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Does anyone else think it's kind of freaking cool that Jamie is working on this guys house right now?
He has a cribs episode but I can't seem to find it on the website. He's much sexier in person!

The evil that prevails...

What a week! Monday Jamie and I took off since we were too exhausted from dealing with Hera all night and we really didn't get to sleep until 4 or 5 in the morning. Wednesday I had to take her to the Vet to have her wound looked at and her bandages changed. She was fine leaving the Vet and even jumped in the car but when I got home she wouldn't come out. Of course I had a luncheon I had to be at at school so I took her with me. She, of course wouldn't get out of the car at school so she stayed in th back seat until I could leave. So, once again, another missed day of work.
I finally got her out of the car by putting the backseats down and carrying her out. I have a RAV4 so it is a bit of a leap when you can't use both front legs.

Today I woke up to a frantic phone call from Jamie saying he was stuck in traffic and it's snowing. I ended up taking the train into work which of course got me here late but I guess better safe than sorry!

The plan for this weekend is to go see Twilight on Saturday. Then I only have to work Monday and I have the rest of the week off for my birthday and Thanksgiving. We were supposed to head to Central PA but due to my dogs injury we can't kennel her and we obviously can't even get her into the car. I was quite upset about that on Wednesday but life is what it is. Hopefully we'll be able to get up for Christmas.

Peg Legged Dogs

This weekend started out great, Jamie and I went to see the new James Bond movie which was excellent. Saturday we made steaks and watched Iron Man (excellent) and Don't mess with the Zohan (hilarious if you have a 12 year olds humor which apparently we do!).

All good things ended on Sunday. I had gone to bed since we were up late at J's fathers house for dinner. About 12:00 Jamie came in yelling at me to wake up. Hera was on our bed licking blood on her leg which actually was about a six inch gash. I through clothes on and we raced to the emergency vet which is luckily not far from us. You can see what the poor thing looks like. She walks like a drunken sailor not quite knowing what to do with herself. We searched the yard and we can't figure out what happened. It was a clean gash but we can't find evidence anywhere. Unfortunatly our house is covered in blood. Our sheets, bedspread, carpet. It's quite awesome.

Thankfully she seems fine and should recover just fine but we'll know more tomorrow when we take her back to the vet to have the dressings looked at...

Ready, set, .....

Go check out www.lapetitechic.com and enter yourself a chance to win a Wii fit! Because I totally want one so maybe you shouldn't....hmmm....

So, anyway, tonight Jamie and I are headed to see the new James Bond film. Very excited here as we (more so him) are big Bond fans! Tomorrow J is scouting for deer with his dad and I'll clean, put away the flower pots and catch up on some serious knitting.

Such excitement around these parts, I'll tell you what! Hopefully this week there will at least be some exciting recipes with pictures, we'll see. That is if I can get to Wegman's tomorrow...

Mid Western Chowder

We made this soup last night and it was excellent. Easy to do and done pretty quickly, it makes a great week night soup!


Mid-Western Chowder--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recipe By: Bend Bulletin
Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:
1 1/2 tablespoons butter, or olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
6 small potatoes, chopped
1 small zucchini, sliced
1 small yellow squash,
sliced1 carrot, chopped
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon thyme
1 dash nutmeg
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup flour
2 cups 2% low-fat milk
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Directions:In large skillet, saute onion and celery in butter or olive oil until just tender. Add spices (except fresh parsley), vegetables and potatoes to pan. Pour in 1 cup of the chicken broth and bring to low boil for two minutes. Turn heat down and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Remove pan from heat. In large soup pot, melt 1/4 C butter on medium-low heat. Whisk in the flour and blend well, until paste is formed. Slowly add milk and remaining 1/2 C of chicken broth. Heat through, stirring with whisk. Add cheese and stir until melted. Carefully pour vegetable mixture from the saute pan into the soup kettle. Add dijon mustard and wine and stir gently. Salt and pepper to taste. Let simmer on low for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and ladle into bowls. Serve with warm French bread.
. *The recipe in my newspaper omitted the flour from the ingredient list, so I'm not sure how much it was supposed to be. I used 1/3 cup and it seemed to be about right.

NOTES : substitute other veggies if you'd like, such as broccoli or cauliflower.Add a bit of chipotle
We added corn to the final product and it's definitely a good addition.

Relationships

Stephanie from http://hotfromthefurnace.blogspot.com/ posted a question about putting your significant other first and whether it's a girl thing or because she's been in a relationship for so long.

