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Still have a job! yay!

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These last few weeks have been a roller-coaster. There have been multiple cuts at my job and I have been completely freaked out about the possibility of losing the one thing I'm actually any good at. Thankfully I found out yesterday that I'm safe, that is until they change their minds.

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I missed last week. I haven't really been feeling myself lately.

good news ~ my brother wants to add me to his family plan which allows me to buy & afford an iPhone plan. I am pretty excited about getting my first nifty phone ever.

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So, I've been reading the closet cooking blog for a week or so now and after trying the Strawberry Sour Cream bread I decided that it was time to move on to something a bit harder. :)and by harder I actually mean something really simple that I couldn't possibly mess up. So, I decided to make eggs. L. Garlic Scape Pesto scrambled eggs with asparagus & mushrooms. I printed out the recipe before I went to the store so I'd have a list of the ingredients. I forgot however to look up garlic scapes... because I wanted to make not only scrambled eggs with asparagus & mushrooms... but with the garlic scape pesto as well. I seriously felt like a dolt when I went to the store. It's not that I don't cook or that I don't use odd ingredients, it's just that I hadn't heard of garlic scapes. I searched the produce aisle for awhile and didn't find anything. I finally just asked. Yeah, they didn't have garlic scapes and to make me smile even more they didn't know what they were. I felt better.
I also discovered that crimini mushrooms are really baby portobella's -- #2 Lesson of the day completed.

anyway, I went to Whole Foods and bought the "special" items and made the scrambled eggs which I loved. to steal from Rachel Ray Yummo!

Thank you closet cooking. :D

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Today I cannot concentrate worth piddly. So I'm just going to be all listy and call it a day. enjoy. :p

~things~
>green tree pendant

>oyster ring
>Mod circles necklace


~shops~
>Just Peachy
>Bead Attic
>Lorinczi Jewelry
>Love Child Boutique


~New Music~
>Sausalito - Conor Oberst
>This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case
>For Beginners - M. Ward

I've been listening to some Rammstein on the way home from work as it makes me feel like I have an edge, while actually on edge, for driving in traffic. I love my new car with it's gorgeous sound and lovely bass. :)
I hate the going home traffic. I miss my short commute, but love my new place... love it.

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July 1st! This weekend will be filled with fun, fun, fun. :) fireworks! Independence day! grilling out! Woot!

I cannot wait.

~red, white, & blue~
>garden gnome *smile*

>blue lace agate

>Owl bag


~red~
>fabric sticky note holder

>orient express apron


>Ula Ula ring



~white~
>carrie necklace

>Night & Day
>Open Opal Necklace


~Blue~
>starfish of the sea
>blue bird prep bowl

>Winter Brook


Happy 4th o' July all

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have finally purchased curtains. Eclipse brand which block light & sound. I have slept so much better. I think I actually wake up in the morning rested.

...on to my first complaint of moving from a house to an apartment. Stupid neighbors.

The neighbor who lives above us apparently has a problem with any sort of music because they have knocked on our door twice telling us to turn it down. and my biggest complaint isn't that they asked *so kindly*, but that the music wasn't that loud to begin with. For a person who usually listens to music that you can hear throughout an entire 4 bedroom home, volume 7 is pretty friggin' low. I could hear her knocking at my door - I had a fan running and was in the kitchen moving things around looking for a recipe. My music wasn't loud. My second part of the complaint is that she asked me at 6 o'clock p.m. Seriously?! what could you possibly be doing at 6p.m. that noise is "bothering" you?

I didn't complain when I lived at my old place and could hear my neighbor across the street yelling at her white trash children. So really. My music is *too* loud? Seriously?

damn.

I think I need a cabin in the woods. complete with a kitchen worthy of a chef - even though I am not a chef by any means. I just love great kitchens.

part one - I love to cook. I really do. I like to try new ingredients and I love when a dish turns out well and then turns into a favorite. My mother was telling me about Sidewalk Shoes yesterday so I took a peek. I could have spent hour, of work time, reading all the delicious looking recipes. Then I came across Closet Cooking. Needless to say I now have two people whom make me incredibly jealous. and hungry.
~blogs I've recently discovered~
>Closet Cooking
>Sidewalk Shoes
>Pinch My Salt
>Cream Puff in Venice
>Nook and Pantry

am so hungry.