September 1st, 2010
You may have noticed a new link under the blogroll recently. That’s because the deviant wife has a new, amazing food blog. You should definitely check out Megan and her Fresh Fridge
And as a special treat, Brandon is the first guest blogger! He made grilled chili sweet potatoes that I nearly have inappropriate feelings for. Yes, they are that good. He should really have his own food blog. The only problem is that between Alison’s Gimme Some Oven, The Fresh Fridge and his, I might be tempted to cook… Whoa. Did you just feel that too? That was freaky there for a second.
But cooking requires standing (or an accessible kitchen), and since I can’t even manage to get that one right lately, I’ll just stick to my tasty morsels on here.
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August 29th, 2010
There is very little good about an aircast, but there is silver lining to this cloud (though I question the actual value of a silver lining - never heard, “My, have you seen the silver linings in the sky today? Spectacular!”). On day 3 I realized this awesome upside, which is that an aircast gives you the feeling that you’re slowly turning into a Stormtrooper one limb at a time.
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August 27th, 2010
I obviously spent the day at home since anything outside falls beyond my limit of “to the bathroom and back.” This afternoon cats slowly started crawling up on me one by one. That’s when I had this text exchange with Brandon:
Me: I’m covered in cats.
Brandon: Whatever you do, do not act like tuna.
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August 26th, 2010
The past few days, my foot has been in increasingly more pain. Not so much my toe even (though it’s certainly not time to throw a party for it… but the time will come, oh yes it will). It’s been more the middle of my foot. Last week when I injured my foot again, I was really concerned about my toe since I had spent most of my summer worried about it. I didn’t really put too much weight in what the doctor was telling me about the stress fracture in the middle of my foot.
“Stay off of it,” he said.
“Yes, fine. Whatever. As long as I don’t need surgery for my toe.”
In a strange turn of events, it turns out that I should have listened to his advice. I’m not allowed to take pain killers (not even Advil) since it slows down the healing, and I’ve gone from an orthopedic shoe to an air cast. If it’s not better in 2 weeks, I go to an actual cast. It’s like I’m going the wrong way down a one-way street… on crutches.
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August 25th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I told you about some of my favorite sites for deals and free stuff (fine, I beat you over the head with it). One of those sites was Kansas City Mamas. Last week the site featured a contest to win a $20 gift card to cookware.com. The theme of the contest was cooking disasters, so I replied with our king cake misfortune of gross proportions. If you’ve not read the story, it’s a must read, but I strongly suggest doing so while wearing Depends or other adult diapers.
I told Brandon about the post, so he decided to reply with his story of setting my kitchen on fire twice while we were dating (Johnny Cash only thought he fell into a burning ring of fire). And today the winner was announced, and it was… Brandon! A real, live Kansas City Mama!!
Brandon - actual Kansas City Mama
Way to go, mama! I’m so proud of you!! Now go cook me something! I’ll get the fire extinguisher ready.
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August 24th, 2010
It’s been nearly 3 years since Brandon and I said, “I do” in front of friends, family, God and the sound guy, and we’re just now getting around to making our photo album. You can check it out if you want. You can even order it, but that’s when I may have to file a restraining order against you.
-But if you do, there is a special groupon in Dayton today (8/25) for $25 for $100.
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August 22nd, 2010
Friday was Brandon’s birthday. There are certain birthdays that people accept better than others. And for those that don’t take them well, it can be very difficult to be around them, let alone live with them. Which is why you should feel badly for Brandon. I don’t know how he’s doing it. This is a hard birthday for me. I’ve only got one year left of being in love with a man in his 20’s. Oh, the horror of it all!!!
And while the devastation of his youth slipping through my wrinkled fingers makes me want to hit the Ensure hard, there is one, and only one, thing that could recesitate this birthday - and my weakening heart: the electrifying power of Three Wolf Moon!! Awoool!! If you don’t know or doubt what I’m talking about, you must read the reviews of Amazon’s Three Wolf Moon t-shirt.
And thus, the best birthday cake in the history of all birthday cakes. Please turn off Jerry Springer, put in your teeth, stand, and remove your breathe if your horny cap for:
I can only imagine what this is doing for you right now. Soak it all in! Run, do not walk, (shoot, at this point you can probably fly!) to your nearest truck stop and just see if they don’t give you a bag of pork rinds and a Cherry Coke slushie for free. And then tell me if they do. You know how I love free stuff.
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August 21st, 2010
Yesterday, I was doing the crossword puzzle in the USA Today (a cause for full mockery by those that do the puzzle in the New York Times), and I looked up to see the classifieds on the top portion of the page. There was one that particularly caught my eye because of the picture. And then I read the note below.
It started out so sweet, and then… wait… is this guy? Is he dead? And that’s when it hit me! We’ve been trying to communicate with the dead through mediums, ouija boards, and the like. Little did we know that they read the USA Today!!
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August 20th, 2010
There it was. It was in my reach. I could feel it, smell it, taste it… taste the sweetness of being done with the surgery recovery. I had gotten to the point of wearing REAL shoes, if only for a few hours at a time. I was nearly there! And then… the light at the end of the tunnel started flickering.
Last night I was walking around barefoot in the house (similar to Barefoot in the Park, but with less Albanian folk songs). I caught my injured toe and rolled up on it. If I had been animated, there would have been flames emanating from my foot and various symbols in a thought bubble.
So I had to take a detour on the way to Lawrence this morning… via LEE’S SUMMIT!! Just so happens that’s where my doctor practices on Fridays. An x-ray later, he tells me in his muppet/pilot voice that I have a stress fracture. This equates to 2 and a half more weeks in the “sexy” shoe and a dead bulb at the end of the tunnel. Could have been worse. Could have been surgery, in which case the animator would have worn out the symbol keys.
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August 17th, 2010
Just one more free post (I can stop at any time, I just choose not to right now).
It’s good for you or for a gift - don’t forget about Picaboo’s free photo book this month (enter FREEBK). Like I said, we got ours and it’s awesome. Plus, the groupon today in Oklahoma City is $100 at Picaboo for $25. It’s a great deal! And got my $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks.com after a week and a half of being a member. And no spam from them!
Fine, I’ll go to a support group… as long as it’s free.
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