Did you wake up at 3:30 because your body is used to waking up at 4:30 but we add an extra hour and now you don%u2019t even really know what time it is for real? Yeah, that would be me. I look at my phone, at my computer, but don%u2019t trust all the self resetting clocks. I have to check the kitchen stove to see what time it was yesterday before I can figure out the time today and then check the technology clocks to see if they really know. But woo hoo, daylight savings. I am one of those people that really likes it. I like the light in the morning, I like the early as shit dark. It suits my life (early to bed, early to rise) and also gives off a feeling of coziness that I can%u2019t quite describe. Plus I am a slight creeper and love walking around the neighborhood after dinner when it is dark and seeing inside peoples house. Not like too creepy where I go an actively peer in, just looking in if their windows are open, checking out their decor, seeing what they are watching on tv, or what they are eating for dinner. Don%u2019t judge, you know you do the same thing too.
This week was a blur. On Sunday we spent way to much time walking around Ikea, checking out the Christmas stuff and choosing a new duvet cover. We had time to kill before Barbs plane landed from Italy (and it was late). So Ikea was the natural waiting place. It wasn%u2019t bad, the mr got to try the new veggie dogs, said they were absolutely fantastic and we actually did buy a duvet cover. But as soon as the plane landed we jumped in the car a drove circles around the terminal until the ladies appeared with smiles and bottles of wine and olive oil, which I have still yet to receive. Then a drive back home to where we stopped for drinks, I opened the trunk of the car and smacked my head on the door so hard I think I broke my skull. Anyway, she made it back from Italy and I am pretty sure I gave myself a concussion. Good stuff.
The week started. I spent the first half doing paperwork and making all sorts of phone calls about things that I don%u2019t know anything about trying to gather information to make said phone calls and blah blah blah.
And then it was Halloween and we didn%u2019t do a damn thing. We were suppose to take, at the very least, Judah out, but Coco got super sick again and landed himself a bed up at the hospital. Things got confusing and crazy and he ended up going with a family friend and their kids. We were pretty bummed, and so was he. What a bust. And we had only enough candy tor give 3 little kids so we didn%u2019t do that either. Another Halloween come and gone. Meh. But the next day we had the littles over for a school night sleep over. Not as fun as a weekend sleep over because there is bedtime, homework, the need to shower, and waking up early. But those guys championed, did all their homework, took their showers, and brushed their teeth without a single rebuke, and we had a grand old time. They even went to bed and woke up without giving me any shit. Then after a humorous breakfast of dried cereal, eggs, and toast, they got themselves ready and I dropped them off at school, again, with out any complaining. Those littles%u2026 So good. On the way to school I tried to explain why we do daylight savings. Things got off topic a bit and I might have blamed all the time changing on Voldemort and magic and yeah. Someone is going to need to sort that out with them someday. OR not.
After dropping them off I worked at the studio for the rest of the day. Megan came to visit me and bring me coffee. Which probably saved my life. Then I pugged clay for way to long and had to have the mr come to the studio and help me take the bolts out of the pug machine so I could take it apart to clean it, or more like I pugged, he took it apart and he cleaned it. My mr, he be so nice.
Yesterday was a burn out day. Might be getting a head cold (or it%u2019s the concussion) and I could barely keep my head from falling off, SO much pressure, even my eyes looked bleak and blue. But I did some stuff. The mr and I took a research drive, I got the grocery shopping done, did laundry, cleaned he house. And then went to bed early.
And now I am awake and it%u2019s early. My head is still pretty pressurized, but I think it might be starting to deflate a little which is good because today the mr and I have some outdoor plans. What exactly the plans are is still up in the air. It is suppose to be sunny and slightly warmer so we need to get to and get us some woods. I almost want to try and convince him that we should go camping and I totally would if I hadn%u2019t packed away everything and we had fire wood and if I wasn%u2019t afraid of the bears coming to eat me. One last meal before hibernation. Haha. No, its not the bears I worry about, our bears don%u2019t eat people here, it is the hunters I am actually worried about. I don%u2019t own any blaze orange and I move like a graceful doe in the woods. Yikes!
Some internet stuff I read this week.
-The mr sent me this link. He thinks I am crazy because I said that I want to live the next day without the extra hour yet and take my extra hour on Monday around 2, for like a nap time or something. I think I can do it, but only if I don%u2019t look at my phone clock. If I lived in the city, this guy could make it happen for everyone. The Man Who Turns Back New York City%u2019s Clocks, Hand by Hand. What a badass job.
-You Can Wrap All of Your Friends Christmas Gifts With Your Face This Year. Hahaha. I hate gift wrap, think it is a complete waste, but this is hilarious
-Another reason to get your shut eye. How Sleep Deprivation Messes With Creativity
-Do you love or loathe coffee? Your genes may be to blame. Both my parents drink pretty much nothing else but coffee so I think I am made up of like 25% coffee. Now I have a 99% tolerance to caffeine. The only thing that is does to me (that I notice) is that I get a major headache if I don%u2019t have it. But I am one of those people that could drink a pot of coffee and sleep like a baby for 8 hours. Same as the parents. Got to be genetic.
