March 20, 2013

  • Food

    One of my favorite things in life is food.  I'm pretty sure if it didn't taste so darn good we'd have all died off years ago


    So on vacation I always try to eat really yummy things to keep myself going!

    This weekend I got to eat seafood at a great place called The Oyster House.  I had a fried oyster poboy.  So yummy!  It was dressed (not naked).  And I even had some mayo on it (I know lots of people think adding mayo makes it nasty but I love mayo on just about anything if it's a sandwhich).


    The second good thing I ate (which I posted about already) was Panini Petes motzarella and tomato panini.  Yummy!  Fresh cheesey goodness.




    My third really yummy thing to eat this week was the Memphis BBQ Company.  Went there as a treat for my family (someone had a bday not me).  They had some fantastic food.  


    This is a cheeseball in honey mustard.  I have to say wasn't feeling the cheese ball but dipped in the dressing was actually pretty tasty.


    My meal.  I got a bbq sampler (but not the big sampler).  It had bbq pulled pork (which was the best I've ever tasted), sausage (ehhh it was ok), baked beans (yummy), and mac and cheese (pretty good for mac and cheese).  The corn bread was pretty good too.  I think they used mac and cheese inside it but I'm not certain.  I ate everything but the sausage.  I wasn't a fan of it.  Just tasted like sausage no big thing.

    Yesturday I got a really yummy pizza.  Because everyone in the house was eating left overs from the BBQ joint except me cause I was a good girl and ate all my food (except the sausage I gave that to someone else to eat).  My pizza was bbq cause I just roll that way.  

    I'm not sure where I'm getting my "lingo" lately.  It's a little off the wall even for me.  

    Not sure what I'll be eating the next two days.  I have two more days of good food eating before I go back to normal.  
    Did I mention I had a coke float for dinner last night??  Seriously good food this week.  Next week I'll be back to apples and wheat bread...  *cough*  


March 18, 2013

  • warning *long post*

    Just wanted to let everyone know ahead of time this will be a long post (but if you like art and unusual things you might actually like it)


    This is my semi-annual sometimes every 2 to 3 years post on my goings to the Fairhope annual arts and craft show.  I love going there and this year was a very good year.  Bought more than I normally would have but I love what I got.  Would have bought more had so many things I liked not been so expensive but when it's something artist made not manufactured in a plant you pay higher prices (originality is key!)

    I'm intersprinkling some of my phone photos with some of my camera photos and I'll also be doing some weblinks for some cool stuff too.

    First off my phone photos because they suck and I like to save the best for last!



    This is the view from the balcony of my Grandma's house.  It was a beautiful day.  We walked from her house down to the arts and craft show.  It was about a mile or two.  I stopped and found a small pink crystal along the side of the road.  I think it's rose quartz but I'm not sure.  No picture.  I stuck it in my back pocket and kept walking.


    I know you're not suppose to take picture and technically I'm taking a picture of a picture but I'm also advertising for people too.  Go there.  Buy something.  I'm poor.  I'm broke but I can do my thing to say hey this is good go get it.  
    Anyway the pigs reminded me of a co-worker.  Had to take it and send it to her.  I can't remember how much these were.  But I'm just now noticing the snoopies and I love it and want it for myself.  


    This was just one of those.  Oh my goodness it's so unique things.  I just want it because it's not something everyone would have.  


    My love of all things dauschound.  A bench you can sit on.


    This is my grandpa's (now technically my grandma's)  It's something that is definitely him.



    The bell my friend gave my grandma when they visited from Germany.  I'm pretty sure if my grandma could she'd have taken this down and hid it along with everything else in the house.  She's very silly when it comes to "stuff" now.  Hide it someone's coming to visit.  

    I love the rows upon rows of oak trees in Alabama.  This is a horrible picture taken with my phone from the car while it's moving.  I'm surprised it didn't come out more blurry than it did.


    I just like taking pictures of people driving in their cars.... actually this is suppose to be of the church.  It's an episcopal church and I always liked the front of it but as you can see a car and a couple trees screwed this photo up.


    My lovely horoscope for today.  I'm a superhero.  Seriously today was not a 9.  I had to take a xanax and almost died 4 or 5 times on the way to lunch.  Sever storms plus 2 hours driving to memphis and back with Daddy in the drivers seat!!



    Ok if you look sideways.....  One of many booths at the show and I'm not sure what I was loving at this particular one....


    This little shop of horrors machine reminded me of one of my high school friends. "Seymour!"
    By the way those are my feet.


    I loved this place cause all the wirly gigs had a theme.  I loved the "jaws" one.



    There was a booth with all these Sheep themed images.  This ones called "High Strung".  



    This is stuff I'd love to hand on my own walls.  The peacock and trees were my favorite.



    I probably would have given my first born child for one of these.  They popped out of the pictures.  I'm not really a kid friendly person.



    I actually bought something from this booth.  It wasn't the "Weeds" sign either.  I bought a tag that said "beware of the wild kitties".



    Interesting hat booth.  Reminded me of the Mad Hatter.



