Mona's Dare - The View from My Window
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3:15 AM
Here is the lovely view from my bedroom window this summer, it lasted all summer and is still there! They did some work in the stairwell to the underground parkmg and now I suppose they are waiting for the cement to cure before they replace the railing and remove the construction fencing. Hope it comes down soon!
If you want to join Mona's dare, post a photo in your blog and then post the link here.
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Enoki Mushroom and Green Onion Crepes
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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2:23 PM
What a tasty snack I discovered as I stopped at a demo in an Asian grocery store last night. She was serving these delicious little crepes beside the enoki mushroom display. The mushrooms seemed like a good deal at 2 packages for $2.50. I decided to buy 4 packages. All she did was trim the bottom of a package of enoki mushrooms, chop them a little and added a full bunch of chopped green onion. Two beaten eggs were stirred in a little salt, pepper and then she fried them. To my own mixture I added a few dried herbs and a little garlic. I used a no stick skillet so required very little oil. I used olive oil. Turn when brown on one side then brown on the other. They take only a few minutes to make and they disappear quickly! You can serve as an appetizer, snack, light lunch entree or as a side dish. You can serve them hot or cold. I am eating a cold one as I type this. It is so good!
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Extreme Shepherding
Friday, September 4, 2009
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2:38 PM
When Highlanders get bored with their sheep! These guys are not retired electricians!
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Random Thoughts from 25-35 year-olds:
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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10:57 AM
-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
-I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know"
feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?
-There is a great need for sarcasm font.
-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting
90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text. ...suse and i have had this discussion before...even though i know its bad i still text and drive and try to hide that i'm doing it from other drivers because i feel shame
- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent someone from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"
-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighbourhood.
- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
- Bad decisions make good stories
-Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....
-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
-There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far. ...it is fairly terrifying
-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever. ...SO true...after being burned on hand wash only a couple times from now on i check the wash instructions before i buy anything
-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this.
It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
-When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
-My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
-It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
-I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
-The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.
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Create a Cool 3-D Snowflake
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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11:27 PM
A bit addictive but very cool. Once you have created a snowflake click the top right 3-D Rotate button. You can add to your snowflake while it spins. Refresh the screen to start over.
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Edible
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12:42 PM
Mona's Dare this week is "Edible." We can post a new or old photo, but it must be our own photo, not one from the internet. Food being one of my favourite subjects, both with a camera and not, I have a large colletion to draw from however; I just snapped a photo of my lunch, my favourite sandwich, toasted tomato on rye with mayo and a little salt. It's tomato season and it's heaven, I tell you!
To join the fun, post a picture of something edible at your blog then post a link to it here: http://monchri.multiply.com/journal/item/81/The_Dare... Hope to see you there!
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Ben and the storm
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11:38 AM
No spectacular photos here, just the dog keeping an eye on the patio and the storm last night. He wasn't afraid, just interested, and he stationed himself at the front door, occasionally checking the back patio. My little kitchen was crowded again last night as I had to bring the houseplants back indoors. We had severe storms in Toronto; to the north of us tornados touched down. When the storms moved on the sky was lit an eerie yellow.
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A Bat in my bedroom
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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7:33 PM
A bat flying about my bedroom woke me up at 4:00 AM. I heard fluttering on the mattress beside me then something hit the fan. I bolted up from sleep. I thought someone was in the house, it took a while to realize it was a bat. I put the lights on and he disappeared. I mustered some courage and crept downstairs, turning lights on as I moved forward and I got to my laptop, put a message on Facebook and began to Google "how to get rid of a bat in the house." Everything I found told me not to kill it but to wear gloves, and gather it in a towel and move it outside. I knew I could NOT pick it up with a towel. I was too frightened to even look for it. I sent an email to my boss telling him about my dilemma and that I would be late, maybe not even make it in today. He emailed me when he woke up and was very understanding, suggested I call pest control if I couldn't manage. I sent an email to my condo property management company asking if any people in my block had complained of a bat problem. I could handle the telephone and computer...sitting on the couch but wasn't comfortable moving around the house.
