Peanut Butter FAIL

I had a hankerin' for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I hadn't really had one in a few months, and I was getting tired of ham/turkey and cheese. It was time for a change.


So, first the peanut butter:

Okay, no stir! Rock on!:

....wait a second!!


What the heck is up with the centimeter of oil on top of my PB?! What is up with such a false claim?

Needless to say, I had to give the PB a good ol' big stir. It was still kinda oily. But it was good.

OH! Oh, then.... I go to get the jelly for the "jelly" portion of my sandwich and, *gasp* there is no grape jelly. Okay, there's strawberry, that'll do. But once opened, it looks EXACTLY like one of the petrie dishes I looked at puzzingly during Microbiology class.

But.... there's Apricot Jam....?

So I had a Peanut Butter and Apricot Jam sandwich half. First one on record of the world?

Possibly.

20 Minutes of My Life I'll Never Get Back

So, it's one of those rare weekdays that I'm home for once and not at work or on vacation or whatever. On these occasions, I like to indulge in a little daytime television.

I watched Jerry Spring while I ate breakfast. I watched a bit of Days of Our Lives during lunch. (Yes, I eat and watch TV. I know that's sometimes frowned upon. But that's almost the only time I watch TV. Moving on.)

I used to watch Days more regularly. It was a pretty good soap. I turned it on there just to see what was going on. Usually I'm totally lost, but it's still okay TV.

What I saw was the most ridiculous, mindbending, and shark-jumping crap I have seen since the commercials for "Extreme Chef" on Food Network.

There's this group of people, probably supposed to be "teens," discussing a movie, and like, 2 other subjects, all at the same time. I filmed some of it with my phone out of astonishment to post here. But it's such crappery that I won't even bother.

It was so dumb, I felt compelled to IMMEDIATELY post a blog about it. Something like that hasn't even happened yet. I'm still sitting here with a half-eaten salad, I was in such a rush to post this blog!

If you look at it one way, the Brainiacs down at NBC (who have the delightful "Love In The Wild" coming soon, *gag*) have got some publicity.

ACK!!

One of these things is not like the other....

Spouse and I went to San Antonio last weekend for the Texas Comicon. He sells Japanese model kits to nerds - basically.

I went with him to help out. Got my own little table to supervise, even though I had the "boring stuff;" GI Joes, some Star Wars figures, a very popular set of multicolored R2D2 magnets that almost everyone had to pick up, look at, and comment on, but not buy. Also, there were some card game cards and some Star Wars Pez dispensers.

Meanwhile, Spouse gets all the action over at the Model Kit table.

I'm not really one of those types of "nerds." Sure, I like to read and learn things. But I don't match the caliber of the types that frequent these conventions.

And I have to say, it was fun! If you like to people watch, try one of these next time there's one in your area. You will be amused. There were many, many people dressed up as certain people/things, some you don't know who they wanted to be. There was an entire club of guys dressed up as Storm Troopers and other Star Wars baddies. I had my picture taken with a Tuscan Raider, Storm Trooper, and Bobafet. I saw and briefly spoke to Brent Spiner who played "Data" on Star Trek. The first celebrity I have ever came in contact with.

I know what you're thinking, "people that go to Comicons are giant freaks." While that could be partly true, you gotta think of this:
*These people are, for the most part, happy.
*This Comincon is probably one of the best places they feel comfortable.
*This type of thing gives them a sense of belonging.
*Stuff they have at Comicons makes them happy.

I admire someone who can be theirself despite what society deems "appropriate." I'm all for that. It's just a bunch of people having some good clean fun at a function. 99% of the attendees were the nicest, well mannered people ever gathered in a central location.

And there were so many happy kids. They just seemed happy to be there and soaking it all in with the parents who raised them. This little bit made me have low-grade baby fever again.

I can't wait to go to another Comicon.

About Me

Hello, I'm Anonymous, and this is my little blog.

I like sewing, loom knitting, general crafting, cooking, blogging, reading, surfing the interwebs, and generally being lazy - because I can be.

I love 80s music. It would have been a lot cooler if I hadn't been an infant/toddler for most of the 80s. I love rock 'n roll. Mostly, I listen to Christian Rock, specifically 89.7 Power FM out of Dallas. I found the station one day about 3 years ago looking for NPR or something else to listen to besides 102.1 The Edge. The Edge was my #1 station for a long time. But they kept playing Nirvana like they were the new hotness, and it was super annoying. To this date, I have not listened to The Edge at all. I have Sirius satellite radio because I got a free trial with my new Kia Sorrento and ended up subscribing. That's where I discovered Dance/Electronic music, which has kinda been a new obsession.