-If I lived in a brownstone in a loft in Brooklyn, this would be the one I would want.
–How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book. This is just so fantastic.
-Just because it is not summer anymore and we are no longer gardening does not mean that there is any less produce out there to eat. Your Ultimate Guide to Fall Produce
-About That Monstrous Black Hole We%u2019re All Orbiting. Just in case you want to know. Life and black holes. What are you gonna do?
-Do any of yo have a septic system and grow ferns on top?. Something I have been thinking about fo septic system landscaping purposes. Anatomy of Ferns
–Thick Strokes of Paint Create Featureless Portraits in Abstracted Paintings by Joseph Lee
Pictures from the week. I didn%u2019t take very many, but I did get Barb eating so there is that.
Happy first week of the year. How has it been going for you? Mine, well it has been kind of a bust.%u00a0
New Years Day came and went. Too cold to go for a hike, too cold to even go for a walk, and the mr ended up dealing with a faulty heater for a full day at an apartment so we didn’t get spend the day doing anything that we had planned. But shit happens, and we were going Ikea in Montreal the next day so we didn’t let it bum us out too much.
Ikea on Tuesday was kind of a bust too because everything I wanted was sold out. I got a few things, but the cookie cutter stamps that I have been lusting over for months were sold out. So was the drying rack and light fixture. Again,%u00a0I guess that happens and maybe better luck next time?..? ( I really want those cookie cutter stamps)%u00a0At least the mr and I got to spend the -8 degree day (it was colder even up north) in the warm car, see an Ikea clown,%u00a0and have coffee and hot dogs for lunch (me coffee, the mr had the hot dogs). So maybe not a total bust.%u00a0When we got home we ended up getting Judah for dinner because he was suppose to have an appointment that the mr was taking him to which actually %u00a0ended up being the wrong day, so we just kept him.%u00a0Plus his sisters was sick…… She had the stomach flu. Oh boy. But Judah was fine and happy and we were like ok, but wash your hands all the time and do not touch me and it was all good. So we feed the boy, he played with the new soccer goals we got for him and then brought him home.%u00a0%u00a0We were both pretty tired after that and jumped into bed by 8.
Wednesday was like the calm before the storm. The mr was feeling pretty sick but somehow %u00a0he was pushing through and doing some work and got rid of the mountain of recyciling in between long naps.%u00a0I was getting things done and had a laundry list of things that I needed to do on the next few days to get the week back on track. I was determined to have it all done, the Christmas tree and decorations gone, the house spotless, and a good start on taxes %u00a0Him being sick and me, well I was starting to not feel so good either. we were both in bed by 7. The next morning the mr woke up feeling a little better and I woke up and basically half dead. I only left my bed to vomit. (too much? yeah well it was for me too) I couldn’t open my eyes, I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t think or stop thinking. It was hell, and worst yet, Taylor Swift (whom I now realize haunts me whenever I am feeling under the weather) was on repeat singing,%u00a0Look what you made me do,%u00a0in my head. All. Day. Long. I will probably boot if I ever hear that song again. And food. Whenever I am trapped in my head I start thinking about food. Well that was horrifying and made me want to kill myself. Food was the enemy and I was convinced that I would never eat again.
