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Beyond Bulletpoints (but not by much)
Let us all rejoice that nannynannyblogpostingeveryday is almost over. It has, I believe, been a challenge for not only those of us trying to come up with something to say everyday, but also those of you that try to keep up with us in the reading. Oy does my bloglines get all full and heavy some days!
? I reminded GM that I would be leaving next week to go to the Northeast. She said, “Refresh my memory- why are you leaving me?” I began to say that I was going back to the baby clinic and she interjected, “Oh yes. To go make the Julia.”
? I am researching quiet air purifiers if anyone has any input…
? Mother and I are getting new cell phones! We did our research and will be getting sony ericsson phones. We got the phones for nearly free as we renewed our contract with our cell service. Nearly free is awesome. I think I will be able to use bluetooth to sync some of my ical stuff up to the phone. I will love that.
? The other day I found a random box in a dresser drawer that I seldom use. The box contained miniature scented candles from Illuminations and I think it was a forgotten Christmas gift from several years ago. I am now stinking up the house with the most wonderful scents. (& no, that is not why I need an air purifier)
? My Mother has started blogging. Yes. Blogging. My Mother. And she expects me to read everything she writes. I haven’t figured out if she is doing this so that I might one day give her the url to this site or if she just really wants to connect with her friends. I think it is the latter. This morning she informed me that she wrote about my trying to have a baby and could I “check it over to make sure the facts and terms are correct?”
? Last night Mother and I decided to go to a flat wok place for dinner. It was 8:3o, GM was fast asleep and the flat wok place is literally 3 blocks away. I felt pretty guilty for leaving, but being able to have dinner with Mother was really nice. We sat next to a pro football player (for real) and his beautiful (stunning) wife with a giant (massive) diamond and their adorable (and sassy) 3 year old son. If you have never been to a flat wok place with a 3 year old at your table you should try it out. This kid was INTO it. Suddenly the show was the center of the universe and everyone at the table had the most rockin’ time all because this kid would constantly proclaim, “wow” and “is it real, Mommy?” The football pro was on his cell phone (iphone) for most of the meal, but when it came time to eat. Wow. Watch out.
? I fell asleep with my bare minerals makeup on last night. This morning I looked in the mirror and almost cried at how smooth my skin looked…then I realized it was just leftover makeup.
? BG Talula has somehow figured out that I am about to ditch her again. I don’t know how as I haven’t started packing. Hell I never unpacked from the October trip as to unpack was in some way admitting defeat. But BG knows and she is underfoot or in my face constantly. The first hour or so it is fucking adorable. The rest of the day it is just freaky. I must emit some sort of turkey bacon odor when I am about to go on a trip…
? I am still having random panics about whether or not it will snow in the Northeast while I am up there and how I will do in it. I mean you all know that I LOVE me some snow, but what if snow closes the clinic or something?
? It has been a while since I stopped dying my hair red. I can honestly tell you that the top of my head is now my true natural color (something that I haven’t seen since I was 13). I started noticing little blond hairs more and more often, but upon closer inspection I see that it is not blond. It is white. I am now musing on the idea of using a semi permanent reddish color before my trip
? I wish I could put some space between my bullet points.
? GM just put her bra on all by herself! WOO HOO
? I joined a buddy group on eff eff for women doing IVF in November/December and there are like 5 million women in the group. It is overwhelming me. I can’t keep track and everyone has a “DH”. Sometimes I hate those two letters put together. Maybe I will start using it to refer to my Donor Hunk. My VIP (heh) membership expires in a month and my (not so secret) ambition is to get knocked up before then so I won’t ever have to pay to use the site again.
And finally: Snickerdoodles, also known, in some parts, as sand dollars (but this confuses me as there are Other cookies that are called sand dollars that actually look like sand dollars. Weird.)
Behold: The Best Cookie Ever
These are my most favorite cookies in the WORLD and I am very picky about how I like them. If you have never had one I will say that the key flavors are sugar and cinnamon with the key baking ingredient being cream of tartar. Some people like them a bit soft in the middle. Not me. I only like them if they are crunchy all the way through.
And not to be all snobby and shit about my favorite cookie, but they have supposedly existed since ancient Rome and Medieval Europe. Anything that has lasted that long has got to be pretty awesome, and they are. Oh they so are.
The lame thing is that I don’t have like an exact recipe that I love. I really should cultivate one. This weekend I might try my hand at baking some using this recipe. Let’s hope things turn out better than the pumpkin ravioli fiasco…
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I snorted my coffee when I got to the line about emitting a turkey bacon odor!
Curse you for putting MY favorite cookie on my monitor! (but not really, because you know I love my Cali-girl) I ADORE snickerdoodles (and yes, that’s we call them here), but I haven’t had them in a long, long time.
And honey, it’s not going to snow so bad that they close the clinic. I realize an inch of snow can wipe out most of the southern states, but us Northerners laugh in the face of snow. When it gets so high that we can’t open our car doors, that’s when we start to worry.