On February 8, 2011, I had a weight-loss surgery procedure called a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Part of my stomach is gone. I used to weigh almost 300 pounds. I can only eat about 1/2 cup of food at a time. I've never taken an exact measurement. Everything has gone really well. I've never vomitted, which is great, because I hate everything there is about vomit. As of today (June 22, 2011), I have lost 65 pounds. Now, I have less weight to carry around, I no longer use my CPAP machine, I have less chance of developing diabetes, my blood pressure has decreased, and I'll feel better about having a baby if we choose to do so. I also look so much better in clothes, which is a downside to the surgery, since buying cute clothes can cost a lot of money. But I try to refrain.

I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist and a Certified Hyperbaric Technologist. I am a Hyperbaric Tech full-time at a hospital in North Texas, and work as an RRT on an as needed basis. I love my job. It's amazing how great it is. Just when I think I miss giving breathing treatments and suctioning lung secretions through ET tubes, I land a PRN shift in the Respiratory department at the hospital and all is right in the world. I make good money. But I don't work for the money, because I love my job. I learned not to take jobs for the money - twice. They were the 2 worst jobs I ever had. Take note, kids!

My husband and I live in a doublewide mobile home. It's a subdivision-type setup, but everyone has at least an acre, so we're all spaced relatively far apart. We moved here 5 years ago. We've put up this house for sale twice and didn't sell, mostly because of the economy and people who were interested couldn't get financing. After the second time with no sell, we figured we'd just stay. God must want us here for a reason. And when we settled here that last time, my life has been the best ever.

We're city folk. We're from either Dallas/Austin (me) or Ft Worth (him). This place was awesome: quiet, pretty close to work, quiet, lots of room, quiet, and priced right.

People who live in mobile homes, or "trailers," get a bad rap. Doublewide Diaries just goes to prove how not everyone living in this type of home is a redneck, goes muddin' in the back yard, hunts doves from the back door, have screaming fights in the driveway, etc. That would be our neighbors.

Plus, I just like to blog about stuff I do. I'm having fun and I'm happy, so I want to share it with the world.

Thanks for reading!!

I Want A Household Planner Binder

....or whatever the heck they're called.

But, you see, it's just spouse and me. We don't have children, and we don't have a ton of stuff going on. So I'm not sure what I'd put in my binder. If I did have a binder, it would be very small.

I've drafted a weekly "Calendar Page" that I planned to use to keep me from being a couch potato every night. But just as I made that plan, studying for the CHT TOOK OVER MY LIFE and I spent every night studying for at least 2 hours, leaving about 2 hours to eat and read a little bit of a novel just to keep my sanity..barely.

So, for anyone out there who's only married without children, or even single, here's some ideas for things in my "Life Planner."

First, I listed out things I wanted to be sure I did every day, or certain days per week. For example, every day I want to do some Bible study and read a bit of a novel. Once per week, I'd like to do laundry, work on crafts/Christmas projects, grocery shop (ACK!), do my guitar lesson DVD, etc. Then I listed stuff for once a month, 2x per week, every other week, etc. This would help if I wanted to schedule out months at a time and make each page specific for that week.

Then, I'd choose days I wanted to do which tasks on what days (Sims 2 on Fridays, Church online Sundays, etc). Then it's all set! My whole month is planned out a week at a time on each page. I put the 4 pages in a Report Cover and that's it! It's not quite a binder, but it's perfect for me.

On the back of my page, I threw together a food log and exercise journal. However, since I'm incorporating classes at the gym, those will be on specific days.

Just wanted to throw some ideas out there for people who aren't quite ready or equipped for a serious Household Management Binder. But those things are so hardcore and intriguing it almost makes me want to have kids so I can make one!

..or not.

Ugh

I want my life back so I can do all these awesome things I've been thinking about.

Instead, I'm being oppressed by either the ACT of studying or the THOUGHT that I have to study for this test I will be taking in a week that will enhance my career.

Freakin' priorities.

I got lots of ideas. Can't wait to get 'em out there!

Camping Practice

So, tonight, Spouse and I will do a practice run at camping in our new tent in the back yard.


We just bought the tent tonight, set it up pretty easily, blew up the new mattress and we're ready to go. It's quite windy, as it has been for the past 2 months it seems like. It didn't challenge us in pitching the tent, I'm just wondering how it will go trying to sleep.

Camping is my newest interest. When I was a kid, we had a Starcraft pop-up trailer and went camping in DeQueen, Arkansas all the time. It was pretty fun. After my grandpa died, we kinda stopped going, and I never really went again until we went back to Arkansas in my Dad's RV when I was 27. Quite a span of time. It was enjoyable then, but RV camping isn't really camping to me.

Sometimes, I just want to get away from home. There are state parks everywhere near us, so just scooting off to go camping seemed to be a nice getaway idea. Cheaper too....sort of....once you have all the camping stuff.

So we'll see how it goes. I'm a big dork, but it's kinda exciting :)



**UPDATE** We made it about 4 hours, and I slept some, but it was so windy, the tent/rain fly was flapping around and Spouse couldn't get to sleep. Oh well, I think we've tested it out pretty well though.