%u00a0I don’t get sick like that ever. The last time I was sick like that was in college, so like a long time ago.%u00a0A whole day of my life, gone. I didn’t get to any of my to do list. I didn’t start taxes. The tree was still up and I I missed farm share. (now I am left having to ration what little food I have left until next week) It was just the worst. But bight side, at least it was during some super cold ass snow bomb apocolype weather so it wasn’t like I was missing much of the cold outside world.%u00a0
Luckily when I woke up on Friday I was not feeling quit like death. I actually got out of bed at 6 (I usually wake at 430 so this was late) and watched the news. When the mr woke up I had a cup of coffee and was even starting to think that tI could possible eat something. I boiled myself a carrot in cups of water and tried that out on myself. It turned out ok so I made soup (yesterdays post). While it was cooking I %u00a0took down the Christmas tree and all the decorations, then ate the soup. Then we gave the cat a bath and then I went back to bed. I was able to watch a movie and check my email and stuff and lucky me did I find an article about lettuce recall and e coli. Spent another hour in bed searching e coli symptoms, pretty much convinced I had (maybe have) it before passing out again.%u00a0
I woke up yesterday feeling ok, but still kind of crummy and grumpy. And that’s when the cranks comes out and I can sometimes get a little mean. Ask the mr. I have a magical mouth when I am not feeling good. I think it’s just the stress of being sick and not getting things done that need to be which is not an excuse, but that’s how I am so , well sorry. I guess. Anyway,%u00a0I had some coffee, the mr threw boiling hot water into the air and made it snow (I have a video but don’t know how to upload it, but there is a picture) and I started to clean the house a bit. But then I kind of crashed again. I managed to eat some soup for lunch, go to the post office, buy a bunch of kale that froze from store to car, and start a load of laundry.(I am washing it all, even the pillows on the couch. No way am I getting sick again)%u00a0%u00a0Then it was couch time for a while. Soup for dinner, a crazy bundled up walk around the block, and bed by 8.%u00a0
So the beginning of the year has not started off exactly the way I would hope for.%u00a0
Hoping today goes better. I am awake, I feel ok. My body hurts a little but I feel like that it because I haven’t been to the gym in 3 days and only out of the house for brief excursions. I am determined to set us up for a good week.%u00a0I think if I am feeling up to it a little later I am gong to try the gym for a little, maybe make another big batch of soup, maybe get outside for longer then 5 minutes even though it is currently -19 (without windchill), but the temperature is suppose to get above freezing today.%u00a0Whoop whoop!!%u00a0Maybe I’ll even get a little paperwork in order and and just start to think better thoughts about life. And keep my magical mouth shut for a while. I know the mr would appreciate that. Hey, what can I say other then,%u00a0I am a stable genius. Hahaha. Crazy Motherfucker.%u00a0
Internet links from some of my week.
-I blame all of my grumpy’s on “sickness behavior” It’s a real thing and I really get it, we all do.%u00a0
-And this is the reason I think I have e coli.%u00a0Food-Safety Experts Say Avoid Romaine Lettuce If You%u2019re Not Into E. Coli
–%u00a0Photographs of Waves Crashing Against the Setting Sun%u00a0Soothing when you think you have e coli.%u00a0
-Thinking about a trip the the city soon and am eyeing the exhibitions at the American Museum of Natural History. %u00a0I really want to go the planetarium.
–We need to call American breakfast what it often is: dessert. For reals, sugar and sugar and more sugar. It is kind of crazy.%u00a0
-About time.%u00a0Vermont House Votes to Legalize Marijuana
-Do you know you can be face blind, like not be able to recognize people by there face? I didn’t until I read the book Holding up the Universe (great book). What is face blindness?%u00a0
– I actually really like this (this being chatbooks)%u00a0and am toying with the idea of getting some books made. It’s almost as cheap as getting photos printed out at any store. And the covers are really cute.
-Not usually a fan of neon lights but these are some pretty sweet lights%u00a0Explosive Light-Based Installations
-Very interesting.%u00a0Should American books have more underlying issues? It’s funny that they seem to stress happiness and Americans not necessarily seem to be the happiest people. Huh? %u00a0What’s The Difference Between Children’s Books In China And The U.S.?%u00a0
And some pictures from the week.
Have a great week. Enjoy the thaw to come!
-C
What, you don’t have a large trough full of kittens?
Yup, that’s right, the mr and I are currently foster parents to 4 little itty bitty kitties and oh hell are they cute and stinky and all sorts of crazy. But lets back it up here. The beginning of the week started off like any other. Did some work, picked a shitload of berries and all the cucumbers, had the kiddos over for brinner (breakfast for dinner), you know, the usual.%u00a0 Then on Wednesday we went to Belvidere and spent some time with my family in the most magical place..We played in the waterfall, the mr went fishing, we found some cool rocks, just hung out with my people. Then it happened. Thursday, the mr and I were over at one of our apartment buildings where we have a barn that we keep all of scrap wood looking for well, wood. And there they were, a pile of freaking kittens, tiny as can be, living in the pile of wood in the barn. Long story short ,a few hours of super carefully moving wood, we managed to grab them all and get them in a box. And now they are living with us until they can find new homes. We have four crazy kitties that went from swatting and hissing to snuggles and love and now are the neediest little things ever.%u00a0 Only is mad at us and doesn’t want to come inside. I think he is jealous. We feel kinda bad so he got a can of tuna.
Barb came over Friday night to have a sleep over kitten party.%u00a0 I had planned an epic night of Wayne’s World watching (she hasn’t seen them..Asphinctersayswhat?) before the morning trip to Ikea, but the evening turned into kitten time. And honestly, it’s all turned into kitten time, but that’s ok, we will Wayne’s World party time, excellent soon.We did end up named them; Farro (the only boy) Quinoa, Tofu, and Jumper. Tofu because she is the runt and barb so tofu is the runt of the meat world. Jumper because she is constantly trying to jump out of the box, and Farro and Quinoa because we were talking dinner and that happened.
After finally settling down and getting a little sleep,%u00a0 we woke up. played with kitties, the headed north of the border to Ikea where barb and the mr eat handfuls of hot dogs, we got a new kitchen faucet and some clothes hangers, then drove back through the craziest rainstorm any of us have ever seen. We all thought we were going to die. But we didn’t because we needed to get back to the kittens..
