I’m not a work-aholic (Doh! Isn’t denial the first sign of a problem?). Be that as it may, my confession is this: my house is a wreck right now! In fact, I have written a poem about it.
Laundry to the ceiling!
Dishes to the sky!
Alas, I’ve got the feeling
That something’s gone awry.
Someone wave their magic wand
Once or maybe twice
Or else I’ll have to find a way
To take my own advice!
And there were bows all around.
Seriously, what does work have to do with it? Well…I have three jobs right now. Yes, three. Three jobs that I am passionate about and work on until 3 or 4 in the morning. Even 5, on occasion. It may be unhealthy, but I’ve never felt more fulfilled in my life.
So over the next week, I am going to have you hold me to the task of keeping my house clean. Thankfully, it’s not just my responsibility. My husband and I share the load. After all, we both live here, right?
So even if you are silent (as far as the comments go…where is everyone?), know this–YOU are the cheerleader in my ear, the taskmaster that’s nudging me forward, the proud trainer that smiles as I soar up the steps in Rocky fashion. The student has become the teacher.
Don’t you hate it when you’re stuck with an empty stomach, an empty refrigerator, an empty pantry, no car, and no markets save a gas station/convenience store a block away?
Me too.
Enter the professionals. Five highly acclaimed Hampton Roads chefs competed for gold in a challenge that required them to use convenience store items to produce a five-star entree and dessert. One of the winners? Pan-Seared, Center Cut Filet of Spam over Caramelized Onions with Sauce Robert and Funyuns Garnish. Read more at The Dishrag.
Just uploaded a new article on hot dogs over at TodaysHomemaker.com. It was quite challenging to come up with the MOST important things one needs to know…I mean, because there is just so much to say about hot dogs. How can one live without knowing who this year’s hot dog eating world champion was, for instance? See? I am making the world a better place.
Well, maybe burger time was a few days ago, but it’s never too late to learn how to make the great American burger. Impress your friends! Baffle your kids! Improve your balance! (Or, umm…at least eat well.)
I love Google Reader. What does that have to do with cleaning, cooking, and general homemaking activities? Not much, directly. However, it does give me access to tons of great information on any topic that I might care to know about. Since I am an information-oholic/avid reader/wannabe writer, this is good for me.
The thing I’ve recently come to love about it is the “Next” button. This is an amazing little button that you can put in your favorites or on your bookmark bar. It simply says “Next”. When you click it, it automatically goes to the next unread blog article and marks it as read in Google Reader. You don’t even have to log in…keep clicking it, and it can take you all the way through your blog list. Incredible.
So why do I even care to share this with you? Because today I reached a huge milestone, and without Google Reader, it would have not been possible. I got through my last unread blog, and my browser declared, “Congratulations, you’ve reached the end of the internet.”
Wow. That is one fantastic accomplishment. Like hiking the Appalachian Trail or eating my way through an entire box of chocolate-covered cherries, except I don’t have the inconvenience of being tired or sick to my stomach.
My only complaint is that they didn’t show more fanfare about this great thing that I’ve done. I mean, a little confetti would have gone a long way, you know what I mean? But that’s alright. The satisfaction of a job well done is reward in itself.
Internet Explorer for mac is just about the worst browser that ever dared to exist. Why oh why are there grey stripes where the top header image should be? Why are the words “HOME” and “TODAYSHOMEMAKER.COM” in huge letters, spread all the way across the page?
If your browser renders this blog (or the TodaysHomemaker.com website) strangely, I’d like to know. I don’t use IE for mac for this very reason; it rarely ever makes things look like they’re supposed to. (Go firefox). You know what I think? The folks at Microsoft made it buggy on purpose so that mac users would crestfallenly throw their computers out the window and go hug a PC. Pssh. I’m not falling for it. Gotta love good old American competition.
My friend Samantha must be peeved; I posted about this on my myspace blog, and now I’m posting it here. (Love you, Sam! I just thought it was very funny!) Here is my account of the discovery of a child prodigy yesterday in our very own house. We were overwhelmed with indescribable emotion at the honor that was bestowed upon us. Read on:
It was a dark and stormy night (well…not dark or stormy…but it was night) and seven adults sat around a kitchen table, just talking. Their kids were screaming and laughing in the next room, and all was well. Little did they know, an artistic little boy was planning the piece of a lifetime.
“AHA!” He thought, as he discovered his instrument…a nice, fat, permanent marker. “This will do nicely!” (Of course, when he said it, it sounded more like “Ahhh…jiseldy mice”…and nobody heard him anyway.) Had they only known.
“First…the children! I will make them like zebras to represent the multi-culturalism that society yearns for, but at the same time, rejects!”
“Next…the coffee table. An important aspect of my masterpiece because it represents the stability of mankind.”
“Third…the carpet! We will add streaks of purple to accent the royal quality of the fibers of man’s innermost being.”
“Almost done…the couches! Just a smidge here or there to show that the tendency of man to ultimately seek his own comfort is futile.”
“And the piece de resistance…the fireplace mantle! Slashes of purple on a white background represent the absurdity of looking for humility in a world filled with contempt.”
So…prodigy, yes. Now how to get the stains out? (I’m the expert, you say? Oh. Right.)
There may not be a lot new to LOOK at over at TodaysHomemaker.com, but trust me…the pain and turmoil I have gone through this past week while trying to switch my site to a different host is something I would not wish on anyone. It was an All-Consuming Beast which slurped up my time and belched it out at the end. And I guess this blog is one of the by-products. In fact, this blog is the entire reason that I switched hosts. Not bad. Not bad at all.
You may wonder why the look and feel of the blog is so different from TodaysHomemaker.com. There is a reason for that. Although part of the TodaysHomemaker.com “family”, this blog is more personal. It’s me. Yes, I’ll let you in on all of the stuff that’s going on over there, but while TodaysHomemaker is about “doing”, we just relax here. Sure, we talk about work, but really we’re just chillin’ (yeah, I know that word sounds unnatural when I say it.)
So if you were a subscriber of the old RSS feed, I hate to break it to you, but that feed no longer exists. The new feed is listed down below this post (see the RSS 2.0 link). For me, it also automatically shows up in the address bar on the right hand side of my browser. Click that little orange button and follow the yellow brick road.
So now that we’re back in business, so to speak, look forward to lots of good stuff, both from the new blog and TodaysHomemaker.com. And now…sleep.
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