Day 135, 136 & 137 - Plaids and Snowflakes

Another three days worth of knee socks. Enjoy!

Tomorrow a real post I promise!

Day 132, 133 & 134 - Stripes and Circles

If you look closely you'll see William's baby foot at the top of that last picture.

Obviously I am still a slacker poster. Need to get back into the swing of things. It's a little hard on the days I've been babysitting but hopefully that will pick up. Since I have been going out more in the cold I'm getting to wear more of my knee socks. Yeah!

Day 128 & 129 - Snowstorm Red and Purple

In case you haven't been watching the news we got hit with a hell of a storm the last two days. So I ended up spending the whole thing hold up in my apartment. The 8inches of snow and freezing rain were kinda scary. Did some super fun shoveling the last two days.  Only dug out half the car yesterday so I had chop away at the ice today to get my car out. It was less than pleasant. Thankfully all the ice is gone. The crap part is that there's more snow expected for Saturday. I am so over snow!!!

How do you like them icicles?

So sorry for the slacking. Should be back on track with posting tomorrow.

Day 116 - Stripes

Mia has gone back to sleeping on her couch pillow. You can see her beyond my feet. She laid off for a while cause I didn't have the right pillow on that side of the couch, but now she's back to her spot :)

I have what some say is a strange habit, but it makes me so happy. Just this morning I thought about how great it is. Took a nice hot shower this morning after the gym. Enjoyed a nice cold diet pepsi while in there. It is such a great feeling. The hot water hitting my outside, then taking a big drink of a cold pepsi. It's great! I almost always take a beverage into the shower with me. And I don't get why people think it's weird. The hot and cold together are a great mix. It's not like my drink gets shower water in it. My shower here has a perfect spot on the window ledge free from the water of the shower. 

Even just drinking cold water in the shower is great. And a super cold beer is almost as good as the Diet Pepsi. Really there's not much that doesn't taste good in the shower. I reccomend drinking a beverage in a bottle or a can.  Glasses are much harder to control. And I'm always afraid of dropping the glass. It's ok to do if there's a sink or ledge outside the shower you can put the glass on. I think everyone should try it, at least once. Maybe you'll become a shower drinker too. Or at the very least stop thinking I'm so weird :)

Day 104 - Purple and Gray Plaid

It's Friday! There should be some snow hitting tonight and tomorrow. Actually kinda looking forward to it. Thinking I am gonna have a fire tonight.

Made some Onion Bisque soup last night for dinner. Having the leftovers for lunch. In case you didn't know, I really do love soup. Been known to order more than one for a meal. And this winter I have been making more and more varieties from scratch. Hot and Sour, Cheddar Cheese, Vegetable, Crab Chowder, Mushroom, Tortellini, etc.  Planning on making a Italian soup with seafood tomorrow. Yummy!

In keeping with my soup love, I've decided today's top five Friday list is gonna be my Top Five Favorite Soups.  

1. French Onion Soup - Who can resist that melted cheese. I especially love when it's all burnt and crusted to the bowl. Man it's been a long time since I've had a good bowl of French Onion soup. I really need to get my hands on that.  



2. Italian Wedding Soup - Meatballs, Pasta, and Spinach. What more could you want?

3. Hot and Sour Soup - I order this pretty much every time I eat Chinese food. I love the spiciness. I have made two different versions of this at home, both of which were surprisingly good and simple. There's something about that combination of Tofu, Eggs, Green Onion, Mushrooms, Bamboo Shoots that's just perfect.

4. Mushroom Soup - I adore mushrooms. So I like pretty much any kind of mushroom soup. The club at my grandparents condo used to have the best Cream of Mushroom soup. It was the perfect consistency, not too thick with just the right amount of mushrooms.

5. Tortellini Soup - This is a soup my mom used to make that I now make quite often. The base is Lipton Noodle Soup, then you add cheese tortellini, chicken broth, and spinach. It's very easy to make, but so great to eat. I like to sprinkle on some Parmesan on top. I made a huge batch last week and ate it for a few days. I don't really tire of Tortellini Soup. Yum! I don't have a picture of this one so you will just have to use your imagination.

Some of my other favorite soups: Pasta Fagoli, New England Clam Chowder, Wonton, Egg Drop, Miso, Baked Potato, Cheddar Cheese, Crab and Corn Chowder, Seafood Chowder, Lobster Bisque, Minestrone. Ok pretty much I like all soups except Tomato and Split Pea. There are probably others I dislike but right now all I can think of is how much I want to eat a nice big bowl of soup. Think it's probably time to heat up my lunch :)

Day 63 - Purple Butterflies

It's the start of a new week. Most of which I will spend with the family in Florida. Actually 24 hours from now I will be in the air on my way to Fort Myers. Looking forward to spending the holiday with my Mom, Dad and Sissy! Should be good fun.