Needless to say that today is probably going to a kitten heavy day. The mr made a little playpen for them to play in and I found that last night I ended up watching them for like an hour without even noticing.%u00a0 Plus they all pooped last night next to the litter and managed to walk all in it so now all the kitten are covered in poop and I have to wash them all. So cute, so nasty….this is my new life for a little while.
Email me if you want a kitten. (seriously)
Stuff I saw on the internet that isn’t about how to bath kittens.
–Gnawing Questions: Is Sugar From Fruit The Same As Sugar From Candy? Candy bar or bag of grapes…. Go with the grapes.
– How to Be Better at Stress. We could all be better.
-I have been on the seltzer wagon for a long time now. I drink Polar. Vanilla, grapefruit , and the new pineapple grapefruit are my favorites. Seltzer’s Popularity Bubbles Up In The U.S.
-100 Years in the Kitchen: A Century of Kitchen Color Trends. I am all about the70’s colored appliances. My fridge is harvest gold with wood accents and it’s the best. 100 Years in the Kitchen: A Century of Kitchen Color Trends
-I want one of these. I have a very real fear that me or the mr are going to lose some fingers. Despite Proven Technology, Attempts To Make Table Saws Safer Drag On
–A 100-YEAR-OLD, PERFECTLY PRESERVED FRUITCAKE WAS DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTICA. Eat up!
-My sister wore this shirt all throughout her tween and early teen years. This shirt and kissing Steven Tyler posters. She was scary.
–What Brands Are Actually Behind Trader Joe%u2019s Snacks? I knew it!!!
-So much neon light. Ultraviolet Break of Day: A Midnight Walk Through the Neon-Hued Streets of Asian Cities
–Traffic Accident Leaves Arkansas Highway Covered in Frozen Pizzas
For a little while now, we have been telling this lady (my little sis) we would take her to the big city up north. She had never been, (which is crazy%u00a0cause we live so close) and wanted to just explore and take some pictures.%u00a0So last week when she finally finished school for the summer, the mr, this lady, and I made the trip.
%u00a0I guess the best way to start a little road trip%u00a0is with a bowl or egg noodle covered in the smelliest%u00a0teriyaki sauce ever ( it was 9 in the morning). Gross as hell, but i give her credit for creativity. This lady has a fantastic (and pretty freaking dirty) mind.%u00a0
And really, what’s a trip to Montreal without stopping at%u00a0Ikea. It’s like a house%u00a0ware themed playground.%u00a0So much tomfoolery!%u00a0
The mr. wants to know, “is%u00a0it really frozen yogurt, cause it’s too good to be yogurt?”%u00a0The lady%u00a0just wants an Ikea closer so she can eat ice cream and hot dogs all day, everyday.%u00a0
The balls we plastic and full of water%u2026.and after wondering aloud if the balls ever dropped, this one fell onto my head.
Once in the city, we parked and set out on foot. The goal for the day was to walk, see some cool shit, and get a good cup of coffee. All of which we did. So after a few hours, tired, hot and sun burnt (we forgot the sunscreen), we dragged ass back to the car and drove home.
Until next time. (maybe we’ll take her to a strip club)
-C
I don’t think I need to tell anyone about how weird the past few weeks of weather have been, so I will just leave it alone because we don’t need to keep thinking about how stupid cold it is outside or that the next week is only suppose to get worse. Booooo, but oh well. More time for cooking, reading, and trolling the internet (I have spent a little more time then usual getting sucked into the world-wide web.) Beacause I have been spending a little more time interneting, I have added an addition to %u00a0my usual happy bits, %u00a0a%u00a0few links that I have stumbled upon that I think are cool and of things that I want or want to make%u2026 Cool internet stuff%u2026..a bit of internet happy.%u00a0
So I recently discovered that I can waste a good amount of time on pintrest, especially looking at interiors and architecture and clothes (which I found really weird, but with one pin, an open can of worms%u2026Dangerous stuff). I have a long way to go before I have nearly as many pins as other folk, but I am getting a good a start. Check out my boards…
I smiled so much when I read %u00a0 this%u00a0article.%u00a0%u00a0 %u00a0So sweet and are some of the coolest tattoos %u00a0ever.
The original nomad.%u00a0I am not a hot tub person (it makes me feel like I am being cooked..) But I might be able to get into one of these when doing some camping.
I practically started salivating when I saw%u00a0this%u00a0falafel.%u00a0 I am so going to make it%u00a0for a special mister and me dinner!
I don’t have any big kitchen utensils%u2026 like a kitchen aid or a panini grill, and for now, I am ok with that, but I really want this waffle iron. I could so use the crap out of it.
So that’s some internet stuff and here are a few life moments%u2026..