    We ate at Panini Pete's.  I had their motzarella and tomato panini.  It was yummy!  Freshly made motzarella with tomato and a yummy vinegary sauce on foccata bread (spelling is attrocious)


    There was some stuff that as a bit over my head and this booth was one of them.  I know some peoples art is anothers garbage but I really did not get into thise booth.



    I did however think this little guy was cute



    And my last photo is the entrance to the graveyard (cause i gotta be morbid like that)  But still you see the beautiful oak trees that I love hanging over everything which was the whole point.

    So now is the section where I've picked up a card and it has a website to really cool stuff.... 


    This is the website to the bead shop I like. It has other things too but it's mostly a shop where you can make things with beads.


    I actually bought this beautiful thing for myself.  I'll probably never wear it since I very rarely do jewelry but I like it.  

    Here's the website!

    These people actually had 2 booths set up at opposite ends of the run.  

    Something I would have gotten for myself had it not been so expensive was a handmade journal.  
    @LegendaryD you'd probably like those journals
    A place to find unique beadings http://www.hartsfire.com/index.html
    I loved the sheep theme of this next artist.  (I already posted a photo earlier) Sheep Incognito (take a look at Silence of the Lambs on their website)  http://www.charisma-art.com/
    Here's where my trip starts to get expensive....  I told you earlier I rarely wear jewelry but occationally I'll go crazy and want something and price has no meaning.  Now I saw this beautiful green ring.  And it just clicked inside.  "it's meant to be"....  except the price is 200 dollars and it doesn't fit my finger and etc etc etc.  So I walk away for 10 minutes until I'm disappointed and I have to wander back because it's my ring and I just left it there without telling it why....  it needed me....  So I go back and the lady is being all rude by talking to this other person who's probably going to buy something but like I wanted to look at my ring before it found another home again...  ok that's not what happened but I can see my ring from a website now that I'm home.  http://www.bridewellart.com/
    This site has beautiful paintings.  I'd have snatched one up but I have no walls of my own to decorate.  http://www.diannekrumel.com/
    Somethings just call to you.  I like stuff like Raphael.  http://www.janetsearfossbatiks.com/
    I'm a fan of iron work.  That and stain glass too (although that's not what's on this website just iron work).  http://www.huntcountryiron.com/Popular_Show_Items.php  We bought some of his hummingbirds one year.
    I really like unique things with rocks.  Painting over them is just fine with me.  http://heather-mcgee.com/slideshow/gallery.htm
    Everyone loves Turltes right?  Well I do.  http://www.copperturtles.com/
    This whole time I was at the show I was suppose to be hunting for a birthday present for a friend of mine.  Unfortunately I couldn't find anything she'd like that fit my budget.  Theres a cap on friendship and it's about 40 dollars for birthday gifts.  Anyway couldn't find her anything artistic but I did find a booth that was selling original teas.  It smelled soooooo nice here.  I should have bought some for myself but I have a cabinet full of teas already.  http://www.logcabinteaco.com/
    There was also a unique store called the Happy Olive.  It has oils and cooking stuff that you won't find just anywhere.  I tasted a really nasty something in there so I don't recommend just putting anything in your mouth.  Smell it first.  
    Hopefully if nothing else you got a good laugh out of this post.  And if you made it all the way to the end your a true xangan friend!
    Edit forgot something.....
    This is the heart necklace I bought myself.  I'm not sure whom I got it from but they were all unique.  Love it.
     

March 17, 2013

  • I'm back from my weekend visit at Grandmas. It was a very stressful, fun, and crazy weekend. If I wasn't positive I was sober I would wonder if leprechauns were screwing with me.
    I have photos. But lack of sleep says ill post them later.
    I'm glad I'm home.

March 13, 2013

  • I have a problem.

    Too many books to read....
    The books on the night stand are from the library.
    The books on the floor I've bought and have no time to read.

March 12, 2013

  • I wonder what we'd look like with the physical manifestation of our baggage being carried around.
    I'm sure wed look funny to others what we hold onto...
    I'm sure if you could see mine there would be a porcupine on top of my head. A friend of mine in school told me to visualize a porcupine with quils whenever the bullies on my bus were picking on me. So they wouldn't see me and would ignore me.
    So I'm sure that and a whole slew of other things would still be hanging around. An artificial wall to ward off the evil of other people.
    But I imagine in any reality I would have animals around me. Friendlies to help me threw. Horses from childhood games running around furniture. Dogs and cats that were once loved to old age.
    Oh what a lifetime can bring.

    Now some reality. Photos. First is of the plane grave yard. They fly in to be dismantled. Then my fortune cookie for today. Revealing a great fortune but it broke so maybe I'm just going to be poor forever. My beautiful cat Kashmir. And new bed sheets for me!

March 11, 2013

  • Today was a long rough day at work.  By the time I left I was ready to slowly kill another co-worker.  It's like they could not shut their mouth for one second.  They went threw the motions so slowly (it was an urgent kind of day) and generally pushed my buttons.  I left work trying to figure out what I could possibly do to redeem the day.  

