I'm making country potatoes with bell peppers for "brunch" this morning. Having my hands full, I tell Scott, "I need more butter."

He, obligingly, gets me the butter but comments, "This sounds like a line in a slash fic,":

"I cannae take no more! I need more butter, Captain!"


So... all you ST:ToS/Reboot writers... get to work. LOL.

Bisquick Pizza dough: Recipe's online. There are a couple of 'em.
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Two small cans of tomato sauce (4 for $1 @ Ralph's) with a little basil, oregano, garlic salt, and garlic powder.
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Mozzarella (splurge of the week)
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Frozen Asian veggie mix ($0.88 per 12 oz package @ Ralph's)
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Leftover goat cheese crumbles

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Yummy yummy homemade pizza for under $3.00


*OM nom noms again*

I ran out of my French Vanilla coffee creamer. *very long sad face*

Then I found this!

French Vanilla Coffee Creamer

1 can sweetened condensed milk (also available in low fat)
1 1/2 cups nonfat milk
1 tablespoon vanilla

Mix all ingredients in a glass container. It is best stored in glass mason jar. Remember to shake before pouring, as the condensed milk will settle to the bottom. This will keep for 2 weeks in the refrigerator.


I have sweetened condensed milk! I have 2% milk! I have vanilla!

I have creamer in my coffee. Om nom nom.

With being unemployed since April and no prospects for work down here, Dad's going to come down and help us move in with them (temporarily) after Thanksgiving. A bank account with $0.39 in it just won't pay rent.

I've had a half day, and a 1.5 day temp job since Paid Family Leave ran out in early October. The only interview I've had was for a company in Lynnwood, WA and I'm sure he went with a local candidate.

I've wanted to move back to the Northwest, but not under these circumstances. *sigh*

...and a couple new iVillage sigs from "photo shoot" pics.

( Pics! )

We can't afford a professional photo shoot for Daina, but since I have a handy hand with the camera we decided to just do one at home.

It was quite fun... choosing backdrops, outfits, props, and making sure the lighting was good (which took a couple of days as we were using natural light coming in the sliding glass door plus various lamps), etc... although we did give up on taming her hair. LOL.

( And the pics )

I think the best part is that no editing had to be done.

That's a headline currently on Google News.

It's so sad that my first thought was, "Why in hell would Melissa Etheridge challenge Aaron Burr? And more importantly, how!?"

LOL.

"US Rep. Bob Etheridge will not challenge Sen. Richard Burr next year" was the actual bit.

This fills me with so much glee!

The World Is Just Awesome : Discovery Channel

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She just sent us the coolest thing ever! LOL.

When we spent an afternoon at Scott's Aunt's place, we spent the afternoon decorating sugar skulls. Finally have piccies ready to post...

( pics back here )

And I'm doing a lot better at this goal:



than this one:

Daina rolled from back to front a week ago...

...and from front to back just last night. She was looking out the window at DH's Aunt's place; DH turned her to her tummy saying "you need some tummy time". Daina just flipped back over like it was nothing.

You could practically hear the "No, I don't. Hmph." LOL. And she went back to looking at the trees and street lights.

I may be poor.

I may be homesick.

I may be jobless.

But I'm also sitting here reading LJ and sipping a glass of $3 wine, while in the background a screaming post-bath goodness baby is being swaddled by the hubby.

Life is just too hard. LOL.

p.s. I read this to Scott and he says I must use this icon as his reply.

Some of you may have gotten this by email. Daina needed an email address to have an Amazon wishlist, so I thought it would be funny to have "her send out the link to everyone. LOL.

( Scott got a webcam for his birthday )

I'm in southern California and seasons beyond "Hot", "Hotter" and "OMG I'm dying it's so Hot" just don't exist.

But I know it's Autumn and I want cool weather, colorful leaves, rainy days, fireplaces that aren't just decorative, short skirt & high boot outfits with sweaters.

My A/C is still going and people laugh when I say that 70 degrees (F) is NOT cold.

I miss home... so very very much.

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We often call Daina "Bug", because when she's swaddled with a cap on, she looks like a little GloWorm...

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She's discovered her hands... and looks like she's tripping or something. LOL. One of the few times I wish I had a way to record video.

We just got back from Daina's 2 month doctor visit (at 2m1w... thank you, MediCal). She's right at the 50th percentile for weight for age, but in the 90th for length.

11lbs 4oz and 24 inches. She obviously got everyone but mama's genes in the height department. *is total runt*

She also took her DTaP shot like a total champ, took an ounce from her EBM bottle at the Doc's office and is currently being a happy, kicky, wavy baby on the floor next to me.

Yay!

...didn't feel like having her picture taken. But it made a great icon. LOL.

We just got turned on to a great program by one of Scott's aunts. It's called The Treasure Box and is a way to get a box of frozen groceries at a HUGE discount.

You pay for a box (or 2 or 3 or 4) at the beginning of the month and pick it/them up at the end of the month. We picked up our September box on Saturday and it was awesome.

The big thing is... you pay $30 per box, but get around $75-100 worth of food! October, for example:

2 lbs. Beef Burgers
2 lbs. Chicken Patties
3 - 3.5 lbs. Whole Chicken
2 lbs. Breaded Fish Sticks
2 lbs. Turkey and Pork Breakfast Sausage Links
1 lb. Ground Turkey
2 lb package Cheese Ravioli
4 each Burritos
4 each 3 Cheese Roasted Vegetable Wrap
1 lb. package California Blend Frozen Vegetables
2 lb. package Baby Whole Carrots
2 lb. package Natural Style French Fries
2 lb. package Pinto Beans
1 each Lemon Meringue Pie

September's was similar and included unlisted items like rice and ketchup too.

There are NO income requirements to meet, you just order your boxes online and pick up at your location of choice. It's awesome!

Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms.
- Alan Corenk

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.
- W. H. Auden

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
- Edwin Schlossberg

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby

I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
- George Carlin

We left the dryer open for a couple of minutes...

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Dr. Ana Sanchez

I wasn't impressed with the level of care during my pregnancy, but due to getting laid off and trying to get on Medi-Cal, I was unable to switch doctors.

The kicker, however, was after delivery (which she didn't manage to show up for). I went in 5 days post partum due to high blood pressure and edema.

1st - She prescribed bedrest; with a 5 day old infant, this does not happen.
2nd - She considered the exam she gave me to be sufficient; as in, I did not need a 6 week post-partum check up. This is 5 days PP. My uterus was not fully contracted, the placental site was not healed, I still had 10 stitches (the site of one of which was inflamed); this was only 5 days after giving birth.
3rd - When I insisted on a 6 week check up, the office gave me a date and time. When I arrived, I find that they did not actually reschedule the first canceled appointment and were not expecting me for another 5 months and routine pap smear.

If I had (or have, I still haven't been seen) any related medical issues will be criminal negligence in my books.

*is just infuriated* I still have no birth control, although I guess that doesn't matter since I still have pain.

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
- Evan Esar

The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.
- Dudley Moore

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