They are blond, not grey or silver. I tell myself that daily.
Oh, I forgot to tell you! I saw two recipes for pumpkin ravioli that both used wonton wrappers to hold the filling instead of pasta. You might try that instead of making actual dough next time. If you want the exact recipes, just email me and I’ll send them to you.
Totally random pick-up from your post: Did GM refer to future baby as Julia b/c you would like to name a baby Julia? If so, I think you might be me (GM with Alzheimers, M with MS, Daughter named Julia)!
OK.. I must know if you LOVE your bare minerals makeup because I am THIS close to buying it! Next week.. the northeast.. OMG.. SO excited for you.
Hey I was catching up on Martha last night and Mario Batali was on doing butternut ravioli with sage butter. Here is the link to watch it, I think it helps so much to see it from start to finish.
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.79cd0d4bac77d1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=4ab7a32a8ca46110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=38f9cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&rsc=showmain_tv_the-martha-stewart-show&lnc=38f9cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD
You can watch the whole show or just the part he makes the stuff.
Mmmmm…..snickerdoodles…..
Have you started packing? Maggie freaks out when we pack, and climbs in our suitcases to stow away.
The best snickerdoodles I ever had were from the Main Street Bakery in Magic Kingdom. Man, they were good. You might not like them because they were soft in the middle, but the taste….yum. I wonder if they still make them.
Cali, Donor Hunk cracked me the F up!
And, dear, I do love you but CRUNCHY ALL THE WAY THROUGH??? Uh-uh. I guess I have to stick to making chocolate chip cookies for you. More soft snickerdoodles for me, then!
I love those cookies! I was just talking about them the other day.
Your trip to the Northeast will be here very soon! I just got finished with my IVF and find out my results next week… OH MY!
“to make the Julia…” I love that.
I hope your preparations for your trip go well. Try not to worry about the snow. I don’t want to jinx you, but it rarely snows before Xmas in the areas you’re traveling to these days.
Yeah, the “dh” thing is annoying, but I like your “donor hunk”. You could say things about how your dh was frosty at first, but has warmed up to the IVF by your retrieval day. Okay, I’m a big goof.
Snickerdoodles are awesome! I’ve never heard them called anything else. I’m a soft-in-the-middle kind of gal. Mmmmm - yummy! And I’m with Blondie on the snow - up North they are remarkably well equiped to deal with snow.
I’m sort of embarrassed to admit I don’t even know what Bluetooth is, although my laptop has some little icon by the same name. I am so not a hip person.
1. Bring BG with you!!!
2. I really doubt it will snow…and if it does we will build a snowman. I seriously doubt it will snow so much that you can’t get to the clinic. Global warming, remember?
3. I think you are here for “cookie weekend”. That is our weekend of marathon christmas cookie baking in Bensalem. You will be there, of course.
4. I’m buying my tree this Saturday. I’m making you help me decorate it. Nothing is more depressing than decorating a tree yourself.
5. Sue Miller…soon!
Have you tried the recipe in the Joy of Cooking? Totally awesome. Snickerdoodles are an indispensable part of my yule celebrations.
Dude, I freaking hate the initials DH and I am married. I find it incredibly obnoxious, and would prefer to call my husband something less cloyingly sweet. Like “Ass.”
Now I’m all interested in going to a flat wok place, I haven’t been to one in ages, and I love them.
My head is slowly being taken over by ugly white hairs, and I soooooo need to color it (my natural haircolor is so dark it’s nearly black). We should virtually dye our hair together (it’s less annoying if someone else is doing it with me).
Whaa. Just wrote you lengthy comment that wordpress decided wasn’t good enough.
I hate that this “Write Every Day” commitment is ending. Seriously bummed out about that.
I’m insanely attached to snickerdoodles too. Oh how I miss them…
Glad you had a night out!
Thanks for letting me know what Snickerdoodles were and for the recipe link. Think I’ll try it on the weekend. I love your daily blog, I’m addicted, I’d be soooo disappointed if there wasn’t a daily peak in to your life. Sounds like you had a great night out, you deserve it.
ok enough with the snow. on 9/11 my manhattan clinic fulfilled all of their retrievals and transfers. a little snow is not going to shut your clinic down or prevent you from getting there. k?
it takes more snow than they are predicting to paralyze us. we are snow experts. or so says my DW who is responsible for snow removal in a town near us
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was for the DW part… gag gag gag
Snickerdoodles rule! Please post a recipe if you find one that works. Though then I’ll have to buy another bottle of cream of tartar that I’ll never use because I hate baking cookies. Each sheet has to not burn. EACH sheet. It’s a lot of work.
I’m with you on the Snickerdoodle, but count me the “moist in the middle” crowd. I think my number one fave is shortbread…
SO many discussion points I don’t know where to start.
Maybe I’m thick (actually not maybe at all), but ‘Julia’?
J
Catching up with you Cal, sending my love to you and your mother and especially your Grandmother. What you are doing for her is just beautiful. You sound like a perfect carer, loving, gentle and …well…caring.
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