you.
*Martha’s Way*
If you accidentally over salt a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant ‘fix-me-up.’
*Maxine’s Way *
If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that’s too bad. Please recite with me the real woman’s motto: ‘I made it, you will eat it and I don’t care how bad it tastes!’
*Martha’s Way*
Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
*Maxine’s Way *
Celery? Never heard of it!
*Martha’s Way*
Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
*Maxine’s Way *
The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust, so I don’t.
*Martha’s Way*
Cure for headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
*Maxine’s Way *
Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink! ‘All’ your pains go away.
*Martha’s Way*
If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
*Maxine’s Way *
Go ask that very cute neighbor if he can open it for you.
*Martha’s Way*
Don’t throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
*Maxine’s Way *
Leftover wine??????????? HELLO !!!!!!!
May 22nd, 2008
Hopefully this virus will go away. :( I knew something was up when I kept feeling exhausted every day, like barely keep my eyes open tired. Then my glands got swollen, now I’m battling it almost full-on and feel like I got hit by a bus. Blech. I even missed my radio podcast interview with Mandy and Michelle yesterday (gads, I feel awful about that!).
However, I have the next five days off (woo!) and I planned on finishing Zeke’s story. I can only hope Dayquill does its job, along with copious amounts of tea and water, so I can reach my goal. Micah is calling and I’ve got to answer.
I’ll probably be offline most of the weekend, so you can catch me next Tuesday when I come up for air (briefly) before heading back into the cave.
One. Two. Three. Write!
May 21st, 2008
Do you remember your first job as a teenager? That nervous excitement with butterflies filling your stomach as you painstakingly filled out that job application? Or spoke to the hiring manager/person and tried not to sound like a complete idiot?
*sigh*
My teenager just got his first job. I guess that officially means I’m getting older, right? He’s been telling me he wanted a job since he turned 16 earlier this year. Well, believe it or not, most stores have online job applications and apparently none of them want to hire a 16 YO with no experience.
What’s up with that? I mean Food Lion (it’s a grocery store) won’t hire teenagers? Or Target either. Some stores require you to be 18, such as Kohl’s, or 17, such as Hollister. Every time he goes in Hollister, they ask him if he’s 17 because they want to hire him - he looks like a California beach model with blue eyes and blond hair.
So it’s been a sloooow process to find him a job. I just happened to be searching through various online job posting websites looking for part-time work. Many of them are those ‘WORK FROM HOME AND BE A MILLIONAIRE’ type postings, which of course are total crap. Then I went on Craig’s list and lo and behold, found one for a front desk person at a neighborhood pool about 10 minutes from the house.
It met his desires for a job - not too hard, in the shade and close by. He went for a group interview the other day and from the 11 teenagers there, 6 of them got e-mails saying they were hired including my DS. Not sure what the qualifications were at that point, but he was dressed nicely (thank you Mom).
He’s going to start this weekend, Memorial Day, when the pool officially opens so I expect it will be an eye-opening weekend for him. That first paycheck is coming and he’s going to want to buy himself something. Another sweet memory for me - although I only made $3.25 an hour so it was a veddy small paycheck. Yet oh so satisfying.
Memories, eh?