After daylight I called my son, he promised to come soon. Craig arrived while I was on the telephone in the bedroom with the door shut. I didn't even know he was in the house, he checked upstairs first, then the basement and quickly found him near the ceiling. He picked him off the wall with a tea towel and came into the bedroom (I gasped!) and calmly announced, "it's ok, I got him." Second reaction from me was relief, third one "THAT'S MY TEA TOWEL!" He told me to come and watch him let it go. It didn't move for quite a while when he put it in the garden box, it seemed stunned but eventually got its bearings and hopped under the holly shrub. I guess it will fly away tonight.
My boss and his director simultaneously broke into song--the theme from Batman--when I came to the office around lunchtime.
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Julie and Julia
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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11:16 PM
Bernadette and I saw the movie tonight after work. I arrived at Scarborough Town Center first, looked for some books I have been wanting to read, didn't find them, got sore feet and settled down on a bench in the mall to watch people--that never fails to entertain. Time passed quickly! I found Bernadette, we shared the 2-Mama-Burgers-and-a-Large-Fries-Special at A&W in the food court then went in to the theatre. We thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Meryl Streep was fabulous, that woman can do anything! I think she should get an Academy Award for her performance in this movie. She was outstanding! We laughed so much, I had to keep wiping my eyes. This movie is not just for women, not just for cooks, I really think there are ingredients in Julie and Julia for everyone: two lives with striking similarities, neither could cook in the beginning, both loved good food, two marriages two women from different eras searching for a purpose and experiencing similar victories and defeats, two great husbands. I remember Julia Child well, I watched her on television. Seeing Meryl Streep in her role, I forgot it was Meryl Streep and felt like I was watching Julia child again. She "nailed" it! I enjoyed the movie so much I think I will go back to see it again! This is the first time I have to say I enjoyed the movie MORE than the book. Speaking of books, now I want a copy of Mastering The Art of French Cooking.
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Mona's Dare - Bridge
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7:48 PM
Well, this is a bridge but the focus is mostly on what is going on under the bridge. This bridge is at the marina near my home. Sunday was terribly hot, humid and I went down to the lake to find a bit of breeze...it was a few degrees cooler there. This fisherman spent the afternoon at the bridge, with his plastic bucket of corn, hook in the water. I didn't see him bring anything in. The only thing my son ever caught with corn niblets was carp and you can't eat carp. There are some pretty big ones under that bridge so I guess the man was there just for the fun of it. My son also used to catch sunfish, trout (escapees from the nearby trout farm) and once even a salmon at this spot.
Not the best view of "bridge" but the top of it is just a road to the boardwalk...it is beside and under this bridge where the view is.
Not the best view of "bridge" but the top of it is just a road to the boardwalk...it is beside and under this bridge where the view is.
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My Mom
Sunday, August 16, 2009
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11:04 AM
My mom had another stroke last week; with this one there is bleeding in the cerebellum. She had been back in her residence only a couple of weeks after convalescing from the last one. This one is not good, it will be a long road back to any kind of recovery. I am not getting very much news and the trip to Montreal is long and it is difficult to get hold of a doctor on weekends if I get there and then there is the language problem if I do find one who is dealing with her. Prayers appreciated.
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What is ?
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10:54 AM
A few of you have noticed this stray bit of html in my posts over at Multiply. I have a number of blogs for different purposes. I love Posterous because it is so easy to use and I can cross post to so many places like Facebook, blogspot, twitter and even Multiply although my posts have to get there in a round about way. First they crosspost to blogspot.com and from there they crosspost to Multiply. And that seems to be where the problem lies and that pesty bit of html does not make a "space" as it should. Hopefully I will figure out how to resolve this issue; until then I have to clean them up manually. I hate to give up my Multiply blog because I like the people there and even though I don't comment a lot lately, I do check in on people.
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Michael Jackso Home Video With Sister Janet
Saturday, August 15, 2009
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11:19 PM
I never knew this was available on Youtube...it shows a more normal side of Michael Jackson, a lighter carefree side. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
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Just Peachy!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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11:14 PM
Peach Cobler, Peach Salsa, Peach Preserves, Peach Almond Tart--so many ways to serve them. The best way to enjoy a sweet, juicy Ontario peach is raw, washed clean, peeled if you must. Bite into one to experience fresh incredible taste! They are in season now! Oh so GOOD!
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