Tongue Tyed

I Did It!

2007-02-21T22:25:00.000-06:00

I have officially left Blogger in the dust!That has however left a dusty construction site at my new home, but I more than ready for you to grab your camping chairs and come over for a visit!Change your bookmarks, update you RSS feeds, I am now at:http://tonguetyed.wordpress.com

Help With Migrating!

2007-02-21T08:56:00.000-06:00

I just heard back from my blog template designer about making all the changes necessary to update my template to the new Blogger settings (which then allows me to get HaloScan to handle my comments) and they said it would be $75 an hour for 2 hours work. Hmm. It didn't cost me that much to have the the whole thing made from scratch! So now I am thinking of moving to WordPress. I don't want to

Ty HEARTS Photography!

2007-02-20T08:57:00.000-06:00

I have a couple photo shoots coming up, so I am finally getting around to making Moo Cards to use as business cards. So to do that, I uploaded my favorite portraits from the lasts few months to use on the front of the cards. I think it will work out to about 2 cards of each picture, which will be a lot of fun when I hand someone four or five cards to give to friends. Each card will have a

Of Lovers Past

2007-02-19T10:46:00.000-06:00

Three years ago I had one of the simultaneously best and worst days of my life. It was Valentine's Day, and it had snowed. A few friends came over to my house, and we sequestered ourselved with board games and booze. We built snowmen, and threw snowballs, and met a very large Great Dane. It was a great day. But somehow, it decended into a devilish sort of fray by that night. This was when I was

About Comments

2007-02-15T09:45:00.000-06:00

I have disabled anonymous comments for the time-being. I know a lot of you like to comment anonymously and just leave initials so I know who you are, and that is totally fine with me. The problem is, lately, I have gotten a couple completely anonymous comments, and one was incredibly sweet, while the other, NOT so much. On both accounts, I really wanted to know who the commentor was. So please

Snip Snip

2007-02-15T08:53:00.000-06:00

I got a haircut last night. I asked for bangs a la Reese Witherspoon in this photo:This is what I got:What do you think? I think they need to grow out a touch. Do they look ok?? My hair is growing SUPER fast lately. I just got my bangs cut less than three weeks ago and they had already grown almost an inch. So I asked my hairdresser to cut them a tad short because of that. But now I'm not so sure

It's A Brand New Day!

2007-02-14T10:44:00.000-06:00

It's amazing how much better Valentine's Day is when you have a First (BLIND!!) Date the next day! I will be meeting the...umm...he needs a nickname...Here's what I know so far...Lawyer, and musician (in a cover band that plays Dave Matthews Band, cause um, that that is so friggin' cool!!)...He doesn't sing the Dave parts. He plays guitar and keyboard.Ok, so I am opening up the comments for

The Truth in Life

2007-02-13T12:26:00.000-06:00

The last 72 hours have been an emotional whirlwind. I have managed to end a relationship and start one in the matter of 48 hours. Granted, I have no idea what will happen with the new one, as, thus far, only a handful of e-mails have been exchanged, but I think I have made pretty quick work of being dumped. The saddest, yet most refreshing part of the whole thing is that I wasn't upset over

Once Again...

2007-02-11T21:12:00.000-06:00

And...I'm single.Err...I'm no longer in an exclusive but non-committed relationship with The Architect.I can't even call it a break up with that sort of status. But we are no longer together, and that's all that matters. Four days before Valentine's Day, he decided he didn't see a future for us. Uh, I wasn't sure there was one either but I enjoyed his company, and I wanted to have a frigging

@Sushi@

2007-02-09T21:52:00.000-06:00

I made sushi for dinner tonight! And for the first time, it came out well! Usually when I try to make it, it's too loose, but this time, it rolled perfectly! I made california rolls. They were quite yummy.Here are some pictures of my masterpieces!

The Hotness Revisited--Dream Style...

2007-02-08T13:37:00.000-06:00

Went to the Immunologist today. She is completely perplexed too. But she was very nice, and interested in the whole problem. She also is sending me to get a bunch of blood tests done to rule some things out. So tomorrow morning, I will be givin' up the life juice to the Quest Diagnostics overlords.In other, more amusing news, I had a wild dream last night. I was once again on The Amazing Race,

Here's To My Motherfucking Health

2007-02-08T08:34:00.000-06:00

In the great big world of What-The-Fuck-Is-Wrong-With-Me we now have the following information following the large chunk of Downtown that was removed:I do not have anything wrong with me that my very smart, very sweet, yet completely lackinging in helpfulness doctor can find.I do not have pre-cancerous cells (Buh WAH?? pre-cancerous cells?? Who said we were looking for those?? Ohh...You, my

When Your Problem Doesn't SOUND Like an Emergency...

2007-02-06T15:21:00.000-06:00

My doctor's nurse deserves a good throttling.Me: My insurance doesn't want to cover the 5 doses of the prescription The Doc wants me to take because it is a one dose product. The pharmacy said you could call and get them to override that problem.Nurse: Could you hold on a sec?{on hold for forever!!}Nurse: She said just take one dose of this OTC med instead.Me: You mean, instead of taking the

Burrito Tortillas, Meet Metamucil!