I've been with Jamie for nearly twelve years and I would have to say I put him first at all times. If anyone asks what we are up to I talk about his business or the projects he is working on at the house. Because, to me, my part of the life isn't interesting. I go to work, I hate my job and no one wants to hear about how much you hate work. So, I talk about Jamie. To me, that is far more fascinating.

Leading on to a tangent, I'm disappointed of where I am in life right now. This new year I want a better paying job with more responsiblity and I want to try to have a baby. But, I need the new job first since we barely get by on what I'm making and the economy is killing Jamie's business. I wish I had finished getting my certification to teach art, I wish I had gone to grad school to get my MFA. I wish I were working in the art field but I'm too far gone in education, I think, to ever change that. So, I think that leads back to the original question, that I'm not proud of myself. I turn 33 at the end of the month and it's time for some serious changes. I've been working slowly at working out every day, I only have a glass or two of wine on the weekends instead of with dinner. I have salads and soup for lunch and eat lots of veggies and fruit throughout the day. I've noticed in the past two weeks my clothes are finally getting looser.

So, the next hurdle in somehow figuring out where my life is leading. I applied for an art job at SU and I also applied for an alumni position with my alma mater. One job requires us to move. One does not.

I think the next two months are going to bring big changes one way or another.

Friday

I am so thankful that today is Friday! It's been a long strange week. Weird rumblings going on around campus re: my boss and I'm wondering what the outcome will be. I had two leads for jobs one down here and one back up in Central PA. We'll see if I get any interviews. My goal for the new year is a better job with more pay. I'm also networking my campus to see if anything will open around here.

At any rate we are headed up to see good friends this weekend and attend the wedding of my brothers best friend growing up. I'm so excited to see her happy and we love her fiancee! It's going to be a great day!

In between all of that we have to stop and see my grandma whom we had to put in a home and we haven't had the chance to visit her until now. My mom says she's not doing well but I know she's much happier where she was then in my brothers (furnished) basement! As you can imagine!

So, everyone have a good weekend and I'll catch up on Monday! ;0)

BAH

I am so so sick of the poor losers that the Republicans are showing themselves to be right now. I certaintly don't mean everyone, more importantly I mean my boss. He has been spouting all day that the Democrats will rue this day.

He thinks in six months Americans will be ready to put Bush on Mt. Rushmore. Dear lord. I can't even get angry anymore. I've never seen such blindness in my life! He's been justificating all day and saying that people see Obama as a savior.

Ack! Are you kidding me?

Indeed we did!

hee hee

Historic

I'm sure I don't need to post this but please go out and vote today. I actually got into a huge argument with my mother this weekend about her voting for McCain/Palin. She actually said to me that I don't see how you aren't voting for a woman. Seriously? I got so angry at her I couldn't even finish the conversation. Then her husband kept trying to push it and I had to stop him. He's a lawyer, I'm not - I do not speak well when my emotions run high. I could tell he was enjoying the process immensely.

At any rate, no matter who you are voting for (Obama) get out to vote today. I'm going to leave work early to get to the polling place before the 5 o clock workers get out.

Go OBAMA!

Weekend

My school was closed on Friday due to the Phillies parade down Broad Street. I briefly thought about going but Jamie was working and I wasn't going down there by myself. At any rate, when I left to take Sasha for a walk my neighborhood was packed with Phillies fans parking to go to the train station. Since we live so close to the station and the hordes of people going to the parade there was obviously an influx in parking. Apparently, the trains were so packed from Downingtown and Thorndale that they didn't even stop at the stations further down the line. Way to go Septa!

So, I took Sasha for a 3 1/2 mile walk at the Valley Forge State Park and it was a great day for that. I then cleaned, did laundry and went shopping. I was looking for a dress for a wedding but I didn't find anything cheap enough! I did, though, get a nice pair of cords from Old Navy. I then got my hair done and had a great time chatting with my hairstylist whose fiancee is Jamie's business partner. Jamie and I then made a quick dinner and some cocktails and sat on the front porch waiting for trick or treaters. Although the turn out was sparse we did enjoy talking to some neighbors.

Saturday my mom and her husband came to town and we went shopping for the wedding again. I found a cool velvet top that I think will work with a skirt I have. Mom also bought me a few other shirts which was nice.

Sunday Jamie and I got up early because of the time change and went for breakfast. We actually ended up splitting a chicken cheese steak and fries. Good food at 9 in the morning! We then went grocery shopping and stopped at Simon Pearce for a wedding present. Unfortunatly, that place is way out of our league. It's a shame because their stuff is so nice. Oh well, back to the drawing boards!
Jamie then changed the oil in our vehicles and I put away our summer clothes and then we watched football. Good times people, good time!