Since it's the week of Thanksgiving, I thought I should write about one thing I am thankful for each day. This one is probably obvious, but I am thankful for my kitties. I can't believe it took me 27years to even touch a kitty and now they are such an integral part of every day of my life. I wake up with them cuddled up next to me. I sit on the couch with Mia or Simon on my lap. I come home to Miles greeting me at the door. They are my constant companions. The three of them are truly are my family. I am so grateful to have Mia, Miles and Simon in my life. Every day I am thankful they are here with me. My life would me so lonely without them. As a whole cats have become an integral part of me life. I read about them, volunteer to help them, and enjoy almost anything cat related. From this point on cats will always be part of my life. I am so thankful to Eric and Xerxes for teaching me how great cats are. My life would absolutely not be the same without them.

Not sure how consistent positng will be for the next few days while I am away.

Day 60 - Mismatched Stripes

These are one of the socks in the sampler set I bought at the sock store NYC. Still not sure my thoughts on them though.

So today my plan is to sit, read, and catch up on my DVR. Nothing too exciting but totally needed. Simon hasn't been letting me sleep much at night. 4am has become his witching hour. The hour he pulls boxes out of my shelf, knocks the kleenex box off the nightstand to drag around, mysteriously pulls tape off sock drawers and pulls out socks, attacks Miles, pulls up my rugs, and generally makes more noise than an 11lb cat should be capable of making. I don't know how to make it stop!!!

Check out this cute picture of my kitties sitting on their tree this morning. So adorable.....

 

Day 45 - Lilac

Had to bust out my winter boots this morning. It is super chilly pants.

Spent the day doing some errands. Went to two of my favorite places, the library and Target. Made a stop at PetSmart and the grocery store too. Big day for me! Still feeling under the weather so accomplich anything makes me feel accomplished. Gonna make some homemade Hot & Sour Soup for dinner tonight. Hopefully it'll help clear out my sinuses. Need to get better cause I am off to NYC this weekend to meet up with Bridget and watch Ian run in the marathon. Should be fun :)

Day 38 - Black Cat

Today is definitely a lazy Sunday here. Feel like I am coming down with a cold so I haven't done much this weekend. Just catching up on some TV and trying to accomplish chores and stuff around the house.  So far I haven't been as successful as I would have liked. I really wish there was someone to put away my laundry for me. I don't know why but it's one of my least favorite chores. Ug!

Day 35 - Purple Flowers

Sorry I am so late posting. I have been helping my friend Scrappy the last two days. He had ACL surgery yesterday and is pretty immobile. Since I don't have anywhere to be during the day I took him for the surgery yesterday and hung out with him this afternoon. Have the same thing planned for tomorrow.  After this summer, I know how boring being helpless at home alone can be.

Well I am sure you are all waiting to hear about our JASS adventure. The cruise was such a great time. We ate, drank, played bingo, went to a wine tasting, made fun of other people on the ship, ordered room service, saw the cheesy show, made friends with a 13year old, made the crew laugh, and just generally had a great time. Stacey and John even made it on the on board TV with their dancing. Some of the most fun times were posing for the pictures with the photographers on the ship. We cracked up so much during the photo shoot below. You can probably tell that from our smiles.

JASS 2010 - 3 day Bahama Cruise

Day 29 - I Love Paws

Another pair of my purple paw socks. I wore them today for my volunteer shift at the cat shelter. There were quite a few sweet kitties there today. There was one little gray girl named Olivia, who sat on my lap, climbed on my back and didn't want me to leave. It's so sweet. Of course no kitties are as sweet and good as the ones I have at home. I had to change my pants to get the shelter smell off, but now my Mia has found herself a good sleeping spot. When I first got her she wasn't much of a cuddler, but now she loves sitting on my lap and snuggling up to me at night. I love having my girl so close. It's one of my most favorite things.



Don't have much planned for tonight, past what you see here. Me, the couch, Mia, and my DVR. Good night at home if you ask me :)

Day 23 - Purple

Took me a while to put on socks today since I didn't have to go to work. Going to pick up my family at the aiport in the next 10 minutes, so I had to get dressed. We are heading out for dinner in the North End for a late bday dinner for me. I am looking forward to it.

Still haven't really thought about or fully processed the whole getting laid off thing. I just wanna enjoy my family and Christina's wedding then worry about getting a new job and reading over the obscene amount of paperwork I got yesterday.

What a week.......

Day 8 - Purple Flowers

In case you haven't figured it out yet, I LOVE Purple! I have a purple couch to prove it. Not to mention my dishes have purple on them. Also have been carrying a purple purse. Have purple rugs, towels, sheets, pillows, doc martens, shirts, skirts, etc.  Really I'm a fan.

My kitty Simon really likes to break into my sock drawers and pull all the socks on the ground. So when I wake up or come home there's a giant pile of socks on the floor. Sometimes strewn about the house with the help of Miles. For the last few months I've had the drawers taped shut. Yes taped. Surprisingly that's not really convenient so last week I took off the tape. Took until this morning at 5am for Simon to notice. He got 2 drawers open but I caught him before he pulled all the socks out. It's funny that all his misbehaving is pretty much sock related. He also pulls them out of my laundry basket. Nothing else, just my socks. Think my boy likes socks as much as I do :)  One day I hope to take of a picture of him in the act of sock stealing. It's definitely a site to see.