February 9, 2009

in the midnight hour

Filed under: Half-Asleep Jason — Shauna @ 9:12 am

Me, trying to extricate myself from the two cats while Jason sleeps unencumbered: Umph…

Jason: What’s that?

Me: Nothing.

Jason: Why were you talking?

Me: I wasn’t. I was just shifting around.

Jason: Well, you woke me up.

Me: Sorry.

Jason: Why would you do that?

Me: Do what?

Jason: It’s hot in here.

Me: Turn on the ceiling fan.

Jason: Not in February.

Me: OK.

Jason, after 30 seconds: NOT IN FEBRUARY!

Me: OK – geez.

Jason, after another long silence: 34!

Me: What???

Jason: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Me: Shhh!

Jason: HEE HEE HEE HEE!!!

Me: ARGH.

Jason: [sound asleep]

Me: [wide awake]

February 5, 2009

Light and day

Filed under: BACON!, Food — Shauna @ 11:20 am

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This is my favorite time of day, for a few reasons:
1. I’m done with work
2. It’s light out now when I’m done with work
3. And, the light looks like that

It’s so pretty and simplistic: trees made of silhouettes and the sky made of blues, oranges, pinks and purples. I just love it.


I have some kind of tooth issue that I am ignoring, inasmuch as one can ignore shooting pain when chewing on the affected side, random cheek tingling and extreme facial sensitivity. I’m sure it’s nothing.


I am going through my 2nd cookbook looking for new recipes, and it’s called The Newlyweds Cookbook. It’s so sweet and cute and not true to life because the recipes break down the duties, like this:

He does: Cuts the chicken breast into bite-sized pieces…

She does: Brings the chicken mixture to a boil, stirring often…

Whatever. Jason & I get all irritated with each other if we’re both in the kitchen at the same time, because we have a smallish kitchen and it’s not conducive to being toe-to-toe with someone when boiling water and exact measurements are involved. There’s a lot of “excuse me’s” and “watch out, boiling water coming through’s” and “are you sure that’s enough onion powder” comments, and it never ends well. So here’s our version.

Whenever Jason cooks, I:

Play floor hockey with the cats (they’re surprisingly nimble)

And whenever I cook, Jason:

Catches up on emails.

It’s win-win.

My favorite recipe from this cookbook, the one that made me exclaim “WHAT?!?” and curse my laziness at not noticing it sooner: Bacon-Wrapped Chicken in Cream Sauce. Yeah!

February 4, 2009

ideal job

Filed under: Miscellaneous — Shauna @ 1:32 pm

A few weeks ago, in an ennui-filled mood about the economy, I wrote a list of things I enjoy doing in case I’m ever faced with finding a new career. Here’s my list:

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Taking photos
  • Knitting
  • Scrapbooking
  • Camping
  • Organizing
  • Pets
  • Gardening
  • Blogging
  • Futzing with HTML

Obviously, a few of my likes I could parlay into actual, decent-paying careers (editing, writing, etc.), but I’m not sure how I could convince someone to pay me for camping.

Wait, I know: my dream job would be to write scrapbooks that feature photos of my pets wearing knitted things while frolicking in my well-organized campsite garden. Should be doable.

How about you guys? What likes or hobbies do you dream of turning into a paying job?

February 3, 2009

things that are true

Filed under: Miscellaneous — Shauna @ 11:05 am

You will be my best friend if you buy me either a can of Mountain Dew or a Three Musketeers bar.

I don’t understand people’s obsession with name brands. It’s a dress, for god’s sake; it’s not worth $1,250.

There aren’t enough dog parks in Minneapolis.

Our street needs streetlights. Even one would do.

46-degree days are great. 46-degree days that are preceded and followed by 10-degree days are just giant death traps waiting to either lock you in your just-washed car or kill you with giant invisible sheets of ice.

You cannot call the stretch of Washington Avenue that I take home a street. Call it what it is: a series of potholes spackled together with random chunks of asphalt.

Women are worse drivers than men. That’s right, I said it.

It’s impossible to move 20 lbs. of cat bulk at 4:00 a.m. when you’re sleeping in an S-shape to accommodate them.

Dog burps are always funny. Dog farts, not even remotely.

Whipped butter is not spreadable. At all.

Money does buy happiness. If you doubt it, send me some money and I’ll prove it to you.

If I am betting money on something, impossible situations will occur to make sure I do not win (see also: Steelers interception in the Cardinals’ red zone that miraculously became a Steelers TD as time expired at halftime, thereby robbing me of $10).

I contacted my best friend from high school on Facebook. That was a week ago and I haven’t heard anything. The old me would’ve assumed it was because she HATES me now and would go crazy trying to figure out what I did wrong. The new me figures maybe she doesn’t go on FB that often and even if she is avoiding me, who cares? (The new me is pretty laid back.)