I got to%u00a0hang out with my little sister for the first time in like a month%u2026 She is just so busy being busy. I guess high school,play practices and boys and friends can fill up ones time at 15%u2026 but I miss her so much! I was very excited that she was able to hang out with me this week. %u00a0What did we do? Well we spent most of out time together taking pictures of her in my glasses, making food and then taking pictures of her eating food. %u00a0(She is eating whipped carob moose%u2026 like one should eat it) A fantastic day of silliness.%u00a0
I have been feeling like I might be fighting off an illness so I have been eating this Turmeric Ginger Garlic Carrot soup%u00a0which I have been adding cabbage and topping with these pickled heart beet, all week long. So tasty and full of so much good.
%u00a0Oh yeah. Me, the mister, my sister, and her lovely little little went to Ikea this week. (the littles first international trip!!! Over the border and into Montreal) And of course at the end of any good shopping trip there is some type of food%u2026. She %u00a0was so excited for the hot dog and frozen yogurt cone at check out. Champion food eater this one is.
And what’s not to love about pretty flowers (primrose)%u2026..Sadly this is not a current picture. I need to get me some color today.%u00a0
Which leaves me with my goals for the day..
Get 2 new library books (and return the huge stack by the door)
Make something tasty good for dinner and prep food for the week
clean bathroom and change sheets
buy flowers
Take a nap
Hope you all have a great day and the%u00a0most splendid week!
THE LOVELY CRAZY
October 15, 2019 by maximios • Blog
Did you wake up at 3:30 because your body is used to waking up at 4:30 but we add an extra hour and now you don%u2019t even really know what time it is for real? Yeah, that would be me. I look at my phone, at my computer, but don%u2019t trust all the self resetting clocks. I have to check the kitchen stove to see what time it was yesterday before I can figure out the time today and then check the technology clocks to see if they really know. But woo hoo, daylight savings. I am one of those people that really likes it. I like the light in the morning, I like the early as shit dark. It suits my life (early to bed, early to rise) and also gives off a feeling of coziness that I can%u2019t quite describe. Plus I am a slight creeper and love walking around the neighborhood after dinner when it is dark and seeing inside peoples house. Not like too creepy where I go an actively peer in, just looking in if their windows are open, checking out their decor, seeing what they are watching on tv, or what they are eating for dinner. Don%u2019t judge, you know you do the same thing too.
This week was a blur. On Sunday we spent way to much time walking around Ikea, checking out the Christmas stuff and choosing a new duvet cover. We had time to kill before Barbs plane landed from Italy (and it was late). So Ikea was the natural waiting place. It wasn%u2019t bad, the mr got to try the new veggie dogs, said they were absolutely fantastic and we actually did buy a duvet cover. But as soon as the plane landed we jumped in the car a drove circles around the terminal until the ladies appeared with smiles and bottles of wine and olive oil, which I have still yet to receive. Then a drive back home to where we stopped for drinks, I opened the trunk of the car and smacked my head on the door so hard I think I broke my skull. Anyway, she made it back from Italy and I am pretty sure I gave myself a concussion. Good stuff.
The week started. I spent the first half doing paperwork and making all sorts of phone calls about things that I don%u2019t know anything about trying to gather information to make said phone calls and blah blah blah.
And then it was Halloween and we didn%u2019t do a damn thing. We were suppose to take, at the very least, Judah out, but Coco got super sick again and landed himself a bed up at the hospital. Things got confusing and crazy and he ended up going with a family friend and their kids. We were pretty bummed, and so was he. What a bust. And we had only enough candy tor give 3 little kids so we didn%u2019t do that either. Another Halloween come and gone. Meh. But the next day we had the littles over for a school night sleep over. Not as fun as a weekend sleep over because there is bedtime, homework, the need to shower, and waking up early. But those guys championed, did all their homework, took their showers, and brushed their teeth without a single rebuke, and we had a grand old time. They even went to bed and woke up without giving me any shit. Then after a humorous breakfast of dried cereal, eggs, and toast, they got themselves ready and I dropped them off at school, again, with out any complaining. Those littles%u2026 So good. On the way to school I tried to explain why we do daylight savings. Things got off topic a bit and I might have blamed all the time changing on Voldemort and magic and yeah. Someone is going to need to sort that out with them someday. OR not.
After dropping them off I worked at the studio for the rest of the day. Megan came to visit me and bring me coffee. Which probably saved my life. Then I pugged clay for way to long and had to have the mr come to the studio and help me take the bolts out of the pug machine so I could take it apart to clean it, or more like I pugged, he took it apart and he cleaned it. My mr, he be so nice.
Yesterday was a burn out day. Might be getting a head cold (or it%u2019s the concussion) and I could barely keep my head from falling off, SO much pressure, even my eyes looked bleak and blue. But I did some stuff. The mr and I took a research drive, I got the grocery shopping done, did laundry, cleaned he house. And then went to bed early.
