Oh wow...

I.... almost did it again.  I almost forgot about this place, It's the curse of all my blogs I just loose interest.

Delayed Weekly! If I can remember stuff....


Monday {22nd}~  Didn't do much, Went to the gym and cleaned the apartment. Beef burritos for supper.

Tuesday {23rd}~  This was a doomsday type deal.  Had to go rape my savings account 1800 out.... Gave dad 1k of it, 300 for XMass gifts and... We went and bought the new TV with the other 500.
     We decided to get the LG at WalMart since we know more about their return policy and it was cheaper there then most places. Before when we went there they never had any of the boxes set out but today when we got back into the Electronics area... They had two set out.  It was like they were waiting for us to take them home, had little handles on the top and everything.
     It was a quick buy, We walked in and grabbed the box. Took it to the counter and the guy rang us up and out we went...  After getting past the door guard I waited in front of the store for the dad to pull the car up. Into the backseat the box slid and....it... fit! No adventure or drama here just right in it slid.
     Seems we chose correct, Our little Rio couldn't fit anything bigger. We got the TV home and just checked on it, made sure the screen and such were fine...  Didn't have the space to set it up yet.
   Lunch Was; Tea Station.  Food and Bubble Tea!  The Passion Fruit Boba here isn't as good as the drink the now closed Taste of Asia had but it was "okay".
   Dinner; Leftovers.

Wednesday {24th}~  What are we doing for Thanksgiving.   That was the question of the day... Dad did his normal gym routine and I stayed home and cleaned/gym.  The TV was still snug in it's little box...
      When he got home from the gym he called up the relatives and... Yes. We were getting together at the Uncles for Turkey Day.  Good.   We didn't have to worry about food for the next day, Shopping at the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving wasn't what I wanted to do.... Hanging around relatives wasn't exactly something I wanted to do either but... At least it's free food.
       Supper; Bonefish!  Finally.  We had tried the week before but the car decided to take a sick day. BangBang Shrimp for five dollars is a very nice deal.  <3

Thursday {TurkeyDay}~  The morning started off.... quiet.  Asleep at 8 AM my fan suddenly stopped. This always wakes me up from even the deepest of sleeps... The power had gone out for some unknown reason. It's raining outside, That's actually reason enough with this power.
      Good news though; It only stayed out 15 mins so I just stayed in bed and went back to sleep.
10:30 AM; Time to get up.  Had to leave for the Uncles at 11:30. Yep, I was full of nerves....Relatives make me nervous and the questions make me feel sick.
      Once out of bed and into the living room... X_x  Oh look!  The TV is set up on a...speaker.  As long as it held I didn't care what it was sitting on.... it was so pretty.  My TV.... my big TV... 32 inches isn't big for some people but to me it was wonderful and it still is.  Bright screen just begging to have video games played on it....  I knew the dad couldn't stand just looking at the box for long.  Now I didn't even wanna leave.
      Uncles house; We got there at noon... expecting to see grandma but.. No grandma.. WTH.  Where's grandma!  Okay, Cousin went up to get her and the aunt... Long story short. Grandma wasn't feeling that well so she and the aunt didn't make it.  Cousin, Uncle, Uncles GF and Uncles GFs Sister.... That's who was there.. It turned out. Okay.....  Cousin was on her phone most the time... Uncle was fairly quiet.. Uncles GF was as talkative as ever....
     The awkward questions of what I've been doing all summer and why I never come up to visit... All of those were there.  No one up there knows I'm an unmediated bipolar with who knows whatever else... I held up fairly well.. didn't eat a lot.... Kept thinking of the TV waiting for me at home. hehe
     After we ate and talked a little we wandered up the road to the grandmas house, Pretty much the same thing there but without the food and less awkward... Stayed a couple hours then home we went!
     Home... Cheeseball and fruit for a small supper...  TV.    Turkey day wasn't so bad, I didn't feel as sick as previous years when I got home...   <3  TV.

Friday {26th}~  Papalino's for Lunch/Breakfast!  My favorite pizza.  Ordered two slices, One with Anchovies & Pineapple and the other with Chicken Sausage & Garlic Spinach.  First eaten there with the second brought home for supper.
     Had to find a "TV Stand" for the DVD player and other things that connect to the TV, A stop at Barnes & Noble for coffee and a XMass buy... then to WalMart!  It was later in the day so most the crowd from the morning sales were gone... The only area that was still relatively packed was the Electronics section. Had our TV gone down in price since Tuesday?  Nope.  Same price. Good.
    We found the stand pretty quickly and got out of there... Home we went. Was planning to go to the gym but we got home later then expected and it wasn't nice outside, So I stayed in and just had my second slice of pizza for supper...
      Pizza Day!!

