Rants, Recipes, and Running

Remember as a child, there was that blanket statement of "Never talk to strangers". Well, I'm not a child any more...but I still follow that rule. I actually like that rule, and wish others would follow it. Nothing irritates me more than standing in line at the grocery store, and the man in front of me saying "I see chili peppers, meat, tortillas, and avacados....SOMEONE'S MAKIN TACOS"! I want to respond saying "No. I'm not. I just bought ingredients to make tacos. But I'm going to put these together to make lutefisk and lefse. Dumbass." But my "Real-time Response" still isn't very nice. It' would usually go, "Yep. No kiddin." And then I'd roll my eyes. When I get home from the day, and my neighbor is sitting outside smoking -- I grab my cell phone and start faking a conversation to avoid having to talk to him and hear his voice. Sometimes, on the airplane, my I-pod dies. (traumatic) But I still w...

For a long time...I really didn't like birthdays. Here's a little birthday history: High school sucked. So all my birthdays were lame and depressing. In fact, the first birthday that I spent with Ryan...the day's prior I remember him saying "What do you want to do for your birthday??!! Are you excited? It's coming up." And I remember responding saying, "I will spending digging in a cadaver in anatomy lab. It'll be a good reminder that I'm one year closer to death. Birthdays are over-rated." Yep! That was me! He changed my negativity towards birthday's though, and the past 3 years have been pretty good ones! And last Saturday, February 27, I had a wonderful birthday! Here's how it went: Thursday it began: I had 2 final tests. Ryan took me out to dinner to celebrate at my favorite Brewery. I got to have my favorite Rasberry Blonde. Friday evening we went to Ryan's Dad & Step-Mom's house for dinner. His sister is i...

1. If you were given an hour to use a $200 Amazon gift card, what would you buy? -I would put it towards a new Dyson vacuum cleaner! 2. Are there any fairly common foods that you’ve never had? -I've never had lamb, which I could consider fairly common. However my father in law did put it in spaghetti sauce, so I can now say I've *had* it. But not plain. -I've never eaten Girls Scout cookies. And probably never will....I'm not a big cookie fan. 3. What was your favorite way to use your imagination as a kid? I played a LOT of "House" as a kid. All kids do that though, so it's not that neat.  I also remember practicing the piano a lllloott (I started piano when I was in first grade), and pretending that I was putting on a concert. I would take like 10 songs, arrange them in order, and imagine I was performing my own concert. 4. What’s your favorite state? Why? Minnesota: it has my family, our lake cabin, Minneapolis, the chain of lakes (great run...

It's a new month!! I'm pleased, because I always like new weeks, new days, new months, etc..... But -- February seems to be one of my favorite months. Especially now that we live in AZ. The weather is in the 50-60's, lots of rain, I get to wear sweaters,  grapefruit is in season,   Valentine's Days, my birthday, only 28 days; good things! But, I am ready for a fresh, new month! Especially since it's beginning with a week of vacation! So here is my month recap -- which I have un-creatively stolen from my dear sister, Lisa . Current Book(s): Ahh! This is soooo exciting, my friends! It is NOT a text book right now. (In about 5 days my book will be some "Psychiatric Nursing Text"). But for NOW..... "The Sunflower" - Richard Paul Evans. I am currently at a coffee shop reading this, and had to force myself to put it down -- or I fear the book will be finished by the end of the day! This is the same author that wrote "The Christmas Box...