2007-02-05T08:28:00.000-06:00

I found a new product and created a new recipe to love!Every try one of those whole wheat tortillas? Ever notice that sickeningly sweet aftertaste they have? However they are compensating for refined flour it seems to involve some sweetener. Well, I avoid wheat tortillas because of that. But I am trying to get refined flour out of my diet because apparently, it will help me feel better in a

For the Ladies' Eyes Only

2007-02-02T09:32:00.001-06:00

If you never listen to me again, if you never read this blog again, if you never cared about what I had to say before, PAY ATTENTION TO THIS POST.For the last two years I have have been immunosuppressed. Meaning, my immune system is sucking ass. On October 25th, 2004, I went to the ER for the first time since I was a little kid. I had been bitten by something. Presumably, a spider. I wrote about

Victory Gardening Rocks!

2007-01-31T14:12:00.000-06:00

In all my frustration toward the judicial system, I forgot to tell you!I am growing more vegetables and herbs from seed! Woot!I KNEW you'd be excited!I planted more seeds in a new mini-greenhouse yesterday. This time, I have three types of tomatoes, one grape-like kind called jellybean tomatoes, one heirloom variety that has sort of a purplish splash of color on top, and one variety that is

We The Jury Declare Driver's License Renewal Is A Crock

2007-01-31T08:29:00.000-06:00

I was called for Jury Duty again.This time it's Federal court. And here's the kicker, I have to call after 3pm everyday between February 23rd and March 9th to see if they will need me the next day.On the plus side, they reimburse you for mileage driven to and from the court house. Given that that's about 2 gallons of gas a day, I will be happy to let them give me an extra $4. Wonder if they will

A Little Political Fodder

2007-01-30T08:52:00.000-06:00

Boring seems to be my middle name these days. I haven't written a thrilling post in ages. My apologies.What I can tell you is:I think Hillary Clinton is a dolt. "What in my past makes me capable of handling evil men?" Ugh. Bleck. I want a woman president, but not her.I think Barack Obama will make an outstanding Vice President.Gov. Mike Huckabee (Arkansas) is a frightening man, who says things

Holy Toledo!

2007-01-29T09:07:00.000-06:00

The seedlings looked basically the same as my last posted picture on Friday. They were about 2 inches tall. Then I left town. And the snow peas went nuts! Two and a half days later, this is what I came home to! They are more than a foot tall now!What the heck do I do with them now?? I wasn't expecting to transplant them for a few weeks. Now I am going to have create a wire grid for them to grow

Updates...

2007-01-26T09:32:00.000-06:00

The baby plants are doing great! If I had remembered--amongst the other 8 million things I have done in the last 36 hours--to take a photo, you would be seeing teeny little green leaves poking through the soil that is protectively incubating the basil seeds, and you would long stalk-like stems stand strong and tall on the Snow Pea side. The snow peas are so tall that I had to take the lid off of

My Babies are Growing Like Weeds!

2007-01-24T09:05:00.000-06:00

I posted a couple new pictures of the seedlings. I tried to post some at lunch yesterday, but I forgot I had shot them in RAW and I don't have PhotoShop CS2 here at work, so I couldn't access the pictures. SO, this morning I took new pictures in JPEG and voila! A blog post was born!The snow peas are growing extremely fast. They seem very excited about coming into the world. Always giggling and

Gilded With a Touch of Sugar

2007-01-23T08:59:00.000-06:00

I want to make these cookies! They make me feel all sappy and gooey and victorian inside. The cutters are from Sur La Table which in my opinion blows Williams-Sonoma out of the water. I may even be willing to blow the $25 dollars to get these cutters if I have money left over after I pay The Man this month. (Unfortunately, that's not likely, so I will probably cave and go buy some crappy replica

Seedlings are Sprouting!

2007-01-21T14:54:00.000-06:00

I have started the photolog of my seedlings' growth! Their progress will be tracked on my Flickr site. (click the picture...)In other news, go rent The Illusionist. It's really good! I watched it last night, and thoroughly enjoyed it.Also, I made whole wheat pasta from scratch. Can I tell you how much better it tastes than store bought whole wheat pasta??? It's a rather big pain to make, but it

Operation Plant Explosion

2007-01-19T09:04:00.000-06:00

Last night I bought a greenhouse (sort of like this, but bigger and it didn't come with the plethora of seeds)...Ok, it's a black plastic tray with a clear plastic top. It's a greenhouse for my kitchen! How 'bout that? Don't know why, but I got the urge to plant something. So, since I can't do that outside just yet, I am growing things from seed. This should be an interesting experiment because I

The Trials and Tribulations of Winter

2007-01-18T10:29:00.000-06:00

For weeks, I have been craving winter. Real cold, real snow, or even some sleet. The stuff that I grew up with.And I got it!A whole week of W-I-N-T-E-R! And I am loving it! I love having to wear a coat, and gloves, and snuggling under blankets, and the tip of my nose feeling frosty. It's wonderful!But there is one thing I had managed to forget from my childhood. One thing I would be happy to live