Saturday {27th}~  Normal Saturday.  Havana Rumba for lunch... Coffee.... Store... Home.   We put the stand together... It went okay.  I swear dad and I get into arguments about everything... and most the time it's about something I was doing wrong.  -_-   Wasn't going anything wrong either it was just I was doing it different then what he'd do....
      In the end; We got the stand together but not quite right.  Which I find amusing because he was so pissy about getting it correct...  It stands up and holds weight so that's all fine.  I wouldn't put the TV on said stand though, The "wood" isn't very strong.  Maybe I am just paranoid.  TV is still sitting on that speaker, It's a super speaker.....
     Supper;  Leftovers.

Not late this time.

Sunday~  I didn't do my little roundup Sunday, Can't quite remember why but I think it was because I was talking to someone on MSN.  Then ended up going to the mall where... I didn't buy anything.  It was that pre-holiday shopping trip to just see if I actually wanted anything or got any ideas of things to give others. Did I find anything? Not really. 
     I did find that Santa Clause at the Malls over a month before Christmas was a little strange. Soon he'll be there in October.  :(
    Food Was -  Panera, The place we go when we don't really feel like anything else.


Monday~ What did I do?  I made cookies!  Also cleaned but that wasn't anywhere near as important as making cookies.  Did I go to the gym? Hell No.  I ate cookie dough.
     Food Was- Dairy queen double cheeseburger and steamed green peas.  Love their cheese burgers from time to time, Don't care for french fries though.

Tuesday~  This is where the week went a little sour, It was raining outside and our car must have been a cat in it's past life.  Trying to get to Chuy's for lunch the cars check engine light came on and it started to shake...and miss...and just do all kind of bad things that cars do when their angry with you.
     Somehow we got to Chuy's for a not so great lunch, The entire meal I just felt sick with worry about getting back home. Amazingly enough when we went back out and started the car it was like nothing had ever happened... the engine light was off and there were no funny noises or shimmys. 
     We got home.
     Supper?  Smoked Salmon cheese ball, crackers, apple and grapefruit.

Wednesday~ Car adventure part two, At least I wasn't in the car this time. Dad was driving to the gym when it went apeshit again.. same problem but this time it never stopped.  The weather wasn't even rainy this time but he had to turn around about five miles into his journey, come home and call the car place.
     They could see it Thursday.
     The broke car wasn't that big of an issue for me so, I just went ahead and walked to the gym. Supper had to be changed it was going to be Bonefish for the 5 dollar BangBang Shrimp but it ended up being the Deli within walking distance of our place.
     I won't name names here but this Deli has gone downhill on sandwiches, My Caesar Chicken wrap was lettuce and chicken... It was much, much more lettuce then chicken.  Kinda wondered who stole the other piece of chicken that should have been there... Asked for a few slices of tomato and the waitress just looked at me funny then hesitantly said okay.  The place will do for a pinch but it won't be my to-go place for sandwiches... Subway is better.

Thursday~ The car had an appointment at 7:30 AM, Dad being the morning person that he is was all good with this.  Triple A is really worth the yearly fee, The Fix-The-Car place charges 100 dollars a tow were the membership is around 132 dollars a year and that's 6 tows.... When your car thinks it's a cat 6 tows are good to have.
     Anyways, Something was up with one of the spark plugs and the coil that supplies the zap or whatever... Costs was a bit over 300 dollars.  Boo.
   TV Breaks, Car Breaks, Please no more breaks my bank can't handle anymore raping.
     The car got home before I even woke up so that's all good...  Went out to the Olive Garden for lunch. Car ran pretty well even in the rain, No sputters, No nothing.  I still get all stressed out while driving around though...
     Supper?  Cheese ball, Crackers, Apple and grapefruit.  Yes, Again.  Did I mention Cookies for dessert all week?  

Friday~  I was lazy, I cleaned but I felt pretty crappy so I didn't do a hell of a lot. Moved the living room stuff around so the tree will fit, washed dishes and just tidied up a little.
     Was a little worried about going out in the car again but, Went to BJs at the mall for pizza.  Medium, Half Anchovies/Pineapple, Half Pepperoni/Kalamata Olives.    I do not suggest the Anchovies or Pineapple here... The pizza is just too thick and tomatoes overpowering for the two flavors to mingle well.
     Car behaved itself, Which was good... didn't wanna get stranded out in the cold, dark night.

Saturday~ Queen of Sheba for lunch, Love their veggie dishes. This time the portion size was HUGE, No idea why it was so much larger then normal but leftovers were had.
     Even with the yummy food my mood was pretty much dead, I've just been overly tired lately and jut not into anything.  My drive has really been lost... it's like the same thing every week and with the weather changing to cold it's just going to get worse.  As always November thru Mid-March just sucks ass.
    The only thing I have to look forward to is getting the new TV, I'll finally be able to use my PS2 again which has been useless for the past four plus years...
      When I got home I did muster up enough motivation to walk to the gym....
    Supper?  Yep! Cheese ball, Crackers, Apple, Orange and half an Avocado....

Now it's Sunday, It's kinda warm outside... Going to head out to the Summit soon just to have something to do.  Oddly I do enjoy looking around at things that I can/could buy but when it comes to the buying part it's usually not that fun... sometimes I regret it later which is why I am so picky.