And now I am awake and it%u2019s early. My head is still pretty pressurized, but I think it might be starting to deflate a little which is good because today the mr and I have some outdoor plans. What exactly the plans are is still up in the air. It is suppose to be sunny and slightly warmer so we need to get to and get us some woods. I almost want to try and convince him that we should go camping and I totally would if I hadn%u2019t packed away everything and we had fire wood and if I wasn%u2019t afraid of the bears coming to eat me. One last meal before hibernation. Haha. No, its not the bears I worry about, our bears don%u2019t eat people here, it is the hunters I am actually worried about. I don%u2019t own any blaze orange and I move like a graceful doe in the woods. Yikes!
Some internet stuff I read this week.
-The mr sent me this link. He thinks I am crazy because I said that I want to live the next day without the extra hour yet and take my extra hour on Monday around 2, for like a nap time or something. I think I can do it, but only if I don%u2019t look at my phone clock. If I lived in the city, this guy could make it happen for everyone. The Man Who Turns Back New York City%u2019s Clocks, Hand by Hand. What a badass job.
-You Can Wrap All of Your Friends Christmas Gifts With Your Face This Year. Hahaha. I hate gift wrap, think it is a complete waste, but this is hilarious
-Another reason to get your shut eye. How Sleep Deprivation Messes With Creativity
-Do you love or loathe coffee? Your genes may be to blame. Both my parents drink pretty much nothing else but coffee so I think I am made up of like 25% coffee. Now I have a 99% tolerance to caffeine. The only thing that is does to me (that I notice) is that I get a major headache if I don%u2019t have it. But I am one of those people that could drink a pot of coffee and sleep like a baby for 8 hours. Same as the parents. Got to be genetic.
-If I lived in a brownstone in a loft in Brooklyn, this would be the one I would want.
–How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book. This is just so fantastic.
-Just because it is not summer anymore and we are no longer gardening does not mean that there is any less produce out there to eat. Your Ultimate Guide to Fall Produce
-About That Monstrous Black Hole We%u2019re All Orbiting. Just in case you want to know. Life and black holes. What are you gonna do?
-Do any of yo have a septic system and grow ferns on top?. Something I have been thinking about fo septic system landscaping purposes. Anatomy of Ferns
–Thick Strokes of Paint Create Featureless Portraits in Abstracted Paintings by Joseph Lee
Pictures from the week. I didn%u2019t take very many, but I did get Barb eating so there is that.
Happy first week of the year. How has it been going for you? Mine, well it has been kind of a bust.%u00a0
New Years Day came and went. Too cold to go for a hike, too cold to even go for a walk, and the mr ended up dealing with a faulty heater for a full day at an apartment so we didn’t get spend the day doing anything that we had planned. But shit happens, and we were going Ikea in Montreal the next day so we didn’t let it bum us out too much.
Ikea on Tuesday was kind of a bust too because everything I wanted was sold out. I got a few things, but the cookie cutter stamps that I have been lusting over for months were sold out. So was the drying rack and light fixture. Again,%u00a0I guess that happens and maybe better luck next time?..? ( I really want those cookie cutter stamps)%u00a0At least the mr and I got to spend the -8 degree day (it was colder even up north) in the warm car, see an Ikea clown,%u00a0and have coffee and hot dogs for lunch (me coffee, the mr had the hot dogs). So maybe not a total bust.%u00a0When we got home we ended up getting Judah for dinner because he was suppose to have an appointment that the mr was taking him to which actually %u00a0ended up being the wrong day, so we just kept him.%u00a0Plus his sisters was sick…… She had the stomach flu. Oh boy. But Judah was fine and happy and we were like ok, but wash your hands all the time and do not touch me and it was all good. So we feed the boy, he played with the new soccer goals we got for him and then brought him home.%u00a0%u00a0We were both pretty tired after that and jumped into bed by 8.
Wednesday was like the calm before the storm. The mr was feeling pretty sick but somehow %u00a0he was pushing through and doing some work and got rid of the mountain of recyciling in between long naps.%u00a0I was getting things done and had a laundry list of things that I needed to do on the next few days to get the week back on track. I was determined to have it all done, the Christmas tree and decorations gone, the house spotless, and a good start on taxes %u00a0Him being sick and me, well I was starting to not feel so good either. we were both in bed by 7. The next morning the mr woke up feeling a little better and I woke up and basically half dead. I only left my bed to vomit. (too much? yeah well it was for me too) I couldn’t open my eyes, I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t think or stop thinking. It was hell, and worst yet, Taylor Swift (whom I now realize haunts me whenever I am feeling under the weather) was on repeat singing,%u00a0Look what you made me do,%u00a0in my head. All. Day. Long. I will probably boot if I ever hear that song again. And food. Whenever I am trapped in my head I start thinking about food. Well that was horrifying and made me want to kill myself. Food was the enemy and I was convinced that I would never eat again.
