Very Quickly...

Sometimes during the 2 hours I was out of the house last night, Duke and/or Delilah, ate the Blueberry muffins. Yes, the entire pan of what was left on top of the kitchen counter 'theoretically' out of their reach.  I really would like to see who and how they got it without dropping the pan...  

I'm outta control!

3rd entry in as many hours? Say it with me, pro-duc-ti-vi-ty!

Check it off the list - Blueberry Muffins.  DONE!

The fresh berries weren't as sweet as I'd like them to be, but for this first time muffin-baker I'm pretty pleased! To Alton Brown :::fist bump:::.   I would insert photographic evidence here but until I have space to load the photos still stored on my memory card... do use your culinary imagination for this and for other creations I've in mind to make or bake!  

Ah yes, I also made mashed potatoes outta the 5lb bag of potatoes that's been occupying counter-top space. Err not all 5lbs, just 2lbs worth. I think the recipe should be altered from half a stick of butter to a whole stick. What's the point really of using only half a stick?  Lunch, or rather Linner, will be... grilled chicken breast with a side of lightly boiled asparagus topped with a honey mustard dressing and... savory mashed potatoes.  This will be followed by a light dessert of an almost-flourless peanut butter cookie that I baked last night, a blueberry muffin and a cup of English Tea with cream and sugar.

.... drool.    

Diary of the Unemployed & Undeterred: Day 80-Something

I'm sitting on my ass here.

Smartass answer to self:  "Well no shit Frances how else would a person sit? On his or her feet?"

Ooh nice, I can tell today's going to be a doozy if this is how I'm going to find amusement. Internal jokes (bad ones at that) and mundane if not downright retarded dialog with... myself.   

Tasks at hand, or rather, immediate challenges I'm facing, because the idea is that when you put thoughts on paper it becomes more concrete and therefore, slightly more legitimate than just another thought lost amidst a... sea of thought.  Right.  So here they are:
 
(1) How to find fulfillment in spending time with myself.
(2) How to muster and focus my energy on executing well laid-out plans.
(3) Where I'm going to find well laid-out plans... oh I'M supposed to lay them out... crap...
(4) How I'm going to get the rest of the red paint off my kitchen wall.
(5) How to train the dogs so they can walk themselves. Oh and maybe bring in some income.
(6) How does one make delicious Blueberry muffins?

Stop.

This is me stopping myself, because the list was going down a different path than I'd anticipated. I was not ready to take this seriously... so instead, I'm going to make myself breakfast...

Time to execute Plan #6! Yay! 

OH! Almost forgot. I also need to work on a blog/paper regarding intercultural communication. More on this much later. I am not joking with this one! At least, not yet.

Chinese Zodiac - Part... where I wonder about what I just read...

Ok, instead of a full-blown analysis on the subject matter, I'll simply say this (Read previous blog for context):

I'm not a fatalist. I don't fancy all events to be pre-determined and therefore inevitable.  Being rather opinionated and having a strong sense of self, I also find it difficult to reconcile my being the way I am was determined by my birth time, date and planetary position and not a product of my own doing. However, while I won't say I fit the bill entirely (because I do have a sense of humor goshnammit!), but errr, the readings tend to be frighteningly close. What does that mean...?  Am I better or worse off for having read insights into 'myself'...? Could I force a change...? Do I become empowered by what I've read...?

To persist in this line of thinking will require a post-thought head massage to untangle the knots that are sure to form...owww...