I think I may have just discovered the fountain of good looks when it comes to choosing clothes! I'm really not even sure how I stumbled upon this website, but ladies, you have to try it! www.myshape.com I put in all my measurements, preferences, and its calculator figures out your shape, which is either letter M-Y-S-H-A-P- or E. Not only that, somehow it has a database of things that will look good on you and then it picks clothes and you can buy them. The odd thing is that I'm having a hard time finding these same clothes online at Macys and other stores, so I'm not really sure what's up with that, but still - how awesome is that!? Let me know what you think. I already see a coat, a jacket, and a dress that would probably be really flattering. Does anyone else wind up being an S-shape? And what do they mean by saying I have soft shoulders? hmmph.
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Human Growth & Development, as it applies to me... I've cooked for guests three times already, since getting my dining room table! Mom and dad were my first guests/victims, then I had two retired couples over after meeting 2 weekends ago, and then I had a single college girl over this past weekend :-) I'd like to think I'm getting less and less scatterbrained, and I think I've mastered the use of my can opener - finally!! Halloween News: Bowdrie is going to be an Astronaut for halloween and Carson is going to be a doctor. Bowdrie decided that one for him apparently. Must be nice to be the older brother who gets to make all the important decisions! hah Future hobby: The leaves on my jumbo tree are just starting to turn colors so I will probably have a new hobby called raking leaves in a few weeks :-) Feel free to come visit around that time! hah
On this date in history? I'm not sure how to title this entry so you'll just have to read it and decide if you're interested! Today was a very special day for me - one of those life milestones, I suppose. Today, for the very first time, my Mom got to see my house in person! :-) She hasn't been over to Yakima since probably before April, so... several months ago. It was like a coming of age party, giving her the grand tour inside, showing her my flowers outside, and how I've decorated things. The grand finale was dinner, which I cooked. Ok so that wasn't 'just like momma fixed it', but everyone said it was good and it smelled heavenly. (Mexican Lasagne) I set the table with the fancy dishes, red tablecloth, and the silverware I got from my grandma and aunt for my high school graduation (only 10+ yrs ago).... it was as I said before, a very special day. Bottom line - mom approved! Hooray! Whew!
A fun weekend: I went to the west side for a couple birthday parties (Danny turned 1 and Cameron turned 30) and I also got together for lunch with some ladies from the Europe tour. It was lots of fun to see all of these people again. It motivated me to put up pictures from my time in Paris, so head back over to when you get a chance.
2000 1990 1984 1982 1970 1968 1966 1960 1950 Not your average digital makeover I learned about this unique site from Tami's blog so I decided to give it a shot and see how I would've looked back in the day. I've put up a voting section for which look you like best, but I am not committing to adopting it! :-)
iCooked Hooray - I got my cooking project done! It took the better part of the day and I was proud that I only had to make 2 extra trips to the Safeway store down the street! I'll skip the details. Anyhow, over the next month or week or whatever, I'll have lots of food essentially ready for me when I come home! I hope I like how it tastes! It can't help but beat running to the grocery store 2-3+ times a week and wandering around aimlessly until I wind up in the frozen section once again eating stuff I don't really like but settle for due to the fact it takes 8 minutes to heat up. Today I made Mexican Lasagne, White Chicken Chili, Chicken Nuggets, Marinated Flat Iron Steak, Swedish Meatballs, Pork Chops, French Bread Pizza, Texas Skillet, and Chicken Scalloppinne something-or-other. I'll keep you posted on how it all works out.
Big day tomorrow! While signing off a bunch of 'batched' IV orders, I got to thinking ... why can't I do that with food? There must be some way to just cook once and get it over with, and then eat that stuff for a while. So after much googling, I found a website called Cook Once A Month, or something like that. I picked what sounded good and if I wanted a half, full, or multiple batches. Then it gave me a tidy little shopping list, and whatever else, and tomorrow I am going to dedicate the day to cooking. It should be interesting to say the least! Wish me luck and lots of patience! I imagine I'll be dining out tomorrow night!
The Grass is Always Greener... I was having a brief moment of envy towards my friends who are married with families and doing so well and seem so happy. Then I get great reminders of why I should be more thankful for my lifestyle :-) I have to thank Beth for this one and I hope she doesn't mind me telling on her little angels. While we were doing some swimsuit research online, we heard hollering coming from outside. Beth quickly looked outside and started yelling for Joe to stop whatever it was that he was doing. I got up and looked too, out of curiosity ... he had just dumped a ton of sand of Danny's head and Danny went from a cute little blonde baby to a gray-haired baby in the blink of an eye! :-) So I quickly said my goodbyes and headed off to the mall while she had to deal with cleaning up that mess. I think I laughed all the way to the mall!
Mom update: Hard to say if this is good or bad news from the pain doctor she saw on Friday..... (the quick review: June 23rd she had a laminectomy for severe spinal stenosis causing falls at least once a week. Since about 2 weeks after the surgery, she's had excruciating pain, like being stabbed in the foot, leg, thigh, etc, and horrible pressure so she can't bear to sit. Oh yeah, she can't bend either because that hurts too. So she's limited to laying and standing and walking.) ... these post-surgical problems aren't from scar tissue, like the neurosurgeon claimed. She still has fluid around the incision from 3+ months ago (here's hoping that's not an abscess) but otherwise, the MRI shows nothing else wrong. He squirted some sort of contrast material into her nerves to see where that went, and basically her nerves are okay, just angry about being squashed for 15+ years and now they're just plain mad but otherwise healing. She's going to have t...
I made it home to Washington, but I wasn't in any hurry to leave Minnesota. I'm glad I had an extra day after the program ended so I could enjoy the Minneapolis area and the new people I met. It was so fun to spend time with Dave & Debbie again and spend some time with them. Debbie's such an 'upper' - you always feel good about yourself when you're around Debbie! I also was very impressed by all the nice young men I met! There seems to be a high concentration of good guys back there -- makes me wish I was a few years younger! Oh wait, isn't that the trendy thing right now? Hmmm. Anyhow, I was impressed by all of them. Oh shucks, I think I liked pretty much everybody I met! My final day we went walking at a beautiful arboretum near Dave and Debbie's house, and the fall flowers were so beautiful! Unfortunately I didn't have my camera along for that part but the dahlias and mums were spectacular. After that we went through some houses tha...
I better post something to let you know that I'm still alive and well and not out man-shopping! I'm writing this from my cozy little room in Minneapolis. I found a great little place to stay that's quite close to campus, called Wales House. It's not a hotel/motel, but it's not really a bed and breakfast either. I guess the description is that it's a victorian guest house. When I first got to town I was a bit turned off by the fact it's in greek row with sororities and fraternities around, but that hasn't been a big deal because they've been nice and quiet neighbors. I have found some great places to eat, most notably Kafe 421, Loring's Pasta Bar, and Annie's Parlour. Those are all just a few minutes away on foot. I've made great use of the Metro transit system.... I think I prefer light rail to the bus system because that has too many variables. Oh well - I have always made it back "home." My legs are tired from the 1.2 ...
Whew, I made it! I am done with my housewarming parties and if anyone ever invites me to anything, I'm totally going to RSVP right away! I had too much food for one, not enough food for the other one. I bought a book called, "How not to be a little old lady" and one of the things it said is that little old ladies expect people to RSVP ... I think I agree with them on that one. Oh well, it was fun to have a house full of friends and loved ones and now it seems awfully quiet.