%u00a0I don’t get sick like that ever. The last time I was sick like that was in college, so like a long time ago.%u00a0A whole day of my life, gone. I didn’t get to any of my to do list. I didn’t start taxes. The tree was still up and I I missed farm share. (now I am left having to ration what little food I have left until next week) It was just the worst. But bight side, at least it was during some super cold ass snow bomb apocolype weather so it wasn’t like I was missing much of the cold outside world.%u00a0
Luckily when I woke up on Friday I was not feeling quit like death. I actually got out of bed at 6 (I usually wake at 430 so this was late) and watched the news. When the mr woke up I had a cup of coffee and was even starting to think that tI could possible eat something. I boiled myself a carrot in cups of water and tried that out on myself. It turned out ok so I made soup (yesterdays post). While it was cooking I %u00a0took down the Christmas tree and all the decorations, then ate the soup. Then we gave the cat a bath and then I went back to bed. I was able to watch a movie and check my email and stuff and lucky me did I find an article about lettuce recall and e coli. Spent another hour in bed searching e coli symptoms, pretty much convinced I had (maybe have) it before passing out again.%u00a0
I woke up yesterday feeling ok, but still kind of crummy and grumpy. And that’s when the cranks comes out and I can sometimes get a little mean. Ask the mr. I have a magical mouth when I am not feeling good. I think it’s just the stress of being sick and not getting things done that need to be which is not an excuse, but that’s how I am so , well sorry. I guess. Anyway,%u00a0I had some coffee, the mr threw boiling hot water into the air and made it snow (I have a video but don’t know how to upload it, but there is a picture) and I started to clean the house a bit. But then I kind of crashed again. I managed to eat some soup for lunch, go to the post office, buy a bunch of kale that froze from store to car, and start a load of laundry.(I am washing it all, even the pillows on the couch. No way am I getting sick again)%u00a0%u00a0Then it was couch time for a while. Soup for dinner, a crazy bundled up walk around the block, and bed by 8.%u00a0
So the beginning of the year has not started off exactly the way I would hope for.%u00a0
Hoping today goes better. I am awake, I feel ok. My body hurts a little but I feel like that it because I haven’t been to the gym in 3 days and only out of the house for brief excursions. I am determined to set us up for a good week.%u00a0I think if I am feeling up to it a little later I am gong to try the gym for a little, maybe make another big batch of soup, maybe get outside for longer then 5 minutes even though it is currently -19 (without windchill), but the temperature is suppose to get above freezing today.%u00a0Whoop whoop!!%u00a0Maybe I’ll even get a little paperwork in order and and just start to think better thoughts about life. And keep my magical mouth shut for a while. I know the mr would appreciate that. Hey, what can I say other then,%u00a0I am a stable genius. Hahaha. Crazy Motherfucker.%u00a0
Internet links from some of my week.
-I blame all of my grumpy’s on “sickness behavior” It’s a real thing and I really get it, we all do.%u00a0
-And this is the reason I think I have e coli.%u00a0Food-Safety Experts Say Avoid Romaine Lettuce If You%u2019re Not Into E. Coli
–%u00a0Photographs of Waves Crashing Against the Setting Sun%u00a0Soothing when you think you have e coli.%u00a0
-Thinking about a trip the the city soon and am eyeing the exhibitions at the American Museum of Natural History. %u00a0I really want to go the planetarium.
–We need to call American breakfast what it often is: dessert. For reals, sugar and sugar and more sugar. It is kind of crazy.%u00a0
-About time.%u00a0Vermont House Votes to Legalize Marijuana
-Do you know you can be face blind, like not be able to recognize people by there face? I didn’t until I read the book Holding up the Universe (great book). What is face blindness?%u00a0
– I actually really like this (this being chatbooks)%u00a0and am toying with the idea of getting some books made. It’s almost as cheap as getting photos printed out at any store. And the covers are really cute.
-Not usually a fan of neon lights but these are some pretty sweet lights%u00a0Explosive Light-Based Installations
-Very interesting.%u00a0Should American books have more underlying issues? It’s funny that they seem to stress happiness and Americans not necessarily seem to be the happiest people. Huh? %u00a0What’s The Difference Between Children’s Books In China And The U.S.?%u00a0
And some pictures from the week.
Have a great week. Enjoy the thaw to come!
-C
What, you don’t have a large trough full of kittens?