    I thought of getting a milkshake but since I'm suppose to be eating right that would just be sabotaging another aspect of my life and I'm trying to be "well rounded" and "good"  
    So I came home watched an episode of Glee and then decided to go on a long walk in the neighborhood (it had been warm earlier).  It was an hour long walk around the neighborhood with freezing wind gusts.  Least I had my music and my groove to keep me warm.  And I mostly feel better (mentally).  
    Mom's back home and I smell something yummy coming from the kitchen.  Home cooking instead of tv dinners and my not so great examples of food.  
    I'm off tomorrow so I'll probably do some shopping and grab some lunch out.  I have COUPONS :)

March 8, 2013

  • Getting ready to actually get out of town next week.  Friday after work Mom and I are hitting the road to visit Grandma's.  She actually there now.  She's coming home Sunday so she'll be home about 5 days before leaving again.

    I'm looking forward to going to the craft show and eating some seafood at one of the restraunts down there.  Good seafood is hard to get if you aren't near the water.
    This weeks been pretty trying.  Daddy can put some stress on you (his minds in and out lately).  He doesn't remember a lot of stuff and it seems to happen more and more often.  But I'm trying to not let it get to me.  I don't want him to get dimensia but it runs in the family with my aunt having alzheimers.  You just have to let it roll.  It's worse if you make a point to point it out.  Doesn't help the situation and he just gets moody and fussy.  
    I'm off tomorrow.  2nd saturday this month off and will have next one as well.  i might get use to it.  
    Watched the History Channels new miniseries The Bible (WED.) it was fantasic.  I liked how they told Genesis threw Noah's Ark.  Really cool.  I wish they spent more time on each story though (i know 2 hours is a lot in one sitting but some parts seemed to go very quickly).  
    Not much else.  Guess it's all for now.

  • Are you the person you'd thought you'd be at this age? Why or why not?

    I am most definitely not what I expected to be at this age.  I was suppose to get married and have children.  I definitely didn't think I'd be living where I'm living single and childless and feeling like a slave to a job I rarely like anymore.  

    I dream of running away to a better place.  (well actually last night I dreamed of multicolored elephant parade)  Someplace warm sunshine with the sea within view (and sounds).  It always calms me.  I doubt I'll ever live by the ocean though.  It's too expensive to move.  And before when I had that spark to go out on my own I didn't use it.  Now that I don't have that spark (and no money) I am stuck.  

    What would happen if I just got up one day and instead of going to work I packed a suitcase and took only what I could fit in it and headed off to the nearest coastal community to lay down roots.  I imagine I'd end up in some cheap run down apartment where I'd only be able to afford a few months in rent (savings).  Then I'd have to job hunt.  I'd probably end up at a restraunt working and I really hate restraunt work.  I am not good at it.  

    Think I'll just stay here.  In the hell I already know.

       

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March 3, 2013

  • The Weekend

    I actually had the weekend off. My friends came to visit and it was a great escape.
    They got here around 1 on Saturday (it was suppose to be earlier but they over slept). And we went to lunch at a local pizza place. We order some cheese sticks a taco pizza and a BBQ pizza. Loved the BBQ pizza and will probably order one again on my own.
    We chatted and let go of the stresses of our lives. It was snowing. And freezing everywhere we went. A couple places we went were not quite what was expected. I thought a flea market was in town it turned out to be a furniture market showing for businesses. So we went shopping at the mall and bookstore. Plus a stop at a children's store (for fudge)

    Then to dinner again. A great restraunt but I wasn't very hungry so I just got a sandwhich (fried catfish sandwhich). It was really good but I'm thinking that they didn't use ms catfish and used the kind I'm allergic to cause I got sick last night :(
    Then back home for board games and pawn stars hot chocolate and marshmallows.
    Then this morning we went for breakfast and more shopping.
    I'm shopped out.
    So here's a photo dump.
    Be kind to the before and after clothing photo. I have been wearing the wrong size for so long I needed 4 sizes down in my pants. I'm now back to 8 in pants and medium shirts.

March 1, 2013

  • Is feeling like a pathetic failure of humanity. Guess its too late for me. I've grown into who I am and there's no changing the essence. I am a one and only. No two to come. (Just thought of a pathetic pun)
    I've always been a one. So I guess companionship skipped this generation.
    Sometimes I'm totally ok with this. Especially when I see how very shitty people can be with and to one another. Even just normal interactions.
    For instance
    (Service person) can I help you with (whatever)
    (Customer) no you heartless inferior humanoid

    Today I made a lady so mad I thought she was going to come over the counter and fight me. She backed up a little then wanted my full name (last names are not used in retail mostly bc people can be so vicious.).
    It was a horrible day and so many people were rude. The phone was ringing off the hook and I had to pick up the slack for wireless too ( which is how I got the evil lady anyway)

    After a horrid day it would have been nice to come home to someone who cares (not in the parental sence which I got but they pretty much think retail is a piece of cake)

    It's really a balancing act (you definitely need acting lessons!)