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Chris and the talent show

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Yesterday was Chris’ day off work but he ended up going to work for a while anyway.

He’d planned to go to work on Monday most of last week. You see they had a talent contest at lunch time and Chris had planned to play guitar and sing a song with another guitar player. It didn’t help that his workplace called at 8:30 in the morning asking if he could do an extra shift because someone had called in sick. Chris managed to pass that shift on to someone else though as he really wanted to be in the talent contest.

Before the contest Chris went to work to help them set up the “stage”. Somehow he managed to get sidetracked by someone and ended up helping one of the other hospital employees put IBM memory in a computer! Yes it was one of the IT staff he was helping. I don’t think that there’s anyone Chris doesn’t know in the hospital.

Chris and his friend from work did well in the talent contest. They came in second! They probably would have won, but one of the nurses that works in the hospital brought in a saw and played Amazing Grace on her saw. Strange talent, but she must have been good at it as she won.

I didn’t even ask Chris if he won a prize or anything for coming in second. I’ll have to ask him in the morning.





What’s for dinner?

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It’s already after 7 and I haven’t even begun to think of what to make for dinner!

Ah I know I can cook something from the freezer. The other day I was eying a meat pie, a Tourtiere, that I made a while back and froze. I think it’s time to pull that out and cook it. Luckily it can be cooked from frozen since it’s basically already been cooked in advance.

I usually save things like meat pie for the winter months when a good hearty warm meal is needed.

Do you have foods that you eat more often in the summer or winter? We do, and since I enjoy cooking I tend to make up a big batch of whatever recipe I tend to be working on that day and freeze whatever I’ve made in order to have a quick and easy meal on a day when I don’t have much time for cooking.

I love cooking. Did you know that I almost catered my own wedding? Yeah. I had to be talked out of that one. Plan a wedding in three months and cook all the food? Was I crazy? Probably wedding crazed anyway.

I’ve often thought of taking some cooking courses. Perhaps not a full culinary arts course like the one offered here: http://www.csca.edu/, but an advanced class or two would be fun.

I’ve always enjoyed making pastries and baking. Luckily I don’t eat all the food I cook though! I enjoy creating my own unique entrees too. I’ll look up a recipe for a complete meal, but then I’ll add some of my own ingredients or spices to give it a unique twist. I particularly like this grilled veggie recipe. Yum. Maybe we’ll have that tomorrow with some grilled skinless chicken breasts.

Do you enjoy cooking? Have you ever thought of taking a culinary arts course?

The round underground house

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Have you heard of underground houses? My sisters ex-boyfriend actually grew up in an underground house. Different eh?

The other day Chris was watching television and he had on some documentary. I don’t know if the whole show was about this house or just part of it, but they showed this really cool underground home.

Everything was curved and round. I didn’t see the bedroom but I wouldn’t be surprised in the bed was rounded too!

The kitchen was fabulous! It had a long curved central workspace. It was like one of those very ornate reception desks. Within the curved kitchen counterspace there was a fridge.

It was specially created for this round house. It was round. It came up out of the counter and you could turn it like a lazy susan! The coolest thing was that the fridge was super energy efficient. You know when you open a fridge door and all the cold air starts to come out? Well cold air drops to the ground right? Well since this fridge came up out of the counter the cold air would drop back down into the hole that the fridge came out of, so that when the fridge was closed again it wouldn’t have lost very much cold air at all.

I love seeing great inventions like that.

Survivor China

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So it begins!

First- I’m really happy that there’s been some new shows on TV this week. There were a few great shows last year that my husband and I got addicted to and we’re both looking forward to seeing their premieres and watching them regularly again.

Ok Survivor … I guess I’m not as much of a fan as I used to be. This one didn’t do all that much for me. I’m pretty sure I’ll watch this seasons episodes if for nothing else than to see the beautiful landscape and wildlife of China.

Clothing … no bras? High heels? Fishnet stockings? What were these survivors thinking? Smart survivors wear a few layers of clothing on Day one just in case they can’t bring anything from their suitcases with them. In fact I think the last five or so episodes have all started out with the survivors only having the clothes they were wearing on day one.

So what do the Survivor China contestants do? They wear flimsy outfits and are upset when they are told that that’s all they can have to start out.

As my husband watched the first five or so minutes of Survivor he kept making remarks about how large some of the women’s breasts were. “Did you see the boobs on that one?” LOL Now, I’m sure he notices what other women look like, but he’s not normally that vocal about it so it was amusing.

I don’t know about you, but normally by the end of the first episode there’s at least one or two survivors that I like and that I hope do well. This time? I didn’t really get a feel for anyones’ personality so I don’t have any favorites yet.

Ok well … I do like the way James looks and how he wields an axe!

What did you think of the show?

Traveling in style

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Wordless Wednesday

VW bike

I’ve always loved old mini VW vans, but I’ve never seen one this small!

I wonder what this biker keeps in his tiny VW? Great for storage or even a pet but certainly not a person. Ok, well I suppose an infant or child could ride in the VW sidecar too.

Have you ever seen motor bikes done up in funny ways like this?

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