Yup, that’s right, the mr and I are currently foster parents to 4 little itty bitty kitties and oh hell are they cute and stinky and all sorts of crazy. But lets back it up here. The beginning of the week started off like any other. Did some work, picked a shitload of berries and all the cucumbers, had the kiddos over for brinner (breakfast for dinner), you know, the usual.%u00a0 Then on Wednesday we went to Belvidere and spent some time with my family in the most magical place..We played in the waterfall, the mr went fishing, we found some cool rocks, just hung out with my people. Then it happened. Thursday, the mr and I were over at one of our apartment buildings where we have a barn that we keep all of scrap wood looking for well, wood. And there they were, a pile of freaking kittens, tiny as can be, living in the pile of wood in the barn. Long story short ,a few hours of super carefully moving wood, we managed to grab them all and get them in a box. And now they are living with us until they can find new homes. We have four crazy kitties that went from swatting and hissing to snuggles and love and now are the neediest little things ever.%u00a0 Only is mad at us and doesn’t want to come inside. I think he is jealous. We feel kinda bad so he got a can of tuna.
Barb came over Friday night to have a sleep over kitten party.%u00a0 I had planned an epic night of Wayne’s World watching (she hasn’t seen them..Asphinctersayswhat?) before the morning trip to Ikea, but the evening turned into kitten time. And honestly, it’s all turned into kitten time, but that’s ok, we will Wayne’s World party time, excellent soon.We did end up named them; Farro (the only boy) Quinoa, Tofu, and Jumper. Tofu because she is the runt and barb so tofu is the runt of the meat world. Jumper because she is constantly trying to jump out of the box, and Farro and Quinoa because we were talking dinner and that happened.
After finally settling down and getting a little sleep,%u00a0 we woke up. played with kitties, the headed north of the border to Ikea where barb and the mr eat handfuls of hot dogs, we got a new kitchen faucet and some clothes hangers, then drove back through the craziest rainstorm any of us have ever seen. We all thought we were going to die. But we didn’t because we needed to get back to the kittens..
Needless to say that today is probably going to a kitten heavy day. The mr made a little playpen for them to play in and I found that last night I ended up watching them for like an hour without even noticing.%u00a0 Plus they all pooped last night next to the litter and managed to walk all in it so now all the kitten are covered in poop and I have to wash them all. So cute, so nasty….this is my new life for a little while.
Email me if you want a kitten. (seriously)
Stuff I saw on the internet that isn’t about how to bath kittens.
–Gnawing Questions: Is Sugar From Fruit The Same As Sugar From Candy? Candy bar or bag of grapes…. Go with the grapes.
– How to Be Better at Stress. We could all be better.
-I have been on the seltzer wagon for a long time now. I drink Polar. Vanilla, grapefruit , and the new pineapple grapefruit are my favorites. Seltzer’s Popularity Bubbles Up In The U.S.
-100 Years in the Kitchen: A Century of Kitchen Color Trends. I am all about the70’s colored appliances. My fridge is harvest gold with wood accents and it’s the best. 100 Years in the Kitchen: A Century of Kitchen Color Trends
-I want one of these. I have a very real fear that me or the mr are going to lose some fingers. Despite Proven Technology, Attempts To Make Table Saws Safer Drag On
–A 100-YEAR-OLD, PERFECTLY PRESERVED FRUITCAKE WAS DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTICA. Eat up!
-My sister wore this shirt all throughout her tween and early teen years. This shirt and kissing Steven Tyler posters. She was scary.
–What Brands Are Actually Behind Trader Joe%u2019s Snacks? I knew it!!!
-So much neon light. Ultraviolet Break of Day: A Midnight Walk Through the Neon-Hued Streets of Asian Cities
–Traffic Accident Leaves Arkansas Highway Covered in Frozen Pizzas
For a little while now, we have been telling this lady (my little sis) we would take her to the big city up north. She had never been, (which is crazy%u00a0cause we live so close) and wanted to just explore and take some pictures.%u00a0So last week when she finally finished school for the summer, the mr, this lady, and I made the trip.
%u00a0I guess the best way to start a little road trip%u00a0is with a bowl or egg noodle covered in the smelliest%u00a0teriyaki sauce ever ( it was 9 in the morning). Gross as hell, but i give her credit for creativity. This lady has a fantastic (and pretty freaking dirty) mind.%u00a0
And really, what’s a trip to Montreal without stopping at%u00a0Ikea. It’s like a house%u00a0ware themed playground.%u00a0So much tomfoolery!%u00a0
The mr. wants to know, “is%u00a0it really frozen yogurt, cause it’s too good to be yogurt?”%u00a0The lady%u00a0just wants an Ikea closer so she can eat ice cream and hot dogs all day, everyday.%u00a0
The balls we plastic and full of water%u2026.and after wondering aloud if the balls ever dropped, this one fell onto my head.
Once in the city, we parked and set out on foot. The goal for the day was to walk, see some cool shit, and get a good cup of coffee. All of which we did. So after a few hours, tired, hot and sun burnt (we forgot the sunscreen), we dragged ass back to the car and drove home.
Until next time. (maybe we’ll take her to a strip club)
-C
So that’s some internet stuff and here are a few life moments%u2026..
Which leaves me with my goals for the day..
Hope you all have a great day and the%u00a0most splendid week!
Stay warm!
-C