The rest I will leave for later.....

Cookies!

Just what a Monday needs... Cookie Dough!

Yes, That's right. I made Chocolate Chip Cookies Monday.  Of course making these cookies took a couple hours and I didn't get to the gym like I was supposed to but... eh.  Mondays suck so cookie dough makes most things better.

I was really tempted to just keep it at the dough stage but... I'm the only one here who likes to eat it that way.  Of course these were made from scratch ....

From the same recipe my mother use to make them from when she was alive.  That sifter sucks BTW, My dad got it for me when the other one with the crank handle died..... I won't tell him it sucks but it REALLY sucks.  >_>

I never know when to take them out of the oven and with how the oven spikes in temps it can be an adventure....  11 Minutes tends to do it.

It's supposed to make 7 Dozen Cookies.... Those cookies would be very small. 

33 Cookies!!  Their tasty too..... heh...Gods I am gonna get soooo fat.

My hand mixer.... I miss my stand mixer but it crapped out a long time ago and I'm cheap and won't buy a new stand.    <3 That's my pink spatula too... heh. I have strange sentimental items.





Pants Found, Mission Over.

Went to the Spaghetti Factory today, For once we didn't get lost getting down there and we found a parking spot nearly right in front of the door. Most the time we go the wrong way and have to park a few blocks away.  I'll have to say, It's one of the few places that I will order Spaghetti... Why order something out that you can make at home better and cheaper?
     It's probably because I've been going there for so long.  Ever since I took field trips to the Kentucky Center in elementary school... It's probably the first Italian place I ever ate at and at the time it was the ONLY place I'd eat the "ice cream" {spumoni}. Only the green part though, Didn't like the pink or brown.. that green is like heaven.  Still, I don't really care for ice cream but the spumoni there is great.. now I will eat all three colors but really prefer the green still.
     Salad, Bread, Main dish and desert all for under 10 dollars, Plus I get enough left overs to eat for supper. That's like 5 dollars a meal and I only eat two meals a day normally.....

Anyways, Enough about the food.  Went to Target/WalMart/Meijer to see if I could find some pants {Yes, I am persistent} and I find that it's not only the mall sizes that are all screwy....  Everyones Mediums are now like what larges use to be.  Very strange, Very strange indeed....
     Found two pairs of pants though finally, No More Shopping For Me!  I should really pick up some more shirts and pajamas but.... I'm just not in the mood.

Tomorrow?  More gym.

Episode 13 of Shiki is out which is full of wootness.

Where's the Honey?

    Today for some reason I wanted KFC for supper... Being more of a Popeyes person I can't even remember the last time I was at KFC.  It wasn't really a bad choice... A drum and thigh meal extra crispy with two biscuits and cole slaw.

    I'm really not into their chicken, the only side I like is the cole slaw... but I love the biscuits.  They are warm, golden, fluffy softness from heaven.... certainly with sweet, gooey honey drizzled all over them.  Honey.... KFC what have you done?  I asked for packets of honey and they gave me..  Honey Sauce.

    Honey....Sauce.  The Ingredients?  High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugar and FINALLY Honey with a few other things behind that.  The packet also said in small print "7% Honey" which means 93% other crap.

   The important part should be the taste of course, If it tasted the same as normal honey then I technically have no room to complain but... it didn't.  Could it be that I didn't like it because I knew it was 93% stuff? That I knew I wasn't enjoying 100% Bee Puke?  Maybe.   Will I ever ask for honey there again? No.

   It's a good thing I don't have KFC cravings often.

   I should add one plus to this whole situation though, They started serving their sides in cute, little reusable containers. Although the portions of the single sides seem to have shrunk a little, It's not really a big deal since my appetite isn't all that big and leftovers were still had. Also got to take home my cute lil dish for later use, Maybe I'll put some real honey in it for my left over biscuits.  

For the love of Boba.

      Boba has been around for years... all over the world has had these wonderful drinks with squishy, yummy lil black balls sitting happily in the bottom of a tea, flavor, milk concoction.  Louisville was very, very late in acquiring such lovely drinks.

   Coming in all sorts of flavors, colors, styles these drinks have been the love of my life for the past year. Starting at a little place downtown, Taro was the most amazing new flavor of anything I had tried in quite a while. Then came Jasmine, Lavender, Mango, Papaya, Avocado... the list goes on and on.

  Sadly, My original place has closed and I have since found two more places to get a Tapioca fix. One offers Smoothies of various flavors and the other Bubble Tea and Slushies... Neither have the wondrous version of the Taro Tea that the original did but they will do.

   The Smoothie place did however introduce the Lychee Smoothie!  I was wanting a Bubble Tea in this flavor but the one in the area did not provide this and nor does the new one with the Tea.

Favorites -  Bubble Tea;  Lavender, Taro and Papaya.
                  Smoothie;     Lychee and Passion Fruit.

Dislikes-  Strawberry, Avocado, Red Bean.

 

Coconut!